Day: January 6, 2009

Mutant Chronicles to get On Demand release before it hits theaters

Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to the sci-fi/action epic, Mutant Chronicles. With an ensemble cast including Thomas Jane (The Mist), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Devon Aoki (Sin City) and John Malkovich, Mutant Chronicles boasts incredible special effects and riveting, action-packed battle sequences in a painstakingly crafted post-apocalyptic landscape. An Edward R. ….

Horton Hears director helming bloody Jonah Hex film?

First horror master Takashi Miike directs a “kid’s film” filled with sexy leather-clad girls – and now Warner Bros. chooses a director whose last film’s main character was an elephant, to direct Jonah Hex? That’s right, director Jimmy Hayward, who helmed the animated Horton Hears a Who!, will make his live-action debut with the adaptation ….