Month: January 2009

Dark Knight chosen among top films of 2008 by Director’s Guild

The Dark Knight continues to blaze a trail into history as the Directors Guild chose it as on of the top feature film of 2008. Not “comic” films…films. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight proves once and for all, that good films aren’t about genres, they’re about solid filmmaking and good stories. Other nods went the ….

New York Comic-Con events to include Wanted sequel teaser, Twilight Zone Anniversary, Astro Boy preview, Greatest Badass Movie Characters and much more

In total, there will be over 200 hours of programming presented at New York Comic Con this year, encompassing a range of subjects and fields, and including some of the top personalities, creators and industry leaders from the pop culture world. The program is now live on the website enabling thousands of fans to not ….

Win a part of more than $350,000 in cash and production help in new Film Indie/Netflix contest

Netflix and Film Independent (FIND), the not-for-profit arts organization that produces the Independent Sprit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, today announced that they are joining forces to discover the next great independent filmmaker. The Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition will award one aspiring filmmaker the means, guidance and resources to make a ….

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 ….