Reports are popping up all over the net about James Cameron previewing the first publicly shown clips from his $300 million epic 3D sci-fi movie Avatar. Rather surprising, however it does show a trend by filmmakers to embrace the global cinema audience. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s presentation at the ongoing Cinema Expo in …
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Columbia Pictures is in talks with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher to helm The Social Network from a script by Aaron Sorkin, which revolves around the formation of Facebook, according to Variety. The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation in the dorms of Harvard by …
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French comedic-crime-dramas can be quite shocking. One minute, you can have two people laughing buoyantly at someone’s jokes, and the next minute, someone falls out of the trunk of a car, bloodied with no I.D. The great thriller With A Friend Like Harry had that sorta vibe. While The Girl From Monaco doesn’t seem to …
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David Leslie Johnson, who wrote the script for the Orphan, which hits theaters on July 24th, has been tapped to pen a remake of the Australian horror suspense film Lake Mungo for Paramount Vantage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vantage grabbed remake rights to the film in November, when it premiered at the American Film …
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John Grisham, who for ten years refused to sell movie rights to his 1999 bestselling novel The Testament, has apparently had a change of heart, according to Variety. Producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry, along with 821 Entertainment, have optioned the book, which revolves around a billionaire who defies his greedy relatives and leaves his …
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Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow will handle voiceover duties for the animals in MGM’s live-action comedy The Zookeeper, which stars Kevin James and Rosario Dawson, according to Variety. Sandler, whose production shingle Happy Madison will produce the film, will voice a capuchin monkey. Cher is set to voice a giraffe, …
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Fangoria has posted some exclusive photos from the French indie horror short Paris By Night Of The Living Dead, which follows the story of a young married couple trying to survive in a post apocalyptic Paris filled with zombies. The film was directed by Grégory Morin (Dernier cri, Belle ordure).
Universal has nabbed screen rights to the novel Go Mutants! by Larry Doyle, and have attached Imagine’s Brian Grazer to produce, according to Variety. Doyle – who recently adapted his own novel I Love You, Beth Cooper, for the Fox comedy that hits theaters on July 10th – is also attached to adapt ‘Mutants’. The …
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The folks over at QuietEarth posted this trailer the Brazilian martial arts film Beetle (Besouro), and it looks spectacular. Has the feel of Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow, but with kinetic martial arts added to the black magic. Directed by João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Beetle features Hiuen Chiu Kuâ who also appeared in The …
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The documentary Food Inc. continues to roll out across the country to audiences hungry for change. Last week, director Robert Kenner held a lively twitter chat. As the film prepares to open in additional markets this Friday, fans have another opportunity to discuss the film (at #foodinc) with Kenner. To participate, login to twitter and …
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