Todd McFarlane to appear with actor and Mayhem creator Tyrese Gibson at San Diego Comic-Con ’09

McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane himself will be at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. McFarlane has expanded its presence at the con by teaming up with other key retailers that will be exhibiting, and are planning exclusive figures, comics, artist signings, giveaways, panels and a first look at upcoming figure lines. Here is a list ….

Watch Hilary Swank fly in the trailer for Amelia

Hilary Swank stars as the title character of Amelia, a look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who mysteriously disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, while attempting to make a flight around the world. Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Eccleston and Mia Wasikowska also star in the ….

House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?

Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….

Win one of five copies of RIP! A Remix Manifesto on DVD

Next Tuesday, June 30th, the Disinformation Company will release RIP! A Remix Manifesto, the first-ever documentary made with open source work and remixed media to explore issues of copyright in the information age. To celebrate the release of RIP!, which you can read my review of RIGHT HERE, FilmFetish is giving away five copies of ….

3rd Annual Santa Monica International Film Festival

The Santa Monica International Film Festival is a competitive event that showcases the work of independent filmmakers from around the world. The event attempts to help filmmakers obtain distribution by screening films during the American Film Market, when the industry converges upon Santa Monica, during the largest film market in America, to maximize independent filmmakers’ ….