Day: July 17, 2009

First four minutes of Green Lantern: First Flight now online

The first four minutes of Green Lantern: First Flight, is now available online exclusively at MTV SplashPage. The clip gives you a preview of how Hal Jordan becomes the Green Lantern of Sector 2814. The entire film will be screened next Thursday, July 23rd, during Comic-Con, ahead of its DVD and Blu-Ray release on Tuesday, ….

Twilight Saga: New Moon actor confirmed for appearance at Chicago Comic-Con ’09

Christopher Heyerdahl, who plays Alastair on the hit TV series Supernatural, who turns to the big screen to portray Marcus in the much anticipated November 2009 release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, is the latest guest to be confirmed for the Chicago Comic-Con in August. Christopher’s appearance at the Chicago Comic-Con will be one ….

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek coming to DVD and Blu-ray on November 17th

This year audiences thrilled at the triumphant voyage of the Starship Enterprise and her young and vibrant crew in movie theaters across the planet—and on November 17, 2009, the world will go where no one has gone before when STAR TREK debuts as a three-disc Blu-ray with digital copy, two-disc DVD with digital copy and ….

Will we find out who The Hobbit’s Bilbo will be during Comic-Con ’09?

A Los Angeles Times blog and Sci-Fi Wire is surmising that a big casting announcement may come during Comic-Con International next week. Rumor is that it’s possible the name of the lead star of Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit will be announced at some point during the Con, fueled by the fact that many of ….

Veteran horror producers team up for The Violent Kind

According to THR, by way of Empire, a group of veteran slasher film producers are teaming up for the horror film The Violent Kind. The film brings together Halloween remake producers Andy Gould and Malek Akkad, along with Jeffrey Allard, executive producer of the two Texas Chainsaw Massacre re-imaginings. The Violent Kind follows the story ….

Will Robert De Niro go mano-a-mano with Danny Trejo in Machete?

Well, according to the folks over at Bloody-Disgusting, hell yeah. The site posted new details on Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, which he’s been developing as a feature ever since it debuted as a faux trailer in Grindhouse. Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis are said to be teaming up to co-direct and start shooting Machete on July ….