Month: September 2009

Edward James Olmos talks Green Hornet feature film

In an interview with the L.A. Times, Edward James Olmos revealed, among other things, the role he’ll be playing in Michel Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) upcoming The Green Hornet feature film. His character’s name is Michael Axford, a reporter for the Daily Sentinel, the newspaper run by Britt Reid’s (Green Hornet’s) father ….

3-D enhanced Resident Evil 4 begins shooting with Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller, Heroes’ Ali Larter, and more

Screen Gems and Constantin Film announced today that Resident Evil 4, titled Resident Evil: Afterlife, has started production in Toronto and will be shot and released in 3-D. Series veteran Paul W.S. Anderson – who produced the recently-released Pandorum – is writing and directing the new film, taking the reigns for the first time since ….

Brian De Palma’s crime thriller The Untouchables screening this Friday during Loews anniversary celebration

Brian De Palma’s 1987 crime classic The Untouchables will screen this Friday evening at the Loew’s Jersey, during a weekend event celebrating the theatre’s 1929 opening. The two day season-opening screening series will include three classic movies either set in or filmed during the “Roaring Twenties,” featuring a silent comedy classic with live organ accompaniment. ….

Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis to open at Cinema Village this October

True stories rarely contain a historic mystery, a courtroom drama, a political murder, and a family saga, but all can be found in the contentious story of Rezso Kasztner. In Nazi occupied Hungary, Kasztner, a Jew, dared to negotiate face to face with the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann. While the Nazi killing ….

Training Day director Antoine Fuqua to helm gritty crime thriller Prisoners

Aaron Guzikowski’s spec script Prisoners was first put in the spotlight back in March when the hot property had Mark Wahlberg attached to star. According to reports, the script has been compared to Silence of the Lambs and Se7en, and has been buzzed about throughout Hollywood. The Risky Biz Blog now reports that Alcon Entertainment ….

The Crazies film details and new teaser poster

Imagine living in a small town where everything is safe and happy…until suddenly it isn’t. Imagine your friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane. In a terrifying tale of the “American Dream” gone horribly wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown in The Crazies, a reinvention of the George Romero classic directed ….

Columbia grabs jail-set action horror film script Supermax

Columbia has nabbed a spec script titled Supermax from actors-turned-writers Mitch Rouse and Christopher Nelson, according to THR. Todd Garner is producing the project. Supermax is an action horror set inside a maximum-security prison for the supernatural, focused on a skilled prison guard who is re-assigned to the facility. After a riot erupts, he must ….