Day: February 8, 2010

Jackie Chan’s Shinjuku Incident currently in limited U.S. release

I don’t know how this one slipped past me. Jackie Chan’s fact-based thriller Shinjuku Incident opened nationwide in select U.S. cities including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Honolulu, Houston and Seattle on February 5th. Shinjuku Incident brings together two of Hong Kong’s biggest box office draws: international star Jackie Chan and acclaimed director ….

Live music performances, Tim Burton and Alice in Wonderland cast headline free fan event February 19th

Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Records are teaming up with Hot Topic, KIIS-FM, MySpace and musical artists from the upcoming album Almost Alice for a great big ultimate fan event celebrating the upcoming Alice in Wonderland. The star-studded concert event kicks off at 5 p.m. on February 19, 2010, at the Hollywood & Highland ….

Unreleased Heist Society novel already headed to the big screen

Warner Bros. has nabbed the film rights to Heist Society, a young adult thriller novel by Ally Carter, according to THR. Shauna Cross – who wrote Whip It! – is attached to adapt the book. Warners won a heated bidding war against Twilight producer Summit Entertainment, as well as Disney, and Paramount, who were all ….

Michael Jackson’s This Is It to come preloaded free on new Samsung hard drive

Samsung Electronics yesterday announced that the Samsung S2 Portable, a fully transportable external hard drive, will be pre-loaded with the recently released tribute movie Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Timed with the home video release of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the pre-loaded external HDD will be available at major European retailers beginning on February ….