Month: September 2010

Weta Workshop crafting custom HALO: Reach ATV collectibles for giveaway promotion

Weta Workshop has been asked by Microsoft to customise two 420cc ATVs to look and sound like the Mongoose ATV from the newly released HALO: Reach game. But that’s not the big news. The big news is that they’re being created for an exclusive sweepstakes promotion. To win one of these highly collectible models, purchase ….

We’re celebrating I’m Still Here on VOD by giving away three copies of Two Lovers on DVD

This Friday, September 24th, Magnolia Pictures will premiere the controversial Joaquin Phoenix documentary I’m Still Here on Video-On-Demand. To celebrate the VOD premiere of the Casey Affleck-directed film, FilmFetish is giving away three DVD copies of Joaquin Phoenix’ last film, the romantic drama Two Lovers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all ….

Magnet grabs U.S. rights to Takashi Miike’s samurai action film 13 Assassins and releases two bloody photos to prove it

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Takashi Miike’s epic samurai masterpiece, 13 Assassins. The historical action epic, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, recently had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, has just been named as the Closing Night film at this ….

Orson Scott Card’s epic sci-fi tale Ender’s Game back in development for the big screen

According to The L.A. times, the sci-fi film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s seminal epic tale Ender’s Game is now back in active development, as independent production company Odd Lot Entertainment moves forward on a movie project of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel. According to sources, Tsotsi and X Men Origins: Wolverine director Gavin ….