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The Grand Rapids Film Festival 2009

The Grand Rapids Film Festival debuts this year in western Michigan, providing a highly anticipated showcase of message-driven independent films featuring inspirational, educational, enlightening and entertaining themes. The Festival chooses to focus on universally appealing films that make a positive impact on audiences, whether attendees walk away with a newfound passion for a cause, or ….

9th Annual Coney Island Film Festival

Filmmakers, distributors, and film fans descend upon Coney Island each year to enjoy a weekend of indie films and take in the unique atmosphere at this beachside event. The Coney Island Film Festival has presented a provocative and thoughtfully programmed selection of films from around the world, since 2001. Location: Brooklyn, New York – USA ….

10th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival to honor John Leguizamo

The New York International Latino Film Festival, which runs from July 27th through August 2nd, 2009, opens with a screening of Peter Bratt’s film The Mission, starring Benjamin Bratt, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Other events include a tribute to actor and comedian John Leguizamo and a closing-night screening of John Cotten’s Mexican crime drama ….

Sarah Bradford joins When The Devil Comes cast

Model and actress Sarah Bradford has joined the cast of Ken Kushner’s horror film When The Devil Comes, which is currently shooting in New York City, upstate New York and Long Island, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Already cast in the film are Dechen Thurman, Patrick McMullan and Liam McMullan. According to an article on ….

Classic Atari game Asteroids coming to the big screen

Universal has won a bidding war to nab the film rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Matthew Lopez is attached to pen the script for the adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra). Asteroids was ….

Robert Rodriguez reveals more details about Predators

AICN got an exclusive interview with Robert Rodriguez, in which the writer/producer/director confirmed a number of details about the upcoming Predators reboot film. What was so great about the interview, was that Rodriguez talked about the genesis of the project, including how Fox’s Alex Young visited his Troublemaker Studios as part of his decision-making process ….

Farscape re-launch panel to convene at Comic-Con 2009

When a freak accident during an experimental space mission catapulted Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield, a cult classic was born with the epic, adventure-filled TV series Farscape. The award-winning fan favorite show is about to blast off again on DVD courtesy of an agreement between A&E and ….

Green Lantern: First Flight will have its world premiere at Comic-Con and the trailer looks great

Green Lantern: First Flight, the fifth in the feature-length animated DVD series of DC Universe animated movies, will have its world premiere in Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con in San Diego at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009, according to Sci-Fi Wire. Fans attending the Con will have the opportunity to see the film on ….

The Pink Panther 2 Blu-ray review

MGM Home Entertainment released the family-friendly comedy The Pink Panther 2 on Blu-ray disc yesterday, June 23rd. This sequel to the popular 2006 hit, revolves around a master thief known as the Tornado, who heists four of the world’s most valuable and legendary artifacts – the Magna Carta, the Shroud of Turin, the Royal Emperor’s ….

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to start shooting in August with 30 Days of Night director at the helm

According to a Production Weekly tweet and SciFiWire, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is scheduled to start lensing on August 17th and will film through October 31st at Vancouver Film Studios in that Canadian city. David Slade (30 Days of Night) will direct the sequel from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. The story follows Bella and ….