René Carson

Free retail exclusives available with Star Trek purchase starting today

As Star Trek takes its place among the great sci-fi films, Paramount Home Entertainment has released the Original Motion Picture Collection and Trilogy on Blu-ray and DVD today. They have also released the The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series, along with The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD.

It Happened One Night, Dinner At Eight and The General screening at the Loew’s Jersey

The Loew’s Jersey continues its classic film screening series, with a trilogy of legendary comedies starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, John Barrymore, and many more. Things kick-off this coming Friday, with It Happened One Night, and continue Saturday, with two more genre-defining screen classics. The Friends of the Loew’s, who run the The Loew’s Jersey, ….

Columbine-themed indie film April Showers sets download records

April Showers, the semi-autobiographical Columbine High School-themed independent feature film, written and directed by Columbine survivor Andrew Robinson, has set records via its unique distribution model on both iTunes and Indieflix. On Tuesday, May 5th, the film became the #1 most downloaded independent film in the country on iTunes, and #65 overall – on the ….

Keanu Reeves and Guillermo del Toro working on separate Dr. Jekyll film projects for Universal

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal is developing a modern retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Keanu Reeves attached to star and Justin Haythe, who wrote Revolutionary Road, writing the screenplay. Nicolas Winding Refn, who directed the Pusher trilogy and the critically acclaimed Bronson, is in negotiations to direct ….

Vin Diesel to star in film adaptation of Wheelman

Paramount has set John Singleton (Four Brothers, Boyz n the Hood, Shaft) to direct and blockbuster producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) to shepherd The Wheelman, a live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft console game Wheelman, according to Variety. Vin Diesel, the main character and producer of ….