René Carson

Funny People to headline 13th Annual Just For Laughs Film Fest

The Just For Laughs Film Festival returns this year, happening from July 10-27, 2009. Films screening at the fest this year include: Humpday, OSS 117: Rio ne Repond Plus, Agathe Clery, Paper Heart, The Slammin’ Salmon, World’s Greatest Dad, Funny People and Les Doigts Croches. Independent films this year include That’s For Me!, More than ….

Clive Barker to screen Book of Blood for Comic-Con 2009 attendees

Legendary horror/fantasy filmmaker and author Clive Barker will be joining attendees of the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con to introduce a free screening of Book of Blood, the film adaptation based on his short stories The Book of Blood and On Jerusalem Street. Book of Blood stars Sophie Ward and Jonas Armstrong and is directed by ….

Action director/icon John Woo to tackle Flying Tigers in next World War II epic

Hong Kong action icon John Woo will direct a China-U.S. co-production about the Flying Tigers, according to the community website GoKunming. The film, titled Flying Tiger Heroes, will start shooting this year, and is expected to cost $100 million, making it the most expensive Chinese film made to date, according to the report.

80’s William Shatner TV cop show T.J. Hooker being adapted into a big screen action comedy

William Shatner’s cult classic cop drama T.J. Hooker is headed for the bigscreen as an action comedy with David Foster, Ryan Heppe and series creator Rick Husky producing, Variety reports. Chuck Russell is currently in negotiations to direct the upcoming adaptation, with Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson will script the story, which focuses on the ….

Big City Big Dreams entertainment pro networking event

Due to the overwhelming success of the Entertainment Industry Networking Party last month, there’s another mixer happening this Friday, July 10th. The Big City Big Dreams event is your chance to drink, mingle and bowl with fellow actors, filmmakers, models, producers, musicians and writers in the heart of Manhattan. Date: Friday, July 10 at 10pm ….

Jim Caviezel, Jamie Campbell-Bower and Lennie James descend on Comic-Con 2009 to preview The Prisoner mini-series

Stars of AMC’s highly anticipated mini-series The Prisoner, including Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, Thin Red Line, Pay It Forward), Jamie Campbell-Bower (Sweeney Todd, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and Lennie James (Jericho) will attend Comic Con 2009 for a panel event and exclusive sneak preview of the six-part series. The Prisoner panel, ….

Watch Chris Pine get sick in the trailer for the horror Carriers

Carriers follows the story of four friends that are fleeing a viral pandemic, that soon learn they are more dangerous than the virus itself. The upcoming zombie horror was written and directed by Spanish sibling filmmakers Alex and David Pastor, a pair that has directed some highly regarded short films, including Peacemaker in 2006. Carriers ….

Megan Fox gets nasty in R-Rated Jennifer’s Body trailer

Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) and writer/producer Diablo Cody (Juno) present Jennifer’s Body, which revolves around a newly possessed cheerleader who turns into a killing machine, specializing in taking out her male classmates. ShockTillYouDrop has nabbed an exclusive red band trailer, that acts as a prelude to an upcoming set visit story they’ll be ….