Timothy Olyphant to redo George Romero horror The Crazies

Timothy Olyphant (Go, Live Free or Die Hard) is attached to star in Overture Film’s remake of The Crazies, the 1973 George A. Romero horror film that Breck Eisner (Sahara) is directing. The low-budget cult classic The Crazies originally starred Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones, Lloyd Hollar, Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty, Richard France, ….

Arrested Development film approaching green light

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Arrested Development film is inching closer to becoming a reality. Apparently, Mitch Hurwitz and Ron Howard have closed deals for the long-in-development project. The possible adaptation of the short-lived Fox show has been a hot topic among fans for the last year. Speculation was initially fueled by cast members, ….

Terminator Salvation the Game coming with the film

Warner Bros. Interactive, Equity Games and Halcyon Games announced Terminator Salvation – The Videogame, a third-person shooter to be released in conjunction with the Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures film, which opens nationwide on May 22, 2009. Based on the upcoming Terminator Salvation film, the game offers players the chance to assume the role of ….

WIN a full sized movie poster from Special signed by Michael Rapaport

This Friday, November 21st, Magnet will release the film SPECIAL, the second movie in their Six Shooter Film Series. To celebrate the release, Magnet is providing us with a full-size movie poster signed by actor Michael Rapaport (currently featured in TV’s Prison Break) and writer/directors Hal Haberman & Jeremy Passmore. Want to earn a chance ….

Nothing But the Truth trailer online

Inspired by today’s politically charged climate, Nothing But The Truth features Kate Beckinsale as Washington, DC political journalist Rachel Armstrong, who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent (Vera Farmiga). When a special government prosecutor (Matt Dillon) demands she divulge her source, she ….

Twilight actors to attend Pop Culture Experience this weekend

The Pop Culture Experience is a new convention in the New England Fan Experience. Focusing on premieres and exciting guests, the Pop Culture Experience hits Boston with celebrity guests from the movie Twilight, which also hits theaters this weekend. The event will welcome Kellan Lutz, who portrays the bear “loving” vampire Emmett Cullen, and Eddie ….

Zemeckis, Burton and Bruckheimer projects may go 3D and IMAX

Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX theaters under a new five-picture agreement the studio has reached with big screen movie exhibition company, it was announced yesterday by president of Walt Disney ….

Fourth X-Men movie to bring younger mutants to the spotlight

Fox is working on continuing the X-Men movie franchise with a younger group of mutants, according to Variety. The studio has contracted with creator Josh Schwartz, creator of TV’s Gossip Girl, to write the film X-Men: First Class. Schwartz, who is also the creator of Fox’s The OC, as well as NBC’s Chuck, is expected ….

Make that two more futuristic sci-fi epics for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. is working on two sci-fi projects with former New Line co-chiefs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After leaving New Line, the duo formed the Unique Features banner in June of this year, which also funnels it’s projects through Warners. Shaye, along with Unique’s Dylan Sellers are producing Control-Alt-Delete, ….

Newark to get documentary treatment on Sundance

The Sundance Channel will air a new documentary series, focused on the challenges facing New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, along with Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin will produce the new series. Called Brick City, the series will center on Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the city’s residents and ….