René Carson

First Blood returns to big screen for one night only event featuring special new Stallone interview

Sylvester Stallone explodes back into select movie theatres as John Rambo in a one night special event presentation of the original “First Blood” on Thursday, May 15. This unique theatre experience will feature all of the excitement of the original action-thriller classic in a full digitally re-mastered, high-definition presentation. After the movie, fans will also ….

Act 2 Films and award-winning screenwriter planning film based on historic basketball game

Screenwriter Angelo Pizzo arrives in Nashville next Tuesday, as the guest of the locally-based film production company, ACT 2 Films. Best known for his box office hits Hoosiers and Rudy, Mr. Pizzo will visit Gallatin High School students to deliver a talk on script writing for the movie industry. It is all part of a ….

Best Buy awarding more than $10 Million in gift cards to HD-DVD buyers

With Blu-ray declaring victory over HD-DVD in the high definition movie format war, Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, is giving $50 gift cards to customers who purchased an HD-DVD player or HD-DVD attachment from its U.S. stores before February 23, 2008. Customers will get a gift card for each player or HD-DVD ….

Kent Film Festival to Honor Actress Shirley Knight

The 3rd Annual Kent Film Festival will honor veteran actress Shirley Knight with a lifetime achievement award. The rapidly growing Connecticut-based film festival is located in Litchfield County, home to many film industry elite from both coasts. Ms. Knight appears in THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, which premiers at the festival on Friday, March ….

Two-Part adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be directed by David Yates

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Robinov also announced that director David Yates, who earlier helmed the 2007 summer blockbuster ….

Family Room Entertainment on board to slay Attack of the Killer Tomatoes remake

Emmett/Furla Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Room Entertainment, is pleased to announce that it is on board to co-produce a remake of the 1978 Comedy Cult Classic “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” The original “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” spawned three sequels and a Saturday morning animated series. Family Room Entertainment Corporation, with ….

Extreme Sports legend Travis Pastrana cheats death on big screen breathtaking premiere 199 Lives

Infamous for his double back flip on his motorcycle in X-Games 12 and often referred to as this generation’s “Evel Knievel,” Travis Pastrana takes fans inside his world of Motocross and Rally car racing – with dozens of crashes and an unprecedented jump off the Grand Canyon along the way – in the premiere of ….

Image to distribute Academy Award winner Taxi to the Darkside

Image Entertainment, a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today it will distribute the THINKFilm release Taxi to the Dark Side, which won an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary at the 80th annual Oscar telecast on February 24. Currently in theaters, the film is theatrically distributed ….

Image Entertainment and Celluloid Dreams announce 3 pic deal

Image Entertainment, a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced a three-film distribution agreement with independent production company Celluloid Dreams. The deal was brokered by Celluloid president Hengameh Panahi and Image Entertainment UK’s managing director Wendy Rutland. “We are very pleased to be acquiring three films of such ….

Here is a complete Grammy Music Award winners’ list for 2008

Here is a complete list of Grammy Winners for 2008: RECORD OF THE YEAR Rehab – Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer; Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records] ALBUM OF THE YEAR “River: The Joni Letters” – Herbie Hancock; Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & ….

Dark Knight shot partially in IMAX – see complete sequence during I Am Legend trailers

The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience from Warner Bros. Pictures, will feature four sequences filmed with IMAX cameras. This marks the first time ever that a major feature film has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras, marking a revolutionary integration of the two film formats. I went to see I Am Legend in IMAX ….