René Carson

Originally Published: May 9, 2005 We have posted a full preview of New Line Cinema’s upcoming Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. In the romantic comedy, they star as a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, but find themselves at odds ….

Originally Published: May 9, 2005 Tonight, IFC is premiering the documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession. It’s the story of the first 24-hour, all-movie cable station, that was so popular before the age of the VHS and DVD. It’s also the story of Jerry Harvey, the tortured visionary who ultimately murdered his wife, then turned ….

Originally Published: March 14, 2005 According to UGO online, Paramount Pictures has bought the film rights to Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker’s Invincible comic book series, published monthly by Image. The studio has also tapped Kirkman to write the screenplay for the film, a rare accomplishment considering this will be Kirkman’s first script. Paramount sees ….

Originally Published: March 6, 2005 Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) announced a deal with multi-million album selling hip-hop superstar and entertainment icon 50 Cent to collaborate in the creation of a new video game that will hit retail shelves in late 2005. 50 Cent: Bulletproof, in which 50 Cent will star and provide his likeness ….

Originally Published: May 10, 2005 Moviefone is hosting the exclusive first look trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, based on the C.S. Lewis classic. They also have 5 reasons why this film will fill the void left by the end of the Star Wars saga, and The Lord ….

Originally Published: March 6, 2005 Christian Slater has signed on to lend his voice for the title character Igor in Exodus Film Group’s CGI-animated short film Igor: Unholy Frijoles which will precede the feature length theatrical version Igor, due out in 2007. Igor is an irreverent comedy with a new twist on the classic mad ….

Originally Published: February 27, 2005 Blockbuster director Roland Emmerich is getting ready to leave his popcorn image by making “more difficult, socially relevant” films. He stated this recently during a press conference at the Berlin Film Festival. He also introduced his new production/financing company Reel Machine, during the fest, which will be backing his more ….

Originally Published: May 15, 2005 I have posted a preview page for the new Laurence Fishburne movie, Akeelah and the Bee. The film centers on a precocious eleven-year-old girl named Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), from south Los Angeles, who is discovered to have a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother ….

Originally Published: January 5, 2005 We’ve posted some great new photos from Robert De Niro’s new thriller Hide and Seek. the film is about a man who moves his daughter Emily upstate New York, in order to escape the memories of her recently deceased mother. Soon thereafter, Emily develops a friendship with the imaginary friend ….

Originally Published: January 5, 2005 I have seen this around too much not to at least mention it. Natalie Portman is very close to inking a deal to star in the Wachowski Brothers next major project, V For Vendetta. The Brothers wrote this script about two and a half years ago, in between developing the ….

Originally Published: June 23, 2005 Columbia Pictures is negotiating with Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Brendan Gleeson and Robin Wright Penn to star in director Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, based on the classic Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Variety reported. The performance-capture film, about a knight who slays a monster and becomes king, is being financed by Steve Bing’s ….

Originally Published: June 23, 2005 The Sci Fi Channel has announced that it will air reruns of Fox’s canceled sci-fi series Firefly, including three episodes that never aired. Sci Fi will air all 14 hours of the show, from creator Joss Whedon, starting July 22, at 7 pm. It will be followed by new episodes ….

Originally Published: March 7, 2005 Variety reports that Warner Bros. Pictures will produce the film version of Blood Father, a drama based on the novel by Peter Craig. Anonymous Content is attached to produce and Andrea Berloff will adapt the screenplay. The novel begins three years after 17 year old Lydia Carson ran away from ….

Originally Published: March 7, 2005 British singer Jamelia is being lined up to become a Bond girl, according to the Daily Star, a British tabloid. Jamelia is rumoured to be starring in Casino Royale, the 21st movie in the Bond series, due in 2006, after impressing the film’s producers. She has apparently beat off competition ….

Originally Published: June 23, 2005 Japanese director Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) is interested in helming a film version of Tim Curran’s H.P. Lovecraft-inspired book The Hive, Bloody-Disgusting.com reported.