René Carson

Power Up Filmmaking Grants Available

I just got some updated information on the Power Up Filmmaking Grants. Here ya go: POWER UP Filmmaking Grants Available. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your short produced. Applications are available for the 2006 Filmmaking Grant Program. After a one year hiatus to shoot the feature film ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE, (http://www.myspace.com/ittybittymovie) directed by Jamie ….

Exclusive Charlotte’s Web Trailer Premiere

Gary Winick (13 Going on 30, Tadpole) directs an all-star cast in the holiday film, Charlotte’s Web. This live action version brings to life the E.B. White childrens’ favorite in a big way. It stars Dakota Fanning as Fern, along with the voice talents of Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Thomas Haden Church, Robert Redford, Cedric the Entertainer, Jane Sibbett, ….

Two Hilarious New Clips From Borat

The name of this movie says its going to be stomach-choking funny… Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Sacha Baron Cohen goes from hiphopdeejayrapartistinterviewer in HBO’s hilarious Da Ali G Show, to Borat, a Kazakhstani TV talking head, who has been dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. ….

Jackman and Bale Talk The Prestige

The battle any comic book fan would salivate over; Wolverine vs. Batman. Only, it’s Rupert and Alfred, and they are rival magicians. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale go head to head in The Prestige. The film hits theaters countrywide tomorrow, and below is a link to a video segment of the two stars interviewing each other about their roles and on-screen ….

Mr. Woodcock Trailer

A self-help guru (Seann William Scott) returns home in an effort to stop his mother from marrying his old high school gym teacher (Billy Bob Thornton), a man who made high school hell for generations of students. The comedy Mr. Woodcock also stars Susan Sarandon, Shannon Burwell, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, Emily Wagner, Evan Helmuth, Suzanne Friedline, Jacob Christopher, and Ty Rushing.  Mr. Woodcock hits ….

Rogue Gets Bloody Rights

According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Rogue Pictures has purchased the film rights to an upcoming vampire comic book titled Blood on the Tracks, and have setup Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon to write and direct the big screen adaptation. Michael Zoumas will produce via his Zoom Entertainment banner, and Barry Levine is producing via the formed company Blatant Pictures.  The story of Blood on the Tracks revolves ….

More on James Cameron’s Avatar

According to the Hollywood North Report, Joel Moore (Dodgeball) has been all but confirmed for a lead inJames Cameron’s upcoming return to the big screen; the science fiction epic Avatar. According to the story, in the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet named Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a race with their own ….

The Urban Fashion and Music Expo Coming to L.A. Convention Center

The Urban Fashion & Music Expo: Where Fashion Meets Music. The expo was born out of the need to build a worldwide and independent outlet to recognize the achievement of Urban Fashion Designers and Artists around the world. The event will be taking place in Spring 2007 at the LA Convention Center. The 2-day event, ….

The Messengers Trailer

The Grudge 2 had a trailer attached to it for Ghost House Picture’s first release for 2007, called The Messengers. The thriller marks the U.S. directorial debut for Hong Kong wunderkind director-brothers Oxide and Danny Pang, known as The Pang Brothers (The Eye). The Messengers involves an ominous darkness that invades a sunflower farm in North Dakota, tearing apart a family ….

New Casting for Six Sex Scenes and A Murder

Richard Anthony Crenna, Jr. and Kristin Minter join the cast of Six Sex Scenes & A Murder, an East Meets West Productions film by Bay Area filmmaker Julie Rubio. Rubio will produce and direct from her original screenplay that explores the power and depth of human sexuality. Industry veteran Marty Rosenberg has been tapped as director of photography. Business entrepreneur Robert Meadows will executive produce. Production ….

USA Film Fest to Screen Catch a Fire, Queen & Little Children

This month, USA Film Festival/Dallas will present screenings of three of this year’s most critically-acclaimed films. CATCH A FIRE With special guests director Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games, The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence) and other guests of the film in attendance; a Q&A session will follow the film. Starring Tim Robbins, Derek Luke and Bonnie Henna, director Phillip Noyce brings the riveting true story ….