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Let The Right One In director signs on for John Le Carre espionage book adaptation

Award-winning Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, who helmed the brilliant vampire film Let The Right One In, is attached to direct the upcoming adaptation of John Le Carre’s seminal cold war bestseller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The feature is being produced by Working Title co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and ….

Twilight Saga: New Moon red carpet premiere live stream to bomb the net

As previously announced, MySpace will be hosting the exclusive live stream of The Twilight Saga: New Moon premiere red carpet. Websites all over the internet, including FilmFetish.com, will be showing the broadcast this Monday, November 16th, starting at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. For all you Twilight fans out there, I’ll stick this post, so it ….

First Annual Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival

MIFFF produces the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, the premier Pacific Northwest weekend long event devoted towards independent and international genre film making. The event was created to offer exposure to films that traditionally are overlooked by the festival circuit from genres including animation, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. The festival will feature an amazing ….

Win the new John Barrymore Collection 4-DVD box set from Kino Video

Here’s another contest I found on the Kino Video website. Kino International is looking to give a lucky Twitter user a complimentary copy of The John Barrymore Collection, a new 4-DVD Box Set dedicated to the silent films of John Barrymore. This set includes the rarely seen Sherlock Holmes, mastered from a 35mm restoration by ….

Long-delayed Trick ‘r Treat to screen with cast members Anna Paquin, Brian Cox and Tahmoh Penikett and more at Comic-Con ’09

More and more Comic-Con schedule news keeps pouring in. The long delayed Halloween horror film Trick ‘r Treat will screen with the cast and crew in attendance on Thursday, July 23rd, in Ballroom 20. The Michael Dougherty film stars Quinn Lord, Brian Cox, Tahmoh Penikett (Dollhouse), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Dylan Baker, Leslie Bibb, Rochelle ….

Tron, Alice in Wonderland and more footage to be in 3-D at Comic-Con ’09, plus Miyazaki and Lasseter to attend

Disney has released its Comic-Con 3-D heavy lineup, and the studio confirmed that it will showcase 3-D footage of the new Tron film, along with 3-D clips from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol. Directors Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will join Tron producers Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger on ….

Chashama Film Festival 2009

The Chashama Film Festival is dedicated to cultivating a better understanding of various cultures. By screening films that voice diverse opinions and present global views, the festival hopes to move the world one step further from disassociation in the direction of a unified whole. Its goal is to not only push boundaries, but to erase ….

UPDATED: Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Justin Timberlake all eyeing Green Lantern’s power ring

Warner Bros. is choosing between three actors, trying to decide who will wear the power ring in the Green Lanternlive-action film adaptation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) and producers Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti have spent five months looking for the actor to play Hal Jordan, the hot-shot Air ….

Kick-Ass movie updates: director Matthew Vaughn, Nicolas Cage & footage at Comic-Con, new images and animated sequences

New facts and images are popping up for John Romita Jr. and Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass movie adaptation, which is being directed by Matthew Vaughn. To begin with, Romita opened up during an interview with Comic Book Resources about how the source material and adaptation will likely differ. Apparently, he’s resolved to the fact that what ….

National Lampoon and IndiePix look to the new frontier with The Orchard

The Orchard announced that it has formed comprehensive marketing, distribution, and services partnerships with National Lampoon, IndiePix Films and Independent Film Sales. With these collaborations, the company will provide marketing and digital distribution services for National Lampoon, one of the oldest and most recognized comedy entertainment brands in the world. As part of the agreement, ….

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming to the PlayStation Portable

Rockstar Games, the publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, recently announced that one of the highest-rated handheld games of all time, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, will be making its way to the PSP (PlayStation Portable) handheld entertainment system. Developed by the award-winning studio Rockstar Leeds, in conjunction with series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: ….

Win an X-Box 360 or a trip to the L.A. premiere of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra from 7-Eleven

In the vein of the merchandising the chain did for Terminator Salvation, 7-Eleven has now teamed up with Paramount Pictures to promote the August 7th release of the new action movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. At the center of the promotion is a G.I. JOE-themed true-blue Slurpee flavor called Liquid Artillery, four 22-oz. ….