Details on CG-animated feature Resident Evil: Degeneration
Seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire are back as the war against the zombies rages on in Resident Evil: Degeneration, a co-production of CAPCOM and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, based on the popular video game franchise. Making its worldwide theatrical debut in Japan this week, on October 18, 2008, Resident ….
Iron Man now available on a Dell PC near you
Dell announced today the next era in personalization of the PC with the launch of its inaugural pre-loaded movie service. Starting today, coinciding with the DVD release, Dell’s movie selection premieres with one of the top grossing films of 2008 – Iron Man from Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment. For the first time, consumers have ….
Two new Quantum of Solace scenes turn up online
Two more clips from the next James Bond action-fest, Quantum of Solace, have turned up online. The clips give hints to who Daniel Craig will align himself to, in order to meet his objective in the film – that being revenge. Quantum of Solace follows James Bond, as he sets out to stop an environmentalist ….
Discover terror of Dead Space with Italian master of thriller Dario Argento
Electronic Arts recently announced that Dario Argento will lend his voice as character Doctor Kyne in the Italian version of Dead Space. EA’s new sci-fi survival horror videogame promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action. Dead Space is designed to make sure that everyone from videogame experts to newcomers will truly ….
Global cinema to compete in Middle East International Film Fest
Over 60 films from 32 countries around the world will take part in the Official Competition for this year’s Middle East International Film Festival, running October 10-19, 2008. This year’s festival will see 138 films screened from East to West, up from 80 films in MEIFF’s inaugural festival in 2007. This year’s Official Competition is ….
Win a signed movie poster from indie drama Tru Loved
In conjunction with the release of the indie coming-of-age teen drama Tru, Regent Releasing is supplying us with three original posters from the film, signed by the entire cast. Readers can win one of these limited edition items, by being a member of our mailing list. If you’re already a member, you automatically get a ….
Variety continues LA and NYC screening series
Variety recently started its sixth annual Los Angeles Screening Series and the first-ever New York Screening Series. The L.A. Screening Series kicked off with a showing of Sony Pictures Classics Rachel Getting Married, followed by a Q&A with stars Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie Dewitt as well as writer Jenny Lumet. The New York Screening Series opened ….
Details on the John Malkovich film Drunkboat
The Seven Arts Pictures film Drunkboat, directed by Bob Meyer, and stars John Goodman and Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee John Malkovich, who is also producing the movie. The project follows a man making a difficult and tenuous return to family life in Chicago after many years of lonely self destruction. His nephew has ….
AniBoom animation contest accepting entries
AniBoom, the world’s first virtual studios, recently announced its Third Annual aniBoom Awards for submissions from independent animators of all types around the globe. Submissions are welcome through December 1, 2008, during which time the animations will be viewed and ranked by the community on aniBoom.com and by a select panel of entertainment industry luminaries. ….
SnagFilms to premiere doc Haze simultaneously with Hamptons Film Festival
SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen recently announced that Haze, a documentary film introduced by Robin Wright Penn, will premiere simultaneously on SnagFilms and at the Hamptons International Film Festival. With its focus on the death of a young Colorado University fraternity pledge, Gordie Bailey, due to alcohol poisoning, Haze is a documentary that explores a range ….
Tropic Thunder lands on DVD in November
Tropic Thunder deploys on November 18, 2008 in a Unrated Director’s Cut on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as in a single-disc DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller (Zoolander) and featuring an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda), Danny McBride (Foot Fist Way), Nick Nolte ….
Retail exclusives for Indy’s Crystal Skull includes Sideshow quality work
Today, Lucasfilm and Paramount released the worldwide box office blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD and Blu-ray. With this release comes five fun and collectible retail exclusives. The highlight of these collectible goodies, is a replica of the crystal skull itself, from noted figure and memorabilia company Sideshow Collectibles, ….
Exclusive clip from What Just Happened
There’s an exclusive clip from What Just Happened on MSN Movies, featuring Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener and Michael Wincott. What Just Happened is a sharp comedy about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer, as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises ….
Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard in upcoming Iron Man sequel
Don Cheadle will be replacing actor Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, the upcoming sequel from Marvel Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Howard played Jim Rhodes in Iron Man, Tony Stark’s best friend and soon-to-be metal-framed superhero War Machine. The story says Marvel had no comment about the switch, but hinted that negotiations with ….
Live-action Mulan epic planned as U.S. China co-production
A $30 million live-action version of the story Mulan, about a heroic Chinese female warrior popularized by Walt Disney’s 1998 animated film, is in the works by Xinhua Media Entertainment in partnership with state-run China Film Group, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is set to begin production in China next spring, according to ….