Production company setting up shop in PA to produce comic-based features

Producer Jeffrey Erb and entrepreneur Robert Robinson Jr. are launching a production company called Framelight with options already in place for several properties, including Marvel’s Dr. Deth With Kip and Muffy from G.I. Joe author Larry Hama. The company plans to produce six to eight comic-based films during the next five years, according to a ….

Kerosene Cowboys adds three to cast

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cam Gigandet (upcoming Twilight), Shane West (Red Sands) and Rachael Leigh Cook (Broken Kingdom) are in talks to star in the upcoming Mario Van Peebles (Baadasssss) action thriller Kerosene Cowboys, for Svarog-Afterburner Films. Kerosene Cowboys is based on a novel by Randy Arrington, about the hard-living pilots of an elite ….

The Changeling trailer launches

The first trailer for the Clint Eastwood thriller Changeling, has launched. Changeling tells the fact-based tale of Christine Collins (played by Angelina Jolie), a single mother living in 1920’s Los Angeles, whose young son goes missing one day. Months later, police find the boy and return him to his mother – with only one problem ….

Coca-Cola Quantum of Solace marketing campaign launches, plus Alicia Keyes singing Bond theme song

That was quick. I just read the press release about this partnership a few days ago, and there you go. Commercial done! It really looks good, too. Coca-Cola is launching a global TV campaign in conjunction with the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, featuring music by White Stripes frontman Jack White. The TV ….

Seven Arts opens new post facility to be used for Night of the Demons remake

Seven Arts Pictures announced the opening of Seven Arts Pictures Louisiana, a production and post-production facility recently purchased in the city of New Orleans, at 807 Esplanade. The newly acquired production facility is located in the historic Faubourg Marigny District of New Orleans, immediately adjacent to the famous French Quarter. The Property was at one ….

Video of Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino hosting David Letterman’s Top 10

Below is video of Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino hosting the Top 10 list on Late Night With David Letterman. The topic was “Top 10 Reasons I Like Being an Actor, which included my personal favorite, “You get to read well-crafted dialogue, like ‘Get the f*ck outta here’”. The Jon Avnet-directed action thriller Righteous Kill, ….

The Soloist film trailer

Robert Downey Jr. plays Steve Lopez, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, who stumbles upon Nathaniel Ayers, played by Jamie Foxx, a gifted and schizophrenic, homeless musician that lives in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, who was a child prodigy, and still dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Joe Wright, who directed last ….

Ridley Scott discusses his directing career during Searchlab

Below is the second part of director Ridley Scott’s Searchlab Lecture. Presented in three parts, Scott talks about his career, technique, and inspirations among many other insightful anecdotes from the past thirty years. Academy Award Nominee Ridley Scott has directed some of the most influential and popular films in the past three decades, including Alien, ….

The International film trailer and official website

In the gripping thriller The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice, one of the world’s most powerful banks, which is involved in an international arms dealing ring. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from ….

New online video site for those seeking inspiration

SpiritClips, a unique online collection of original films, announced its public launch, featuring short films that impart compassion, hope, courage and strength. Viewers worldwide can watch and share an exclusive collection of motion picture-quality films created specifically for online viewing. Created by Academy Award-winning producer Rob Fried (Rudy, Collateral, So I Married an Axe Murderer), ….