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Sony nabs Peter Jackson’s super-secret sci-fi project District 9

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights as well as distribution rights in a significant number of foreign territories, including all English speaking territories, to the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi motion picture District 9 from QED International. The announcement was jointly made today by Peter Schlessel, President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, ….

Stephen King loves The Mist adaptation

At a press conference today for The Mist by Academy Award nominated director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption), Stephen King, whose novella the film is based on, gave his blessing of the film adaptation as well as sent out a chilling message to anyone who dares to give away the film’s ending. ….

A Legend, A Spider, The Dark Knight and more to do IMAX

IMAX continues to grow in popularity, and is again increasing the number of films it brings to its gigantic screens. In fact, I think technologies like IMAX digital, IMAX 3D and D Film, will be the savior of the movie theater ultimately. The Company will release Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience on November 16. Robert ….

Awake film trailer and movie poster

Awake is a psychological thriller about a common occurrence called anesthetic awareness, a horrifying phenomenon wherein a patient’s (Hayden Christenson) failed anesthesia leaves him fully conscious but physically paralyzed during surgery. The patient’s charming new wife (Jessica Alba) is forced to struggle with her own demons as a terrifying drama unfolds around the couple. Awake ….

Denzel Washington’s The Great Debaters trailer

Directed by and starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, The Great Debaters is based on the true story of professor Melvin B. Tolson, who taught at African-American Wiley College in Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school’s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the ….

Trailer online for Guillermo del Toro produced The Orphanage

The Orphanage, presented by Oscar-Nominee Guillermo del Toro, centers on Laura (Belén Rueda from The Sea Inside), who purchases her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. Once there, she discovers that the new environment awakens her son’s imagination, but the ongoing fantasy ….

The NEW I Am Legend Trailer…creatures and all

Speaking of I Am Legend, if you wanna get a sneak peek at the creatures designed for the film, head over to iamlegend.com. There you’ll find Trailer 2, which will give you a look at some great action sequences from the film, and some nasty ass creatures, looking to turn Will Smith into one of ….

New York Horror Fest screenings announced

I don’t usually put festivals under news, but this one just sounds like too much fun! The New York City Horror Film Festival, now in it’s sixth year, will be in downtown New York at The NYU Cantor Film Center, on East 8th Street, for some good ole horror fun, from October 24th through the ….

Tom Petty film to premiere at New York Film Festival

On October 14, the hotly anticipated Warner Bros. Records film “Runnin’ Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” will have its first public screening. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich (“The Last Picture Show”), “Runnin’ Down A Dream” has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival. “Runnin’ Down A Dream” tells ….

Transformers movie coming to IMAX in September 2007

IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced today that “TRANSFORMERS,” one of the highest grossing movies of the year, will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s immersive format and released to IMAX theatres on September 21. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million in gross box office receipts domestically since its premiere ….

Noth to reprise role as Mr. Big for Sex and the City film

Chris Noth, who played “Mr. Big” in the hit HBO television series Sex and the City, has signed on to reprise that role in the big screen adaptation of the series, it was announced today by New Line Production President Toby Emmerich. The hit comedy series Sex and the City is being brought to the ….

IMAX to release of Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light

IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions announced that the highly anticipated Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on September 21, 2007. Shine A Light will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image ….

Jiu-Jitsu master John Machado wraps on David Mamet’s Redbelt and jumps into comics

Less then a month ago world renowned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master John Machado wrapped production on David Mamet’s upcoming martial arts film, Redbelt, scheduled to be released by Sony pictures in 2008. The film placed Machado at the helm of martial arts film choreography, bringing under his tutelage luminaries such as Chiwtel Ejiofor (Children of Men, ….

The No. 1 Ladies’ detective Agency to shoot entirely in Botswana

The Weinstein Company with the support of the Republic of Botswana will begin production on July 9th in Botswana on The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, based on Alexander McCall Smith’s global best selling series of the same name. This marks the first time a major movie will be filmed in its entirety in Botswana ….

Caribbean Heritage Organization pays tribute to Suzanne de Passe

In its first Tribute to Hollywood and the Arts, the Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO), commemorating Caribbean-American Heritage Month, honored legendary television and film producer, Suzanne de Passe, Saturday, June 23, at the Museum of History in Los Angeles. CHO presented de Passe the Legacy Award. In her speech to a crowd of approximately 200 friends, family, and ….