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Net Users Ready for Search Engine Video Services

As popular Internet search giants Google and Yahoo! expand into the television content arena, they’ll find welcome fans among America’s consumers. According to new research from Points North Group and Horowitz Associates, Inc., one-third of Internet users are interested in Google Video and 41% are interested in Yahoo! Go, both of which are new video-oriented ….

Gay Porn Version of Da Vinci Code?

The Book Standard reports that PZP Productions has announced plans to release its gay-sex film The DaVinci Load on May 19, the same day Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code, the film it parodies, is scheduled to hit theaters. PZP head Peter Zaragoza told Gay Video News, “The DaVinci Load is our most ambitious and expensive film to date. The star, new discovery Sebastian ….

Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel in ‘Next’ Philip K. Dick

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Biel has signed on to co-star in Lee Tamahori’s sci-fi thriller Next. Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore are toplining the film, based on a Philip K. Dick short story titled The Golden Man. Gary Goldman wrote the screenplay about a man (played by Cage) with the unique ability to see future events and affect their outcome. Pursued by the FBI, which is ….

The Anime Event List

The Anime Network has launched an event lounge, where Anime and Manga lovers can find out any Anime related event in the U.S. The Anime Network web site has always been a great place for trailers, upcoming news and more, related to the artform. This just rounds things out. Check out the calendar RIGHT HERE

Saw 3 by Halloween 2006

Twisted Pictures and Lions Gate Films have announced the theatrical release date of Saw 3. The film is set to cut into theaters on October 27 and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, who helmed part 2 of the franchise, with story again by Leigh Whannell and James Wan. The Saw franchise, about a psychotic genius that puts his victims in death traps in ….

Weinsteins Get The Shivers

The Weinstein Company announced that its Dimension Films unit has bought the script “Shiver,” written by Mikey Wigart. Michael*Cuesta is set to produce and direct the thriller for the company. “Shiver” is based on a true story about a group of New*Year’s Eve revelers who get in a car wreck and are stranded in a Minnesota*snowstorm when they stumble upon a ….

Logan’s Run and Wonder Woman Updates

Producer Joel Silver (V for Vendetta) recently talked to SCI FI Wire about several of his high-profile genre films that are in various stages of development.  “The next one up is The Reaping, with Hilary Swank and directed by Stephen Hopkins, which is a supernatural thriller,” Silver said in an interview. Silver previously tapped Hopkins to direct Predator 2 and several episodes of TV’s Tales From ….

The Return of Alias

ABC ended speculation about the fate of its spy drama Alias on Feb. 28 by announcing that it would return to the prime-time schedule on April 19 with a two-hour episode, starting at 8 p.m. ABC also released spoilers about the special episode, which will feature the birth of Sydney’s (Jennifer Garner) baby and the reappearance of Michael Vaughn (Michael ….

Ultraviolet clips

Sony Pictures has just sent us 3 new Ultraviolet clips, including a really cool swordfight. Set in the 21st century. a subculture of humans called Hemophages has emerged who have been genetically modified, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. To the governments’s dismay, more and more of the population are being transformed, and they ….

Brooklyn Underground Film Fest Celebrates 4th Season

The Brooklyn Underground Film Festival proudly continues its tradition of being New York’s premier festival for new and emerging filmmakers to showcase their films. Celebrating its fourth season, the festival will be held April 19 – 23 at the Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope. More than 3,000 patrons attended last year’s festival and this year ….

Basic Instinct 2 Info

To start with, the web site for Basic Instinct 2 has launched. More sex, lies, beaver and blood. Sounds perfect. The film stars Sharon Stone and David Morrissey, and hits theaters on March 31, 2005. We have a page dedicated to the film, where you can see the trailer, find out the plot line, see photos (hopefully of beaver, if she ….

Howard Stern’s X Film Fest

Howard Stern is looking for a few good filmmakers. Making like a X-rated Robert Redford, the shock jock is teaming with his new TV home, In Demand Networks, to launch the Howard Stern Film Festival, a showcase of short (five minutes or less) films that reflect Stern’s entertainment tastes and??, standards. The best three shorts ….

V for Film Clip

Moviefone has an exclusive clip from the Wachowski Brother’s V for Vendetta. In an alternate future, Britain has lost World War III, and a murderous totalitarian regime reigns. Only a masked terrorist known as V (played by The Matrix’ Hugo Weaving) and young Evey (Star War’s Natalie Portman) have the balls to start a revolution. ….