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More photos plus winners of the 15th Urbanworld Film Festival

The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival closed its 15th film festival with the New York City premiere of Sundance World Cinema Audience Award film Kinyarwanda, directed by Alrick Brown and starring Cassandra Freeman. The packed theater gave the film a standing ovation, followed by a Q&A with Brown, Freeman and producer Darren Dean, which was ….

Blade Runner prequels and sequels being developed

Variety reports that Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s cult classic sci-fi noir, is being prepped for prequel and sequel development. Alcon Entertainment is in final discussions to secure film, TV and ancillary franchise rights to the 1982 thriller, which starred Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, ….

Quantum Of Solace director circling Ludlum espionage thriller

According to Variety, Paramount has tapped Quantum Of Solace director Marc Forster for its adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s political thriller The Chancellor Manuscript. According to report, the studio has also contracted Peter O’Brien – who wrote a much buzzed about script for a female-driven thriller titled Unlocked – to write a new draft of the ….

Disturbia director to learn the Art of Making Money

Paramount is in talks with Star Trek’s Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) to join the true-life drama The Art of Making Money, with an eye towards beginning production early next year, according to Variety. Brian Robbins, Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston will produce ‘Money’ from a screenplay by Frank Baldwin, who ….

Pirates of the Caribbean producing team board DevaShard comic adaptation

Eric McLeod and David Venghaus, who worked together on Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, have joined the ranks of DevaShard, the fantasy adaptation recently picked up by Vanquish Motion Pictures, that’s based on eastern mythology. Vanquish’s Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta are writing the script and will produce the film with McLeod. Heather Kenealy is ….

Book of Eli Comic-Con exclusive inked movie poster hits the net

This Comic-Con exclusive movie poster for Denzel Washington and The Hughes Brothers’ (Menace II Society, From Hell) post-apocalyptic action film Book of Eli, was posted on BleedingCool. The artwork is by comic artist Chris Weston, who was also commissioned by the directors to create storyboards and concept art for the film, which stars Denzel Washington ….