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Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes and Seth Rogen to preview The Other Guys and 3D scenes from The Green Hornet for fans at SDCC

Sony Pictures is previewing its action comedies The Other Guys and The Green Hornet in Hall H, in a separate presentation this year at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. First on the massive Hall H stage will be The Other Guys – NYPD Detectives Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are ….

Armageddon Blu-ray review

I have to grade Armageddon on a curve. The reason is that no matter how limited or contrived the story is, one can not escape the sheer entertainment value of this implausible action adventure science farce. Released in 1998, Armageddon became a watershed moment in the moviemaking careers of both its producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl ….

Dwayne Johnson and Con Air Director team up for action thriller

Dwayne Johnson has signed on to star in the action thriller Protection, IM Global announced today. Protection will be directed by Simon West (Con Air, Laura Croft: Tomb Raider, Strangers), who is currently completing post work on The Mechanic remake with Jason Statham. Protection is scheduled to shoot in New Mexico this fall, from a ….

Spy Hunter film adaptation back on track at Warner Bros.

Spy Hunter, which had been in development hell for years at Universal, is back on track for the big screen at Warner Bros., according to HeatVisionBlog. John Woo and Dwayne Johnson were attached to direct and star, respectively, in Spy Hunter while Universal had film rights. Then Paul W.S. Anderson attempted to relight the fire ….

50 Cent is out and Terry Crews is now in Sly Stallone’s war flick Expendables

AICN, which has a direct dialogue going with Sly Stallone regarding his upcoming action flick, The Expendables, has been updating the casting of the roles Agent Will Sands and Hale Caesar. Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker was attached to the film, but a push in the schedule forced him to withdraw. Apparently Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, had ….

Zemeckis, Burton and Bruckheimer projects may go 3D and IMAX

Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX theaters under a new five-picture agreement the studio has reached with big screen movie exhibition company, it was announced yesterday by president of Walt Disney ….

Depp returning to the high seas and Cage to continue treasure hunting

Variety has reported that Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and is preparing to play Tonto in a new adaptation of The Lone Ranger. Both films will be produced by genre-auteur Jerry Bruckheimer, who also announced that and Nicolas Cage are working on ….

Doom Film Storyboards on Net

Originally Published: February 25, 2005 One of the artists working on the Doom film art work, has posted some storyboards he designed for the action scenes on his web site. From the look of the boards, producers are very interested in staying true to the feel of the game. The film version’s story revolves around ….

Get Smart Sneak Previews Available Exclusively at iTunes

Warner Bros. Pictures is offering a seven-minute sneak preview from the upcoming action comedy Get Smart, exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com) as a free download. Fans can view this first-look footage with a special introduction by Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway, who star in Get Smart as CONTROL secret agents Maxwell Smart and Agent ….