Release dates picked for arthouse favorites Ang Lee, Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, Jim Jarmusch and more 2009 features

Focus Features has set release dates for movies by some big names in pop-arthouse cinema, including The Coen Brothers, Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch, along with a Tim Burton-produced animated fantasy simply titled 9, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Below are details I put together on Focus’ crop of features that will be gracing arthouse ….

The Dark Knight to be first BD Live-enabled title from Warner Bros.

The critically-acclaimed blockbuster The Dark Knight, hits the street on December 9th as Warner Bros.’ first home entertainment release to include Internet-enabled interactive features exclusive to the Blu-ray format. The Dark Knight Blu-ray takes advantage of next-generation technology through BD-Live, which is accessible through internet-connected Blu-ray players (including PlayStation 3). Warner Bros. BD-Live allows users ….

Comcast to bring exclusive Dark Knight footage and content to fans

Comcast announced a partnership with Warner Bros. The Dark Knight. This partnership provides Comcast customers with exclusive behind-the-scenes movie footage, mini-movies and trailers from one of this summer’s most-anticipated films, available on Comcast’s signature On Demand service. Leading up to the film’s release, Comcast will launch six mini-movies, which are exclusive original-content episodes, of a ….

Paris je t’aime trailer

This sounds unique and very exciting. What a cast and crew! In the film Paris, Je T’Aime, directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Gérard Depardieu, Tom Tykwer, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Bruno Podalydès, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas create a series of vignettes that expose ….

Covenant, King’s Men, Gridiron and More Fall Previews

Sony’s Fall slate of films includes a good mix of the Oscar-bait, including the much-anticipated All the King’s Men, which was written and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian, the horror, including The Covenant and The Grdge 2, which is a sequel to the 2004 hit, the inspirational, including The Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith, and Gridiron Gang, recalling the true life story of a detention camp ….