Win free tickets to U.S. premiere of anime thriller Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos will screen during this year’s AM2 Anime and Gaming event at the Downtown Independent theater, located at 251 South Main Street in Los Angeles, CA. Passport badge holders have a chance to attend the official premiere event. Passport ticket buyers will be automatically entered into the AM2 Pre-Registration ….
Two new clips from the car racing anime thriller Redline
Studio Madhouse and Anchor Bay unveil U.S. trailer for Redline anime
Win one of two copies of Robotech: The Complete Original Series on DVD
A&E Home Entertainment is about to release the legendary anime series Robotech: The Complete Original Series – one of the first and most influential – in a deluxe collector’s set featuring never-before-seen bonus material. To celebrate the release of this groundbreaking series, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of the DVD set to readers. In ….
Full-length 3D feature film to screen during New York Comic-Con 2011
Marvel anime to make special announcement regarding Blade at NYCC 2011
Relativity to bring cult classic Voltron to live-action big screen
Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley announced that the studio has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron, and will adapt a live-action movie from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The project was brought to Relativity through their deal with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, whose company will shepherd the ….
True Legend distributor and Samuel L. Jackson team up for live-action Afro Samurai
The Indomina Group, the indie distributor that recently released Yuen Woo Ping’s True Legend, is teaming up with Samuel L. Jackson and Gonzo Studios to produce a live action film based on the Afro Samurai animated series. The announcement was made by Indomina’s Vice Chairman and CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann, who will serve as producer ….
Warner Bros. chooses directors for 300 sequel 300: Battle of Artemisia and live-action Akira films
Warner Bros. has tapped Noam Murro to direct its 300 spin-off, 300: Battle of Artemisia, which was formerly known as Xerses, according to THR. The Israeli director of the 2008 movie Smart People, was up for the project along with Jaum Collet-Serra, who directed the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown. But Collet-Serra isn’t quite out of ….
Martial arts action fantasy Bunraku to screen at West Coast anime convention
Writer and director Guy Moshe’s Bunraku – which stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Gackt, Kevin McKidd, Shun Sugata, Jordi Mollà, Emily Kaiho, Mike Patton, Neil D’Monte, Fernando Chien and Maxim Esterkin – will be screening at AM2 on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at 3:00 pm, in Video Room 1. AM2 is ….
James Franco in talks for Hughes Brothers’ live-action Akira adaptation
James Franco is in talks to play Kaneda in the live action film adaptation of Akira, according to JustJared. Akira will be based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume cyberpunk manga, which was already adapted into a cult classic anime film in Japan. The story will be set in “New Manhattan”, where the leader of a biker ….
Spider-Man helmer Sam Raimi developing live-action remake of Japanese anime
Starz has picked up the rights to an action project from Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert that’s based on a Japanese anime TV series, according to THR Live Feed. The premium cable network is developing Noir, a live-action U.S. remake of a 2001 show about two female assassins working in the criminal underworld, who, after ….
Images from the Casshern Sins multi-part anime epic
FUNimation sent over some incredible shots from the Casshern Sins multi-part anime series, which has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray here in the U.S. Casshern is a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past, who’s fighting to save what’s left of a desperate world. Casshern Sins is based on the 1973 animated ….
Viz Media releases preview shots of its Luffy Mallow and Naruto Comic-Con 2010 exclusives
VIZ Media has released more information on their activities during Comic-Con 2010, including the previously mentioned special appearance by Stan Lee on Saturday for a Ultimo Vol. 2 signing and at the Shonen Jump Panel. In addition, Vampire Knight voice actors Mela Lee (Yuki), Ethan Murray (Kaname) and Vic Mignogna (Zero) will be taking part ….
Win one of two Avatar: The Last Airbender The Complete Book 1 Collector’s Edition on DVD
Avatar: The Last Airbender, the animated series that became a phenomenon, makes it way to DVD in style on June 22nd, 2010, with Avatar: The Last Airbender The Complete Book 1 Collector’s Edition. This newly designed limited edition 7-disc collector’s set includes the entire Book 1: Water compilation with special features and bonus disc, which ….