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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 ….

New images released ahead of Captain America: The First Avenger run

Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to ….

The Dark Knight Rises and Sherlock Holmes 2 trailers attached to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

SuperHeroHype reports that the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will arrive in front of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 next week, meaning they’ll both be online by Wednesday or Thursday. Reportedly, the trailer for Happy Feet Two will also come attached to Harry Potter, ….

First image revealed of John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven

Relativity Media has released the first image of John Cusack as the tormented Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven, which opens in theaters on March 9, 2012. In the gritty thriller The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack from Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans from Immortals) to hunt ….

More new character posters for 3D fantasy epic Immortals

Relativity Media has released additional character posters for the upcoming 3D epic Immortals, which debuted exclusively at WonderCon. On November 11, 2011, the legends of the Greek Gods will come to life like never before when this film hits theaters. Directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and written by Charles Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, Immortals ….

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 ….

Five savage character posters released for Conan the Barbarian 3D

Five new epic character posters have been released for Conan the Barbarian 3D, which looks better with each passing movie trailer. Hopefully they’ll make Robert E. Howard proud. Take a look at Conan (Jason Momoa), Tamara (Rachel Nicols), Corin (Ron Pearlman), Marique (Rose McGowan), and Khalar Zym (Steven Lang) in all their glory, below. The ….

New images from Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Indomina has released new images from Tsui Hark’s new period action thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which will be screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Detective Dee stars Andy Lau, Carina Lau and Bingbing Li, and features action choreography by Hong Kong film icon Sammo Hung. Here’s the public ….

The Greatest Story Ever Told Blu-ray review

George Stevens’ five-years-in-the-making Biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told comes to Blu-ray with about the same amount of fanfare as the original film release – with a sense of apathy, as the country deals with everything from budget battles to multiple wars. However, that doesn’t take anything away from this grand-scale epic which tells ….