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Cast of the cult classic Scarface come together to celebrate new release

Scarface stars Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham and producer Martin Bregman celebrated the upcoming worldwide Blu-ray release of Scarface on August 23, 2011 at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles with a cast reunion, Q&A and party. The evening also included a special performance by Ludacris, cuisine by Border Grill chefs ….

Ben Affleck circling Joel Silver-produced action thriller Line of Sight

Ben Affleck, who’s currently prepping his thriller Argo, is already targeting his follow-up to that film. THR reports that the actor/filmmaker is in negotiations to star in, direct and produce the action film Line of Sight for Warner Bros., with Joel Silver and Andrew Rona producing. Line of Sight centers on an elite commando squad ….

The Matrix and The International directors ready to start shooting epic sci-fi adaptation Cloud Atlas with Halle Berry, Tom Hanks and more

The epic sci-fi adaptation Cloud Atlas – which is being co-written and co-directed by The Matrix siblings Andy and Lana Wachowski, along with The International director Tom Tykwer – is set to begin lensing in September at Germany’s Studio Babelsberg, according to THR. The large scale project stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan ….

New poster for Tsui Hark’s historical action epic Detective Dee

A period epic from genre master and Seven Swords director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, Sherlock Holmes-style mystery starring Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai. Nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2011 Asian Film Awards and choreographed by martial arts master Sammo Hung, this intricately plotted whodunit is set in an exquisitely ….

Win one of two copies of the “car from hell” thriller Super Hybrid on Blu-ray

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the “car from hell” thriller Super Hybrid on August 23, 2011. In tradition of such cult car thrillers as Christine, The Car, and Maximum Overdrive, Super Hybrid has been dubbed “a fun monster movie” (Blueprint Review). To celebrate the release of Super Hybrid on Blu-ray, FilmFetish is giving away two ….

Tsui Hark and Jet Li’s 3D martial arts epic Flying Swords of Dragon Gate to be released in IMAX

IMAX and leading Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group today announced that the 3D martial arts film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released to IMAX theatres in China day-and-date in December 2011. Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: An IMAX 3D Experience is the first Chinese-language ….

Poster released for Jason Statham’s latest action thriller Safe

Lionsgate has revealed the one sheet for the Jason Statham’s upcoming action thriller Safe, which hits theaters on October 28, 2011. Safe centers on a former elite agent (Jason Statham) who takes on a two-tier mission: rescue a Chinese girl who has been abducted by the Triads, then use a highly desired safe combination to ….

Win one of three copies of the war thriller The Bang Bang Club on Blu-ray

Next week, Entertainment One will release the thrilling war epic The Bang Bang Club – an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival – on Blu-ray and DVD. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away three copies of the Blu-ray edition to readers. In order to be entered into the random drawing for your ….

John Carter epic to be released theatrically in IMAX

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios today announced that the action-adventure film John Carter, from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton, will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on March 9, 2012. John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and stars Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe and Lynn ….