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Vampire thriller featuring DMX, Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, tattoo queen Kat Von D and more coming from Anchor Bay

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the vampire thriller The Bleeding on DVD March 1, 2011. Described as a blend of Blade, The Lost Boys and From Dusk Till Dawn, The Bleeding is an action tale of fangs, guns, tattoos and frontier justice on the mean streets, and features an all-star cast including Vinnie Jones (X-Men: ….

Corpse Bride co-director to helm CG/stop-motion hybrid feature Oz Wars

Vanguard Films’ President and CEO John Williams announced today that Oscar and Annie Award-nominee Mike Johnson, co-director of Corpse Bride, to direct its CG/stop-motion hybrid feature film, Oz Wars. Oz Wars, written by Rob Moreland (Space Chimps 1 & 2, City of Dragons) and Athena Gam (Alien Rock Band), transforms the Oz narrative into a ….

Jon Favreau exits Marvel and Iron Man 3 director’s chair for Magic Kingdom

According to THR, Jon Favreau is not going to direct Iron Man 3 for Marvel Studios. According to the report, Favreau’s negotiations to direct Iron Man 2 were difficult, and while he received $10 million for the gig, plus a piece of the profits, it came close to not happening. Then, after directing Cowboys and ….

More details and a new poster for sci-fi thriller Apollo 18

Dimension Films has released the one sheet, release date and website information for Apollo 18, the sci-fi thriller Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is producing with the Weinsteins. Apollo 18 is based on a screenplay by Brian Miller, winner of the inaugural Astana International Action Film Festival screenplay competition, which was founded by Bekmambetov. Trevor Cawood ….

James Cameron’s Sanctum coming to IMAX 3D

IMAX announced today that Universal Pictures Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, will be released for a special two-week run in IMAX 3D digital locations starting February 4, 2011, simultaneously with the action-thriller’s wide release in domestic and select international markets. Shot on location off the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, the new film from ….

Sequences in Tron: Legacy have been prepped exclusively for enlarged IMAX format

IMAX and Walt Disney Studios announced that the IMAX release of Tron: Legacy features more than 43 minutes of footage specifically designed to take advantage of the premium IMAX Experience. Seven sequences on The Grid expand on the IMAX screen, allowing audiences to become even more immersed in the massive scope and scale of Tron: ….

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit to be shot using 30 next generation RED digital cameras

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit film adaptations will be shot in 3D using RED Digital Cinema’s EPIC Digital Cameras, according to Videomaker. The EPIC camera features 5K resolution, can shoot up to 120 frames per second, and has a new HDRx mode for the highest possible dynamic range of any digital cinema camera ever made. Taking ….