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The Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection review

On November 13th, Shout Factory, in collaboration with Marvel Knights Animation, released The Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection. The well-produced set includes The Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, The Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous, The Astonishing X-Men: Torn and The Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable. On top of these four amazing adventures this Blu-ray set includes spectacular bonus content and cover art ….

Exorcism of Emily Rose director to helm Deus Ex: Human Revolution film adaptation

CBS Films recently announced that Scott Derrickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) will direct the screen adaptation of the Square Enix video game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Derrickson will also write the script for the Deus Ex movie with C. Robert Cargill (Sinister). Roy Lee and Adrian Askarieh are attached to produce the film ….

Animated epic Mass Effect: Paragon Lost coming to big screen

Fans of the Mass Effect gaming franchise have an opportunity to attend an exclusive one-night-only screening of Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, which offers a sneak peek into the world of Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect: Paragon Lost will premiere in 6 theaters across the U.S. on Thursday, November 29th. Local fans of the ground-breaking Mass ….

Magnet picks up Viking epic Hammer of the Gods

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today they have nabbed U.S. rights to Hammer of the Gods, a Viking epic from Vertigo Films and Protagonist Pictures. The feature film debut of Farren Blackburn, Hammer of the Gods is described as a visceral, intense action film starring Charlie Bewley (The Twilight Saga, Like ….

Spy Kids’ Alexa Vega no longer a kid in first image from Machete Kills

Spy Kids star Alexa Vega is all grown up. She’s also turning heads with this first official from Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming Machete Kills, the sequel to Mexploitation cult action flick Machete. Vega plays the very non-childlike character KillJoy in Rodriguez’s sequel, the bodyguard of a whorehouse, presumbly the one presided over by Sofia Vergara’s Madame ….

Kick-Ass director rumored to be in the running for Star Wars: Episode VII with Harrison Ford returning as Han Solo

Collider has posted a report they’re currently labeling as “rumor” that Matthew Vaughn, director of Kick-Ass, Stardust, Layer Cake and X-Men: First Class, is in negotiations with Lucasfilm to direct Star Wars: Episode VII. Acording to the report, that’s the main reason he bailed on the X-Men sequel, of which Bryan Singer is now at ….