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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World production blog 2 now online

Edgar Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, and Ellen Wong talk about the first day of shooting, in Blog Two from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the upcoming film based on the Oni Press graphic novel Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrims Precious Little Life, written by Bryan Lee O’Malley. ‘Scott ….

Indie action film Damages gets additional financing

Production services provider Affinity Mediaworks announced recently that it has completed a production financing agreement with Insight Film Studios to provide support financing for the film Damage starring “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. The bare-knuckles fight film is directed by Jeff King and also stars Walton Goggins (The Shield), Laura Vandervort (Smallville) and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar ….

Fast & Furious film review

Ok, so, the ole gang is back. Thank the heavens above. As a fan of the series, it was good to see the O.G.s again. F&F: Tokyo Drift was REALLY reachin’ with Bow Wow in it. Vin Deezy (Dom), Paul Walker (Brian), Michelle Rodriguez (Letty) and Jordana Brewster (Mia) all return for the fourth installment ….

Quantum of Solace Blu-ray review

Quantum of Solace has been thoroughly criticized as being nothing more than the fourth Jason Bourne film, rather than James Bond 22. It seems most people were expecting the more classic Bond that Casino Royale hinted at resurrecting. I am in total disagreement with the majority I guess, in thinking that taking Bond back to ….

Vintage-looking photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

CanMag has posted some promotional photos from the set of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, featuring the cast, crew and a lot of Brad Pitt. Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine, who’s in charge of the ‘Basterds’, who’s only mission is to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis during World War ….

Crime thriller Wrong Turn At Tahoe coming to DVD

Tapestry Films has completed principal photography on the crime-drama Wrong Turn At Tahoe. Starring Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire), Miguel Ferrer (CSI) and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (Bugsy), the original feature film tells the story of Joshua (Gooding Jr.), a tough-as-nails collector for mob boss and mentor, Vincent (Ferrer), who one ….

Hugh Jackman giving fans an opportunity to host World Premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine in their hometown

In an announcement made yesterday on YouTube, Hugh Jackman, who plays the antihero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is taking Hollywood and the film’s premiere to the people who made the X-Men film series one of the industry’s biggest – inviting the legions of X-Men fans across the U.S. to be the first to “witness the ….

New Gerard Butler sci-fi thriller Game trailer! More violent than 300?

Well, maybe not. But it’s certainly kinetic. Game stars Gerard Butler as a game avatar from a fictional game called Slayers, who’s had enough. It’s set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, and Butler attempts to regain his independence, and take down the game’s mastermind in ….

Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen to discuss action filmmaking at NAB con in Vegas

Rob Cohen, director and producer of numerous blockbuster films including The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, XXX and The Fast and the Furious, will be a keynote speaker at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a morning session on Tuesday, April 21, Cohen will look at the role of action in motion ….

Five Killers adds new cast members

Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara and Martin Mull have joined the cast of Lionsgate’s action comedy Five Killers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film already had Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl attached to star. Robert Luketic – who helmed the gambling flick 21 – is directing Five Killers, which begins shooting in France and Atlanta ….