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Win one of ten copies of John Grisham’s new book The Associate

Enter the My Favorite John Grisham Book Sweepstakes for your chance to win a copy of John Grisham’s new legal thriller The Associate, to be delivered to you on the day the book comes out on January 27, 2009. To enter, post on John Grisham’s Official Facebook Wall, what your favorite Grisham book is and ….

Win one of two copies of the unrated Death Race DVD

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the Jason Statham action/grindhouse flick Death Race on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21st (that’s right, a few days early in time for the holidays). To celebrate the release, Universal is providing FilmFetish with two copies of the Unrated DVD version of the film for two lucky winners to ….

Horror Western film Priest lands director

Scott Charles Stewart, who’s doing post-production work on his debut feature, the action thriller Legion, has signed on to helm the film Priest, an adaptation of what’s described as a horror Western comic book from TokyoPop, that was written by Min-Woo Hyung, and tells the story of a world ravaged by battles between humans and ….

Maggie Q working on King of Fighters with Fist of Legend director Gordon Chan and Star Wars bad guy Ray Park

Maggie Q, the action starlet who played the evil girlfriend of Tim Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard, has joined the cast of the action film King of Fighters, an English-language, live-action adaptation of a bestselling Japanese videogame that’s lensing in Vancouver, according to Variety. Coincidentally, Q recently completed groundbreaking work, as the star ….

Hairspray director to tackle Sinbad film project?

Adam Shankman (Hairspray) has signed on to direct Sinbad Sony Pictures, according to Variety. Shankman is in final negotiations to develop a take on classic epic adventure Sinbad. The long-in-development feature has had a number of directors attached through the years, including John Singleton and Rob Cohen. The original film follows the adventures of Sinbad ….

Metal Gear Solid film moving forward

According to Collider.com, Hideo Kojima has been discussing plans to turn his Metal Gear Solid espionage game, into a feature film. Some of you may already know that Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Ultraviolet) is attached to direct the film, however plot details have been a closely guarded secret. Kojima expects to play a large role in ….

The Crow returns with Blade director calling the shots

Blade director Stephen Norrington has been tapped to write and direct a reinvention of The Crow, according to Variety. The Crow, which is based on the comic created by James O’Barr, first came to the screen in 1994 via an Alex Proyas-directed film, and tells the story of rock musician Eric Draven, who’s murdered trying ….

Terminator Salvation to be first movie of a new trilogy

Halcyon chiefs Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are developing a fifth Terminator installment, according to Variety. Terminator Salvation director McG, is working with the company on the future project. The announcement was made at the Dubai International Film Festival, which began on December 11th and runs through this Thursday. There apparently hasn’t been a decision ….

Star Trek to get exclusive IMAX release

Paramount and IMAX announced that Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Lost and Alias), will be simultaneously released to both IMAX and conventional theatres worldwide on May 8, 2009. Star Trek, which chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members, will be digitally re-mastered into ….

Smokin Aces prequel ramps up and gets director

I thought Smokin’ Aces was a complex and somewhat engaging contract killer crime movie. It came and went, but didn’t move many cinephiles enough to turn it into a cult gangland film…or even a DVD keeper really. While the box office was also somewhat disappointing, obviously someone at Universal believes enough in the film to ….

First photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds surface

JoBlo has posted two of the first stills from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds. The attached pic features Pitt sporting a nifty little moustache, playing Lt. Aldo Raine, who leads the “Basterds”. He’s a Jew from the mountains of Tennessee, that is known to the German army as Aldo the Apache. The “Basterds” ….

Full trailer for Dragonball feature online

Dragonball follows the story of Goku, who, at the request of his dying adoptive grandfather Gohan, seeks out the great Master Roshi, in an attempt to gather all seven fabled “Dragon Balls”, of which he possesses one. His mission is to get them before the evil Lord Piccolo from using the power of the Dragon ….

Full Terminator Salvation trailer online

The Terminator Salvation trailer actually looks pretty cool. But of course, looks can be deceiving. All I can say is, there are some kick ass bikes whizzing by, and the first half of the trailer looks like a try post-apocalyptic desert, a-la The Road Warrior. The robots are rusty and more menacing also. I got ….

New exclusive Watchmen footage now online free at iTunes

Who is Watching the Watchmen? Beginning today, iTunes visitors can watch special Watchmen features exclusively available as free downloads on the iTunes Store. At iTunes and the Apple App Store at www.itunes.com/watchmenmovie are exclusive Watchmen film sequences, previously only shown at San Diego Comic-Con, the Essential Watchmen app for iPhone and iPod touch, multiple behind-the-scenes ….

Keanu Reeves to play revenge-seeking Japanese Samurai

Well, that’s right, according to Variety. Keanu Reeves will star in a feature based on the classic story of The 47 Ronin, an epic period film for Universal Pictures. 47 Ronin Story is the real-life Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in that nation’s feudal history. In a ….