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John Woo, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Luc Besson, David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli and more to be included in new Six Shooter Film Series

Magnet Releasing announced today that it’s kicking off a second volume of its cult favorite Six Shooter Film Series with Tony Jaa’s Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, which begins airing this Friday On-Demand, ahead of it’s October U.S. theatrical release. Where the first Six Shooter Film Series took a broad look at smart international genre ….

New photos released from sci-fi thriller Surrogates

Disney has released additional photos from Bruce Willis’ sci-fi thriller Surrogates. In Surrogates, people are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic “Surrogates”—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years jolts this ….

Epic fantasy graphic novel series DevaShard headed to big screen

Fluid Comics’ DevaShard, which recently previewed at San Diego Comic-Con, is making its way to the big screen, courtesy of Vanquish Motion Pictures. Vanquish toppers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta won an apparently fierce bidding war for the 25 issue series DevaShard, sparked by its successful debut at the Con, and have tapped Heather Kenealy ….

Spider-Man 4 confirmed for IMAX in 2011 with Creature from Black Lagoon writer scripting

IMAX and Columbia Pictures announced that the highly-anticipated Spider-Man 4 will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 5, 2011. The fourth installment of the successful Spider-Man franchise, based on the Marvel character, will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience. To date, ….

New image released from Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane as it preps for World Premiere at Toronto Festival

The World Premiere of producer Samuel Hadida’s Solomon Kane, based on Conan the Barbarian-creator Robert E. Howard’s original epic tales, and written & directed by Michael J. Bassett, will be screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness line-up tomorrow night, September 16th, at the Ryerson Theatre. ‘Kane’ stars James Purefoy (from ….

Win a walk on role in sequel to the action thriller Wanted, the soundtrack to 9 and more

Just as producer Timur Bekmambetov’s 9 hits theaters, Focus Features is sponsoring a pretty cool contest for fans of his action thriller Wanted. Focus’ online community website, http://www.filminfocus.com, is giving you a chance to win a walk on role in Bekmambetov’s upcoming Wanted sequel. I know sounds like a snowball’s chance in hell right? Well, ….

Release date for sci-fi thriller The Road gets pushed back

According to Sci-Fi Wire, The Road, the long-delayed film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer-winning post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel, has been bumped again, this time to November 25th from its previous October 16th release spot, Dimension Films announced. No reason was given for the move of the John Hillcoat film, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron, ….

Win one of two copies of the new Special DVD Edition of martial arts classic Hero

On September 15th, Miramax Home Entertainment will release a very special edition of Jet Li’s martial arts epic Hero (Ying xiong) on DVD. To celebrate this release, Film Fetish is giving away 2 copies for readers to enjoy. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your eNews profile must be ….

Could Pixar do a Marvel superhero animated feature film now that Disney’s buying them?

Most of you probably know by now that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment outright. The deal puts Marvel’s list of comic characters into the stable of Disney’s history, expertise and multimedia infrastructure. Some additional details have been released at ComingSoon, regarding the specifics of the deal, including a meeting with Pixar’s John Lasseter with Marvel, ….

Preview the Avatar Sideshow Collectibles licensed figures right here

Sideshow Collectibles has posted images from their upcoming line of Avatar collectibles. Launching the Sideshow Collectibles line from James Cameron’s sci-fi epic Avatar is the AMP Suit Maquette featuring actor Stephen Lang’s baddie Col. Quaritch, created in conjunction with the film’s special effects studio Legacy Effects. The piece was created directly from 3D scans of ….