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Win an X-Box 360 or a trip to the L.A. premiere of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra from 7-Eleven

In the vein of the merchandising the chain did for Terminator Salvation, 7-Eleven has now teamed up with Paramount Pictures to promote the August 7th release of the new action movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. At the center of the promotion is a G.I. JOE-themed true-blue Slurpee flavor called Liquid Artillery, four 22-oz. ….

Braveheart writer reworking 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea script

Disney has contracted Braveheart writer Randall Wallace to rewrite Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a new feature film based on the Jules Verne classic tale. Terminator Salvation director McG is attached to helm the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wallace will rewrite a screenplay originally drafted by Bill Marsilii and Justin Marks. ….

Will George Clooney become a spy in a new series of Jack Ryan films?

According to an article on The Daily Beast (via Empire) George Clooney apparently has an interest in taking on the role of CIA wunderkind Jack Ryan, the Tom Clancy character previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. The last appearance of Ryan on-screen was the Phil Alden Robinson-directed Sum Of All Fears ….

World premiere screening of Fox’s The Human Target at popular California comic shop

On Friday, July 17th, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., The Comic Bug is hosting the world premiere of Fox television’s The Human Target with series producer Peter Johnson. Human Target revolves around Christopher Chance (being played by Fringe star Mark Valley), whose security firm offers a unique form of protection: he assumes the role of a ….

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – The IMAX Experience posts biggest opening in IMAX history

IMAX announced that the Paramount Pictures release Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The IMAX Experience, directed by Michael Bay and featuring scenes filmed with IMAX cameras, posted exceptionally strong opening results, with an estimated $14.4 million coming from 169 IMAX theatres domestically, for a per screen average of over $85,000 during the five-day opening from ….

Win one of three copies of the spy thriller Echelon Conspiracy on DVD

On July 21st, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Echelon Conspiracy on DVD and Blu-ray. Featuring an all-star cast including Shane West (A Walk to Remember), Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) and Martin Sheen (The Departed), the high-tech action-thriller weaves a tale of greed, intrigue and the price of national security. To ….

Watchmen director’s cut to be released in theaters and San Diego Comic-Con interactive BD Live event

Warner Bros. is set to release for Zack Snyder’s director’s cut of Watchmen on July 17th, 2009, at four movie theaters in the U.S., including locations in Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York City, according to Variety. The director made the announcement Wednesday during an event at the studio to promote the DVD and ….

James Cameron choses Amsterdam to preview nearly 30 minutes of the movie that could change filmmaking forever

Reports are popping up all over the net about James Cameron previewing the first publicly shown clips from his $300 million epic 3D sci-fi movie Avatar. Rather surprising, however it does show a trend by filmmakers to embrace the global cinema audience. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s presentation at the ongoing Cinema Expo in ….

More game images and info about the live-action James Cameron sci-fi epic Avatar surface

Additional images have been released from the game version of James Cameron’s first feature film since Titanic – namely Avatar, for the two of you who didn’t know. According to the Daily Telegraph, where the image above originates, producer Jon Landau also teased on how the game and film are being developed, saying that the ….