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Horton Hears director helming bloody Jonah Hex film?

First horror master Takashi Miike directs a “kid’s film” filled with sexy leather-clad girls – and now Warner Bros. chooses a director whose last film’s main character was an elephant, to direct Jonah Hex? That’s right, director Jimmy Hayward, who helmed the animated Horton Hears a Who!, will make his live-action debut with the adaptation ….

New photos from the biggest 2009 films

Entertainment Weekly has posted a gallery of 22 photos from 12 of the most anticipated movies of 2009, including new looks at Public Enemies, Terminator Salvation, the remake of one of my all-time favorite crime thrillers The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, Watchmen and much more. The attached pic is from Brad Silberling’s Land of the ….

Clive Owen goes undercover in Colombian drug cartel

Clive Owen is attached to star in the thriller Cartagena, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mark Cuban’s 2929 is handling production and distribution for Cartagena. Michael Ross, who wrote the Brazilian-set thriller Turistas for Fox and who’s working on a remake of the film Jar City, is writing the screenplay. Cartagena revolves around an undercover ….

The Horsemen trailer featuring a seductive Zhang Ziyi

Variety posted a link to this Italian trailer for the Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi starrer The Horsemen, and pretty much slammed it. Ziyi and Quaid shot the project in Canada, and while the trailer doesn’t look very exciting, the movie sports an impressive cast, which also includes Clifton Collins Jr., Eric Balfour and Peter ….

Exclusive storyboards from The Spirit

The U.K. movie magazine Empire, has posted some exclusive storyboards from the just released companion book to Frank Miller’s soon to be released The Spirit, including the hero (Gabriel Macht) and the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) squaring off on the Central City mudflats, and the Spirit alone on a rooftop. Miller storyboarded the entire film ….

Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay bringing Cocaine Cowboys TV series to HBO

Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are executive producing a drama TV series for HBO, based on the Miami cocaine trade documentary Cocaine Cowboys, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cold Case creator Meredith Stiehm, which Jerry Bruckheimer also produces, is writing the pilot for the show. Billy Corben’s 2006 documentary, profiled the early days of cocaine ….

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 ….

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 ….

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 ….

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 ….

Acclaimed graphic album Batman: Black and White debuts as animated motion comic

Warner Premiere announced that the acclaimed graphic album Batman: Black & White debuted yesterday, as a Warmer Premiere Motion Comics series. Available exclusively on iTunes and coming soon to other distribution channels, including Amazon and Verizon VCAST, Batman: Black and White Motion Comics features 10 stories created by comic book legends that include Alex Ross, ….

Dark Knight returning to theaters and IMAX in January

Warner Bros. is bringing The Dark Knight back for a return engagement in theatres and IMAX on January 23th 2009, giving audiences one more chance to see the film on the big screen. The film will re-open nationwide, it was announced today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Distribution. One of the most ….

Warners to release action film The Butcher in European markets

Warner Bros. has finalized a deal with World Films, a genre film label that specializes in action films, to release the film The Butcher, in northwest Europe in spring 2009. The Butcher, written and directed by Jesse Johnson, tells the story of ex-prize fighter turned mob enforcer, Merle Hench, whose lifelong bad luck streak turns ….

WIN a copy of the soundtrack for Nobel Son

Freestyle Releasing is opening the edgy thriller Nobel Son in theaters tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 5th), and to celebrate the release, producers are providing Film Fetish with a copy of the film’s thumpin’ soundtrack featuring songs by Paul Oakenfold, Cristal Method and Chemical Brothers. Nobel Son looks good, but the soundtrack seems like it will definitely ….