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Originally Published: April 19, 2005 Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a writer and supervising producer on ABC’s hit series Lost, told SCI FI Wire that the season finale will clock in at a staggering three hours. “In terms of epic storytelling and shocking destiny, you ain’t seen nothing yet!” Marxuach said in an interview. Exodus Part 1 will ….

Originally Published: April 19, 2005 Amityville Horror stars Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George and director Andrew Douglas were interviewed by Sci-Fi Wire recently, and talked about, among other things, the strange happenings during production, including the death of the real Kathy Lutz during the first week of filming. The film goes back to the source ….

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 ‘Bonnie and Clyde they ain’t.’ That was the tagline of the original 1977 comedy, Fun With Dick and Jane. Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni star in this updated version of the hilarious George Segal and Jane Fonda vehicle. The Film Library has more info on the remake, along with photos ….

Originally Published: April 19, 2005 Sci-Fi Wire reports that director Lee Tamahori will helm Nicolas Cage in the film Next, the latest film adaptation of material by writer Philip K. Dick. Tamahori (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day and XXX: State of the Union) said in an interview that the movie is set to begin ….

Originally Published: March 23, 2005 Based on the characters created in Luc Besson’s action thriller classic French film of the same name, La Femme Nikita was a hit on the USA Network and avoided cancellation in 2000 following a phenomenal letter-writing campaign by loyal fans. From acclaimed writer/ producers Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran (who ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Variety has just reported that Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Disney have settled the distribution on the Miramax company’s assets. The Miramax co-founders will leave The Walt Disney Co. in Sept. to launch their own film distribution company, Disney and the Weinsteins said Tuesday. As was expected, Disney will retain ….

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Sho Kosugi, who starred in a series of ninja films that began with Enter the Ninja in 1981 is returning for an ass-kicking encore. Kosugi will reprise his role in The Return of the Ninja, a film being scripted by Steven de Souza, who wrote 48 Hours, Die Hard and ….

Originally Published: March 31, 2005 Variety reports that 2929 Productions has acquired the remake rights to the 1974 horror thriller Black Christmas (a.k.a. Silent Night, Evil Night) and hired the filmmaking team of James Wong and Glen Morgan (who bought us Final Destination and The One with Jet Li) to make it happen. The original ….

Originally Published: March 31, 2005 Kevin Munroe has been tapped to write and direct the new 3D animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles flick for Imagi Services. Producers hope to take advantage of the new momentum the pizza-eating, evil-fighting reptiles have gained since they launched a new syndicated TV series three years ago, according to Variety. ….

Originally Published: March 31, 2005 At least for the moment, we have exclusive access to the new teaser trailer for the War of the Worlds game, which is being released this Summer along with the Tom Cruise film. The trailer still doesn’t expose the mysterious creatures that attack the earth, but it still gives some ….

Originally Published: March 23, 2005 The official movie trailer of The Matrix Online has been released! It can be found AT THIS LINK, along with the other story trailers, and in AMC theaters nationwide in front of all PG-13 and R movies. This trailer is the finale of the 9 previously released story trailers that ….

Originally Published: March 23, 2005 Variety just reported that HBO and New Line Cinema have announced that they will purchase specialty film label NewMarket Films. NewMarket will be conbined with New Line’s existing specialty label, Fine Line Films. Current Newmarket chief Bob Berney is expected to lead the new division with HBO domestic distribution head ….

Originally Published: March 2, 2005 Hosted annually on the beach in Santa Monica, the Independent Spirit Awards is a celebration honoring filmmakers of independent vision. Televised in millions of homes and covered internationally, the Independent Spirit Awards program has become the vanguard event in independent film, recognizing the achievements of independent filmmakers and promoting independent ….

Originally Published: February 23, 2005 The new action thriller Stealth, starring Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel won’t be in theatres until July, but we have the new trailer that premiered in theatres last week, photos and some other cool stuff about the film RIGHT HERE. Check it out.

Originally Published: February 25, 2005 According to the Reporter, Quentin Tarantino has signed to direct the season-finale episode of CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Tarantino also came up with an original story idea for the episode, which is expected to shoot in early April and air May 19, according to the show’s executive producer Carol ….