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Our last contest for 2011: Win 1 of 2 copies of Vietnam in HD

Our last contest of 2011 brings a story in danger of being lost to history. From the producers of the acclaimed World War II in HD comes a powerful experiential event culled from hours of never-before-seen footage from Vietnam. History presents Vietnam in HD, and FilmFetish has 2 copies of the 2-disc Blu-ray set to ….

Casino Royale actress circling 300 prequel female lead

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ 300 prequel is circling a potential female lead with Casino Royale’s Eva Green, according to THR. Green would play Artemisia in the film, currently titled 300: Battle of Artemisia, coincidentally. Noam Murro is attached to direct the project. 300: Battle of Artemisia sees the Persian king-turned-god Xerxes lead an army ….

Image and movie poster gallery for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law returns as his friend and colleague, Dr. John Watson, in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large—Professor James Moriarty ….

New poster for Tsui Hark’s historical action epic Detective Dee

A period epic from genre master and Seven Swords director Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, Sherlock Holmes-style mystery starring Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau and Tony Leung Ka-fai. Nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2011 Asian Film Awards and choreographed by martial arts master Sammo Hung, this intricately plotted whodunit is set in an exquisitely ….

Tsui Hark and Jet Li’s 3D martial arts epic Flying Swords of Dragon Gate to be released in IMAX

IMAX and leading Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group today announced that the 3D martial arts film Flying Swords of Dragon Gate will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released to IMAX theatres in China day-and-date in December 2011. Flying Swords of Dragon Gate: An IMAX 3D Experience is the first Chinese-language ….

Warner Bros. chooses directors for 300 sequel 300: Battle of Artemisia and live-action Akira films

Warner Bros. has tapped Noam Murro to direct its 300 spin-off, 300: Battle of Artemisia, which was formerly known as Xerses, according to THR. The Israeli director of the 2008 movie Smart People, was up for the project along with Jaum Collet-Serra, who directed the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown. But Collet-Serra isn’t quite out of ….

New images released ahead of Captain America: The First Avenger run

Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to ….

The Dark Knight Rises and Sherlock Holmes 2 trailers attached to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

SuperHeroHype reports that the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will arrive in front of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 next week, meaning they’ll both be online by Wednesday or Thursday. Reportedly, the trailer for Happy Feet Two will also come attached to Harry Potter, ….

First image revealed of John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven

Relativity Media has released the first image of John Cusack as the tormented Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven, which opens in theaters on March 9, 2012. In the gritty thriller The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe (John Cusack from Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans from Immortals) to hunt ….

More new character posters for 3D fantasy epic Immortals

Relativity Media has released additional character posters for the upcoming 3D epic Immortals, which debuted exclusively at WonderCon. On November 11, 2011, the legends of the Greek Gods will come to life like never before when this film hits theaters. Directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and written by Charles Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, Immortals ….