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Martial arts action fantasy Bunraku to screen at West Coast anime convention

Writer and director Guy Moshe’s Bunraku – which stars Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Gackt, Kevin McKidd, Shun Sugata, Jordi Mollà, Emily Kaiho, Mike Patton, Neil D’Monte, Fernando Chien and Maxim Esterkin – will be screening at AM2 on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at 3:00 pm, in Video Room 1. AM2 is ….

Five savage character posters released for Conan the Barbarian 3D

Five new epic character posters have been released for Conan the Barbarian 3D, which looks better with each passing movie trailer. Hopefully they’ll make Robert E. Howard proud. Take a look at Conan (Jason Momoa), Tamara (Rachel Nicols), Corin (Ron Pearlman), Marique (Rose McGowan), and Khalar Zym (Steven Lang) in all their glory, below. The ….

New images from Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Indomina has released new images from Tsui Hark’s new period action thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which will be screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Detective Dee stars Andy Lau, Carina Lau and Bingbing Li, and features action choreography by Hong Kong film icon Sammo Hung. Here’s the public ….

The Greatest Story Ever Told Blu-ray review

George Stevens’ five-years-in-the-making Biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told comes to Blu-ray with about the same amount of fanfare as the original film release – with a sense of apathy, as the country deals with everything from budget battles to multiple wars. However, that doesn’t take anything away from this grand-scale epic which tells ….

Lionsgate unveils new motion poster for Conan the Barbarian 3D reboot

Lionsgate has unveiled a new motion poster for their upcoming 3D reboot of Conan the Barbarian on IGN. The poster is the first official artwork from the movie, which is being directed by Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th). Nu Image/Millennium Films is releasing Conan the Barbarian 3D on August 19, 2011, ….

New images from 3D epic Immortals

Relativity Media has released new images from their upcoming 3D epic Immortals, which hits theaters on November 11, 2011. Directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and written by Charles Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, Immortals stars Henry Cavill (The Tudors), Stephen Dorff (Public Enemies), Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Luke ….

Ridley and Tony Scott to produce A Conspiracy of Paper for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. has nabbed film rights to David Liss’ 2000 period mystery thriller novel A Conspiracy of Paper for Ridley and Tony Scott to produce through their Scott Free banner, according to Variety. Danny Strong (Recount) – who plays the recurring role of Danny Siegel on Mad Men – has been tapped to write the ….

The Weinstein Company releases new poster for The King’s Speech

The Weinstein Company has revealed a new poster for The King’s Speech, which is currently in limited release. After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly ….

More details on Scorpion King 3

More details have been released on The Scorpion King 3, which I reported on a few weeks ago (HERE). Oddly, at the time I couldn’t find much info on Scorpion King 3, but according to a new report, it is indeed shooting in Thailand. As expected, the film will be released through Universal Studios Home ….

Disney finds assassins with action comic adaptation Cowboy Ninja Viking

Disney has picked up film adaptation rights to an action comic titled Cowboy Ninja Viking, with Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick attached to write the script, according to THR. Mark Gordon, Management 360, Wernick, and Reese are attached to produce the project, which features a violent action story centering on an assassin with ….