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Magnet to distribute a witch, an iron maiden, and the plague

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to Christopher Smith’s medieval thriller Black Death. Starring Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings), Black Death is described as a creepy, pitch perfect period film that expertly channels such UK classics as The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General. Christopher Smith’s cult hit ….

Win one of two copies of the 14-disc DVD Megaset Empires

Relive the triumphs and the tragedies, alongside the heroes and the villains, of the most influential empires in history with the all-new collection, Empires, from History, which premiered recently in a brand new 14-disc DVD Megaset. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away two complete sets to readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to ….

Danny McBride, James Franco and Justin Theroux descend on New York Comic-Con 2010 to preview comedy adventure Your Highness

Join stars Danny McBride, James Franco, Justin Theroux and director David Gordon Green of Universal Pictures’ Your Highness for an exclusive preview of the epic comedy adventure from the director of Pineapple Express. In Your Highness, Danny McBride and James Franco star as two princes on a daring mission to rescue the heir apparent’s fiancée Belladonna ….

Magnet grabs U.S. rights to Takashi Miike’s samurai action film 13 Assassins and releases two bloody photos to prove it

Mark Cuban’s Magnet Releasing announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Takashi Miike’s epic samurai masterpiece, 13 Assassins. The historical action epic, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, recently had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, has just been named as the Closing Night film at this ….

We’re giving away two copies of the epic miniseries America the Story of Us DVD set

From the creative minds behind Planet Earth, the exhilarating 12-part series portraying the dramatic events that shaped America’s 400 year history, America the Story of Us, arrives in a multi-platform release featuring DVD, Blu-Ray, 412 page companion book and iTunes/Zune/Playstation downloads, on September 12, 2010. To celebrate this epic release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 ….

Legendary director John Woo to use IMAX cameras to shoot war epic Flying Tigers action scenes

IMAX today announced that director John Woo and producer Terence Chang’s next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. Woo and Chang are the team behind Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Red Cliff and many other international blockbusters. Upon being green lit for production, the film would mark an ….

First image of Channing Tatum in the bloody historical action epic The Eagle

We’ve nabbed this first bloody shot of Channing Tatum from the Roman epic adventure The Eagle, based on the classic novel by Rosemary Sutcliff. The film is being released by Focus Features – the studio that next week unveils the George Clooney assassin adventure The American – on February 25, 2011. The Eagle is set ….

First look at Johnny Depp in his return to Pirates of the Caribbean

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer posted the first photo of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow on the Hawaii set of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, to his Twitter account, @BruckheimerJB. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not ….

Will Smith circling Legend Of Cain Bible story with vampires?

According to Deadline, Will Smith has attached himself to star in and produce The Legend Of Cain, an epic re-telling of the Biblical sibling tale, only this time it will have a vampiric twist. The report states that Smith would play Cain, and he’ll produce with Overbrook Entertainment partners Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter and ….