Monsters

Groundbreaking sci-fi drama Monsters gets October release date

Magnolia Pictures announced today that Gareth Edwards’ groundbreaking film Monsters, the breakout hit of this years’ SXSW, will be released in theaters on October 29th. Monsters was shot with just a five person crew and a cast of two, taking Gareth Edwards’ team through Guatemala, Belize and Mexico, finding and utilizing locations and supporting actors ….

Fans get a real chance to make decisions on a creature movie for SyFy

For all you fans disgusted with the films that are released these days, now you have no excuse. According to Mediaweek, Syfy is teaming up with IGN to find the next “Sharktopus”. Sharktopus is an original Syfy movie featuring a deadly beast that’s half shark and half octopus. The network has created a string of ….

Win posters, toys and other collectibles from the makers of Splice

Splice hits theaters next Friday, June 4th, and Warner Brothers is celebrating with a giveaway of some collectible merch from the film. From now through June 7th, one grand prize winner has the opportunity to win: “Meet Dren” teaser poster Final Splice poster Heather grey tank top “Baby Dren” collectible plush toy for adults Hollywood ….

JJ Abrams and Stephen Spielberg team up for Super 8

HeatVisionBlog has posted details on JJ Abrams’ and Stephen Spielberg’s hush-hush collaboration project, tentatively titled Super 8, which they concocted a year ago from discussions of their own early filmmaking experiences. Apparently bits and pieces about the project began bubbling up last week. Abrams wrote and will direct the film this fall for a summer ….

Win a Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season One DVD or Blu-ray Set

Just in time for the blockbuster film Clash of the Titans, ancient mythology comes to rich life with stunning modern-day CGI in the hit History series Clash of the Gods: The Complete Season One, coming to DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, March 30th. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away one each of the DVD ….

Legendary Pictures is now confirmed to be developing new U.S. Godzilla film

Godzilla is returning to U.S. movie theaters, this time courtesy of Legendary Pictures, according to Entertainment Weekly, although this was first rumored last August by Bloody Disgusting. Toho’s legendary monster should be in good hands with Legendary, the studio behind this week’s Clash of the Titans remake, and it should be a decent mass-market film. ….

Magnet gobbles up sci-fi creature film Monsters at SXSW fest

Within hours of its world premiere at South by Southwest, Gareth Edward’s hotly anticipated first feature Monsters was sold to Magnet Releasing for North American and Mexican distribution. In a deal brokered by Magnolia’s Tom Quinn and Protagonist Pictures’ Ben Roberts, the Vertigo Films production premiered to a packed midnight screening in the SX Fantastic ….