Thrillers

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 ….

All-Star Superman voice cast lines up

James Denton (Desperate Housewives), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Anthony LaPaglia will lend their voices to Warner Bros. Animation’s All-Star Superman, the animated film adaptation of the acclaimed comic, according to HeatVision. All-Star Superman – which has won three Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards and three Eagle Awards – is the 10th DC Comics story ….

AMC releases final poster for The Walking Dead adaptation

Today AMC released the key art for its upcoming original drama The Walking Dead, which premieres on Halloween night, October 31st, at 10pm. Executive produced and written by Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont, The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years following a zombie apocalypse. The series, based on the comic by ….

Win one of three copies of David Lynch and Werner Herzog’s psychological thriller My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done on DVD

This week saw the release of the psychological thriller My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done, featuring the first-ever collaboration between legendary filmmakers David Lynch and Werner Herzog, and a top-notch cast, including Academy Award Nominees Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny and Willem Dafoe. In celebration of the release, FilmFetish is giving away three copies ….

Six Million Dollar Man TV series coming to DVD for first time in U.S.

Just days after Wizard World confirmed that Lee Majors will make his first convention appearance in over 30 years during Wizard World’s Big Apple Comic Con in two weeks, Time Life has released details on the upcoming bionic collector’s release of the cult classic Six Million Dollar Man television series, which will be released on ….

The Rock, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Ludacris, and Tyrese Gibson heading to Fast and Furious sequel & IMAX theaters

IMAX announced recently that Universal Pictures’ Fast Five will be released to digital IMAX theatres simultaneously with the action-thriller’s wide release on June 10, 2011. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the Fast and Furious franchise, along with new cast member Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, in the ….

The Tourist trailer world premiere this Wednesday

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s espionage thriller The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, will premiere a new theatrical trailer this Wednesday, September 15th. The Sony Pictures film The Tourist hits theaters on December 10, 2010, and centers on Depp an American tourist whose playful dalliance with a stranger (Angelina Jolie) leads to a web ….

Malin Akerman joins Ethan Hawke on action thriller Numbers Station

ContentFilm revealed today that Malin Akerman – who’ll next appear opposite Katie Holmes in this week’s The Romantics – has joined the cast of The Numbers Station, where she’ll appear opposite previously announced two-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke. The Candidate helmer Kasper Barfoed is attached to direct the project. The Numbers Station is described as ….