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Lionsgate catches eco-horror The Bay

Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired U.S. rights to Barry Levinson’s found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films. From the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following Insidious, and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an ….

Content Film grabs rights to carjack thriller 96 Minutes

Content has acquired international rights to SXSW’s critically acclaimed 96 Minutes. Inspired by true events, the intense drama is written and directed by Aimee Lagos, winner of many awards including a BAFTA Award for Excellence for her short film Underground. 96 Minutes stars Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Hairspray), Evan Ross (90210, ATL), Christian Serratos (Twilight ….

Michael Mann and Paul Haggis teaming up for modern day treasure hunt thriller

Michael Mann is teaming up with Paul Haggis for a contemporary thriller called Gold, according to THR. The film is described as being in the vein of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and is set around a ruthless search for the namesake metal. Gold was written by Friday Night Lights and The Chicago Code ….

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 ….

28 Weeks Later director to helm remake of The Crow

Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct a “re-invention” of The Crow, the 1994 cult hit based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Relativity and Pressman ….

Peter Jackson begins shooting long-delayed The Hobbit adaptations

Production has begun in Wellington, New Zealand, on The Hobbit, Peter Jackson’s long-delayed two film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece. The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning ….

Joseph Gordon-Levitt character revealed for The Dark Knight Rises

Variety reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially signed on to star in The Dark Knight Rises, re-teaming with his Inception director Christopher Nolan. We’ve now learned that Gordon-Levitt has been cast as Alberto Falcone, the son of Mafia leader Carmine Falcone, the character Tom Wilkinson played in Batman Begins. Nolan is apparently making final adjustments ….

IFC Midnight unleashes a new horror in theaters and on-demand

IFC Midnight released the slasher film Choose today in select theaters, from director Marcus Graves and starring Katheryn Winnick (Love & Other Drugs) and Kevin Pollack (That Thing You Do!, The Usual Suspects). In Choose, the peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage ….

New posters released for the MMA-themed film Warrior

Lionsgate has released the official posters for the film Warrior on the movie’s Facebook page. Hitting theaters September 9th, Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception) and Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom), and was directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle). Here is the synopsis for Warrior: Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime – and the wreckage of ….