Thrillers

Win one of two copies of the cult classic sci-fi series Space: 1999 Season One 7-disc Blu-ray set

This December, A&E Home Entertainment delivers a cult classic series from Thunderbirds and UFO creator Gerry Anderson on stunning Blu-ray for the first time, with the Space: 1999: The Complete Season One Blu-ray Edition. And we have two complete 7-disc editions to give away to readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and ….

Win one of two copies of the brutal 3-disc DVD set Gangland: The Complete Season Six

Gangland: The Complete Season Six continues A&E’s disturbing portrait of America’s gang culture, and FilmFetish has 3 complete copies of the 3-disc DVD set to giveaway to readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered to win this and all other contests, your eNews profile must be updated with your current mailing address, not just your email. ….

Win one of two copies of kidnap thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed on DVD

The tense and twist-filled British thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray next week, on November 23rd, by Anchor Bay. Described as a “brutally efficient thriller” by Mike Hale of the New York Times, The Disappearance of Alice Creed draws the viewer into a daring kidnapping scheme that complicates ….

Tom Cruise hangs off world’s tallest building for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol stunt

Remember the opening sequence to Mission: Impossible 2, when Tom Cruise ignored warnings from producers, and insisted on doing much of the rock-climbing work at Dead Horse Point in Utah? Well, he’s at it again, this time for the latest sequel in the M:I franchise, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. According to Moviefone, last Saturday, Cruise ….

The Toxic Avenger remake goes green and gets a director

Troma Films recently announced that writer, director and producer Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, High Fidelity) has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger, and will co-write the script with Daniel C. Mitchell. Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road Pictures, and Richard Saperstein & Charlie Corwin of Original Media are producing. ….

Ice Cube and Three Kings director developing Dirty Harry-style cop franchise

According to Deadline, Ice Cube and his Three Kings director David O Russell are in negotiations with New Line to re-team and create a potential franchise, featuring the ‘Cube’ as a plainclothes detective who has no problem pulling the trigger if necessary. The project is described as an R-rated raw drama, and a throwback to ….

Resident Evil producers already in pre-production on Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody, fresh off their box office hit Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, have re-teamed to create Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which is currently in pre-production. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will also reunite Davis Films producer Hadida with Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch, Solomon Kane), who will direct the 3D film on location ….

Horror legend John Carpenter hops into producer’s chair for The Hell Within

Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller of Barry Films today announced that cult cinema icon John Carpenter will serve as executive producer for the film project The Hell Within. Carpenter is teaming up with award-winning Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho – who directed the shorts Ninjas, Nocturnu and Love from Mother Only – and scribe Jeff Buhler ….

Martin Sheen and Sally Field circling key roles in Spider-Man reboot

According to THR (here and here), Martin Sheen and Sally Field are in talks to play Uncle Ben and Aunt May, respectively, in Columbia’s new Spider-Man reboot movie. As most of us already know, Uncle Ben and Aunt May, are responsible for raising Peter Parker. Ben’s death at the hands of a robber is the ….

Cameron sets Avatar 2 and 3 as next projects, eyes environmental non-profit with Fox

Variety reports that James Cameron has officially contracted with 20th Century Fox for two more Avatar, which are expected to be developed over the next five more years. According to the report, Cameron hopes to start production in late 2011, and may shoot the films back-to-back. He’s expected to begin writing early next year. Fox ….