BIG Comic-Con news: Avatar and Tron footage in 3-D: ABC’s Lost panel with surprise guests: Warner’s brings Ninja Assassin and Jonah Hex: Peter Jackson brings District 9: Screenings for Fox’s unseen Dollhouse ep. & new V sci-fi series
The folks over at Sci-Fi Wire have posted even more grand events that will be happening at Comic-Con San Diego between July 22nd and 26th. Keep in mind that the full list of events hasn’t been published yet, so some of these events and/or times could change.
Sarah Bradford joins When The Devil Comes cast
Model and actress Sarah Bradford has joined the cast of Ken Kushner’s horror film When The Devil Comes, which is currently shooting in New York City, upstate New York and Long Island, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Already cast in the film are Dechen Thurman, Patrick McMullan and Liam McMullan. According to an article on ….
Robert Rodriguez reveals more details about Predators
AICN got an exclusive interview with Robert Rodriguez, in which the writer/producer/director confirmed a number of details about the upcoming Predators reboot film. What was so great about the interview, was that Rodriguez talked about the genesis of the project, including how Fox’s Alex Young visited his Troublemaker Studios as part of his decision-making process ….
Win one of two copies of Knowing on Blu-ray high-def
On July 7th, Summit Entertainment will release the gripping thriller Knowing on DVD and Blu-ray. In celebration of the release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 copies of the Blu-ray edition of Knowing to readers. Knowing has stunning visuals and the Blu-ray edition should look amazing. In order to be entered in the random drawing, here’s ….
Win one of five FREE copies of the sci-fi thriller Push on DVD
The sci-fi action thriller Push will be making its way to Blu-ray and DVD this summer when Summit Entertainment releases the international box office success on July 7th. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving five copies of the DVD edition of Push to readers. In order to be entered in the random drawing for ….
Guy Pearce eyeing Guillermo Del Toro-produced ‘Dark’ horror remake
Guy Pearce is negotiating and Bailee Madison is already attached to star alongside Katie Holmes in Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Miramax’s supernatural thriller being directed by Guillermo del Toro protege Troy Nixey, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Del Toro, who co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins (Mimic), will produce the new film along ….
Writer hired to adapt true-life story of narcotics agent impostor
Dan Gordon (The Hurricane, Wyatt Earp), who recently wrote drafts of the upcoming mobster film Mafia Cop and the remake of Charles Bronson’s seminal 70s hitman thriller The Mechanic, has been hired to write the script for The King of Sting, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The upcoming drama revolves around the life of con ….
The Betrayed DVD review
The kidnap thriller The Betrayed makes its DVD debut tomorrow, June 30th, from MGM Home Entertainment. Golden Globe nominee Melissa George plays Philadelphia housewife Jamie Taylor, a young woman whose seemingly normal life gets upended when she regains consciousness after a car accident, only to find herself chained to a grate in the cold, dark ….
Trailer for the Spierig brothers’ Daybreakers
Daybreakers stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Michael Dorman and Vince Colosimo, and is directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, better known as the Spierig brothers, who directed the Aussie zombie film Undead, which wasn’t well received critically, but became a cult ‘grindhouse’ hit.
House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?
Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….
Win one of three copies of the spy thriller Echelon Conspiracy on DVD
On July 21st, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Echelon Conspiracy on DVD and Blu-ray. Featuring an all-star cast including Shane West (A Walk to Remember), Edward Burns (Saving Private Ryan), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) and Martin Sheen (The Departed), the high-tech action-thriller weaves a tale of greed, intrigue and the price of national security. To ….
Magnet to release acclaimed indie horror House of the Devil
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired U.S. release rights to Ti West’s critically acclaimed horror film The House of the Devil. A homage to 1980s horror masterpieces, the film premiered at Tribeca earlier this year and is expected to be an instant classic among genre fans, building ….
Trailer for the Richard Kelly sci-fi thriller The Box
Cameron Diaz stars in the Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko)-directed sci-fi thriller The Box, based on Richard Matheson’s (writer of I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man) short story Button, Button about a suburban couple with a young child, who receive a simple wooden box as a gift from a mysterious stranger, who delivers the message ….
James Cameron choses Amsterdam to preview nearly 30 minutes of the movie that could change filmmaking forever
Reports are popping up all over the net about James Cameron previewing the first publicly shown clips from his $300 million epic 3D sci-fi movie Avatar. Rather surprising, however it does show a trend by filmmakers to embrace the global cinema audience. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s presentation at the ongoing Cinema Expo in ….
Australian horror Lake Mungo remake gets writer
David Leslie Johnson, who wrote the script for the Orphan, which hits theaters on July 24th, has been tapped to pen a remake of the Australian horror suspense film Lake Mungo for Paramount Vantage, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vantage grabbed remake rights to the film in November, when it premiered at the American Film ….
