A long-delayed release for supernatural Thai horror film P
Following the demise of Tartan, a number of titles set to be released by the genre label, were delayed or shelved. One of those was the Blu Ray release of a Thai horror film called P. P became a cult hit at horror film festivals worldwide, including getting official selections of the Chicago International Film ….
Hills Have Eyes director now eyeing Contractor
Frenchmen Alexandre Aja – who helmed the French language cult horror High Tension, as well as The Hills Have Eyes and Mirrors – is attached to direct the thriller The Contractor, according to Variety. Ian Jeffers (Death Sentence, upcoming Castlevania and Mandrake) is rewriting the script for the project, which Alexandra Milchan – daughter of ….
Last House on the Left director gets a Cure
The Last House on the Left director Dennis Iliadis has signed on to direct the thriller Cure later this summer, according to Variety. Cure centers on a young man who enters his wife in an experimental treatment program to save her from a terminal illness. While she returns completely cured, she’s suddenly infected with something ….
New character photos and an extended trailer for Wolverine
USA Today has six new character photos for Hugh Jackman’s upcoming origin story Wolverine.
New trailer for Steve McQueen-directed Hunger
Steve McQueen directs Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen, Larry Cowan, Liam Cunningham, Dennis McCambridge, Liam McMahon, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Rory Mullen and Lalor Roddy, in the U.K. drama Hunger. Hunger revolves around the last six weeks of the life of Irish Republican activist Bobby Sands, who held a prison hunger strike, in an ….
Leonardo DiCaprio to star in the sci-fi action thriller Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in Inception, the sci-fi thriller that Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan wrote and will direct as his next film, according to Variety. According to the report, Inception will shoot this year and is set to be released in the summer of 2010, with Nolan and Emma Thomas producing. The ….
Slumdog Millionaire coming to DVD and Blu-ray later this month
Slumdog Millionaire, this year’s critical darling about a young boy from the slums of Mumbai who discovers love and fortune, arrives on Blu-ray Disc With Digital Copy and DVD March 31, 2009, from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Garnering top honors at the 2009 Academy Awards including Best Picture – Christian Colson, Best Director – ….
Photo of a scruffy Denzel Washington in the wasteland of Book of Eli
EW.com posted a new photo of Denzel Washington from The Hughes Brothers’ upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller Book of Eli.
New X-Men Origins: Wolverine photos show a gritty, ripped Jackman
XMenFilm.net has posted three exclusive new photos from Hugh Jackman’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is due in theaters on May 1, 2009. Jackman looks ripped and ready for some kind of action. It’s clear this was a photo shoot for the ladies.
Pontypool gives a new spin to the zombie genre – along with a new trailer
Below is the trailer for Pontypool, a psychological thriller about a deadly virus that infects a small Ontario town, and a small radio station whose morning team starts taking reports of extreme, bloody incidents of violence related to the infections. Bruce McDonald (The Tracey Fragments) directs Pontypool, which stars Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle and Georgina ….
Samuel L. Jackson signs a ‘furious’ Marvel deal
Samuel L. Jackson – who just recently was supposedly on the outs with Marvel Studios over reprising his role as Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., has signed a whopping nine-picture deal to play the character in a series of upcoming films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The projects include Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, ….
Alex Proyas talks Dracula Year Zero and sci-fi epic Tripods
Director Alex Proyas – whose film Knowing is set to open March 20th – recently told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming film adaptation of sci-fi book series The Tripods, is the first of an envisioned trilogy of movies. “We’ve done a draft, we’re basically at the first-draft stage of Tripods, and we’re about to ….
Sean Penn in talks to star in Bourne Identity director’s next thriller
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is officially attached to the thriller Fair Game, which chronicles the outing of former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, who will be portrayed by Naomi Watts, according to Variety. According to the report, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn – who nabbed Best Actor honors last night at the Academy Awards, is ….
Trailer for indie short Beautiful Exposure
I received a message with a trailer for a short-form thriller titled Beautiful Exposure, which follows a depressed photographer that gets back together with his ex girlfriend, who is a model, for one last photo shoot. From the looks of the trailer, it looks like the shoot turns out bad for somebody. Beautiful Exposure was ….
New trailer and poster for international sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer
A new poster and trailer has been released for Alex Rivera’s sci-fi thriller Sleep Dealer. Indie distributor Maya Entertainment will release the U.S./Mexico co-production in U.S. theaters this April. The film uses sci-fi elements to deal with issues very relevant in modern society.
