First trailer and details on Jackie Chan and Derek Yee film Shinjuku Incident
A few sites have been posting this first trailer for The Shinjuku Incident, which is directed by Derek “Tung-Shing” Yee and produced by Jackie Chan. The film also stars Naoto Takenaka, Xu Jinglei, Daniel Wu, Fan Bingbing and Ken Watanabe. The gritty-looking thriller is being described as a more dramatic turn for Chan, according to ….
Ghost Blu-ray review
Ditto The popular romantic suspense thriller Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, was recently released on the Blu-ray format, thanks to folks Paramount Home Entertainment. It’s a film that deserves every bit of praise it’s ever received, and is one of those rare projects, that successfully blends dramatic and sci-fi elements, to ….
Event Horizon Blu-ray review
I was amazed at how much more I enjoyed Event Horizon this time around, compared to when I first saw the movie in 1997, when it was released. I have matured, but Event Horizon remains a modern classic sci-fi epic horror.
Emmerich gets next Isaac Asimov film adaptation
Sony’s Columbia Pictures won an auction late yesterday for adaptation rights to Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, the ground breaking science fiction book trilogy. Roland Emmerich has been attached to produce and direct the eventual film project. The series of eight short stories was originally published in Astounding Magazine starting in 1942, and is described as a ….
Eagle Eye director now eyeing Jack the Giant Killer
DJ Caruso has signed on to helm the film Jack the Giant Killer for New Line Cinema, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Neal Moritz is producing via his Original Film banner along with David Dobkin. Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) wrote the script, which begins when a princess is kidnapped, which threatens a ….
Studios returning to the Super Bowl for 2009
A laundry list of of film studios, that ready to dish out the hefty pricetag to advertise during Super Bowl XLIII. The economy has scared some off major marketers this time around, but it hasn’t forced Hollywood to sit things out. Variety reported that nearly every major studio will advertise film projects during the big ….
Inhabited Island film details
There was a story on Variety about how well the Russian sci-fi epic Inhabited Island opened locally, so I wanted to share some details on this film. The film is a certified blockbuster in Russia and the Ukraine, and has a rich and dark look, which is described as reminiscent of Blade Runner and Fritz ….
Ebony/Jet Entertainment taps Codeblack Entertainment for historic film partnership, including Sundance Fest pick
Codeblack Entertainment, the first African American-owned new media and entertainment company, has announced a historic and ground-breaking partnership with Ebony/Jet Entertainment Group. The agreement brings the global brand to the creation, development, production, marketing and distribution of existing and future innovative Codeblack Entertainment projects. According to Clanagan, the partnership cements Codeblack’s commitment to serving the ….
Rare prop auction from Underworld movies
Title: Rare prop auction from Underworld moviesLocation: 128 Sierra Street, El Segundo, CA 90245Link out: Click hereDescription: Premiere Props announced today that they will be hosting a charity auction of never before seen movie props and costumes from Sony Pictures’ Underworld, Underworld Evolution and the soon to be released Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which ….
Trailer for thriller Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door)
Variety’s Asian Film Blogger posted this trailer for the new film by Indonesian director Joko Anwar called Pintu Terlarang (Forbidden Door). Forbidden Door revolves around a successful sculptor whose life run by a domineering wife and mother, who discovers a secret organization where members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in town, ….
The Horsemen trailer featuring a seductive Zhang Ziyi
Variety posted a link to this Italian trailer for the Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi starrer The Horsemen, and pretty much slammed it. Ziyi and Quaid shot the project in Canada, and while the trailer doesn’t look very exciting, the movie sports an impressive cast, which also includes Clifton Collins Jr., Eric Balfour and Peter ….
Extended clip from Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse pilot
Entertainment Weekly has just posted an exclusive clip from Joss Whedon’s new Fox thriller Dollhouse, which revolves around a futuristic laboratory that assigns various tasks to its many residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments. One of those mind-boned humans, a young woman named Echo (Eliza Dushku), is slowly ….
Win one of two copies of the unrated Death Race DVD
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the Jason Statham action/grindhouse flick Death Race on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21st (that’s right, a few days early in time for the holidays). To celebrate the release, Universal is providing FilmFetish with two copies of the Unrated DVD version of the film for two lucky winners to ….
New trailer for next Six Shooter release Eden Log
Magnet has exclusively released the new trailer for the French sci-fi horror Eden Log, on IGN. Franck Vestiel co-wrote and makes his feature film debut with Eden Log, which features an ensemble French cast including Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons, Zohar Wexler, Sifan Shao, Arben Bajraktaraj, Abdelkader Dahou, Tony Amoni, Antonin Bastian, Joachim Staaf, Benjamin Baroche, ….
Twilight 2 release date and director confirmed
Summit Entertainment has set Friday, November 20, 2009 as the release date for New Moon, the next film in the Twilight teen vampire film series. That’s according to a story by The Hollywood Reporter. Twilight had a huge opening on the November 21st weekend slot this year, and distributors hope a return to that frame ….
