Thrillers

Hurt Locker star headed to The Adjustment Bureau

Anthony Mackie, who most recently appeared in The Hurt Locker, has been cast in Universal Pictures’ sci-fi thriller The Adjustment Bureau, which Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are currently attached to star, according to Variety. George Nolfi, who’s making his directorial debut, will helm the movie from his own script, and produce alongside Chris Moore ….

New images from Thomas Jane’s directorial debut Dark Country

Thomas Jane makes his directorial debut with the horror Dark Country, which follows the story of two honeymooners (Jane and Lauren German) rescue a mysterious car crash survivor in the Las Vegas desert. But their decision to save the man becomes increasingly regrettable when he turns on them, forcing the newlyweds to do the unthinkable. ….

Midnight, Mass. comic being adapted into weekly NBC series

NBC has picked up a live-action series adaptation for John Rozum’s comic book series Midnight, Mass., which is published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. That’s according to a report by THR. Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts will write and produce the project for Warner Bros. television, which revolves around Adam and Julia Kadmons, a sophisticated, ….

New behind-the-scenes images emerge from comic adaptation The Losers

ComingSoon nabbed the above photo of Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan shooting an action scene in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico for Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White’s comic book adaptation The Losers, which will be in theaters on April 9, 2010. Hancock director Peter Berg wrote the script for The Losers, based on Andy ….

Trailer for the fact-based thriller The Fourth Kind

Sci-Fi Wire posted this exclusive trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller The Fourth Kind, which will be in theaters on November 6, 2009. The Fourth Kind stars Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Elias Koteas and is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi (WIthIN, Etat), based on his own screenplay. In 1972, when a scale of measurement was apparently ….

Gerard Butler is no Law Abiding Citizen in this new trailer with Jamie Foxx

Overture has released the first trailer for the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which tells the story of a brilliant sociopath (played by Gerard Butler) who orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia – all from inside his jail cell – and the prosecutor (Jamie Foxx) assigned to his case ….

Writer of The Usual Suspects to pen Wolverine sequel script

Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote scripts for Bran Singer’s The Usual Suspects as well as X-Men, has been tapped to write the screenplay for Fox’s sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, according to THR. Hugh Jackman will return as Logan, the mutant with healing powers and an adamantium-dipped endoskeleton. Jackman will again produce the film, along with ….

Crime thriller La Soga (The Butcher’s Son) to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival

This September marks the World Premiere of La Soga, which is set to screen at The Toronto Film Festival. La Soga has the distinction of being the first movie ever from the Dominican Republic to screen at the prestigious international festival. Josh Crook (The Fittest, Sucker Punch) directed La Soga from a script by the ….

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse adds a new cast member

Jack Huston – who stars in the upcoming TV witch saga Eastwick – will be fitted for fangs in Summit Entertainment’s upcoming sequel The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment in the popular novel series’ adaptations, according to THR. Huston joins Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Bryce Dallas Howard in the series based on Stephenie ….

Win an official prop from Halloween II signed by director Rob Zombie

Enter Fangoria’s Halloween II mash-up contest by creating your own mash-up clip. You simply start with the assets provided, add your own original content, and then slice and dice away. You’ll get video clips from the movie and audio from Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic Halloween theme. From there, it’s up to you. Slice ….

Age-restricted trailer for the scriptural sci-fi action thriller Legion

In the supernatural action thriller Legion, a remote diner becomes the unlikely last stand for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in Humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring about the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a diner out in the desert, ….

Bone-chilling new poster for the thriller Whiteout released

Warner Bros. has released a new poster for Kate Beckinsale’s thriller Whiteout, which is based on Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber’s comic series about the first murder in Antarctica. This was posted on MTV’s SplashPage. Whiteout was directed by Dominic Sena (Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish), from a script by Jon & Erich Hoeber and ….