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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 character posters released

Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate have released new character posters for the Bill Condon-directed climax to the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which hits theaters on November 16, 2012. The script for the sequel was written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart ….

Horror classic The Exorcist being prepped for a TV series?

Vulture reports that, nearly 40 years after The Exorcist became the first horror film ever to be nominated for Best Picture, William Peter Blatty’s best seller is in the limelight once again. According to reports, filmmaker Sean Durkin, writer-director of the Elizabeth Olsen thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene, is adapting the classic into a 10-episode ….

New images and cover art for action thriller Hijacked

Anchor Bay Films has announced the release of Hijacked on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD coming this July 31st. A high-octane, pulse-pounding story of one man out for justice in the sky, Hijacked stars former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture (The Expendables, and the upcoming The Expendables 2), Dominic Purcell (Straw Dogs, Prison Break), Tiffany ….

Relativity Media goes for Paranoia

Relativity Media announced today that it has nabbed U.S. rights to the film Paranoia, directed by Robert Luketic (21) and starring Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), Oscar-nominee Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight), Oscar-nominee Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) and Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class). Production begins this summer and Paranoia is scheduled to hit theaters on ….

New poster and images from IFC Midnight thriller The Tortured

In The Tortured, Craig (Jesse Metcalfe) and Elise (Erika Christensen) had all the ingredients for an ideal life: a great marriage, a wonderful five-year-old son, a charming home and a bright future. Then, on one sunny day, their perfect world is irrevocably shattered. Leaving their five year old son, Ben, alone for only a moment, ….

Images and a poster for surreal thriller Black Limousine

Anchor Bay Entertainment will release the surreal Hollywood story Black Limousine, starring David Arquette and Bijou Phillips, on DVD July 10th, 2012. In Black Limousine, David Arquette plays Jack MacKenzie, a once hot Hollywood composer who’s fallen on hard times. Having resorted to taking a draining job as a limo driver just to make ends ….

John Woo going back to gangster film roots with yakuza classic remake Day of the Beast

John Woo is attached to direct the action thriller Day of the Beast, a remake of Suzuki Seijun’s 1963 yakuza classic Youth of the Beast, according to Film Business Asia. Day of the Beast is a co-production between Nikkatsu Corp, the production company behind the original movie, and John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock ….

Romantic sci-fi action thriller The Machine gets distributor

Content has nabbed worldwide rights to The Machine, an original romantic sci-fi thriller. Directed by Caradog James (Little White Lies) and currently being cast, The Machine is produced by John Giwa-Amu from Red and Black Films & will be unveiled this week at The Cannes Film Festival. The Machine, part sci-fi action thriller and part ….