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Steve McQueen biopic on the way

Producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters are developing a Steve McQueen biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The team have acquired rights to the Marshall Terrill’s biography Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel. The new film will primarily focus on McQueen’s Hollywood career, which began in 1956 when the Indiana native got his break ….

The trailer with Viggo Mortensen as John Halder in Good

Just as the Tom Cruise film Valkyrie, readies for release, indie distributor THINKFilm prepares to release Good, which stars Viggo Mortensen as John Halder, a decent individual with family problems. He has a neurotic wife (Jodie Whittaker), two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances ….

First photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds surface

JoBlo has posted two of the first stills from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds. The attached pic features Pitt sporting a nifty little moustache, playing Lt. Aldo Raine, who leads the “Basterds”. He’s a Jew from the mountains of Tennessee, that is known to the German army as Aldo the Apache. The “Basterds” ….

Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii to give intro at premiere of Sky Crawlers

This Friday, December 12th, New York-Tokyo and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present the New York premiere of director Mamoru Oshii’s (Ghost in the Shell, PatLabor: The Mobile Police) latest film, The Sky Crawlers, which is described as an engaging combination of philosophy and science fiction, featuring brilliantly executed aerial combat sequences. Oshii sees ….

Win a trip for five to New York City to meet author of The Reader

Producers of Ralph Fiennes’ and Kate Winslet’s new film The Reader, have posted a limited-time sweepstakes for an entire book club (up to 5 people) to travel to New York City to have lunch with Bernhard Schlink, author of book that the film is based on. This sweepstakes is in conjunction with the theatrical release ….

Ennio Morricone in talks to score Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Italian music composer Ennio Morricone, whose resume includes some of the greatest action films of the 1960s through today, including such cult classics as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Clint Eastwood, A Dollar a Head with Burt Reynolds, A Fistful of Dynamite with James Coburn, Night Flight from Moscow with Yul Brynner, ….

Win one of two Tropic Thunder 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs

On November 18th, will release the outrageous comedy Tropic Thunder on DVD and Blu-ray. Tropic Thunder includes a star-studded cast and this Director’s Cut DVD has enough bonus material to keep you “in the shit” for days. To celebrate the release, Film Fetish has gotten our hands on two of the 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs, ….

Nab one of three trips to global premieres of Australia and meet Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman

The non-profit organization Australians in Film is auctioning three unique package opportunities for movie fans to attend exclusive premieres and advance screenings of the epic saga Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Leading the experiences on eBay is the opportunity to attend the world premiere of Australia in Sydney on ….

Jackson in Quentin Tarantino war film and Last Dragon remake

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Samuel L. Jackson is set to star as yet another bad guy in Columbia Pictures’ remake of Berry Gordy’s 1985 cult classic The Last Dragon. Jackson is taking on the role of Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, originally played by the Julius Carry. Gordy’s son Kerry Gordy and Davis Entertainment ….

Universal to adapt Army of Two game

Electronic Arts recently announced that the company has closed a deal with Universal to bring top-selling videogame Army of Two, to the big screen. Scott Stuber, through his Stuber Productions shingle, will produce the film along with EA, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, who recently co-wrote the blockbuster The Bourne Ultimatum, has signed on to ….

Win a trip to New York to meet Australia director Baz Luhrmann

Twentieth Century Fox’s upcoming romantic adventure Australia and Metacafe recently teamed up to launch The Thirty-Second Film Contest. The contest challenges aspiring film editors to use materials from the film as well as their own creative “spin”, including visual effects, music, and voice-over, to put together a thirty-second spot for the film. The launch of ….