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Watchmen and Ninja Scroll writer to pen new big-budget Crow movie

Relativity Media president Tucker Tooley, and Edward R. Pressman, producer behind the cult classic The Crow franchise, announced today they have attached Watchmen scripter Alex Tse to write their reinvention of The Crow, the 1994 critically acclaimed sensation based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ….

American Film Market launching filmmaking conference series for 2011 event

The American Film Market (AFM) today announced that it will launch a five-day conference program at the 2011 Market set for November 2-9 in Santa Monica. The inaugural AFM Conference Series will cover five topics spanning from treatment to screen. The AFM’s 8,000 attendees will have the rare opportunity to hear from the industry’s global ….

More new character posters for 3D fantasy epic Immortals

Relativity Media has released additional character posters for the upcoming 3D epic Immortals, which debuted exclusively at WonderCon. On November 11, 2011, the legends of the Greek Gods will come to life like never before when this film hits theaters. Directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and written by Charles Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, Immortals ….

New images released from Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Paramount Pictures has released a batch of new images for Transformers: Dark of the Moon which hits theaters on June 29, 2011. Michael Bay returns to the helm of the film, which stars Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand. Shia LaBeouf returns ….

New images from John Carpenter’s first movie project in ten years

Arc Entertainment has released new images and a poster for The Ward, John Carpenter’s first feature film project in more than ten years. John Carpenter’s The Ward, a psychological thriller about a young woman locked in a mysterious mental institution in the 1960s, marks iconic horror master John Carpenter’s first feature film in over ten ….

Free screening of Night Catches Us to open Newark Black Film Festival

The Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF), which is celebrating its 37th Anniversary, opens in Newark on Wednesday, June 29th, with a six-week run ending on August 3rd, 2011. Youth Cinema will be held on Mondays at the Newark Public Library and at the Newark Museum on Wednesdays beginning July 6th. The festival is a showcase ….

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Director’s Cut of cult horror classic Mother’s Day free screening theatrically this week

Troma Head Honcho and Toxic Avenger Creator Lloyd Kaufman will be presenting the rare Director’s Cut of Charles Kaufman’s cult horror classic Mother’s Day this Wednesday, June 22nd, at the Rerun Theater in Brooklyn, New York. Mother’s Day is Hostel director Eli Roth’s “favorite horror film of all time.” Out of print and unavailable for ….

Reviews of MGM On-Demand titles Queen of Blood, The Ambulance, The Caller, Cohen & Tate, Cop Hater and Daughters of Satan

Queen of Blood When an alien ship crash-lands on Mars, a rescue ship is dispatched to search for survivors. Instead they find an alien vampire who begins killing the crew ‘Dracula’ style. Queen of Blood, which originally opened in 1966 for the grind house crowd, has a simple but fun plot. A sickly greenish Martian ….

Win a copy of the Die Hard Blu-Ray Collection from Fox

The Fox Movie Channel has sponsored three exciting sweepstakes opportunities over the past few weeks, and today they’re continuing the trend with the Die Hard Blu-Ray Collection Twitter Sweepstakes featuring all four action packed movies. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN Follow @FoxMovieChannel on Twitter for your chance to win the “DIE HARD BLU-RAY ….

Indie feature Finding Joy begins shooting next week

Principal photography starts next week in South Florida on the independent feature Finding Joy, starring Josh Cooke, Liane Balaban, Barry Bostwick and Lainie Kazan. Carlo De Rosa is making his feature film directorial debut with Finding Joy, a comedy written by Shona Tuckman. The film is being produced by Richard DiPatri. The executive producer is ….

Relativity to release the Steven Soderbergh action-thriller Haywire

Relativity Media announced that it has nabbed the North American rights to release the action-thriller Haywire, directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), and will release it on January 20, 2012. Mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano (American Gladiators) makes her feature film debut, starring and performing her own stunts in Haywire. The film’s eclectic ….

Untitled comedy action-adventure take on Snow White legend to begin filming

Shooting on Relativity Media’s comedy action-adventure Untitled Snow White will begin on Monday, June 20, 2011, under the stylish direction of Tarsem Singh (Immortals, The Cell). In Relativity’s Untitled Snow White starring Oscar-winner Julia Roberts and Lily Collins (The Blind Side), an evil Queen (Roberts) steals control of a kingdom, and an exiled princess (Collins) ….