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Ice Cube and Three Kings director developing Dirty Harry-style cop franchise

According to Deadline, Ice Cube and his Three Kings director David O Russell are in negotiations with New Line to re-team and create a potential franchise, featuring the ‘Cube’ as a plainclothes detective who has no problem pulling the trigger if necessary. The project is described as an R-rated raw drama, and a throwback to ….

Resident Evil producers already in pre-production on Silent Hill: Revelation 3D

Producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody, fresh off their box office hit Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D, have re-teamed to create Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which is currently in pre-production. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will also reunite Davis Films producer Hadida with Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch, Solomon Kane), who will direct the 3D film on location ….

Horror legend John Carpenter hops into producer’s chair for The Hell Within

Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller of Barry Films today announced that cult cinema icon John Carpenter will serve as executive producer for the film project The Hell Within. Carpenter is teaming up with award-winning Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho – who directed the shorts Ninjas, Nocturnu and Love from Mother Only – and scribe Jeff Buhler ….

First images arrive for the Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson collaboration of the Tintin adaptation

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have released the first glimpse from their collaboration effort The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, based on the Belgium comic books “Le secret de la licorne” and “Le trésor de Rackham Le Rouge”, by Hergé. Steven Spielberg is directing the project, with Peter Jackson & Spielberg producing, ….

Martin Sheen and Sally Field circling key roles in Spider-Man reboot

According to THR (here and here), Martin Sheen and Sally Field are in talks to play Uncle Ben and Aunt May, respectively, in Columbia’s new Spider-Man reboot movie. As most of us already know, Uncle Ben and Aunt May, are responsible for raising Peter Parker. Ben’s death at the hands of a robber is the ….

Steampunk epic Riese circling TV debut

Riese Productions announced that Riese: Kingdom Falling is online now for US audiences on Syfy.com and is also available via Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox and Amazon. According to the company, the Riese series is also being considered for television development. Narrated by Sanctuary’s Amanda Tapping, the 10-part series stars Christine Chatelain (The Collector); Sharon Taylor ….

Maya Entertainment nabs rights to Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut

Maya Entertainment has nabbed U.S. distribution rights to Sympathy for Delicious, the feature directorial debut of Mark Ruffalo, to be released theatrically in the Spring of 2011. Written by Christopher Thornton, who also stars in and produced the project, Sympathy for Delicious follows the true story of a newly paralyzed DJ who gets more than ….

Win one of two 3-DVD Prize Packs from the makers of Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer plus revealing new images from the movie

Opening in theaters this Friday, November 5th, is Magnolia Pictures’ Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, directed by Alex Gibney. To support the release, Client 9’s producers are giving two of our readers the chance to win the following DVDs from Magnolia Pictures: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (also from ….

New images surface from samurai western The Warrior’s Way

Rogue has released a batch of new posters and images from samurai western The Warrior’s Way, which hits theaters on December 3, 2010. Newcomer Sngmoo Lee penned and is directing the action fantasy, which centers on an Asian warrior assassin finds peace, contentment and perhaps love in a forgotten western town on the edge of ….

Get a first look at Resident Evil: Damnation

Get a first look at the next 3D CG-animated installment in the Resident Evil film franchise Resident Evil: Damnation, tonight on G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” at 7pm ET/PT on G4. CAPCOM and Sony Pictures recently announced co-production of Resident Evil: Damnation, a sequel to the CG animation feature Resident Evil: Degeneration, which was based ….