Anti-piracy summit announced for December

The industry’s first-ever Entertainment Content Protection Summit was announced today by Variety magazine and the international content protection association, CDSA, to be held on December 8th at the Universal Hilton Hotel, in Universal City, California. The one-day event will provide content executives from film studios, video games, music and publishing an intensive session on the ….

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Jessica Biel starts work on the mystery thriller The Tall Man

SND and Radar Films announced today that Jessica Biel’s latest project, the mystery thriller The Tall Man, has begun lensing in Canada. Described as a suspenseful thriller in the vein of M. Night Shyamalan’s early work, The Tall Man marks the English language debut of cult French filmmaker Pascal Laugier (Martyrs, Saint Ange), who wrote ….

Del Toro developing DreamWorks animation Trollhunters and moving ahead with At the Mountains of Madness

Another big update on heavily in-demand director Guillermo del Toro has landed on THR. According to the report, del Toro is setting up an animated feature titled Trollhunters at DreamWorks Animation, which he will write and direct. Trollhunters will be based on a young-adult book del Toro submitted to publisher Hyperion two weeks ago. After ….

Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood and sci-fi show Falling Skies cast to invade New York Comic-Con 2010

Just found some additional New York Comic-Con 2010 news. MediumAtLarge revealed that Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood and writer Mark Verheiden, from TNT’s upcoming sci-fi series Falling Skies, will be at New York Comic-Con on Saturday from 4-5 PM, signing autographs at the Dark Horse Booth. In Falling Skies, which premieres in 2011, Wyle plays Tom ….

Cult Cinema Icons to appear at nationwide Hatchet II screenings in support of uncensored horror release

Dark Sky announced that in anticipation of the October 1st release of Hatchet II – which is getting the widest release of an uncut and unrated genre film in more than 25 years – the film’s legendary cult movie cast and its director, will be making special appearances at midnight and opening weekend screenings across ….

Terminator and Superman directors to produce pair of digital sci-fi and action series for Warner Premiere

Bryan Singer (Superman Returns) and McG (Terminator Salvation) have been tapped by Warner Premiere to produce a series of multi-platform digital sci-fi and action titles, according to HeatVision. If successful, the pair of digital series could lead to spin-off television and film adaptations, however, the installments are most certainly expected to be collected into a ….