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Night Catches Us nabs a one sheet

Night Catches Us centers on Marcus (played by Anthony Mackie from The Hurt Locker and Brother to Brother), who returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement, protecting a dangerous secret in a struggle against the revolution he once embraced, while rediscovering a forbidden love (played by Kerry ….

Rooftop Films presents doomed love, tattoos and Sailor Jerry

This week Rooftop Films has two great indie films screenings, one a program of short films about doomed love, the other a free screening about the life of tattooing legend Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. There will be live music before the films and after-parties following both shows. The details on both events are below. Doomed ….

Emerging Cinematographers Award winners announced

The International Cinematographers Guild has announced the honorees for its 14th annual Emerging Cinematographers Awards. The eight short subjects and two honorable mentioned films, all from Guild members, will be shown at a special screening at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles on September 26th. ICG judges from across the country, under ….

Lost and Alias creator producing period robot graphic novel adaptation

Paramount Pictures, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production shingle nabbed rights to the graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a story centered on a robot set in the Victorian Age, HeatVision reports. Boilerplate was written by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, and tells the story of the world’s first robot, who purportedly, in the ….

Espionage comic Crosshair closes film adaptation deal at Comic-Con

Mandeville Films’ partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman announced today that Mandeville and Top Cow Productions will team up to produce a feature film version of Top Cow’s comic book “Crosshair.” Mandeville learned of the project of the eve of San Diego’s Comic-Con, and, after extensive negotiations, closed the deal over the weekend to adapt ….

Skyline teaser poster hits the net

Speaking of the movie Skyline, producers of the sci-fi abduction thriller have posted a sweet teaser poster on the Facebook page for the film. In the sci-fi thriller Skyline, strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire ….

More aliens heading towards Hollywood

Paramount Pictures has nabbed a sci-fi pitch from first-time writer Bobby Glickert titled Confidential Alien Project, to be produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, according to HeatVision. The story is getting the Area 51 treatment, and apparently involves alien abduction. The film will be based on Glickert’s treatment ….