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Win one of 3 copies of the animated festival favorite $9.99 on DVD

Following it’s acclaimed 2009 theatrical release, $9.99, the stop-motion animated film festival favorite featuring the voice talents of Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean, Shine) and Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace, Empire Records) makes its DVD debut from E1 Entertainment on February 23rd. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away 3 ….

Girl power invades action TV as Maggie Q reinvents Nikita and Roselyn Sanchez goes Cutthroat

Maggie Q is currently in negotiations to play the lead in the CW’s Nikita reboot and Roselyn Sanchez – most recently seen as a regular on the CBS drama Without a Trace – has been tapped as the lead in ABC’s upcoming Cutthroat, according to THR. The report highlights increased diversity on the upcoming primetime ….

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Look, man, I am TIRED of that! I am not passing! I am BLACK! Do you hear me, man? Do you understand? I am BLACK! I am a NIGGA’, you understand me? I was BORN Black, I -LIVE- Black, and I’m gonna die, prob’ly -BECAUSE- I’m Black, because some Cracker that -KNOWS- I’m Black, better than -YOU-, Nigga’, is prob’ly gonna put a BULLET in the back of my head!

Bourne Identity helmer and Precious writer to tackle Attica Prison uprising

The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman and writer Geoffrey Fletcher – who wrote the script for the Oscar nominated Precious – are teaming up to film a dramatization of the 1971 Attica state prison uprising, according to THR. The four-day confrontation between prisoners and guards, has been described as a riot by some, and a ….

Win one of five copies of the slacker comedy Splinterheads on DVD

Splinterheads, a comedy centered around a slacker, a gorgeous carnival worker, crazy boyfriends, the oldest man in the world, The Amazing Steve And the geo-caching craze that brings them all together, made its DVD debut yesterday, February 16th from Monarch Home Video. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish is giving away five copies of the DVD ….

The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds Benefit Art Program to raise funds for Haitian relief effort

SA Studios Global’s Film Marketing Division has teamed up with Quentin Tarantino, Upper Playground and The Weinstein Company to present, The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds. On February 18th, 2010 from 6p – 9p the world will get to preview and purchase the “Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds” at The Upper Playground Art Gallery in ….

Could Scorsese do another mafia crime thriller with De Niro?

According to Worst Previews, while he was in Germany to promote his latest thriller Shutter Island, director Martin Scorsese fielded a bunch of off-topic questions, including whether or not he will make another Mafia film in the vein of Goodfellas. Scorsese first exclaimed that he was done with the genre, but then revealed that he ….

Cranium gives dark comedy Mangus! a green light

Cranium Entertainment announced today that Ash Christian (Fat Girls) and Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Devil’s Advocate, Scream 3) will produce the dark comedy Mangus!, which Christian also wrote and will direct. Matarazzo will also star in Mangus!, along with Jennifer Coolidge (Legally Blonde, Best in Show), Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace), Deborah ….

Summit considers turning The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn into two films… both in 3D?

It’s been established that Summit Entertainment has already considered extending the Twilight franchise by splitting Stephenie Meyer’s fourth book, Breaking Dawn, into two films. In fact, News In Film is already reporting that the series finale will indeed be strewn in two parts. Now THR’s RiskyBusiness reports that the bigwigs over at Summit are also ….