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Cast attached to Straw Dogs remake

Screen Gems has contracted with James Woods, Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell and Willa Holland (The O.C., upcoming Legion) to star in Straw Dogs, the Rod Lurie-directed reimagining of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 cult classic film, according to Variety. Lurie will direct the film from his own script, which already has James Marsden (X-Men) attached to star ….

Story of the original ‘American Pimp’ coming to theaters

Entourage executive producer Rob Weiss, along with producers Mitch Davis, Ryan Drexler and Andrew Left, have nabbed feature film rights to Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck’s autobiography Pimp: The Story of My Life, according to THR. Beck, who was born into poverty, had an I.Q. of 175 and studied at The Tuskegee Institute, before leaving school ….

New behind-the-scenes images emerge from comic adaptation The Losers

ComingSoon nabbed the above photo of Idris Elba and Jeffrey Dean Morgan shooting an action scene in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico for Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White’s comic book adaptation The Losers, which will be in theaters on April 9, 2010. Hancock director Peter Berg wrote the script for The Losers, based on Andy ….

Trailer for the Kristen Bell comedy When In Rome now online

In the romantic comedy When In Rome, Kristen Bell plays a successful New York real estate agent, who’s completely unlucky in love. However, when she travels to Rome to attend her sister’s wedding, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then over-aggressively pursued by a band of wannabe lovers, ….

Robert Downey Jr. eyeing the role of Lestat in The Vampire Chronicles

According to BloodyDisgusting, the popularity of vampires continues to spread, with the news that Universal Pictures is looking to jump-start Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles, the story of the vampire Lestat Du Lioncort, a nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century. There was no word on how they plan on unfurling franchise, but according to the ….

Criminal Macabre comic headed to big screen

Universal Pictures has nabbed feature film rights to the Dark Horse comic miniseries Criminal Macabre, created by 30 Days of Night creator Steve Niles, according to Variety. Kyle Ward (3 Rounds, Fiasco Heights) is currently writing the screenplay. Criminal Macabre follows a supernatural detective who doubles as a hitman, taking out all the vampires, ghosts ….

Tickets to Avatar’s free IMAX preview are available on Monday

According to AICN, tickets to the free Avatar preview become available on Monday. I assume they’re talking about the IMAX preview (DETAILS HERE) that James Cameron and producer Jon Landau discussed during the Avatar Comic-Con panel. They also posted the sweet new image above, featuring star Sam Worthington gazing at his own ‘Avatar’ figure, which ….

Legendary Pictures prepping major new Godzilla feature film

Bloody Disgusting has learned that Legendary Pictures, the studio behind The Hangover, as well as the upcoming Ninja Assassin and the Clash of the Titans remake, is in in early discussions to develop another major movie with Godzilla, although there are apparently no details at this point other than this would be a reboot, rather ….

Trailer for the fact-based thriller The Fourth Kind

Sci-Fi Wire posted this exclusive trailer for the upcoming sci-fi thriller The Fourth Kind, which will be in theaters on November 6, 2009. The Fourth Kind stars Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Elias Koteas and is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi (WIthIN, Etat), based on his own screenplay. In 1972, when a scale of measurement was apparently ….

X-Men director Bryan Singer to direct Battlestar Galactica feature film

Universal Pictures has contracted Bryan Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) to produce and direct a feature version of Battlestar Galactica, according to Variety. According to the report, Singer will be putting his own creative stamp on the project, as Universal indicates that the film will be “a complete reimagination.” Series creator Glen A. Larson will return ….

Gerard Butler is no Law Abiding Citizen in this new trailer with Jamie Foxx

Overture has released the first trailer for the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen, which tells the story of a brilliant sociopath (played by Gerard Butler) who orchestrates a series of high-profile murders that grip the city of Philadelphia – all from inside his jail cell – and the prosecutor (Jamie Foxx) assigned to his case ….

Writer of The Usual Suspects to pen Wolverine sequel script

Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote scripts for Bran Singer’s The Usual Suspects as well as X-Men, has been tapped to write the screenplay for Fox’s sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, according to THR. Hugh Jackman will return as Logan, the mutant with healing powers and an adamantium-dipped endoskeleton. Jackman will again produce the film, along with ….

Crime thriller La Soga (The Butcher’s Son) to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival

This September marks the World Premiere of La Soga, which is set to screen at The Toronto Film Festival. La Soga has the distinction of being the first movie ever from the Dominican Republic to screen at the prestigious international festival. Josh Crook (The Fittest, Sucker Punch) directed La Soga from a script by the ….