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Fox announces online open casting call for Wimpy Kid adaptation

Twentieth Century Fox is holding an online casting call to find a bright, precocious and appealing young actor, age 10-13, for the lead role of Greg Heffley in the film version of the New York Times bestselling book Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Candidates are invited to visit a special website, to learn more about ….

Ong Bak director has crime thriller Chocolate on tap

On February 10th, Magnolia Pictures, in another innovative distribution experiment, will release the martial arts crime thriller Chocolate on Blu-ray, four days after its theatrical premiere on February 6th. The story follows a girl named Zen, who was born out of an affair between two members of rival crime syndicates, that now lives in seclusion ….

Ghost Blu-ray review

Ditto The popular romantic suspense thriller Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg, was recently released on the Blu-ray format, thanks to folks Paramount Home Entertainment. It’s a film that deserves every bit of praise it’s ever received, and is one of those rare projects, that successfully blends dramatic and sci-fi elements, to ….

Event Horizon Blu-ray review

I was amazed at how much more I enjoyed Event Horizon this time around, compared to when I first saw the movie in 1997, when it was released. I have matured, but Event Horizon remains a modern classic sci-fi epic horror.

Brand new Killshot trailer online

Killshot is going to be released in theaters on January 23rd, 2009. The crime thriller comes from Academy Award nominated director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) comes Hossein Amini’s wry adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s best-selling crime novel. The beautiful Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) and her husband Wayne (Thomas Jane) become entangled in a scam with ….

Win one of two copies of The Naked Gun – the I Love the 80’s Edition on DVD

On February 3rd 2009, Paramount will release cult comedy classic, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, as part of the I Love the 80’s DVD series of film releases. The Naked Gun spurred to sequels and started an entirely new form of movie parody. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish.com has gotten our ….

Win one of two copies of Flashdance – the I Love the 80’s Edition on DVD

On February 3rd 2009, Paramount will release Flashdance, as part of the I Love the 80’s DVD series of film releases. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish.com has gotten our hands on 2 copies of the Special Edition DVDs to give away to readers. This release also includes a bonus CD containing songs by some of ….

Win one of two copies of Coming to America – the I Love the 80’s Edition on DVD

On February 3rd 2009, Paramount will release Eddie Murphy’s comedy classic, Coming to America, as part of the I Love the 80’s DVD series of film releases. To celebrate the release, FilmFetish.com has gotten our hands on 2 copies of the Special Edition DVDs to give away to readers. There’s some fun extras on all ….

Emmerich gets next Isaac Asimov film adaptation

Sony’s Columbia Pictures won an auction late yesterday for adaptation rights to Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, the ground breaking science fiction book trilogy. Roland Emmerich has been attached to produce and direct the eventual film project. The series of eight short stories was originally published in Astounding Magazine starting in 1942, and is described as a ….

Tsui Hark and Andy Lau team for Phantom Flame

According to THR, Tsui Hark (Seven Swords) will direct Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs) in the period martial arts suspense thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which starts shooting in Hong Kong and China this May. Hark and production company Huayi Brothers, are looking to bring to life an imaginary case solved ….

Bruce Lee museum approved by officials

A bid by a Hong Kong tycoon to preserve the one-time estate of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, and transform it into a museum and tourist attraction, was approved, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The decision comes after a long struggle by fans to save the 5,700-square-foot, two-story home from the fate of becoming a ….

Eagle Eye director now eyeing Jack the Giant Killer

DJ Caruso has signed on to helm the film Jack the Giant Killer for New Line Cinema, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Neal Moritz is producing via his Original Film banner along with David Dobkin. Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) wrote the script, which begins when a princess is kidnapped, which threatens a ….

Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess all to find The Way Back

Director Peter Weir (Witness, The Truman Show) will being working with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan, on his next film, The Way Back. All are in final negotiations to star in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who engineered an escape from a Siberian gulag in 1940. Weir also ….

Studios returning to the Super Bowl for 2009

A laundry list of of film studios, that ready to dish out the hefty pricetag to advertise during Super Bowl XLIII. The economy has scared some off major marketers this time around, but it hasn’t forced Hollywood to sit things out. Variety reported that nearly every major studio will advertise film projects during the big ….

Inhabited Island film details

There was a story on Variety about how well the Russian sci-fi epic Inhabited Island opened locally, so I wanted to share some details on this film. The film is a certified blockbuster in Russia and the Ukraine, and has a rich and dark look, which is described as reminiscent of Blade Runner and Fritz ….