Magnolia Pictures grabs rights to Neil Jordan’s Ondine

Magnolia Pictures announced that it has acquired U.S. rights to Ondine, the latest movie from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan, who wrote, directed and produced the project. Ondine stars Colin Farrell, Stephen Rea and features newcomer Alicja Bachleda in the title role. It will be released early this summer as part of Magnolia’s Ultra VOD ….

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus to close 17th Hamptons International Film Festival

The 2009 Hamptons International Film Festival takes place from October 8th to 12th. Opening this year’s festival is the directorial debut by Shana Feste, The Greatest, starring Susan Sarandon, Pierce Brosnan, Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kravitz. The Greatest is the story of a family that’s disintegrating as they deal with the death of their child ….

Kevin Smith, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks make a porno together!

The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films announced today that Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad) has signed on to play the lead in writer/director Kevin Smith’s and producer Scott Mosier’s Zack & Miri Make a Porno. Elizabeth Banks (40 Year Old Virgin, Invincible) will star opposite Rogen as Miri. The movie will begin shooting in January ….

New Miami Vice Clips

Rope of Silicon has 10 new clips from Miami Vice. Many of the clips don’t have music, and go deeper in to the storyline of the movie. The film revolves around the intensity of an undercover investigation that pushes Crockett and Tubbs to the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one – ….

Farrell and McGregor to Star in Woody’s Next

According to Production Weekly, Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor will star in Woody Allen’s new, as-yet-untitled film, which will shoot in London this summer. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, and tells the story of two brothers in financial trouble. An outside party suggests that they turn to crime, which leads to the brothers becoming enemies. The film will be the third film ….