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District 9 midnight screenings expanded nationwide

Sci-Fi Wire reports that the Peter Jackson-produced, Neill Blomkamp-directed sci-fi action thriller District 9 will open at midnight this Thursday in advance of its Friday premiere date of August 14th. District 9 follows the story of extraterrestrial refugees in a sort of reservation in modern-day South Africa. It’s been 28 years since the aliens made ….

New images released for suspense thriller The Lovely Bones

Paramount has released a batch of new images from Peter Jackson’s upcoming film adaptation of Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones, including the one above, which features Mark Wahlberg at a mysterious candlelit window. The new pictures feature additional characters from the film, other than the main character Susie Salmon, whose being played by Saoirse Ronan. ….

The complete first trailer for The Lovely Bones is now online in HD

Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her ….

Still time to win free tickets to the District 9 screening at Comic-Con ’09

Yahoo is running a giveaway promotion for the District 9 screening at Comic-Con, on their Twitter page @yahoomovies. But hurry, the contest ends tonight at midnight! The total giveaway includes 14 pairs of District 9 screening passes for this Thursday, July 23rd at 7:00pm at the Horton Plaza Theater in San Diego, CA. Here are ….

James Cameron and Peter Jackson to discuss the future of film on special Comic-Con ’09 panel that promises “surprises”

Entertainment Weekly is hosting three Comic-Con panels featuring some of the hottest creators in TV and film, to discuss the work that’s being done in their respective fields. The first of these panels will be Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture, moderated by Entertainment Weekly editor-at-large Ben Svetkey. It will feature a discussion ….

Will we find out who The Hobbit’s Bilbo will be during Comic-Con ’09?

A Los Angeles Times blog and Sci-Fi Wire is surmising that a big casting announcement may come during Comic-Con International next week. Rumor is that it’s possible the name of the lead star of Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit will be announced at some point during the Con, fueled by the fact that many of ….

BIG Comic-Con news: Avatar and Tron footage in 3-D: ABC’s Lost panel with surprise guests: Warner’s brings Ninja Assassin and Jonah Hex: Peter Jackson brings District 9: Screenings for Fox’s unseen Dollhouse ep. & new V sci-fi series

The folks over at Sci-Fi Wire have posted even more grand events that will be happening at Comic-Con San Diego between July 22nd and 26th. Keep in mind that the full list of events hasn’t been published yet, so some of these events and/or times could change.

Twilight Saga: New Moon, Peter Jackson and James Cameron’s Avatar circling 40th Comic-Con International

The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Peter Jackson, who’s finishing up the horror film The Lovely Bones and James Cameron’s epic sci-fi movie Avatar, are purported to be among the highlights of this summer’s 40th Anniversary edition of Comic-Con International in San Diego, according to the New York Times. Jackson has never attended the event, despite ….

First look at the tech – and budget – behind Avatar…and Titanic coming BACK to theaters in 3D?

The New York Times posted an extended article on the making of James Cameron’s upcoming 3D epic Avatar. It has a lot of info on the film and the groundbreaking technology behind it from Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Jeffrey Katenberg, and Cameron himself. One of the major bits of information was that producers are digitalizing ….

Steven Spielberg hands Tintin effects work over to Peter Jackson

Steven Spielberg wrapped 32 days of performance-capture work on Tintin late last week, according to Variety. The legendary director has officially handed the project over to producer Peter Jackson, who will develop special effects over the next 18 months, according to the report. Spielberg nabbed feature rights to the project in 1983 after movie critic ….

Guillermo del Toro takes on Charles Dickens and gets genre directing gigs for years to come

According to Variety, Guillermo del Toro is booked with New Line and Universal Studios film projects through 2017, and possibly longer. Del Toro’s first priority, which has been talked about for months, is the New Line and MGM epic project The Hobbit, which he has committed the next five years to developing, with Peter Jackson, ….

Sony nabs Peter Jackson’s super-secret sci-fi project District 9

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights as well as distribution rights in a significant number of foreign territories, including all English speaking territories, to the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi motion picture District 9 from QED International. The announcement was jointly made today by Peter Schlessel, President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, ….