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Full trailer for Tom Cruise action thriller Jack Reacher now online
First trailer hits the web for the Tom Cruise thriller Jack Reacher
Killer Elite remake set for September release
Open Road Films announced today that it will release Omnilab Media’s Killer Elite remake – the action thriller starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro, and directed by Gary McKendry – in U.S. theatres nationwide on September 23rd, 2011. Based on a true story, Killer Elite races across the globe from Australia to ….
Clive Owen and Jason Statham join The Killer Elite remake
Actor James Caan’s Openfilm to award $1 million film financing prize in indie film contest
Online global independent film community Openfilm announced that it will award $1 million to independent filmmakers over the next 20 months. One independent filmmaker will be selected to receive $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in financing every 5 months by the Openfilm community of 20,000 registered film enthusiasts, along with some of the world’s preeminent ….
Making-of featurette for post-apocalyptic thriller The Road now online
Trailer for Jeff Bridges’ Crazy Heart
Trailer for Jeff Bridges’ upcoming drama Crazy Heart
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way ….
Charlize Theron circling female Road Warrior sequel lead role
According to E Online, Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is director George Miller’s choice to play the female lead in the upcoming long-in-development sequel to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 4. However, original Road Warrior Mel Gibson apparently won’t be donning any leather this time around. When he announced that he would commence work on Mad ….
Twilight Zone event to include screenings and pop culture debate marking 50th Anniversary of cult series
October 2nd, 2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of Rod Serling’s sci-fi classic show The Twilight Zone, which almost single-handedly triggered the inclusion of the television sci-fi genre into the pop culture lexicon. On that night, illustrator, author and Twilight Zone scholar Arlen Schumer will be hosting a multimedia presentation called The Twilight Zone Forever at ….
Sling Blade Blu-ray review: Miramax Award-Winning Collection
Billy Bob Thornton sprang onto the Hollywood scene by writing, directing and starring in the 1996, 2-time Academy Award winning film Sling Blade. His portrayal of a mentally challenged man named Karl, who returns to his hometown after spending 25 years in a mental institution, is astonishing.
Jason Statham joining the espionage film The Killer Elite
Jason Statham is attached to play a former Navy Seal in The Killer Elite, based on the novel The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, according to Empire Magazine. The deal for the film was closed a few days ago at the Cannes Film Festival and it will be directed by commercials director Gary McKendry. ….
Trailer for long-delayed post-apocalyptic The Road
Speaking of post-apocalyptic movies, the trailer for The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy’s (No Country for Old Men) novel, has been released. The John Hillcoat-directed (The Proposition) film will finally be released on October 16, 2009, after sitting on the shelf for a bit.
Coen brothers to remake Western classic True Grit
Joel and Ethan Coen are developing a new version of the Charles Portis book True Grit, which was the basis for the 1969 Western that won John Wayne an Oscar. This, according to a report by Variety. The new Paramount film won’t be a traditional remake, as it’s expected to remain more faithful to the ….