Samuel L. Jackson joins Matthew Vaughn’s Secret Service

Variety reports that Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of director Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Secret Service. Fox has already locked in its two heroes – Colin Firth and Taron Egerton. Now the production looks one step closer to ramping up production on The Secret Service with Jackson now set to play the villain. Production ….

Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake release date changed

AICN reports that Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy has been pushed back from it’s original release date of October 11th to October 25th, 2013. Spike Lee’s version reportedly closely follows the plot of the original film, but extends the lead’s imprisonment from 15 years to 20, and is apparently extremely intense for ….

New photos of Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio from Quentin Tarantino’s western Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino’s western epic Django Unchained is set in the South two years before the Civil War. The new film stars Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail ….

More photos plus winners of the 15th Urbanworld Film Festival

The 15th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival closed its 15th film festival with the New York City premiere of Sundance World Cinema Audience Award film Kinyarwanda, directed by Alrick Brown and starring Cassandra Freeman. The packed theater gave the film a standing ovation, followed by a Q&A with Brown, Freeman and producer Darren Dean, which was ….

True Legend distributor and Samuel L. Jackson team up for live-action Afro Samurai

The Indomina Group, the indie distributor that recently released Yuen Woo Ping’s True Legend, is teaming up with Samuel L. Jackson and Gonzo Studios to produce a live action film based on the Afro Samurai animated series. The announcement was made by Indomina’s Vice Chairman and CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann, who will serve as producer ….