Mattel to create toy line for James Cameron’s Avatar – plus how amazing will the benchmark effects be?

Fox Licensing & Merchandising has selected Mattel to develop a toy line inspired by one of the most anticipated films of the year – James Cameron’s Avatar. Tapped as master toy licensee for the epic sci-fi film property, Mattel will create a line of action figures and vehicles scheduled to hit retail nationwide in October ….

James Cameron’s Avatar to be released in IMAX 3D opening day

IMAX and Twentieth Century Fox announced this morning that they have reached agreement to release the highly anticipated 3D motion picture Avatar in IMAX 3D simultaneously with the motion picture’s premiere in conventional 3D theatres on December 18, 2009. Avatar is directed and written by Oscar Winner James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, ….

Even more new pics from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Entertainment Weekly nabbed even more photos from the J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie last night and posted them on their website. The new Star Trek will kick off next summer’s blockbuster season on May 8, 2009, and explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers, and presents a new vision of Star Trek, featuring ….

New details on J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film

Tomorrow’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a cover portrait of Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine from the new Star Trek movie, and contains a selection of newly released photos from the film, some of which have been getting some play on the web already, making “Trekkies” and sci-fi fans like myself, even more excited about ….

Cicely Tyson and HBO’s Frank E. Flowers to be honored at Caribbean Heritage Salute to Hollywood

Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO) and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, DC (ICS-DC) are pleased to announce that stage and screen actress Cicely Tyson and writer and director Frank E. Flowers will be honored at its 2008 Salute to Hollywood & the Arts during National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The daughter of immigrants from the tiny Caribbean ….

A new Vantage Point trailer

The new and extanded trailer for the political thriller Vantage Point is online. In Vantage Point, which is due in theaters early 2008, the attempted assassination of the president of the U.S. is told from five different perspectives. In those perspectives, the truth about the crime is revealed; peeled back in a Rashomon narrative style. ….