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Details on the full trailer for Avatar to be released this Friday

One of the admins over at The Avatar Game’s official Facebook page just posted that the full Avatar trailer will be released in theaters this Friday, October 23rd and then released online next Thursday, October 29th. Upon further investigation, I read on ComingSoon that the new trailer is apparently going to be a hefty 3 ….

Exorcism of Emily Rose director tapped for supernatural suspense thriller

Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still) has been tapped by Lakeshore Entertainment to direct the supernatural suspense thriller The Living, Variety reports. Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will develop and produce the film, with Paul Harris Boardman – who co-wrote and produced Derrickson’s Exorcism of Emily Rose ….

Cast and plot details for M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil

Director M. Night Shyamalan recently formed a production company called The Night Chronicles, which will generate one thriller per year for three years. Shyamalan will not direct the films himself, but produce, write treatments, and choose writers & directors. The first film on tap is Devil, which was scripted by Brian Nelson (Hard Candy, 30 ….

New cast member confirmed for Robert Rodriguez’ Predators reboot

Robert Rodriguez recently revealed the cast for his upcoming Predators reboot film, which includes the likes of Danny Trejo, Adrien Brody and Topher Grace. Well this weekend, actor Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees in the most recent Friday the 13th, confirmed to DreadCentral that he will also be appearing in the film. “People were ….

Director chosen for new Monster Squad film

Mike Mitchell (Sky High, Surviving Christmas) will direct Warner Bros.’ long-in-development supernatural action comedy Monster Squad, formerly known as Nightcrawlers, according to THR. Nightcrawlers/Monster Squad, a spec script by Brian Lynch, has gone through numerous writers, including Michael Arndt and Audrey Wells, as the studio searched for the right balance of laughs and scares. Brad ….

Jude Law and Robert De Niro to appear in Branagh’s Thor feature film

Actor Matthias Schweighofer (Valkyrie) revealed to GQ magazine that he is close to nabbing a role in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor and that both Jude Law and Robert De Niro have already been cast, according to AICN. Branagh has worked with both actors previously: He directed De Niro in the 1994 film Frankenstein and Jude Law ….

New Clash of the Titans behind-the-scenes featurette

MTV has posted a behind-the-scenes featurette for The Clash of the Titans remake, which contains interviews with film stars Sam Worthington (Perseus), Gemma Arterton (Io), Mads Mikkelsen (Draco) and Liam Cunningham. Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Transporter 2, Danny the Dog) directs The Clash of the Titans, which also stars Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph ….

Whole cop crew returning for Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop 4?

According to Moviehole, Beverly Hills Cop 4 producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will wipe the slate clean by completely ignoring the last two Beverly Hills Cop sequels, making a direct sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1984 comedy classic. That means detectives Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) will most likely return. According to reports, ….