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Spielberg to direct feature version of Pulitzer Prize-winning play next

Steven Spielberg has committed to his next film – an adaptation of the Mary Chase Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey, which will be a co-production between Fox and DreamWorks, according to Variety. First-time screenwriter and bestselling novelist Jonathan Tropper penned the script. Harvey is the story of an amiable eccentric and his friendship with a six ….

Win a trip to the Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

MySpace has posted an exclusive sneak peek at the Inglourious Basterds online video game featuring Eli Roth’s character from the film, Sgt. Donny Donowitz. Eli released the game to his MySpace fans first. Here’s his blog about the game and the contest:

Defying Gravity premieres tonight – here’s the extended trailer

Four women and four men hurtle through space with nothing to do for six years and eight billion miles, except maybe solve a powerful and awesome mystery. Maybe, just maybe, some of them will even hook up. Defying Gravity is a sexy, provocative thriller set in the very near future against the backdrop of our ….

The new Mad Max film is coming and there’s a potential cast member… and it’s not Mel Gibson

AICN posted a hopeful story, originally from ModBee, about the long-in-development Mad Max 4, at one time called Fury Road.

The Strangers 2 starts shooting this fall with original writer and a new director

Rogue Pictures announced that shooting for the sequel to last year’s breakout indie horror The Strangers starts this fall. The original film told the story of a couple staying in an isolated vacation house, who are terrorized by masked strangers. The studio won’t reveal the sequel’s storyline yet, but say that you can expect masks, ….

Official lineup announced for 2009 Venice Film Festival

La Mostra Internationale d’Arte Cinematografica, also known as the Venice Film Festival, has released its official lineup of this year’s edition. The announcement was made by festival director Marco Müller.

Jerry Bruckheimer to adapt World War Robot for IDW

Jerry Bruckheimer has nabbed feature film rights to the IDW graphic novel World War Robot, according to Variety.

Director Jon Favreau looking to bring Iron Man 2 to IMAX and Iron Man 3 or Avengers to 3-D

On the heels of the first 3D-imbued Comic-Con panels this year, MYV Movies reports that director Jon Favreau confirmed that there’s a good chance that Iron Man 2 will be released on IMAX screens, and that he wants to shoot either Iron Man 3 or the 2012 Avengers movie in 3-D.

Steven Spielberg eyeing hard-boiled Matt Helm spy movie?

The speculation in Variety is that Steven Spielberg could be seriously considering taking the director’s chair for a Matt Helm movie that DreamWorks developed several years before leaving it behind at Paramount as part of the split between the two companies.

Ridley Scott will direct the Alien prequel film

Variety confirmed a story by Collider.com, that Ridley Scott’s production company is indeed developing a prequel to his classic sci-fi horror film Alien. However according to the trade, Scott himself will direct, not his protege, Carl Rinsch, and Jon Spaihts, who got the job after pitching the studio and Scott Free, will write the screenplay.

New photos from Ong Bak 2 released

Magnolia Pictures has released new images from the highly anticipated sequel to Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior. This time around, Tony Jaa directs and stars in Ong Bak 2, as Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho, a murdered nobleman in ancient Thailand. As a spirited and unyielding youth, Tien resists savage slave traders and, moments ….