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WIN a copy of the soundtrack for Nobel Son

Freestyle Releasing is opening the edgy thriller Nobel Son in theaters tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 5th), and to celebrate the release, producers are providing Film Fetish with a copy of the film’s thumpin’ soundtrack featuring songs by Paul Oakenfold, Cristal Method and Chemical Brothers. Nobel Son looks good, but the soundtrack seems like it will definitely ….

Cult sci-fi classic They Live returning to silver screen

John Carpenter’s cult 1988 sci-fi flick They Live is getting a remake from Universal and Strike Entertainment. This was absolutely coming down the pike sooner or later, considering the recent The Crazies and Nightmare on Elm St. remake announcements, and the already released The Hills Have Eyes and Assault on Precinct 13 films (both of ….

New Romancing the Stone film coming to the big screen

Fox is producing a remake of it’s own 1984 action comedy classic Romancing the Stone, and has hired Daniel McDermott (who penned Eagle Eye) to write it, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original was one of Robert Zemeckis’ early gigs as a director, and turned Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, into film ….

First pics of Public Enemies Johnny Depp and Christian Bale

Empire Magazine has posted some exclusive shots of The Dark Knight Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis and Johnny Depp as gang leader John Dillinger, in Michael Mann’s latest biopic/thriller Public Enemies. Public Enemies, which is due in theaters on July 1st 2009, tells the stories of notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face ….

Trailer premiere for Rob Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes

Little Ashes is set in the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War. Eccentric artist Salvador Dali (Rob Pattinson) and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico Garcia Lorca (Javier Beltran), find their artistic and sexual freedom in each other. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, the struggle between ….

Johnny Depp keeping busy with Dante’s Inferno-based adaptation, Dark Shadows update and much more

Variety reports that Johnny Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil has nabbed film rights to the 2002 novel In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches. Depp will potentially star in the new project. “Dante” revolves around Dante’s masterwork The Divine Comedy, and tells parallel storylines involving Dante in 14th-century Italy, as he tries to complete ….

World premiere of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino coming next week

WHAT: World Premiere of the Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino WHEN: Tuesday, December 9th Crew Arrivals: 5:00pm Celebrity Arrivals: 6:00pm Screening: 7:00pm WHERE: Steven J. Ross Theater Warner Bros. Lot 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, CA 91522 WHO’S ATTENDING: From the film: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang and Ahney Her, will be joined by celebrity guests to ….

Spirit Award nominations announced

Film Independent’s exec director Dawn Hudson, along with actors Sandra Oh and Jason Bateman, announced the 2009 Spirit Award nominations at Sofitel in Los Angeles this morning, according to reports. The films Ballast, Frozen River and Rachel Getting Married led all nods, with a three-way tie of six nominations for each film. All are candidates ….

Japanese anime company making live-action Bubblegum Crisis movie

Tokyo-based animation outfit Anime International Company (AIC) has contracted with Singapore-based Cubix, a visual software production company, to make a live-action version of the sci-fi anime series Bubblegum Crisis, according to Variety. The companies plan a large budget for the feature, directed towards a U.S. theatrical release sometime in 2011. Bubblegum Crisis creators Shinji Aramaki ….