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Twilight actors to attend Pop Culture Experience this weekend

The Pop Culture Experience is a new convention in the New England Fan Experience. Focusing on premieres and exciting guests, the Pop Culture Experience hits Boston with celebrity guests from the movie Twilight, which also hits theaters this weekend. The event will welcome Kellan Lutz, who portrays the bear “loving” vampire Emmett Cullen, and Eddie ….

Zemeckis, Burton and Bruckheimer projects may go 3D and IMAX

Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX theaters under a new five-picture agreement the studio has reached with big screen movie exhibition company, it was announced yesterday by president of Walt Disney ….

Fourth X-Men movie to bring younger mutants to the spotlight

Fox is working on continuing the X-Men movie franchise with a younger group of mutants, according to Variety. The studio has contracted with creator Josh Schwartz, creator of TV’s Gossip Girl, to write the film X-Men: First Class. Schwartz, who is also the creator of Fox’s The OC, as well as NBC’s Chuck, is expected ….

Make that two more futuristic sci-fi epics for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. is working on two sci-fi projects with former New Line co-chiefs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After leaving New Line, the duo formed the Unique Features banner in June of this year, which also funnels it’s projects through Warners. Shaye, along with Unique’s Dylan Sellers are producing Control-Alt-Delete, ….

Seven minute preview and new trailer for Day the Earth Stood Still

Some of you may have already watched this 7 minute preview of The Day the Earth Stood Still remake. It gives many more story clues than the initial trailer, which has been playing on TV and attached to other films. Scott Derrickson, who helmed The Exorcism of Emily Rose, is handling directing duties on DTESS, ….

Enjoy cult classic horrors during Monster HD’s Thanksgiving Day of the Dead

This Thanksgiving, Monsters HD will be airing the network’s traditional undead buffet with all the trimmings, called Thanksgiving Day of the Dead. This year includes premieres of the George Romero cult classic Day of the Dead and the neo-classic, The Rage, from director and special-effects master, Robert Kurtzman. Day of the Dead (1985) In this ….

Full Star Trek trailer attached to Quantum of Solace gives story clues

The full trailer for Star Trek was indeed attached to Quantum of Solace (which rocked). The trailer rocked, too. It gives a host of storyline windows, including Captain Kirk’s mischievous childhood years on Earth, Spock’s origins, and some possible love affairs on board the ship. According to the Chicago Tribune, the new Star Trek movie’s ….

Isaac Asimov time travel novel End of Eternity getting film adaptation

New Regency has acquired the rights to Isaac Asimov’s time travel novel The End of Eternity, according to Variety. The futuristic tale describes humanity as being controlled by a ruling class called The Eternals, members of which can manipulate time to alter history and prevent disasters or wipe out undesirables. Eternals had the power of ….

DreamWorks moves ahead with Motorcade, Cowboys and Aliens, comic adaptation Button Man and much more

Now that DreamWorks is officially an indie again, The Hollywood Reporter writes that the studio has prioritized a number of long-in-development projects. According to the reports, they haven’t greenlit everything, but are in the midst of making deals and finalizing scripts. Below is a partial list of projects that are on the front-burner. Button Man ….

Hero by Night comic to become live-action TV series

IM Global is tapping Platinum Studios to develop D.J. Coffman’s Hero by Night comicbook, into a live-action TV show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Hero, won Platinum’s 2006 Comic Book Challenge competition. The series follows young landlord Jack King, who uncovers the lair of the title character. Determined to make some extra money, Jack auctions ….

Win one of two Tropic Thunder 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs

On November 18th, will release the outrageous comedy Tropic Thunder on DVD and Blu-ray. Tropic Thunder includes a star-studded cast and this Director’s Cut DVD has enough bonus material to keep you “in the shit” for days. To celebrate the release, Film Fetish has gotten our hands on two of the 2-Disc Director’s Cut DVDs, ….

Basra film selected for Cairo International Film Fest

The indie film Basra, which focuses on a unique perspective of the Iraq War, has been selected for official competition at The 32nd Cairo International Film Festival 2008, which runs from November 18-28, 2008. Basra follows an Egyptian photographer trying to find meaning in his own life, during the events leading up to the invasion ….