Warner Bros. nabs rights to 1990’s serial killer story
Warner Brothers has acquired the film rights to John Leake’s non-fiction book Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer, according to Screenhead. The book told the story of Austrian Jack Unterweger, a journalist who led a double life strangling prostitutes in Vienna and Los Angeles. He used to act on and then cover ….
Viggo Mortensen post-apocalyptic thriller and Kate Winslet Oscar hopeful release dates get dicey
According to The Hollywood Reporter, two highly anticipated films being distributed by The Weinstein Company are in jeopardy of being pushed to 2009. The first, Viggo Mortensen’s dark thriller The Road, which is being shuttled through the Weinstein’s Dimension unit, was originally was prepping for a November 14th 2008 limited opening and a November 26th ….
Hulk may fight The Avengers and a clip from a Captain America fan film?
According to an interview on MTV’s Splash Page, Iron Man writers are throwing around the idea of making The Hulk the villain in the highly anticipated The Avengers epic. According to story, the Iron Man scribes are pushing for The Avengers’ ultimate superhero team to battle a fellow hero, rather than a straight up villain. ….
Seven Pounds official trailer online
The official version of the Seven Pounds trailer is now online. The movie follows Will Smith as he reteams with The Pursuit of Happyness director Gabriele Muccino and co-stars alongside Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson and Michael Ealy in a story centering on a guilt-ridden man (Smith), who is depressed about mistakes from his past, who ….
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 ….
2009 Newport Beach Film Fest call for submissions
The Newport Beach Film Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with an action-packed line up of independent and studio films from around the globe. From premieres of contemporary cinema, to live fashion shows, and tastes of Newport Beach’s finest culinary creations, we are offering filmmakers the ultimate Festival experience. The Festival features nightly special ….
Two new Quantum of Solace scenes turn up online
Two more clips from the next James Bond action-fest, Quantum of Solace, have turned up online. The clips give hints to who Daniel Craig will align himself to, in order to meet his objective in the film – that being revenge. Quantum of Solace follows James Bond, as he sets out to stop an environmentalist ….
Global cinema to compete in Middle East International Film Fest
Over 60 films from 32 countries around the world will take part in the Official Competition for this year’s Middle East International Film Festival, running October 10-19, 2008. This year’s festival will see 138 films screened from East to West, up from 80 films in MEIFF’s inaugural festival in 2007. This year’s Official Competition is ….
Variety continues LA and NYC screening series
Variety recently started its sixth annual Los Angeles Screening Series and the first-ever New York Screening Series. The L.A. Screening Series kicked off with a showing of Sony Pictures Classics Rachel Getting Married, followed by a Q&A with stars Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie Dewitt as well as writer Jenny Lumet. The New York Screening Series opened ….
Exclusive clip from What Just Happened
There’s an exclusive clip from What Just Happened on MSN Movies, featuring Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener and Michael Wincott. What Just Happened is a sharp comedy about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer, as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises ….
Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard in upcoming Iron Man sequel
Don Cheadle will be replacing actor Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2, the upcoming sequel from Marvel Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Howard played Jim Rhodes in Iron Man, Tony Stark’s best friend and soon-to-be metal-framed superhero War Machine. The story says Marvel had no comment about the switch, but hinted that negotiations with ….
Live-action Mulan epic planned as U.S. China co-production
A $30 million live-action version of the story Mulan, about a heroic Chinese female warrior popularized by Walt Disney’s 1998 animated film, is in the works by Xinhua Media Entertainment in partnership with state-run China Film Group, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is set to begin production in China next spring, according to ….
Let the Right One In the right film to start Six Shooter Film Series
I caught a screening of the Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In (Lat den ratte komma in) on Wednesday, and came away feeling not only that it was one of the strongest films of the genre I had seen, but that globally, there is a stark realism in storytelling that’s missing in many ….
Free New York public screening of Splinter sponsored by Fangoria and Dimension Films
Below is the trailer for the horror film Splinter, which follows a young couple that retreats to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend, only to find their idyllic getaway shattered when they are car-jacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend on the run from the police. As the foursome travel the back roads ….
David Goyer’s Unborn trailer
Below is the trailer for the new David Goyer film The Unborn, which revolves around a young woman who fights a spirit that is slowly taking possession of her. The Unborn stars Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rachel Brosnahan, Rhys Coiro, Carla Gugino, Gene Fojtik. Film Fetish Trivia: ….
