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Wanted director to chase Moby Dick adaptation

Universal Pictures has purchased the rights to the Herman Melville classic tale Moby Dick, which will be a reimagining of the tale that Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Day Watch, upcoming Twilight Watch) will “helm”, according to Variety. The studio has contracted Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (the pair wrote New York Minute) to pen ….

Shane Black to direct espionage thriller Cold Warrior

Variety reports that Shane Black will direct Universal Pictures’ espionage film Cold Warrior. The movie is based on a script by Chuck Mondry, and will follow a spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to team with a young agent to confront a domestic terrorism threat orchestrated by Russia. Black previously ….

Set photos from Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass adaptation

SlashFilm got some exclusive behind-the-scenes photos from the Toronto film set of Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass graphic novel. According to the spy who shot the pics, the scene appears to be the opening segment of the film, which is due to be in theaters sometime in 2009. Kick-Ass revolves around Dave Lizewski, ….

Funky new James Bond theme song released, along with soundtrack cover art

There’s a snippet of the new theme song to the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, titled Another Way To Die, on the net. The song recently had its world premiere on the Jo Whiley show on Radio 1. The Jack White and Alicia Keys song, will be featured during the opening graphics for the ….

Mum & Dad going multimedia on release date

According to The Hollywood Reporter, British indie distributor Revolver Entertainment will be testing the multiformat day-and-date format for the upcoming U.K. produced horror film Mum & Dad. Revolver will release the movie in theaters, on DVD, VOD, sell-through and for rental on December 26, 2008. The company said it’s exploring a similar method of release ….

Horror themed charity auction to be held at famous movie memorabilia warehouse

Premiere Props announced today that an auction of never before seen horror-themed movie props, including superhero costumes from classical horror movies will be up for bid with proceeds to benefit the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Presented by Fangoria, the live auction will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2008 both online and at Premiere Props’ warehouse ….

Win a copy of Joy Ride 2 on DVD

I happen to be a big fan of the first Joy Ride. I thought John Dahl, who also directed the unmistakably perfect gambling film Rounders, did a top-notch job with the overdone road movie genre. I’m disappointed that he hasn’t done more feature directing since Joy Ride. Steve Zahn, Paul Walker and Leelee Sobieski believably ….

Stephen Chow directing and playing Kato in Green Hornet update

Variety reports that Stephen Chow, who directed and starred in Kung Fu Hustle, is going to helm and co-star in the upcoming The Green Hornet movie for Columbia Pictures. He’ll be joining Seth Rogen, who’s already on board the long-in-development project, as the title character. Chow, whose work also includes the sci-fi fantasy Cheung Gong ….

Get a new MAC from Oliver Stone

The makers of the upcoming George W. Bush Biopic, filmmaker Oliver Stone and YouTube, have teamed up for a Film Mashup contest. It’s simple really. Just use the online tools over at Youtube to create a trailer mashup from W., with a maximum length of 10 minutes, and you could win The Ultimate Filmmaker Prize ….

Pathology DVD and T-shirt contest

Producers of the horror film Pathology are providing me with three (3) copies to giveaway to readers. To add to that, I am going to send each winner a FREE Film Fetish Tee-shirt along with your copy of this gripping thriller. This is one of the better DVD giveaways we’ve had, so don’t miss out ….

Fun Wall-E quizzes and other movie stuff to download

Wall-E Movie Trivia Wall-E Lost and Found Challenge Wall-E Quiz What type of robot are you? A glossy modern feat of technology like Eve? Maybe a sentimental fool that sees beauty in discarded items like Wall-E? Discover your own robot identit-E, with this fun quiz.

Eight new screenshots from DC Universe Online

Sony has released eight new screenshots from the upcoming DC Universe Online massively multiplayer action game. The images include never-before-seen shots of Bizarro, Lex Luthor in his power suit and the Green Lantern. In addition, Sony announced that Geoff Johns, renowned writer behind popular DC Comics such as Green Lantern, Action Comics and Justice Society ….

Production company setting up shop in PA to produce comic-based features

Producer Jeffrey Erb and entrepreneur Robert Robinson Jr. are launching a production company called Framelight with options already in place for several properties, including Marvel’s Dr. Deth With Kip and Muffy from G.I. Joe author Larry Hama. The company plans to produce six to eight comic-based films during the next five years, according to a ….

Kerosene Cowboys adds three to cast

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cam Gigandet (upcoming Twilight), Shane West (Red Sands) and Rachael Leigh Cook (Broken Kingdom) are in talks to star in the upcoming Mario Van Peebles (Baadasssss) action thriller Kerosene Cowboys, for Svarog-Afterburner Films. Kerosene Cowboys is based on a novel by Randy Arrington, about the hard-living pilots of an elite ….

The Changeling trailer launches

The first trailer for the Clint Eastwood thriller Changeling, has launched. Changeling tells the fact-based tale of Christine Collins (played by Angelina Jolie), a single mother living in 1920’s Los Angeles, whose young son goes missing one day. Months later, police find the boy and return him to his mother – with only one problem ….