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Coca-Cola Quantum of Solace marketing campaign launches, plus Alicia Keyes singing Bond theme song

That was quick. I just read the press release about this partnership a few days ago, and there you go. Commercial done! It really looks good, too. Coca-Cola is launching a global TV campaign in conjunction with the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace, featuring music by White Stripes frontman Jack White. The TV ….

The Seven Samurai take on Armageddon

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has picked up a spec script by Shane Salerno (AVPR: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem) titled the Doomsday Protocol. Plot details are secret, but it is said to be an epic sci-fi adventure, in the vein of The Seven Samurai, involving a group of aliens and humans with various abilities, ….

The Soloist film trailer

Robert Downey Jr. plays Steve Lopez, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, who stumbles upon Nathaniel Ayers, played by Jamie Foxx, a gifted and schizophrenic, homeless musician that lives in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, who was a child prodigy, and still dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Joe Wright, who directed last ….

The International film trailer and official website

In the gripping thriller The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice, one of the world’s most powerful banks, which is involved in an international arms dealing ring. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from ….

Urbanworld Film Fest brings resource website for filmmakers online

Turbohorse, a mobile marketing applications creator, announced today that it has launched a new social networking site called Urbanworld.org, in conjunction with the Urbanworld Film Festival. Urbanworld.org is a first of its kind on-line community destination for the film industry specializing in urban content. The site will serve as a powerful interactive exchange to give ….

First annual Bridal Veil Film Festival debuts under Utah waterfall

Open Air Cinema, the largest provider of outdoor cinema events, today announced it is hosting the first annual Bridal Veil Film Festival. The festival is a celebration of international cinema, taking place over three weeks from September 12-28, 2008 near the base of the picturesque Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon, Utah. All proceeds will ….

National Lampoon releasing RoboDoc in limited theaters

National Lampoon announced today, the limited theatrical release of the feature film, National Lampoon Presents RoboDoc, in theaters on September 26, 2008. The comedy was written by two practicing medical doctors, brothers Doug and Scott Gordon, M.D., and directed by Stephen Maddocks, and co-produced by Donald Tynes. The film was developed and produced in conjunction ….

Max Payne producer working on Duke Nukem too

In addition to a pair of new console games for the classic 3D shooter, Duke Nukem, Kotaku.com reported that Hollywood producer Scott Faye, who is prepping Max Payne for its October 17, 2008 release, is working with 3D Realms’ Scott Miller on a Duke Nukem movie. 3D Realms created the 3D video game version of ….

Watch full length features from Austin’s Fantastic Fest for free online

Place this one on your calendars. As I was posting my story about the Conquest of the Planet of the Apes screening at Fantastic Fest, I read one of their releases that stated festival sponsors are placing five feature films and six shorts from this year’s festival online for free streaming, starting on September 14, ….

Original Conquest of the Planet of the Apes screening at Fantastic Fest in HD

Fantastic Fest is one of the premiere genre film festivals on the U.S. Each year, it continues to outdo itself, with inventive film selection and an ever-increasing list of classics brought back to the big screen. This year’s festival includes great retrospectives, including a look at Aussie Exploitation films, which will include Mad Max, The ….

Quantum of Solace full trailer released

The first full trailer for Quantum of Solace was released earlier today, and it looks hot. Bond 22 continues the high octane adventures of James Bond from Casino Royale (in fact it takes off about an hour after Royale ends). Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest ….

Spike Lee talks Miracle at St. Anna

Spike Lee recently sat down with Jamaal Finkley of Blacktree TV, and discussed his new project, Miracle at St. Anna, along with his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election and his issues with Clint Eastwood’s Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. I also happened to read a story on WENN News website ….

Live-action Death Note II: the Last Name coming to big screen for two-night event

NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures team up to present Death Note II: the Last Name in movie theatres nationwide on Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16, 2008, at 7:30 pm. This breakthrough live-action Japanese mystery event will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Death Note II: the Last Name, an in-depth ….

Brand new clip and pics from Sex Drive

Promoters of the new teen comedy Sex Drive, have forwarded me an “explicit” clip from the film, which opens on October 17, 2008. I also have two new photos from the movie, which follows the antics of a high school senior named Ian (Josh Zuckerman) and his two best friends, who drive cross-country so that he ….

James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted

James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, pales ….