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Fall premiere dates announced for Nikita, new Green Arrow TV series, Supernatural and more WB shows

The CW Network has announced its 2012-13 season (and series) premiere schedule for this October, which includes the premieres of three new series, returning favorites on new nights, and one final season of an Upper East Side drama. HART OF DIXIE Premieres Tuesday, October 2 SUPERNATURAL Returns for its Eighth Season on October 3 The ….

Marvel Studios to preview Iron Man 3 at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

Today Marvel Studios announced that they will roll into Hall H at next month’s San Diego Comic-Con to give fans their first look at Iron Man 3. The studio will host its Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July 14th, from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige will be joined by “special guests” ….

Mad Men and Die Another Day actors tapped for leads in sci-fi thriller The Machine

Content Film has announced that Caity Lotz (The Pact, Mad Men) and Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) have agreed to play the lead roles in what’s described as a high concept sci-fi action thriller, currently titled The Machine. Directed by Caradog James (Little White Lies), The Machine is being produced by John Giwa-Amu from Red ….

Wrestlers, kung-fu, bodies and BBQ take over Atlantic City this July

On the weekend of July 7th, MSXN MMA & Sports XTREME Network – which operates a broadband martial arts television station – is organizing a rather unique event in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event, called MMA & Sports Expo’s Show of Strength, will feature a mixture of MMA fights, food contests, a martial arts ….

Bruce Lee’s epic sci-fi screenplay The Silent Flute being developed through U.S.-China movie fund

THR reports that among China’s National Film Capital announced slate of China-U.S. co-production projects with Chinese cultural elements, will be The Silent Flute, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic based on the script co-written by the late martial arts action icon Bruce Lee. National Film Capital set up a Los Angeles division in February, with the intent ….

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Star Trek Sequel coming to IMAX and both shooting with IMAX cameras

IMAX, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate Films have announced that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second film in the popular Hunger Games franchise, will be released in the immersive IMAX format on November 22, 2013. Additionally, the as-yet-untitled-sequel to J.J. Abrams’ 2009 blockbuster Star Trek will be released in IMAX 3D on May 17, 2013. ….

Horror icon Clive Barker tapped by Amazon’s film studio to rewrite Zombies vs. Gladiators

It looks like Amazon.com is serious about getting into production of movies. Today the DVD (and everything else under the sun) retailer announced that Hellraiser creator and prolific horror and fantasy writer Clive Barker will rewrite the action horror project, Zombies vs. Gladiators, for its own Amazon Studios. Based in ancient Rome, Zombies vs. Gladiators ….

James Bond film retrospective coming to American Cinematheque

American Cinematheque at the Egyptian and Aero Theatres, will celebrate James Bond’s 50th birthday in style, as they present The Complete James Bond Retrospective: Bond at 50, co-Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (in celebration of their 25th Anniversary). The series runs from June 8th through June 24th, 2012, ….

Mothra, Willy Wonka and Harry Potter landing at Loew’s in June

June will be a rare month for Friends of the Loew’s, the group behind the monthly revival film screening series going on over at the Loew’s Jersey. It’s rare because this June the group will host two weekends of classic movies, instead of the usual one. Things start off this weekend, with screenings of classic ….

Out of Time director Carl Franklin taking on City of Night

Meyers Media Group and McDonald Entertainment recently announced that they will co-finance the thriller City of Night. The film, to be directed by award-winner Carl Franklin (Out of Time, High Crimes), was written by David Chisholm (Kidnapped in Paradise, The Wizard) and will be produced by Brendan McDonald of McDonald Entertainment and Jesse B’Franklin, and ….

Tom Cruise may want more than one shot at action thriller Jack Reacher

Deadline New York reports that Tom Cruise’s originally titled action thriller One Shot, named after a Lee Child novel about ex-military policeman-turned-altruistic drifter Jack Reacher, Paramount Pictures has retitled the Christopher McQuarrie-directed movie Jack Reacher. Fans of the book series may have to get used to Tom Cruise as the namesake protagonist, who in the ….