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Two-Part adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to be directed by David Yates

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the screen adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released in two parts. The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, President of Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Robinov also announced that director David Yates, who earlier helmed the 2007 summer blockbuster ….

Family Room Entertainment on board to slay Attack of the Killer Tomatoes remake

Emmett/Furla Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Room Entertainment, is pleased to announce that it is on board to co-produce a remake of the 1978 Comedy Cult Classic “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” The original “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” spawned three sequels and a Saturday morning animated series. Family Room Entertainment Corporation, with ….

Extreme Sports legend Travis Pastrana cheats death on big screen breathtaking premiere 199 Lives

Infamous for his double back flip on his motorcycle in X-Games 12 and often referred to as this generation’s “Evel Knievel,” Travis Pastrana takes fans inside his world of Motocross and Rally car racing – with dozens of crashes and an unprecedented jump off the Grand Canyon along the way – in the premiere of ….

Image to distribute Academy Award winner Taxi to the Darkside

Image Entertainment, a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today it will distribute the THINKFilm release Taxi to the Dark Side, which won an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary at the 80th annual Oscar telecast on February 24. Currently in theaters, the film is theatrically distributed ….

Soon in cinemas The Escapist

Frank Perry is a lifer; in prison for the rest of his natural born days. He’s never had a problem with that: he did the crime; he’ll do the time. Until now. He receives a letter telling him that his only and much loved daughter is critically ill following an overdose. He knows that he ….

Image Entertainment and Celluloid Dreams announce 3 pic deal

Image Entertainment, a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced a three-film distribution agreement with independent production company Celluloid Dreams. The deal was brokered by Celluloid president Hengameh Panahi and Image Entertainment UK’s managing director Wendy Rutland. “We are very pleased to be acquiring three films of such ….

Here is a complete Grammy Music Award winners’ list for 2008

Here is a complete list of Grammy Winners for 2008: RECORD OF THE YEAR Rehab – Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer; Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records] ALBUM OF THE YEAR “River: The Joni Letters” – Herbie Hancock; Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & ….

Dark Knight shot partially in IMAX – see complete sequence during I Am Legend trailers

The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience from Warner Bros. Pictures, will feature four sequences filmed with IMAX cameras. This marks the first time ever that a major feature film has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras, marking a revolutionary integration of the two film formats. I went to see I Am Legend in IMAX ….

Amusement teaser trailer premieres

Amusement revolves around a traumatized woman being questioned by a cop and a psychiatrist about three stories involving a murderous clown, a hotel and a convoy, that involve her and two of her female friends, all being stalked by the killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls’ childhoods. Amusement stars Keir O’Donnell, ….

Kevin Smith, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks make a porno together!

The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films announced today that Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad) has signed on to play the lead in writer/director Kevin Smith’s and producer Scott Mosier’s Zack & Miri Make a Porno. Elizabeth Banks (40 Year Old Virgin, Invincible) will star opposite Rogen as Miri. The movie will begin shooting in January ….

The Chicago 10 fight the power

Written and directed by Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture), Chicago 10 presents contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Set to the music of revolution, then and now, Chicago 10 is a ….

Sony nabs Peter Jackson’s super-secret sci-fi project District 9

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights as well as distribution rights in a significant number of foreign territories, including all English speaking territories, to the Peter Jackson produced sci-fi motion picture District 9 from QED International. The announcement was jointly made today by Peter Schlessel, President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, ….