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Scarface returning to movie theaters for special screening event

Blasting onto the silver screen with the intensity of its original release nearly 30 years ago, the pop culture phenomenon Scarface, starring Al Pacino and directed by Brian De Palma, returns to movie theaters in a one-night event on Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Presented by NCM Fathom and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, audiences nationwide will ….

Indomina to release Simon Pegg’s Fantastic Fear of Everything

Independent distributor The Indomina Group has nabbed North American rights to the comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and produced by Keel Films. The announcement was made by Indomina Chairman and CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann. Currently being shot at Shepperton Studios in London, A Fantastic Fear ….

Relativity to bring cult classic Voltron to live-action big screen

Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley announced that the studio has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron, and will adapt a live-action movie from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The project was brought to Relativity through their deal with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, whose company will shepherd the ….

Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Contagion getting IMAX release

IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the global thriller Contagion, from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, will be released to digital IMAX theatres worldwide day-and-date with the film’s traditional release on September 9, 2011. The film brings together a stellar ensemble cast, including Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose, Inception); Academy ….

Lionsgate to release Joss Whedon’s horror film The Cabin in the Woods

Lionsgate has nabbed distribution rights to the horror film The Cabin in the Woods from MGM and has scheduled the film to be released on April 13, 2012. The Cabin in the Woods was co-written by Joss Whedon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, FIREFLY, the upcoming Marvel film THE AVENGERS) and writer Drew Goddard (CLOVERFIELD, LOST, ….

True Legend distributor and Samuel L. Jackson team up for live-action Afro Samurai

The Indomina Group, the indie distributor that recently released Yuen Woo Ping’s True Legend, is teaming up with Samuel L. Jackson and Gonzo Studios to produce a live action film based on the Afro Samurai animated series. The announcement was made by Indomina’s Vice Chairman and CEO Jasbinder Singh Mann, who will serve as producer ….

Sean Bean joins the cast of Tarsem Singh’s Untitled Snow White feature

Relativity Media has nabbed Sean Bean (HBO’s Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King) to play the King in its upcoming Untitled Snow White feature, directed by Tarsem Singh (Immortals, The Cell). Bean joins the previously announced cast in which Oscar-winner Julia Roberts plays the Queen, Lily Collins (The Blind ….

Warner Bros. chooses directors for 300 sequel 300: Battle of Artemisia and live-action Akira films

Warner Bros. has tapped Noam Murro to direct its 300 spin-off, 300: Battle of Artemisia, which was formerly known as Xerses, according to THR. The Israeli director of the 2008 movie Smart People, was up for the project along with Jaum Collet-Serra, who directed the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown. But Collet-Serra isn’t quite out of ….

Graphic novel Rust grabbed for movie adaptation by Fox

Fox is negotiating to grab rights to the Archaia graphic novel Rust, with Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada) attached to write and X-Men: First Class producer Simon Kinberg to produce, according to THR. The yet-to-be-released graphic novel made the rounds to all the studios earlier this week, generating considerable buzz. Warner Bros., where ….

Cowboys & Aliens to be released in select IMAX theatres

IMAX, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures International today announced an agreement to offer the sci-fi western thriller Cowboys & Aliens in select international digital IMAX theatres day-and-date with each territory’s release date, starting in August. The release marks the continuation of the relationship between IMAX, Paramount Pictures International and director Jon Favreau, whose most recent ….

A nude Paz De La Huerta introduces upcoming thriller Nurse 3D

Lionsgate and the filmmakers behind Nurse 3D have announced that Paz De La Huerta (Boardwalk Empire, Enter the Void) will star in the film as Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, and a secret life’s work in which she targets and punishes dishonest men. Today Lionsgate debuted gripping pre-production concept art ….

Win a trip to Superman Man of Steel film premiere

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) announced today that, along with DC Entertainment, it has enlisted Sideshow Collectibles to create a signature line of premium statues, busts and other collectibles inspired by DC Comics’ stable of iconic super heroes and villains. This heroic alliance paves the way for Sideshow Collectibles to offer products featuring DC Comics’ ….

Edward Norton circling role as villain in next Jason Bourne spy film

Edward Norton is in talks to play the villain in Universal Picture’s The Bourne Legacy opposite Jeremy Renner, according to Variety. Michael Clayton and Duplicity director Tony Gilroy – who wrote scripts for the previous Jason Bourne adventures – is attached to direct Bourne Legacy from his own screenplay. Rachel Weisz is also attached to ….

Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in modern-day Western Last Stand

Arnold Schwarzenegger will make his return to the big screen in a modern-day Western from Lionsgate called The Last Stand, according to THR. It was first rumored that former California Governor Schwarzenegger might return to the Terminator franchise, the film series that brought him to fame. But a smaller film like The Last Stand to ….