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Breaking Bad star, Eliza Dushku, Katee Sackhoff and more board Batman: Year One adaptation

Bryan Cranston – star of AMC’s hit series Breaking Bad – along with Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff, have been tapped to voice the characters for DC Entertainment and Warner Premiere’s Batman: Year One, the adaptation of the Frank Miller comic book classic, according to THR. Lauren Montgomery (Superman/Doomsday, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern: ….

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest documentary screening at Tribeca Film Fest

Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, the Michael Rapaport-directed documentary on the groundbreaking hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival next week. Here’s the Tribeca screening schedule: Wed, Apr 27, 6:00PM BMCC Tribeca PAC (between Greenwich & West Streets) 199 Chambers Street New ….

Well reviewed Thor to get IMAX 3D release opening day

IMAX, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment formally announced today that they will indeed release the epic film Thor in digital IMAX theatres worldwide day-and-date on May 6, 2011. The film, which has been getting rave reviews from critics, is based on the Marvel comic of the same name. Thor is directed by Kenneth Branagh, produced ….

Fast Five writer gets in the driver’s seat of Fast Six and major production deal at Universal

Chris Morgan – writer of the third, fourth and fifth installments of Universal’s Fast and the Furious franchise (Fast Five opens April 29) – has signed a two-year first-look production deal with the studio, according to THR. The deal also includes penning the script for Fast Six. According to the report, Morgan has been a ….

Let Me In director to helm another vampire movie, this one produced by Ridley Scott

Matt Reeves – the director behind Let Me In – has been tapped to develop and direct Fox 2000’s The Passage, an adaptation of a novel by Justin Cronin, that has Ridley Scott attached to produce, according to THR. The studio picked up the rights for The Passage and two possible sequels in a reported ….

Apple reveals user-friendly Final Cut Pro X at NAB and drops price point

Looks like I’ll have a brand new version of Final Cut Pro to cut my documentary on this summer. Apple isn’t exhibiting at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) conference in Las Vegas this year, but the company did stop by a NAB Final Cut Pro meet-up last night to unveil the upcoming version of ….

The Transporter in talks to join Taylor Hackford thriller Parker

Jason Statham is in talks to star in the Taylor Hackford thriller Parker, according to Variety. Hackford will produce the project with Steven Chasman, Les Alexander, Sidney Kimmel and Jonathan Mitchell, working from a John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan) script. Parker is based on a series of books by Donald Westlake, that revolve around a ….

Thomas Jane joining Sylvester Stallone in Walter Hill’s action thriller Headshot

Thomas Jane – who recently helped ArrowInTheHead celebrate their 100th podcast show – announced to the show’s hosts that he’s teaming up with Sylvester Stallone for Walter Hill’s Headshot. According to Jane, “the script is fantastic” – although Hill is currently rewriting the project originally written by Alessandro Camon. In Headshot, Stallone plays a New ….

James Bond 23 joins Total Recall remake, Men in Black 3, Amazing Spider-Man, and 21 Jump Street on Sony’s 2012 film slate

Sony Pictures and MGM will co-finance and distribute Bond 23, and have also agreed to partner on the next film in the James Bond franchise, according to THR. According to the report, the tentatively titled Bond 23 is set to be released on November 9, 2012. As part of the deal, MGM’s Gary Barber and ….

Lionsgate catches eco-horror The Bay

Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired U.S. rights to Barry Levinson’s found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films. From the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following Insidious, and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an ….

Content Film grabs rights to carjack thriller 96 Minutes

Content has acquired international rights to SXSW’s critically acclaimed 96 Minutes. Inspired by true events, the intense drama is written and directed by Aimee Lagos, winner of many awards including a BAFTA Award for Excellence for her short film Underground. 96 Minutes stars Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Hairspray), Evan Ross (90210, ATL), Christian Serratos (Twilight ….