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Fox and WETA Digital about to give first look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes

20th Century Fox is about to give fans a first look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes today at 2:30PM PDT. Join Academy Award-winning visual effects house, WETA Digital for a behind-the-scenes look at the rendering and creation of the apes, as well as exclusive footage from Rise of the Planet of the ….

Michael Mann and Paul Haggis teaming up for modern day treasure hunt thriller

Michael Mann is teaming up with Paul Haggis for a contemporary thriller called Gold, according to THR. The film is described as being in the vein of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and is set around a ruthless search for the namesake metal. Gold was written by Friday Night Lights and The Chicago Code ….

Cult sci-fi classics Carpenter’s Thing and Wachowski’s Matrix on big screen for one night

The Matrix was the last film that I went to see multiple times in theaters with no other reason than how badass it was. I’ve done it since, but only for social reasons, such as hanging out with friends. Someone really needs to do a documentary on that film’s affect on popular culture of the ….

USA releases animated retro posters for Burn Notice Sam Axe movie premiere this weekend

USA Network has released a series of retro-style animated posters for Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, which premieres this Sunday, April 17th, at 9 PM Eastern (8PM Central Time). Jeffrey Donovan, who plays everyone’s favorite burned spy Michael Weston on Burn Notice, directs the Matt Nix-penned television movie, which follows Sam Axe (Bruce ….

New images from Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Indomina has released new images from Tsui Hark’s new period action thriller Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which will be screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Detective Dee stars Andy Lau, Carina Lau and Bingbing Li, and features action choreography by Hong Kong film icon Sammo Hung. Here’s the public ….

28 Weeks Later director to helm remake of The Crow

Relativity Media’s Tucker Tooley and Edward R. Pressman, the producer behind The Crow franchise, announced today they have closed a deal for 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct a “re-invention” of The Crow, the 1994 cult hit based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Relativity and Pressman ….

Alan Rickman joins Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz in remake of British crime caper

Crime Scene Pictures’ Adam Ripp and Rob Paris announced that Alan Rickman (Harry Potter Series, Alice in Wonderland) and Sir Tom Courtenay (The Golden Compass) have joined the cast of Gambit, which is based on the 1966 British caper comedy which starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine. Rickman will play Lord Shahbandar and Sir Tom ….

Peter Jackson begins shooting long-delayed The Hobbit adaptations

Production has begun in Wellington, New Zealand, on The Hobbit, Peter Jackson’s long-delayed two film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece. The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar-winning ….

Joseph Gordon-Levitt character revealed for The Dark Knight Rises

Variety reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially signed on to star in The Dark Knight Rises, re-teaming with his Inception director Christopher Nolan. We’ve now learned that Gordon-Levitt has been cast as Alberto Falcone, the son of Mafia leader Carmine Falcone, the character Tom Wilkinson played in Batman Begins. Nolan is apparently making final adjustments ….

Stephen King in talks to pen an episode of The Walking Dead

IGN reports that during The Walking Dead panel at Chicago’s C2E2 pop culture event, it was revealed that author Stephen King is in talks to write an episode of Season 2. No surprise since the iconic horror author has a long relationship with show producer Frank Darabont, who adapted King’s The Shawshank Redemption, The Green ….

IFC Midnight unleashes a new horror in theaters and on-demand

IFC Midnight released the slasher film Choose today in select theaters, from director Marcus Graves and starring Katheryn Winnick (Love & Other Drugs) and Kevin Pollack (That Thing You Do!, The Usual Suspects). In Choose, the peace and tranquility of an idyllic, suburban city become suddenly broken. Behind the picket fence and manicured lawn, teenage ….