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Lionsgate hatches viral marketing site and “Fan Appreciation” screenings for Saw 3D

Lionsgate is doing some viral marketing around the upcoming Saw 3D, with the website BobbyDagen.com. The name shouldn’t strike you as anything important yet, but Bobby Dagen is intricately tied into the events that unfold in Saw 3D. Bobby Dagen, (Sean Patrick Flannery), is a survivor of one of Jigsaw’s tests who is speaking out ….

The Vampire Diaries stars visit fans in Chicago

“The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Cast Tour” of select Hot Topic stores continued this past Saturday, October 16th, in the Chicago metropolitan area, with series stars Steven R. McQueen and Michael Trevino appearing at Hot Topic Westfield Fox Valley Shopping Center in Aurora, Illinois. During the event, McQueen and Trevino participated in a live Q&A ….

New Line releases more details on The Hobbit 3D

The two films based on The Hobbit are now greenlit and will begin shooting in February 2011, under the direction of fan favorite Peter Jackson. New Line Cinema chief Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros. president Alan Horn, and MGM CEO Steve Cooper made the announcement recently, among high fanboy anticipation. “Under Peter’s direction, the films will ….

Paranormal Activity 2 being released on IMAX next week

IMAX announced today that Paramount Pictures’ Paranormal Activity 2, the follow-up to the hit supernatural thriller released in 2009, will be released to 161 digital IMAX theatres in domestic and international areas, on October 22nd, simultaneously with the film’s release. The film’s limited IMAX release will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality ….

Danny Trejo, Enter the Dragon’s Bolo Yeung, La Femme Nikita’s Peta Wilson, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Dudikoff taking cues from Expendables?

Empire Film Group has confirmed that Machete’s Danny Trejo, Chinese legend Bolo Yeung (Bloodsport, Enter the Dragon) and La Femme Nikita’s Peta Wilson have joined the cast of the action film Havana Heat with Wesley Snipes, Joey Lawrence and Michael Dudikoff. Popular Latin American actors Zulay Henao, Lorena Rincon and Raul Julia-Levy also join the ….

Highlander director begins shooting 3D shark film

Production began today on Bait, the long-awaited 3D killer sharks film being directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Resident Evil: Extinction), according to Filmbiz. Bait 3D is the first official co-production between Australia and Singapore. The production was previously announced for July and again for August, but according to the report, had been repeatedly pushed back. ….

Details on Bruce Campbell, Green Lantern, Lost Boys, Sherlock Holmes and many more NYCC 2010 panels and screenings

Here’s a detailed list of even more exciting panels, screenings and previews that will be taking place throughout this weekend, during New York Comic-Con 2010. Enjoy the show! Friday, October 8 MASTERPIECE and the BBC present the U.S. Premiere Screening of Sherlock 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM – Room 1A06 From the writers of Doctor ….

Vampire Diaries, M. Night Shyamalan and The Walking Dead bring the pain to NYCC 2010

This Sunday, October 10th, here’s a trio of exciting horror events happening at New York Comic-Con 2010. These events will be held in the IGN Theater, and take place just after the Nikita presentation with Maggie Q. The Vampire Diaries Special Video Presentation and Select Cast Q&A 11:30 AM to 12:30 AM – IGN Theater ….

Maggie Q, Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca bring Nikita and ‘Division’ to NYCC 2010

Maggie Q (Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible III) plays Nikita, the former spy and assassin determined to destroy the secretive and corrupt government agency that trained her, known only as Division. Join Maggie, Shane West (ER), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass) and executive producer Craig Silverstein (Bones), as they answer your questions and show a ….

Stars of V return to TV this November but come to NYCC 2010 first, with star from the original cult series

In the first season of V, the Visitors arrived. In the second, coming season, which hits ABC airwaves in November, three generations of V queens — played by Morena Baccarin (Firefly), Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) and guest star Jane Badler (Diana from the original V) — will engage in an epic power struggle over the future ….

The Thing remake to preview this weekend at New York Comic-Con 2010

Universal Pictures presents the cast and filmmakers from its upcoming prequel thriller The Thing. In the film that serves as a prelude to John Carpenter’s cult sci-fi classic 1982 thriller of the same name, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they’re infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet. ….

Here is a list of all the best film, TV and comic events happening at New York Comic-Con 2010

I’ve just finished posting a list of all the best events, panels, performances and giveaways happening at NYCC 2010. CLICK HERE or on the image below of Saoirse Ronan from the adventure thriller Hanna, to see them all, and stake your spots on line early this weekend at New York Comic-Con 2010.