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Six Million Dollar Man making first convention appearance in more than 30 years at Big Apple Con

Lee Majors (Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man), along with Battlestar Galactica’s Mary McDonnell, “Batman” Adam West, “Robin” Burt Ward, and the Brady Bunch kids, are among the headliners for Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con, taking place from October 1-3, 2010 at Manhattan’s Penn Plaza Pavilion. According to Wizard World, promoters of ….

Can Battle: Los Angeles director make for a better Clash of the Titans sequel 3D experience?

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has closed a deal for Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) to direct Clash of the Titans 2, with production gearing up on February 1st in the UK. According to the report, talks were stalled on the deal due to money, but apparently the studio ponied up with more dinero. This ….

Sci-fi adventure film Quantum Quest to premiere at Dragon-Con

Quantum Quest, a new 3D animated action adventure film that interweaves animated sequences with stunning, actual space imagery captured from seven ongoing NASA space missions, will hold its world premiere this Saturday, September 4th, during Dragon-Con, the “largest multimedia, pop culture convention focused on sci-fic, fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music and film, in the ….

Resident Evil: Afterlife world premiere to take place in Tokyo

Screen Gems’ Resident Evil: Afterlife will have its World Premiere at the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo, Japan this Thursday, September 2nd. Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter are scheduled to attend the event. The fourth installment of the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Afterlife is again based on the popular video game series, ….

Legendary director John Woo to use IMAX cameras to shoot war epic Flying Tigers action scenes

IMAX today announced that director John Woo and producer Terence Chang’s next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. Woo and Chang are the team behind Mission Impossible II, Face/Off, Red Cliff and many other international blockbusters. Upon being green lit for production, the film would mark an ….

British International Comic Show attendees have opportunity to appear in feature film

Looks like Dare Productions and Reels In Motion are taking their cues from this year’s San Diego Comic, and setting up production of their next feature during a major comic convention. The companies have invited comic book and movie fans to be part of their latest feature film, titled Pulp. Pulp is a comedy feature ….

Hatchet II ditches MPAA – getting largest unrated genre film release in decades

Dark Sky Films announced today that in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween horror movie season, Adam Green’s Hatchet II will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning October 1st. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking the widest release of an unrated genre film in more than 25 years. AMC Theatres, ….

Unforgettable Bell and True Blood queen Paquin headed to Scream 4

USA Today revealed this morning that Dimension Films has confirmed that True Blood’s Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will appear in the upcoming Scream 4, which is currently shooting. As previously announced, original Scream cast members Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette will reprise their roles in Scream 4, and ….

Watch the North American premiere of A Good Husband

Ana is presenting the North American premiere of Isao Yukisada’s (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World) A Good Husband, starring Etsushi Toyokawa and Hiroko Yakushimaru. The screening takes place at Big Cinemas Manhattan (formerly the ImaginAsian), located at 239 East 59th Street, New York City. There will be two screenings on Tuesday, ….

After Dark releases image and title of new Originals horror

After Dark Films has announced the fifth title for its new “Originals” series – titled Fertile Ground, and released a brand new image from the film as well. After Dark chief Courtney Solomon seeks to continue the momentum of After Dark Originals “A New Brand of Fear” with the announcement of Fertile Ground, a film ….

Sci-fi thriller Tomorrow gets bank roll and Josh Hartnett

Worldview Entertainment announced today that it has teamed up with producer Mark Williams and Zero Gravity Management to finance the sci-fi thriller Tomorrow, which is set to be directed by Paul McGuigan (Push, Lucky Number Slevin), with Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Sin City) attached to star. Tomorrow is a sci-fi thriller described ….

Friday screening of the “Ozploitation” cult classic that Tarantino keeps in his vault

This Friday, The Stone, the “ozploitation” classic that Quentin Tarantino reportedly keeps in his personal film vault, will screen at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, in New York City. The event will feature a pre-show onstage turntable warmup by Andy Votel, and is co-presented by B-music/Finders Keepers, Other Music and WFMU. ….