Star Trek to get exclusive IMAX release
Paramount and IMAX announced that Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Lost and Alias), will be simultaneously released to both IMAX and conventional theatres worldwide on May 8, 2009. Star Trek, which chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members, will be digitally re-mastered into ….
New trailer for would-be Terror Train horror remake Train
Below is the trailer that premiered at the American Film Market for the horror film Train, which was originally meant to be a remake of the 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis slasher flick Terror Train, but is now a standalone project. The movie tells the story about a group of american athletes who board a train ….
Chandni Chowk to China coming to America
Warner Bros. will release Chandni Chowk to China in North America on January 16, 2009. The film will open in select theatres in more than 50 markets, making it one of the largest initial releases of any Bollywood film in the United States and Canada. Chandni Chowk to China stars the heartthrob of Indian Cinema ….
The trailer with Viggo Mortensen as John Halder in Good
Just as the Tom Cruise film Valkyrie, readies for release, indie distributor THINKFilm prepares to release Good, which stars Viggo Mortensen as John Halder, a decent individual with family problems. He has a neurotic wife (Jodie Whittaker), two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances ….
Smokin Aces prequel ramps up and gets director
I thought Smokin’ Aces was a complex and somewhat engaging contract killer crime movie. It came and went, but didn’t move many cinephiles enough to turn it into a cult gangland film…or even a DVD keeper really. While the box office was also somewhat disappointing, obviously someone at Universal believes enough in the film to ….
First photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds surface
JoBlo has posted two of the first stills from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds. The attached pic features Pitt sporting a nifty little moustache, playing Lt. Aldo Raine, who leads the “Basterds”. He’s a Jew from the mountains of Tennessee, that is known to the German army as Aldo the Apache. The “Basterds” ….
Full trailer for Dragonball feature online
Dragonball follows the story of Goku, who, at the request of his dying adoptive grandfather Gohan, seeks out the great Master Roshi, in an attempt to gather all seven fabled “Dragon Balls”, of which he possesses one. His mission is to get them before the evil Lord Piccolo from using the power of the Dragon ….
Brad Pitt and James Gray looking for adventure in Lost City of Z
James Gray, director of We Own the Night, has been tapped by Paramount to helm an adaptation of the adventure novel The Lost City of Z, written by David Grann. The Lost City of Z will be published in April, and tells the nonfiction epic tale of renowned British soldier, explorer and spy, Col. Percy ….
Full Terminator Salvation trailer online
The Terminator Salvation trailer actually looks pretty cool. But of course, looks can be deceiving. All I can say is, there are some kick ass bikes whizzing by, and the first half of the trailer looks like a try post-apocalyptic desert, a-la The Road Warrior. The robots are rusty and more menacing also. I got ….
Keanu Reeves to play revenge-seeking Japanese Samurai
Well, that’s right, according to Variety. Keanu Reeves will star in a feature based on the classic story of The 47 Ronin, an epic period film for Universal Pictures. 47 Ronin Story is the real-life Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in that nation’s feudal history. In a ….
Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii to give intro at premiere of Sky Crawlers
This Friday, December 12th, New York-Tokyo and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present the New York premiere of director Mamoru Oshii’s (Ghost in the Shell, PatLabor: The Mobile Police) latest film, The Sky Crawlers, which is described as an engaging combination of philosophy and science fiction, featuring brilliantly executed aerial combat sequences. Oshii sees ….
WIN a Timecrimes movie poster signed by director Nacho Vigalondo
Next Friday, December 12th, Magnet will release Timecrimes, the third film in their Six Shooter Film Series. To celebrate the release, distributors are providing FilmFetish with a full-sized movie poster, signed by the film’s director Nacho Vigalondo. Lauded short film director Nacho Vigalondo makes his feature debut with this tense, unstoppable vision of science and ….
Pirate epic Captain Blood remake on the way too?
Variety reports that yet another remake is on way. Warner Bros. has hired John Brownlow (Sylvia) to script the upcoming remake of the classic pirate epic Captain Blood. Philip Noyce, who helmed Clear and Present Danger, The Saint, Patriot Games and more recently Catch a Fire, is developing the project, and may direct also. Errol ….
New video glimpses of Terminator Salvation online
This Youtube clip of a Terminator Salvation promo, was grabbed from TV, so it will probably be pulled down soon. It shows a pretty good sneak peek at some new action sequences from the new McG film. Check it out below, while you can.
New Friday the 13th remake trailer online
The full trailer for the Friday the 13th remake is online. And Michael Bay’s hands are all over this thing. I liked the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, but what was the deal with The Hitcher? Marcus Nispel, who handled directing duties on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the norse action flick Pathfinder, is at the ….
