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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
The ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But, the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City, has had a strained relationship with his father ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn't think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But, soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But, once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that's ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other -- until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough -- staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
As the youngest of the Paper Chaserz, 14-year-old Junior strives for the authority of his older brother Rager and the respect the of rest of their gang. Food has become the ultimate commodity, and rival gangs engage in constant battles in search of their next meal, regardless of age or gender. When a conflict with a rival gang changes their lives forever, he must decide whether to stay true to his principles or drag them all into a quest for revenge that could get them all killed.
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Posted: August 2nd, 2010, 1:00am CEST
David Dutten is sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a picture-perfect American. But one night, one of them comes to a school baseball game with a loaded shotgun, ready to kill. Another man burns down his own house, after locking his wife and young son in a closet inside. Something is infecting the citizens of Ogden Marsh -- with insanity. In an effort to keep the madness contained, the government uses deadly force to close off all access and won't let anyone in or out -- even those uninfected. The few still sane find themselves trapped: Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a horrifying struggle for survival as they do their best to get out of town alive.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
At last week's Comic-Con in San Diego, ShockTillYouDrop.com got a chance to talk to Let Me In writer/director Matt Reeves and star Chloe Moretz. You can read the two interviews here and here , respectively.
Opening in theaters on October 1, Let Me In tells a terrifying tale about an alienated 12-year old boy named Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. Achingly lonely, Owen spends his days plotting revenge on his middle school tormentors and his evenings spying on the other inhabitants of his apartment complex. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Moretz), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Richard Jenkins). A frail, troubled child about Owen's age, Abby...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
One of the shirts given away at last weekend's Comic-Con features a mysterious black and white image of what appears to be a Spanish conquistador and, on the back, Guillermo del Toro's name and signature alongside the Legendary Pictures logo.
The image, illustrated by comic book artist Tim Bradstreet, also appears on the artist's Facebook page with the tile El Guerrero (as seen below), though it is unknown if this is the name of the property of simply the title of the piece.
Though del Toro's schedule is one of the busiest in Hollywood, the only recent connection to Legendary dates back to 2008 when director Scott Derrickson reported that that he was going to talk with del Toro about his own project, an adaptation of the 17th century John Milton poem, Paradise Lost ....
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Fox Searchlight Pictures has set a November 5 release date for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours .
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral,...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Josh Hutcherson will topline and executive produce the teen horror-comedy film Detention , reports Variety .
The movie, which also stars Dane Cook, marks the second feature for helmer Joseph Kahn ( Torque ), who is best known for directing hit music videos such as Eminem's "Without Me."
The story centers on teens who must survive their final year of high school. Standing in their way is a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life. Kahn and Mark Palermo wrote the script.
Hutcherson will shoot the $10 million Detention in Los Angeles next month before seguing to New Line sequel Journey to the Mysterious Island in October.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Henry Cavill ("The Tudors", upcoming Immortals ) will star in The Cold Light of Day , a kidnapping thriller from Intrepid Pictures and Summit, reports Heat Vision .
Mabrouk El Mechri ( JCVD ) is directing with Intrepid principals Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans producing.
The trade says "the story centers on a cocky young Wall Street trader who reluctantly vacations with his family in Spain. When his family is kidnapped, he is thrust into a government conspiracy and must unravel his father's darkest secret in order to save his loved ones."
Richard Price is writing a production pass on the original script written by Scott Wiper and John Petro. Filming starts on September 6 in Spain.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, two of the most popular Looney Tunes characters of all time, are returning to the big screen in three all-new animated 3D shorts. The studio will attach the cartoon shorts to three of its upcoming family featuresall three features to be released this year in 3D. The first short will be seen with Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore on July 30th; the second with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , on September 24th; and the third with Yogi Bear , on December 17th. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution.
In the new cartoon shorts, each three minutes in length, Wile E. Coyote is as determined as ever to catch the elusive Road Runner, who continues to leave his...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
The cast of NBC's "30 Rock" will perform a special live episode from famed studio 8H on Thursday, October 14 (8:30-9 p.m. ET). The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.
"We've had great success with live episodes in the past, both in a creative sense and in the ratings," said Bromstad. "I can't imagine a series more suited to do an incredible live episode, thanks to its many cast, writers and producers, who hail from TV's most renowned live series, 'SNL.'"
In the series' first live episode, two versions will be telecast -- one live for the East Coast and one for the West Coast. The first show will be telecast at 8:30-9 p.m. (ET) for the East and the cast will perform the same...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
IDW's comic book series Lore is planned for a film adaptation reports Heat Vision .
Cory Goodman ( Priest ) and Jeremy Lott are attached to draft the screenplay for Producers Andrew Lazar ( Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Jonah Hex ) and Rick Jacobs.
The series, created by T.P. Louise and Ashley Wood, is described by IDW with the following logline.
In times past, the world was full of mythical creatures°Vlong since held at bay by the secret society of Shepherds. But when the Shepherds' line of succession is broken, a reluctant hero finds her life threatened from every quarter. And the creatures are coming back: will the Earth be ready for their return?
Lore ran five issues between 2003 and 2004.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Dead Reckoning , a 1996 thriller novel, is being planned for adaptation and will shoot this September in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Cody Horn, who stars in the upcoming Flipped , informed ComingSoon.net of the planned start date and of current negotiations for her to star. The role, she said, "would be the biggest lead I've had."
The original novel was written by Susan and Pierre LaTour and tells the story of Catherine Lakey, a chemistry professor who vanishes while vacationing in Cape Cod. Though her disappearance is assumed to be a suicide, her niece, Nancy, is unconvinced and begins to uncover clues in her aunt's beach house that such a far more sinister fate.
Though currently blank, the website www.deadreckoningmovie.com is owned by 20th Century Fox. The studio...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Deadline 's Mike Fleming reports that Precious director Lee Daniels has signed a deal to do rewrites and direct the Laura Ziskin-produced drama The Butler for Sony Pictures Entertainment. The movie is based on articles written by Wil Haygood on Eugene Allen, a servant in the White House for 34 years and through eight Presidents all of whom fought with the nation's growing problems with segregation. Long-retired, Allen was invited to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama, the country's first African-American President.
Ever since Oscar season, Daniels has been developing and working on financing for another Civil Rights-related drama called Selma about the famous march that led to Civil Rights reform in the country, which also may be close to happening with The Weinstein...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Fox Searchlight has announced that Black Swan , Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to his Oscar-nominated The Wrestler , will be released in select cities on December 1. This is coming mere days after the film's world premiere was set for the Venice Film Festival in September.
Black Swan is a psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, starring Natalie Portman as Nina, "a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis)." The official blurb on the movie goes on to say, "Black Swan takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
L.A. Times' 24 Frames blog has an exclusive report on the next movie from writer/director Karyn Kusama ( Jennifer's Body ), a movie called The Rut , which will star Chloe Moretz, the breakout star from Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass , who will also star in Matt Reeves' horror remake Let Me In later this year and is starring in Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret as well.
Moretz will play the latter part of a father-daughter relationship that takes place in the world of hunting where Moretz's character has to use tricks taught to her by her father to survive when he goes missing. It's a bit of a departure from Kusama's genre roots between the horror of Jennifer's Body or her previous sci-fi action flick Aeon Flux , although it does continue the run of strong female protagonists that...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Normally, when we do video interviews with filmmakers or actors, we try to keep things light by making jokes, but when we had the opportunity for a rare and intimate sit-down with actress Ashley Judd for her new movie Helen , directed by German filmmaker Sandra Nettelbeck ( Mostly Martha ), it didn't seem appropriate to make light of the serious condition her character faces in the dark drama.
Judd plays Helen Leonard, a professor of music, who has secretly suffered from depression for many years, unbeknownst to her husband (Goran Visnjic from "E.R.") and daughter (Alexia Fast). When she has a sudden breakdown, her condition comes out in a way that drives her family apart, and Helen ends up finding a friend and confidante in Lauren Lee Smith's Mathilda, a talented...
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Deadline is reporting that British director Tom Harper ( The Scouting Book for Boys ) has taken over the directing reins for the long-in-development Working Title/Universal romantic comedy Lost for Words , written by Richard Curtis and his brother Jamie.
The story follows a Western movie star working in China who ends up in a love triangle with a gorgeous Chinese actress and her translator.
Tom Cruise was attached to star in the movie last year after frequent Curtis collaborator Hugh Grant dropped out, and for a long time, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) was attached to star in the lead female role.
Harper will likely start from scratch looking for a new cast, one that's presumably younger than the original plans.
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Ghostface has finally reared his masked face for the first time in ten years, thanks to a behind-the-scenes image snapped by Scream 4 Director Wes Craven.
The below image just appeared on the Director's Flickr account with the message, "He's baaack!"
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
J.J. Abrams has purchased the rights to the book Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel and will oversee the film adaptation, reports Heat Vision .
The book, 170 pages of text with 350 illustrations and photo manipulations, was written by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett and relates the adventures of a robot built in the Victorian age who, through its travels, meets all manner of famous historical personalities throughout it's century-spanning existence.
Originally pitched as a graphic novel, the authors spent a decade compiling Boilerplate's (the robot's) history online, evolving Boilerplate's history into a guide called The History of Robots in the Victorian Era , attempting to establish the character's presence throughout various famous historical events.
Check out the...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
A man of many hats, Burr Steers began working in Hollywood in the late 1980s as an actor, appearing in the cult thriller Intruder and, later, in the modern classics Pulp Fiction and The Last Days of Disco , among other films. It was in 2002, however, that Steers stepped behind the camera to write and direct Igby Goes Down before working on more mainstream fare, including scripting How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and directing his first work with Zac Efron, 17 Again .
This Friday sees the release of Steers' newest film, Charlie St. Cloud , the story of a young man who, brought back from the same accident that killed his brother, continues to speak and interact with either the ghost or the memory thereof.
Steers took the time to have a refreshingly candid talk with...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Ever since a tremendously well-received Hall H announcement at the 2008 Comic-Con, TRON: Legacy has been building a steady fan momentum by way of a virtually unprecedented large-scale viral campaign. This year saw the return of Flynn's Arcade , a fan experience not far from the convention center that let con-goers enter the world of the film .
The morning following the surprise reveal of a new lounge addition to Flynn's , ComingSoon.net had a chance to speak with TRON: Legacy producer Sean Bailey who was recently promoted to Disney's President of Production. He shared his thoughts about working on TRON , the importance of the fan-supported universe, and the projects he's eager to work with next, including Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , 20,000 Leagues Under...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Kristen Johnston has joined the cast of writer/director Amy Heckerling's new feature film Vamps . Written and to be directed by Heckerling, Vamps tells the modern day tale of two young beautiful female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Filming will begin next week in Detroit, Michigan.
Johnston joins Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter, already on board as two young vampires and Sigourney Weaver, who plays the role of Cisserus, a bloodthirsty "stem" vampire who has created a dynasty.
Johnston plays Mrs. Van Helsing, a posh British woman who is suspicious of her son's new love interest Stacey (Ritter).
Most recently, Johnston was nominated for a 2010...
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
James Gunn has officially released the first image of his superhero character, the Crimson Bolt, from the upcoming Super on his official website, JamesGunn.com .
Super offers Gunn's take on the superhero genre and stars Rainn Wilson as an average guy who takes on the pseudo-superhero alter ego of the Crimson Bolt, after watching his wife (Liv Tyler) fall under the spell of a charming drug dealer (Kevin Bacon).
Check out both the costume and an official still from Super below and click either image to head to Gunn's blog:
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Six films and 730 million dollars later (officially, now, the Guinness World Record for "Most Successful Horror Movie Series"), the "Saw" franchise is coming to an end this Halloween with the ultimate entry, Saw 3D .
ShockTillYouDrop.com scored an exclusive interview atop Lionsgate's double-decker exhibit booth, where director Kevin Greutert and star Tobin Bell shared their thoughts on the series' move to 3D, the franchise's legacy and how it feels to finally offer up the final chapter.
You can check out the interview over at ShockTillYouDrop !
In related news, UGO has also debuted this new motion poster for the film.
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Posted: July 29th, 2010, 12:00am CEST
Len Wiseman ( Live Free or Die Hard , "Underworld" films) is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures' Total Recall , it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film will be a new, contemporized adaptation of Total Recall , which was based on the story, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Kurt Wimmer is writing the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz will produce through his Original Film banner.
Commenting on the announcement, Tolmach said, "Len has an incredible love of the genre and a great gift for action. He'll bring a contemporary feel to the film while taking care with everything we love about Philip K. Dick's original story."
Moritz said, "I have been trying for...