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With Warner Bros. and New Line’s The Conjuring being one of the most successful horror movies of all time, it’s no surprise that a sequel was quickly put into development. The big surprise is that the studios are planning three micro-budgeted spinoffs based on the Warren Case Files, an inside source tells Bloody Disgusting exclusively. The first, which is currently untitled, will be based on the now infamous “ Annabelle Doll ”. Recently BD broke the news on John R. Leonetti‘s and John Darko‘s series “Nowheresville” ( read more ), which is now in active development – but we have also confirmed that Leonetti will share directorial duties with newcomer John Darko, our source reveals. As previously mentioned, New Line will be adopting the micro-budget approach on these projects. The tentatively titled The Annabelle Story is known to be a prequel to the events in the James Wan-directed The Conjuring . And we hear that production may start as early as December with John R. Leonetti

Warner Bros. were also present, represented by CEO Kevin Tsujihara, and he dropped a few more hints about what we can expect from Ben Affleck's Batman in the Man Of Steel follow-up. Batfleck will be " tired, weary and seasoned " having been doing the no-powers superhero thing "for a while" says Tsujihara. That chimes neatly with the story that Josh Brolin was approached for the role at one point, and with director Zack Snyder's own original announcement that Affleck's will be "a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter". While the film won't be an adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns (which already exists as an animation), Frank Miller's grizzled, beaten-up, worn-in Batman is clearly something like the vibe intended. Of the absurd casting controversy, Tsujihara allows only that the response from fans has been "passionate": a testament, he says, to B

Abandon all cynicism those who enter here, because Warner Bros. has put the wizarding world back in motion. News is just in that J. K. Rowling is working on a new movie set in the world of Harry Potter , her first screenplay and a possible launchpad for a whole Potter-ish franchise. The film, which will be based on Rowling's (officially, Magizoologist Newt Scamander's ) universe-expanding Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them , will be set in the wizarding world. It will feature creatures and characters - some new, some already familiar to Potter fans - and, promises Rowling, will be "neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world" set 70 years before Harry Potter sets foot in Hogwarts. That puts it somewhere around 1921, when Scamander would have been about 24 according to in-world chronology. "It all started when Warner Bros. came to me with the suggestion of turning Fantastic Beasts into a film,"

Here is the first trailer for Prisoners . The film stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence Howard, Viola Davis , Melissa Leo, Paul Dano and Maria Bello . After his six-year-old daughter and her best friend are kidnapped, a small town carpenter ( Hugh Jackman ) butts heads with a young, brash detective ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) in charge of the investigation. Feeling failed by the law, he captures the man ( Paul Dano ) he believes responsible, holding him captive in a desperate attempt to find out what he did with the girls, whom he's convinced are still alive. But the further he goes to get the man to confess, the closer he comes to losing his soul. Please Leave A Comment-

BULLET TO THE HEAD Review By: MattInRC Closing out an amazingly productive January, BULLET TO THE HEAD is a typical but enjoyable 80's/90's action flick. As we close out the month of January, one cannot help but remark upon the many quality releases that have graced what's usually a terrible month for films. Whether it was Gangster Squad , Broken City , or Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters , January has provided us with a surprisingly diverse and enjoyable list of new releases. Among them is the Sylvester Stallone action flick Bullet to the Head, a brainless but enjoyable action flick that's his best in a long time. Jimmy Bobo ( Sylvester Stallone , Expendables series) is a former soldier turned hitman who's never known life outside of killing and jail time. When his partner ( Jon Seda ) is sliced up by the deadly hitman Keegan ( Jason Momoa , Stargate: Atlantis), Bobo joins forces with Washington DC cop Sung Kwon ( Sung Kang , 2 Fast 2 Furious) who's

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for BULLET TO THE HEAD ! The screening is on January 28, 2013 - 7:30 PM @Regal Natomas Stadium 16 In Sacramento. BULLET TO THE HEAD  is a 2012 action film, directed by Walter Hill based upon Alexis Nolent's French graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete. The film will star Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, and Christian Slater. Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Kevin King Templeton are producing the film. In the film, a hitman ( Sylvester Stallone ) teams with a young NYPD detective ( Sung Kang ) in a high-stakes investigation that leads from dingy back alleys all the way to the power corridors of New Orleans. The unlikely duo, brought together by two vicious murders, take on all who stand in their way, willing to sacrifice everything to exact revenge. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY   First up make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook . Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jum

GANGSTER SQUAD Review By: MattInRC Does GANGSTER SQUAD cut the mustard as a 1940's crime thriller, or does it get lost in martinis and swing music? I really enjoy well-done gangster flicks. From The Untouchables to LA Confidential , modern tales of classic mob bosses who 'clip and fence' their way to top - and the cops who take them down - provide a fascinating commentary on one of the most violent periods in American history. Luckily,  GANGSTER SQUAD  can join that list of able-bodied films. It's smart, a little funny, well-written and directed, and features some of the best performances of the year. Granted it's only January, but Gangster Squad is that good. Set in 1949 Los Angeles, Squad follows mob boss Mickey Cohen ( Sean Penn , At Close Range) as he attempts to gain control of the city. A former championship boxer, Cohen uses brutal tactics to expand his territory while fending off bosses from Chicago. To him, it's just another bou

In Theaters January 11, 2013 Win your tickets to see an advance screening for GANGSTER SQUAD ! The screening is on January 7, 2013 at 7:30 PM at Century Stadium 14 in Sacramento. GANGSTER SQUAD  is an upcoming crime film directed by Ruben Fleischer , from a screenplay written by Will Beall, starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Frank Grillo, Michael Papajohn, and Sean Penn . It is the story of LAPD Detectives who are attempting to keep Los Angeles free of gangsters during the 1940s and '50s.11A chronicle of the LAPD's fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s as six police officers and detectives must protect the law by breaking it by taking on Mickey Cohen and his gang. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY  Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also. Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Please go to Gofobo.com Enter Code:

A new Gangster Squad poster has hit the web, serving as definitive proof that the Untouchables-like tale of off-the-books law enforcers in in 1940s and 1950s L.A. will be arriving in cinemas on January 11, 2013. For those not in the know, Gangster Squad was originally set for a September 7 release date this year, but in the wake of the 2012 Aurora shooting at the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises , Warner Bros. and the Gangster Squad team decided to reshoot certain cinema-set scenes. Directed by Zombieland's Reben Fleischer and starring the likes of Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña , it's a movie that's easy to get excited about, so January 11 really can't come soon enough. See more images after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-  Source- Empire

Warner Bros. and New Line have set July 18, 2014, as the release date for the third film in Peter Jackson's ambitious The Hobbit trilogy . Additionally, the second film has been retitled The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . The third film will take the title that was previously assigned to the second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again . Warners is banking big on the trilogy. And, in sharp contrast to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the second and third Hobbit pics will open within seven months of each other (the Lord of the Rings pics opened a year apart, at Christmas). “We wanted to have a shorter gap between the second and third films," Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said in a statement. "Opening in July affords us not only the perfect summer tentpole, but fans will have less time to wait for the finale of this epic adventure." Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, president of international distribution, added: "The

Warner Bros. remains committed to getting its Justice League film off the ground, and is even now running down the list of possible directors. But just as one director has taken himself out of the running, others are reportedly being considered, with the Wachowskis said to be definite candidates. But let’s deal with who has definitely decided against the film first, shall we? That would be Ben Affleck, who talked to the Canadian press and said, “It sounds really exciting, but it's not something I'm working on.” As to the Wachowskis? Their possible involvement has been picked up by Moviehole, but it’s all still rumour for now. While we’re certain their names would be on Warners’ list (especially given their history with the studio and their avowed love for comic book characters), they’re not known for leaping onto other peoples’ projects, preferring to self-generate their own movies. And while the studio is apparently high on the duo following the positive buzz for Cloud

While she may have sat out last year's trip to Thailand, " The Hangover " thesp Heather Graham is set to return for Todd Phillips' comedy " The Hangover Part III ," which distributor Warner Bros. will co-finance with Legendary Pictures. In the original blockbuster, Graham played Jade, a Las Vegas stripper who marries Ed Helms' character, Stu. " The Hangover Part II " followed Helms and co-stars Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha as they traveled to Thailand for Stu's wedding to Lauren ( Jamie Chung ), leaving Jade to stay behind stateside. While plot details remain under wraps for the latest sequel, it's safe to say a reunion between Stu and Jade is on the itinerary. Graham joins fellow franchise veterans Mike Epps and Ken Jeong in the ensemble cast, which is expected to add several well-known actors in cameo roles. In addition to co-writing the script with Craig Mazin, Phillips will also produce with Daniel

THE CAMPAIGN Review By: MattInRC A strong opening leads to a disappointing finish for THE CAMPAIGN . If there was ever a time that our country should be laughing about the current political system, it should be now. Faced with the lowest approval ratings for our federal elected officials and a growing feeling that recent Supreme Court decisions have allowed powerful interests to control our elections, you would think that a smart, raunchy comedy about politics would be the perfect cure. On the surface, it would seem that The Campaign would serve this interest quite well: however, it fails to plant itself firmly on any comedic ground, existing somewhere between what-could-have been and the little engine that couldn't. Congressman Cam Brady ( Will Ferrell , Megamind) is the unquestioned leader of North Carolina’s 14th District; he says the right things to his constituents (although none of it ever makes sense), has the perfect looking wife and kids (who listen to ghetto rap

Could we be in for a return trip to the Overlook Hotel? Warner Bros. is quietly exploring the possibility of a prequel to “ The Shining ,” the 1980 Stanley Kubrick chillfest that many fans regard as the scariest movie of all time. The studio has solicited the involvement of Hollywood writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis and her partners Bradley Fischer and James Vanderbilt to craft a new take as producers, according to a person familiar with the project who was not authorized to talk about it publicly. The film would focus on what happened before Jack Torrance (of course played memorably onscreen by Jack Nicholson ), his wife and their psychic son arrived at the haunted retreat where Torrance soon descends into violent madness. A WB spokeswoman cautioned that any "Shining" prequel was in a very early stage and not even formally in development. Still, even the possibility of an addition to a modern classic is bound to get film fans excited or riled up (or both). One facto

In theaters August 10th Win your tickets to see an advance screening of   THE CAMPAIGN ! We have passes to the special advance screening on August 6, 2012 at 7:30PM PM in Sacramento. THE CAMPAIGN  is an upcoming comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis , as two Southerners vying for a seat in Congress to represent their small district. The screenplay for the film was written by Eastbound & Down writer Shawn Harwell and Chris Henchy, and is directed by Jay Roach The film follows two rival politicians ( Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis ) who are trying to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Visit the official site - Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also. See how to win tickets after the Jump... Email me @  sandwichjohnfilmsscreenings@yahoo.com  . Then put  - THE CAMPAIGN  Sacramento  in the subjec

When we go to the movie we all expect some form of Easter Eggs in the films that we see. Normally in Marvel films there are plenty of them. And now Christopher Nolan has stepped up to the plate with his own in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES . cinemablend went above and beyond the call finding these Easter Eggs in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES . One of the greatest things about Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy is that it’s clear that the director is a real Batman fan. Over the course of his three films, Nolan paid tribute to some of the greatest Caped Crusader stories ever written, including Alan Moore’s “ The Killing Joke ,” Frank Miller’s “ Batman: Year One ,” Joseph Loeb and Tim Sale’s “ The Long Halloween ” and, most recently, Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon’s “ Knightfall .” But for obvious reasons the filmmaker wasn’t able to stick the entirety of the Batman universe into the series, so he did the next best thing: he littered his movies with easter eggs. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie Revi