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Biological Disaster Film From Producers Of Paranormal Activity Acquired From Alliance Films LIONSGATE  announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson's found footage eco-horror film THE BAY from Alliance Films. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of the Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions. From the producers of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following INSIDIOUS , and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an isopod parasite, carrying a horrific untreatable disease, that jumps from fish to human hosts. The true horror and scope of the event unfolds on footage captured on home videos and the internet by the town's victims. "Ingenious genre films are and always will be a specialty at Lionsgate," explained Drake of the choice to acquire the film. &qu

On behalf of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we are pleased to present the official assets for THE GREEN HORNET which will be available on DVD and Blu-ray May 3, 2011 . Britt Reid is a slacker by day, party animal by night... until he finds a serious career that’s seriously cool: crime-fighting action hero. As the Green Hornet, he teams up with gadget wiz and martial arts master Kato to take down LA's underworld. Here's the official synopsis. Britt Reid is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene — until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato, they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves — protecting the law by breaking it, Br

Warner Bros. and Focus Features International are set to distribute Cloud Atlas , which has Tom Hanks attached to star. Based on David Mitchell's best-selling 2004 novel, the project is being co-written and co-directed by Matrix filmmakers Andy and Lana Wachowski and Run Lola Run writer-director Tom Tykwer. Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt are producing the film with the Wachowskis under their new Five Drops label. Philip Lee will serve as executive producer. Warner Bros. will distribute the film in North America, and Focus Int'l will handle foreign sales at Cannes and distribution on behalf of Anarchos Pictures and X Filme. The filmmakers plan to start filming in September. Mitchell's book follows six storylines that include a 19th century American notary, a poor British musician in the 1930s, a journalist in 1970s California, a vanity press publisher in the early 21st century, a rebellious clone in the near future and a primitive Hawaiian tribesman surviving after the ap

Here are the first set pictures of Josh Brolin playing a younger version of Agen M ( Tommy Lee Jones ' character.) As we have been told the film will take place in the past and in the future. What do you guys think? Creepy that they look so much alike. See all the images after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment- Source- dailymail

The first trailer for the action thriller Abduction , the film stars Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Danny Glover, Alfred Molina, Michael Nyqvist, Maria Bello, and Jason Isaacs . The film was directed by John Singleton . Will this film help him break him away from the Twilight casting? The film will be in theaters on September 23,2011. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Movie Trailers - Movies Blog Abduction , the Lionsgate action flick stars Taylor Lautner, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello, Lily Collins, Elisabeth Rohm and Alfred Molina. To be directed by John Singleton, "Abduction"written by Shawn Christensen, centered on “a teen who has long felt disconnected from his parents, and figures out why, which unleashes a chain of violent events” the teen (Lautner) feels disconnected from his parents…the story “is focused on a young man who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website”. He was kidnapped as a child but after he reaches o

Time for an update. Actually, we've been intending to kick off with a video, which is almost done, so look out for that in the next day or two. In the meantime, I thought I'd address the news that has been reported about us shooting THE HOBBIT at 48 frames per second , and explain to you what my thoughts are about this. We are indeed shooting at the higher frame rate. The key thing to understand is that this process requires both shooting and projecting at 48 fps, rather than the usual 24 fps (films have been shot at 24 frames per second since the late 1920's). So the result looks like normal speed, but the image has hugely enhanced clarity and smoothness. Looking at 24 frames every second may seem ok--and we've all seen thousands of films like this over the last 90 years--but there is often quite a lot of blur in each frame, during fast movements, and if the camera is moving around quickly, the image can judder or "strobe." Shooting and projecting at 48

Here is the second trailer for the upcoming film Priest . It has more of an action sequence then an actual trailer. I have high hopes for this movie but it was directed by the same man who made the film Legion. And that film was a huge disappointment. The film stars Paul Bettany, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Cam Gigandet, Karl Urban and Stephen Moye r. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Priest (3D) -- A western-infused post-apocalyptic thriller, set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities. When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend (Cam Gigan

Toei Animation Co., Ltd., Toei Animation Inc. and FUNimation Entertainment will stream the official English-subtitled episodes of “ Toriko ”, an action/adventure anime series for teen audiences. Starting Thursday, April 14th 6:00 p.m. PST, four days after the Japanese broadcast, each episode will be available on www.hulu.com as well as www.funimation.com/video . A new episode will be rolled out weekly as “ Toriko ” continues its Japanese television run. “ Toriko ” is an anime series based on the popular manga written by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro and published in Weekly Shonen Jump . Toriko is a legendary gastronomic hero chasing rare ingredients across the world to realize his dream: complete the ultimate full-course menu. In North America , the manga is published by VIZ Media, LLC. A digital preview of the first chapter is currently available at http://www.ShonenJump.com/ . VIZ Media will release the next volume, Volume 5, on June 7th. About Toei Animation Co., Ltd. With headqua

IFC films has released the trailer for the upcoming film Love, Wedding, Marriage. The film was directed by Dermot Mulroney and starring Mandy Moore and Kellan Lutz . Watch the trailer after the Jump... When newlywed marriage counselor Ava learns that her parents, whose marriage she’s always idealized, are headed for divorce, she cannot accept it. Ava sets out on a dangerous path to save her parents’ marriage at the expense of her own, manipulating loved ones to achieve her objectives. Love, Wedding, Marriage hits VOD on May 1st, 2011 limited theaters on June 3rd, 2011 Please Leave A Comment-

Don't forget today is the day. 20th Century Fox wants to give YOU the first look at RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES today at 2:30PM PDT . Join the Academy Award® winning visual effects house, WETA Digital for a behind-the-scenes look at the rendering and creation of the apes, as well as exclusive footage from the summer's most anticipated film! WETA Digital, the industry leading VFX team behind films like Avatar and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, will host a livestream event on the official Facebook fan page for Avatar ( http://www.facebook.com/officialavatarmovie ), bringing fans to their headquarters in Wellington, New Zealand for an exclusive look at their work on RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES . Joined by director Rupert Wyatt, WETA will discuss the technology developed for the film, bringing the characters to life in the cautionary tale that blends science fiction and science fact. LIVESTREAM EMBED CODE: Watch live streaming video from apeswillrise at livestrea

After the preview they showed at Wonder Con I started to think to myself that this film might end up being worth seeing. And now the studio unleashed these 3 photos of Ryan Reynold's in full Green Lantern suit. Nope sorry I have lost the faith in this film again. Tell me this when did Hal Jordan turn into the Hulk ? Look at those feet. See the pictures after the Jump... In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan. Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who

Matt Reeves has signed on at Universal Pictures to write and direct a feature based on the famed Ray Nelson short story 8 O’Clock in the Morning . Strike Entertainment partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing. The story is about a man who awakens one morning with the crystal-clear realization that we are surrounded daily by the presence of aliens that are controlling society. It was owned by the studio because it was used as the basis for the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live . In that film, aliens were discovered through the use of special glasses. None of that is being used here, and the film is not considered a remake. Reeves last directed the remake Let Me In and before that Cloverfield . He said he saw what could be his next directing assignment as soon as he read the short story by Nelson, a sci-fi author/cartoonist who was a pal of Philip K. Dick and who as a young man invented that nerd staple the propeller beanie. “I saw an opportunity to do a movie that w

The Woman In Black teaser trailer has showed up online today. The Woman in Black is a supernatural thriller film based on Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black . It is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name and will star Daniel Radcliffe as lawyer Arthur Kipps. The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps ( Radcliffe ), who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity. Watch the trailer after the Jump.... Please Leave A Comment-

It's Another Tuesday, so kids you know what that means. DVD Tuesday. We got all the information on the DVD's that were released today. Let's hope this information help's you to decide what movie to Rent or Buy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 -Comes Out Friday The first installment of the two-film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows follows Harry ( Daniel Radcliffe ), Ron ( Rupert Grint ), and Hermione ( Emma Watson ) as they search for the pieces of Voldemort's ( Ralph Fiennes ) soul that he extracted from his being and hid in obscure locations both far and wide. If the trio is unable to locate and destroy them all, Voldemort will remain immortal. Despite their long friendship, a combination of dark forces, romantic tensions, and long-held secrets threaten to sabotage the mission. David Yates directs Country Strong A fallen country star ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) strives to resurrect her ailing career with a little help from her sup

Universal Pictures has emerged as the front-runner to finance and distribute Oblivion , the Joseph Kosinski-directed sci-fi project that has Tom Cruise in early talks to star. The studio has entered into exclusive negotiations for a deal that would carry progress to production language, with a goal to begin shooting in October. The deal hinges on Kosinski's ability to bring in the film at around the $100 million mark. Cruise doesn't have a deal at this point, but they are talking. Deadline told you last week that Universal was among three studios chasing the film. The film was scripted by William Monahan, with Karl Gajdusek currently rewriting. Oblivion recently shook loose from Disney, where Kosinski made his feature directorial debut on Tron: Legacy. That film just hit the $400 million worldwide gross mark for Disney, and the studio has a Tron sequel and other projects with Kosinski. But the studio let the filmmaker shop it because the post-apocalyptic Oblivion premise d

It feels like it's taken a Westeros winter to get here, but we'll finally get to witness the spectacle and glory of George R.R. Martin's novel fantasy world come to life in HBO's Game of Thrones this Sunday night at 9 p.m. While all the trailers, previews and behind-the-scene featurettes have certainly teased audiences into an anticipatory frenzy, there are still plenty of concerns left in the minds of A Song of Ice and Fire readers as to whether even a 10-hour adaptation can really do justice to Martin's ambitious book series. In an exclusive interview, series showrunners and executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss answered some of the big questions still lingering in the air about their Game of Thrones adaptation and even offer a really beneficial life tip in the process. Isn't epic fantasy storytelling just not well suited to TV, even HBO? "No! We just think it's a grand and fantastic story. People will always be hungry for gran

Multiple sources say the studio has picked up movie rights to The Martian Chronicles , the classic short story collection by Ray Bradbury , one of the foremost names in 20th century science-fiction literature. John Davis will produce the adaptation of the book of short stories that Bradbury wrote in the late 1940s about humans trying colonize Mars. In three structures, the stories dealt with attempts to settle Mars and the Martians’ efforts to fight the humans off, the colonization of the red planet and a nuclear war that eventually forces most of the humans to return to Earth. In the aftermath of the war, humans become the new Martians. A TV miniseries was made in 1980 by NBC and the BBC that was written by Richard Matheson and saw Rock Hudson leading the cast. Universal acquired the feature rights in 1997, where Steven Spielberg and Davis, among other producers, tried to get a project off the ground. Michael Tolkin and John Orloff were some of the writers who worked on a scri

Finally the series has been unleashed. MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY is now online at Machinima’s YouTube channel . The ten-part web series sprang from director Kevin Tancharoen's concept trailer for Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, a gritty re-imagining of the franchise characters in a real-world police procedural setting. The series, written by Tancharoen and Spartacus: Blood and Sand writers Todd and Aaron Helbing and starring Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan and Ian Anthony Dale (reprising their roles as Jax, Sonya Blade and Scorpion, respectively) mainly follows Scorpion, tasked by Jax and Sonya enter the underground tournament and bring down Shang Tsung, amidst his own personal vendetta against Sub-Zero. Watch the first episode after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

Michael Shannon as General Zod will face off against Henry Cavill’s Superman in director Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel . Warners Bros. announced Sunday that Shannon, who received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for Revolutionary Road for his performance as a mentally-troubled man and who has also been seen as a stern federal agent in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, has been cast as Superman’s nemesis. "Zod is not only one of Superman's most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman that others don't. Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role," Snyder said. Zod, like Superman, is from Krypton, where he commanded its armed forces. The character appeared in both 1978’s Superman and its 1980 sequel Superman II, where he was played by actor Terence Stamp. The developing cast of Man of Steel also includes Amy Adams as Lois La

Here is the trailer for the upcoming film Passion Play ,the film is written and directed by Mitch Glazer and stars Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray  and Megan Fox . Nate ( Mickey Rourke ), a small-time jazz musician, is clearly a hard-luck case. Caught trying to break into a car, he is taken off into the desert where his assailant puts a gun to his head. Game over? Not quite. Stumbling into a circus pitched amidst the vast expanses of the southwest desert, Nate finds himself drawn to the exotic beauty of Lily ( Megan Fox ), the Bird Woman. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Lily is cold and dismissive; socializing with customers is not her scene. But it dawns on her that this gentle giant may well be her way out of a life of eccentric exposition. Nate is protective and understanding, and to him her aquiline beauty is a magic part of her uniqueness. As their bond deepens, Nate finds that his dreams of bliss are about to be thwarted by Happy Shannon ( Bill Murray ), a cucumber-cool