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EW got a chance to talk to direct Brad Bird while he was promoting the release of Pixar’s The Incredibles on Blu-Ray, they took the chance to talk about his upcoming live action directorial debut Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and working with Tom Cruise .  And what might be his next film,  1906 (a disaster film about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.) How’s Mission: Impossible gone so far? It was a very challenging shoot. It’s a big film and we had to move around a lot. We were doing a lot of physical effects live — we weren’t using special effects. And so it was physically a real challenge. Did you come across situations where you wish it was an animated film? Yes and no. The wonderful thing about animation is you have absolute control over every frame. The nightmare of animation is that you have absolute control over every frame. Literally, you have to decide upon everything, and you don’t get anything for free. You can’t go to a location and simply say, “This lo

IFC Midnight and Dark Sky Films, have unearthed the trailer for their upcoming STAKE LAND , starring Kelly McGillis and Danielle Harris . America is a lost nation. When an epidemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Cities are tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearful of nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin ( Gossip Girl's Connor Paolo ) is taken under the wing of a grizzled, wayward hunter ( In the Cut's Nick Damici ) whose new prey are the undead. Make sure you head over to the films Facebook page for all your updates on the film. Here is the trailer for STAKE LAND Opens on Friday. April 22nd Watch the trailer after the Jump... Directed by Jim Mickle Written by Nick Damici & Jim Mickle Starring Nick Damici, Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris, Kelly McGillis, Sean Nelson & Michael Cerveris FESTIVALS / ACCOLADES: Winner, Midnight Madness Audience Award: 2010 Toron

On behalf of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we are pleased to present the official assets for SNIPER: RELOADED , which will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on April 26th, 2011. Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett, son of renowned sniper Thomas Beckett, must turn to his former protégé ( Billy Zane ) to track down and kill a mysterious sniper before he kills his next target. Watch the trailer after the Jump... SYNOPSIS: While working with the UN Forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins), son of renowned sniper Thomas Beckett, receives orders to rescue a European farmer trapped in the middle of hostile rebel territory. When he and his men arrive at the farm, a mysterious sniper ambushes them, wounding Beckett and killing everyone else. With the help of his father’s former protégé, sniper instructor Richard Miller (Billy Zane), Beckett must learn to think like a sniper to track down the assassin before the sniper returns to

In honor of the on demand release of the new IFC dark comedy SUPER , unlikely superheroes The Crimson Bolt ( Rainn Wilson ) and sidekick Boltie ( Ellen Page ) have traveled to Austin to speak with Personal Security Expert Frank Corpus about crime during the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. See The Crimson Bolt hit the dangerous streets of Austin to take the city back! When sad-sack loser Frank ( Rainn Wilson ) sees his ex-addict wife ( Liv Tyler ) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer ( Kevin Bacon ), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie ( Ellen Page ), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! SUPE

Rio Movie Review By: Beevers Rio starts with a baby Blue Macaw watching, from his nest, the other birds of the rain forest dancing, singing, and flying. Just as he is about to try to fly from his nest he sees smugglers catching the other birds and he finds himself caught and stuffed into a cage. Next we see a truck with exotic animals driving through Minnesota and a crate falls out the back. Lucky for this baby bird he is found by a sweet little girl named Linda ( Leslie Mann ). Linda and Blu ( Jesse Eisenberg ) are inseparable for the next 15 years, where we see a great photo montage of them growing up together, which reminded me of Up. Then Linda and Blu are visited by an scientist from Brazil who tells them that Blu is the last known male of his species and that he has a female for Blu to breed with. Linda and Blu soon find themselves in Rio de Janeiro where Blu meets Jewel ( Anne Hathaway ) the female Blue Macaw. Jewel doesn't really want anything to do with Blu, s

Now don't get confused with the name of the film " Sleeping Beauty " This is no Disney princess movie here. Julia Leigh directed film and is set to premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Emily Browning ( Sucker Punch ) plays Lucy, a young university student who is drawn into prostitution, drugged, and unable to recollect her activities. The script made the 2008 Black List of unproduced screenplays grabbing attention in Hollywood. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Sleeping Beauty from Pollen Digital on Vimeo . Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Please Leave A Comment-

Hanna Movie Review By: SandwichJohn I have to start off by saying that this movie was honestly really well made. The direction in the film was just amazing, and the entire movie was like a painting in the making, by the end of the film you got to see the master piece. The Best movie of the year so far. Make sure to come back later this week for my interview with director Joe Wright and star Saorise Ronan . If your going into the film wanting a straight action film then this movie isn't what your looking for. The story is the true star of the movie with superb action thrown in. The movie was directed by Joe Wright who is not known for action movies at all. He is known more for directing period pieces. He has directed films like Pride & Prejudice, Oscar nominated Atonement and The Soloist . With this being his first taste directing action films, I think this is one path if he decides to continue down would be a nice change for the genre of directing action films. And the

Paramount has picked up an untitled comedy pitch from Anna Faris as a starring vehicle for the multi-hyphenate. Joe Roth and Palak Patel of Roth Films are on board to produce. While details of the plot are being kept under wraps, the story revolves around Faris and a new roommate, who turns out to be a stalker from hell. The idea for the project came from Faris’ reps — her agent at Gersh and manager at Anonymous Content — after they heard the comedienne recount a funny incident that happened to her in real life. The idea was further developed by writer Deanna Kizis (who co-wrote Camp Rules for Montecito) and Patel. Kizis will now write the script Faris will exec produce with Doug Wald. One of the few female comedic actresses that can open movies, Faris (Scary Movie, The House Bunny) will next star in Fox’s What’s Your Number, which opens September 30. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

When Discovery executives take the stage at Lincoln Center for their annual upfront presentation later today, they’ll have three specials, 4 new series and another 12 returning shows to share with Madison Avenue buyers. “Discovery is mining content gold with one-of-a-kind characters, extraordinary places and unrivaled production quality that reinforces the network’s heritage while constantly innovating and pushing the brand forward,” said the channel’s president and general manager Clark Bunting. Among the specials lining the schedule of Discovery Communications’ mothership is Frozen Planet , from the team behind Discovery’s award winning Planet Earth . As its title suggests, Frozen will take viewers to the earth’s polar regions. Joining it are Where’s My Mammoth and the summer-time return of Shark Week . The net’s new series include Penn & Teller’s Secrets of the Universe , which has the Vegas duo answering such head scratchers such as ‘Can you lift a 5,000-pound car with hu

Chloe Moretz twitted this morning that she will be starting in the upcoming Tim Burton Film Dark Shadows. She will star along side Johnny Depp ,Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Sheen. ChloeGMoretz: So happy to announce that I'm officially attached to #DarkShadows the new #TimBurton film such excitement!! <3 so happy Check out her Video blog to hear the announcement. Please Leave A Comment-

Here is your first look from the upcoming film SHARK NIGHT 3D . The film was directed by David R. Ellis (Snakes on a Plane). This terrifying thrill ride features a red-hot young cast including Sara Paxton (Superhero Movie, Last House on the Left), Dustin Milligan (“90210,” Slither), Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”), Joel David Moore (Avatar) and Katharine McPhee (The House Bunny). SHARK NIGHT 3D hits theaters on September 2, 2011 Please Leave A Comment-

ABC announced Thursday that “ All My Children ,” which began its run in 1970 and  One Life To Live , have been canceled. The daytime staples will end in September and January, respectively. In their place, ABC will launch two new younger-skewing, lifestyle-oriented series, The Chew and The Revolution . Chew , an hour-long food series executive produced by Gordon Elliot (Paula Deen's Home Cooking), will bow in September and be hosted by Mario Batali (Iron Chef America), Clinton Kelly (What Not to Wear), Carla Hall (Top Chef), Michael Symon (Iron Chef America) and nutrition expert Daphne Oz. Revolution , a health and lifestyle series hosted by experts and guest contributors that will bow in January. JD Roth (The Biggest Loser) will executive produce with 3 Ball Productions. Fashion expert Tim Gunn, trainer Harley Pasternak and American Idol alum Kimberly Locke will host the series, which will document one woman's five-month weight-loss journey every week with a reveal every

In January, Fox executives gave TV critics gathered for their winter meeting an upbeat appraisal of the network's costly and ambitious sci-fi series Terra Nova . With Steven Spielberg lending the project his dinosaur cred, Terra Nova had already attracted lots of interest on the Internet, with fans panting to get a look at a two-hour preview set for May. But even then, key players on the project suspected that the chances of delivering that preview were not good. And though Fox promoted the series during the Super Bowl in February, the network acknowledged weeks later that it would not launch until fall because its visual effects "require more time to be realized." But sources involved with the project say the situation was more complicated than that. With more than a dozen executive producers credited on the pilot and an array of writers coming and going, the series returned from its shoot in Australia in December without enough footage to create the promised two-hou

Director Peter Jackson , via his facebook page , takes you, on the first of many behind the scene videos he plans to deliver the fans during the production of the upcoming film " The Hobbit ." In the video we get a chance to take a look at the pre production of the film, amazing film sets, wardrobe and the cast. Watch the video after the Jump... The Hobbit, to be made as two 3D films, follows the journey of Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of 13 dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers and ultimately Baggins' meeting with Gollum, where he gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring --