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VIVEK J. TIWARY’S THE FIFTH BEATLE GRAPHIC NOVEL WINS TWO HARVEY AWARDS INCLUDING “BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC ALBUM” Based on Popular Demand Dark Horse Comics to Begin Third Printing of the Book The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story , the acclaimed New York Times #1 Best-Selling graphic novel by writer/producer Vivek J. Tiwary and artists Andrew C. Robinson and Kyle Baker, published by Dark Horse Comics, won two honors at this year’s 2014 Harvey Awards: Best Original Graphic Album and Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation. The Harvey Awards, presented at a special banquet at Baltimore Comic-Con, are one of the comic book industry’s oldest and most respected awards; and the only industry awards both nominated by and selected by the full body of comic book professionals. This award highlights the success of The Fifth Beatle, which also recently won the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based work. Based on the positive reviews and consumer demand, Dark Horse Com

We are pleased to share photos from the premiere of HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday evening. Based on the best-selling novel by Francois Lelord, HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS is directed by Peter Chelsom and stars Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno and Christopher Plummer . See all the images after the Jump... Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny

Skydance is producing the sequel to 1980s classic with Jerry Bruckheimer Justin Marks , the writer behind Disney’s upcoming live-action version of The Jungle Book , in negotiations to work on Top Gun 2 , the sequel to the 1980s Tom Cruise classic that is being made by Paramount and Skydance. The move will goose up the long-in-the-works sequel and comes after the recent Paramount arrival of producer Jerry Bruckheimer. After years with a studio deal at Disney, Bruckheimer moved to the Melrose Avenue-based studio lot in April. David Ellison of Skydance is also producing. Skydance's Dana Goldberg is exec producing. Cruise is slated to return as ace pilot Maverick in a story that aims to show the relevance of good old fashioned pilots in today’s high-tech, drone-centric war environment. Peter Craig, the scribe who wrote Ben Affleck’s The Town, wrote the previous draft a couple of years ago. The project lost some jet fuel when Tony Scott, the director of the 1986 original a

TV Review: The Leftovers "The Prodigal Son Returns" By: Brandon Wolfe From the start, ‘ The Leftovers ’ has struggled with trying to figure out just what it wants to be. Though the series was sold on a humdinger of a premise – 2% of the world’s population vanishes inexplicably into thin air – the meat of the show has dealt with the small town of Mapleton and its mopey, grief-riddled denizens. That tug-of-war between that tantalizingly fantastic high concept and the low-stakes misery of its characters, with the misery handily winning out, has led to an inert, relentlessly unenjoyable viewing experience. The series could just as easily be about the aftermath of a mass shooting or a pipeline explosion to the same effect. It’s a series about sadness and loss, and little else. Its faux-profundity and all-thumbs approach to symbolism do little to assist with the fact that ‘The Leftovers’ is a vehicle running on the wispiest of fumes. In the immediate aftermath of Patti’s sp

It's official: Fox is plotting a TV sequel to Tom Cruise's 2002 feature Minority Report . The drama has landed at the network with a hefty put-pilot commitment that has a significant penalty attached, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The Minority Report follow-up takes place 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C., when one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a "normal" human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future. He meets a detective haunted by her past who just may help him find a purpose to his gift. From Amblin Television, Paramount Television and 20th Century Fox Television, Godzilla's Max Borenstein will pen the script and executive produce. Amblin's Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will executive produce. The original sci-fi film was directed by Steven Spielberg — who executive produces Amblin's Falling Skies, Under the Dome, Extant, Red Band Society and more. The feature was loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short

Our local hero and Sacramento's finest director Joe Carnahan's upcoming film STRETCH , has unleashed images and footage online. Make sure to follow @stretchthemovie . #Indeedy #areyouafirestarter Universal decided not to release director Joe Carnahan’s STRETCH , produced by Jason Blum , which was supposed to hit theaters last March. Big mistake. STRETCH starring Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Jessica Alba, Brooklyn Decker and Ed Helms See all the images after the Jump... The story is about about a down on his luck, drowning in debt, chauffeur (Wilson) trying to pay of his debt to a bookie, by driving around a mysterious billionaire (Pine) who drags the chauffeur to hell and back by selling info on his criminal associates to the highest bidder. Ed Helms plays a limo driver colleague of Wilson’s, STRETCH’s conscience and voice of reason. Brooklyn Decker plays Wilson’s materialistic, wild ex-girlfriend, engaged to another man. Please Leave A Comment-

For his return to the World War Two arena for the first time since Inglourious Basterds , Brad Pitt is working with End Of Watch director David Ayer , who has another men-on-a-mission drama to deliver via Fury. Pitt's Sergeant 'Wardaddy' Collier is the tank commander on a mission behind enemy lines. He has kept his crew alive through the War, but in the final push into Germany things are about to get tougher. Logan Lerman 's the new guy just assigned to the crew, all fresh-faced and barely even ready to take his place as the gunner. He’ll find that war is a cruel, unsparing teacher, but that the people around him will eventually become his family – assuming they all make it through. Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal and Shia LaBeouf round out the crew, with Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood and Xavier Samuel also among the cast. Please Leave A Comment-

Watch the official trailer for THE DEVIL’S HAND . Starring Jennifer Carpenter, Rufus Sewell, Alycia Debnam Carey, Adelaide Kane, Leah Pipes and Thomas McDonell. THE DEVIL’S HAND will be available OnDemand and open in theaters October 10, 2014. Please Leave A Comment-

Images from MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN Toronto Int'l Film Festival Gala Screening. MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN celebrated its Gala Premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival where stars Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Kaitlyn Dever, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Crocicchia, Will Peltz, Katherine Hughes, Elena Kampouris, Travis Tope and Timothée Chalamet walked the red carpet alongside Director/Co-Writer/Producer Jason Reitman, Producer Helen Estabrook, Executive Producer Michael Beugg, Executive Producer Mason Novick, Co-Writer Erin Cressida Wilson, and Novelist Chad Kultgen. MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN, from Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush Productions is in limited release in theaters on 10/03/14 in San Francisco, 10/10 in Sacramento and 10/17 in Fresno. See all the images after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment

VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES " FROM ABOVE " IN THEATERS AND VIDEO ON DEMAND SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 Last year's SXSW Award Winner can be seen across the country in theaters! Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment, Eleven-55 Films and Director/Producer Norry Niven comes the visually artistic and enchanting love story FROM ABOVE . Fans of the film can now see it on the big screen in their hometown and at the same time they can see it on demand from iTunes, Amazon and Walmart.com. FROM ABOVE (formerly Chasing Shakespeare) spent the past year taking the festival circuit by storm with over 34 accolades nationwide including: Winner of Best Feature Film at both the AFI Cannes Film Festival and FirstGlance Hollywood Film Festival. Exclusive fan-demanded screenings have been set in select cities. This will be the first time fans can experience the magic on the big screen by simply clicking http://www.tugg.com/titles/from-above or by checking out FROM ABOVE on Facebook . FROM A