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On the heels of Blumhouse Productions ‘ supernatural hit Insidious: Chapter 2 crossing $150M worldwide, Blumhouse and Universal are beefing up their sequel to this summer’s micro-budget horror-thriller The Purge . Frank Grillo ( The Grey ) will lead the cast of The Next Chapter of The Purge under returning Purge helmer James DeMonaco who is also writing and producing. Plot details are under wraps but there’s plenty of opportunity to explore the dystopian world established in the first film, which starred Ethan Hawke as a security system designer protecting his family from home invasion on the one night each year when the cops take a day off to let crime run rampant. The movie opened in June and grossed roughly $90M worldwide on a $3M budget. Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum, Sébastien K. Lemercier and Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will produce The Purge 2, which marks the latest Blumhouse project in Blum’s first-look deal with Uni. The sequel is alread

GETAWAY Review By: RAMA We were unable to make our screening for GETAWAY . But RAMA comes through with another great review. Make sure to LIKE his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter . Those who know me well know that I’m a sucker for car chase movies. Not because I’m an expert on cars or driving, but it’s because I’m the complete opposite, and so the fantasy of driving recklessly, getting away clean, high speed in movies is about as addicting and irresistible as it gets and GETAWAY doesn’t disappoint me. If I were to describe this movie, I’d say it’s TAKEN meets PHONE BOOTH , because most of the time, you only hear the voice of the antagonist, giving strict instructions and must-obey commands, until he’s revealed at the end of the movie. GETAWAY’s only low points are the writing and Selena Gomez . “ GETAWAY ” is the gritty, heart-pounding action thriller from Warner Bros. Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment starring Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (“Training D

Reality Bites , the cult 1994 romantic comedy that examined the angst of Generation X college graduates, is heading to primetime. The film’s director Ben Stiller and writer Helen Childress have teamed for a TV series version of the movie that starred Winona Ryder, Stiller and Ethan Hawke . Childress will write the single-camera comedy project, which is set up at NBC. It centers on recent college graduate Lelaina Pierce, the character played in the movie by Ryder, as she struggles to make her way — romantically and professionally — in the recession-plagued, pre-Internet early 1990s. Set in Houston, the show, and Lelaina herself with her video camera, chronicles the lives of her “slacker” friends with whom she shares an apartment. The series is produced by Universal Television, sibling to the film’s producer Universal Pictures. Co-producing with Uni TV are Stiller’s Red Hour Television and Double Feature Films, the company run by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, who were producer

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening GETAWAY on Aug 27, 2013 @7:30 pm @ AMC Mercado 20 in Santa Clara. GETAWAY is an upcoming American action thriller film starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez . Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan. Though originally reported to be a remake of the 1972 film The Getaway, the film is actually an original story. Brent Magna ( Ethan Hawke ) must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man ( Jon Voight ) to save his kidnapped wife. He is aided on his race against time by an anonymous, computer savvy girl known just as The Kid ( Selena Gomez ). Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Go to GOFOBO and enter code below SANDLEV6 DISCLAIMER: ARRIVE EARLY! SEATING IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE REVIEWING PRESS. THEATER IS OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE A FULL HOUSE. THEATRE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERBOOKING. THIS PASS DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMISSIO

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening GETAWAY on Aug 27, 2013 @7:30 pm @ Edwards Fresno Stadium 21 & Imax In Fresno. GETAWAY is an upcoming American action thriller film starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez . Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan. Though originally reported to be a remake of the 1972 film The Getaway, the film is actually an original story. Brent Magna ( Ethan Hawke ) must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man ( Jon Voight ) to save his kidnapped wife. He is aided on his race against time by an anonymous, computer savvy girl known just as The Kid ( Selena Gomez ). Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Go to GOFOBO and enter code below SAND5PQZ DISCLAIMER: ARRIVE EARLY! SEATING IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE REVIEWING PRESS. THEATER IS OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE A FULL HOUSE. THEATRE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERBOOKING. THIS PASS DOES NOT G

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening GETAWAY on Aug 27, 2013 @7:30 pm @ Century Stadium 14 in Sacramento. GETAWAY is an upcoming American action thriller film starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez . Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Gregg Maxwell Parker and Sean Finegan. Though originally reported to be a remake of the 1972 film The Getaway, the film is actually an original story. Brent Magna ( Ethan Hawke ) must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man ( Jon Voight ) to save his kidnapped wife. He is aided on his race against time by an anonymous, computer savvy girl known just as The Kid ( Selena Gomez ). Official Website - See how to win tickets after the Jump... Go to GOFOBO and enter code below SANDDZAQ DISCLAIMER: ARRIVE EARLY! SEATING IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE REVIEWING PRESS. THEATER IS OVERBOOKED TO ENSURE A FULL HOUSE. THEATRE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERBOOKING. THIS PASS DOES NOT GUARANTEE ADMIS

From writer-director Michael Almereyda, the film is a modern-day adaption of the classic play. Ed Harris has signed on to star opposite Ethan Hawke in writer-director Michael Almereyda's modern-day adaption of Shakespeare's Cymbeline . Scheduled to start principal photography on Aug. 19 in New York, Cymbeline unfolds as a battle between dirty cops and a drug-dealing biker gang set in a corruption-riddled 21st century America. Harris will play King Cymbeline. Anthony Katagas (12 Years a Slave) is producing alongside Michael Benaroya (Margin Call), who will fully finance the film through his banner Benaroya Pictures. Benaroya's Ben Sachs is exec producing the film. Harris' upcoming credits include The Weinstein Company’s Snowpiercer alongside Jamie Bell and Chris Evans and the romantic drama The Face of Love opposite Annette Bening. He is a four-time Academy Award nominee for his performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, The Hours and Pollock, which he also

We are pleased to share with you Warner Brother’s exciting new blockbuster film, the action-thriller Getaway , starring Ethan Hawke (Brent Magna), Selena Gomez (The Kid) and Jon Voight . Directed by Courtney Solomon, the CEO and Partner of After Dark Films. Thriller. Getaway is the gritty, heart-pounding action thriller in which former race car driver Brent Magna ( Ethan Hawke ) is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Shelby Cobra Mustang, taking it and its unwitting owner ( Selena Gomez ) on a high-speed race against time, at the command of a mysterious voice who is holding his wife hostage Getaway is hitting theaters nationwide everywhere this Labor Day (August 30th). Director: Courtney Solomon Writers: Written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker Producers: Christopher Milburn, Moshe Diamant, Courtney Solomon, Allan Zeman Executive Producers: Julius R. Nasso, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jo

The Purge review By: MattInRC Spoiler Alert! The Purge has all the best intentions, but its execution is terribly flawed. The era of ultra-violence is upon us: stories about baddies dying terrific deaths, or heroes leaping from cars to defy the rules of gravity, are celebrated and marketed by Hollywood as part of The Summer Movie Season. A society bent on enjoying such entertainment over more meaningful (and potentially just as thrilling) stories seems to be all Hollywood can produce now, such as the well-intentioned but poorly-executed thriller The Purge . It's the kind of film that could have been so much more but achieves far less. It's the year 2022, and crime/general suffering is at an astonishing 1% No, we haven't founded The United Federation of Planets, or come up with a new food and money supply to bring the world happiness. What society has achieved is far more morbid: during one 12-hour period each year, Americans are allowed to engage in The

Here are photos from the exclusive Fan Screening of " THE PURGE " at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, with Producer Jason Blum and cast members Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane and Max Burkholder . If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity—including murder—becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become wh

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for THE PURGE ! The screening is on Tuesday, June 4 - 7:00 PM Century Oakridge in San Jose. THE PURGE is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey . Set in 2022, the United States becomes a nation reborn with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all time low thanks to an annual 12 hour period from the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 called  THE PURGE , during which all crime including murder is legal, and emergency services suspended. The film, set during  THE PURGE , follows the Sandin family which lets in a stranger requesting help, this leads to a group of strangers in masks terrorising them, saying if they do not hand over their targeted victim who entered their house that they will kill everyone During this night of violence and crime, a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's ( Ethan Hawke ) fortifi

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for THE PURGE ! The screening is on Tuesday, June 4 - 8:00 PM AMC Metreon in San Francisco. THE PURGE is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey . Set in 2022, the United States becomes a nation reborn with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all time low thanks to an annual 12 hour period from the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 called  THE PURGE , during which all crime including murder is legal, and emergency services suspended. The film, set during  THE PURGE , follows the Sandin family which lets in a stranger requesting help, this leads to a group of strangers in masks terrorising them, saying if they do not hand over their targeted victim who entered their house that they will kill everyone During this night of violence and crime, a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's ( Ethan Hawke ) fortifi

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for THE PURGE ! The screening is on Tuesday, June 4 - 7:00 PM Century 16 Greenback Lane in Sacramento. THE PURGE is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey . Set in 2022, the United States becomes a nation reborn with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all time low thanks to an annual 12 hour period from the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 called  THE PURGE , during which all crime including murder is legal, and emergency services suspended. The film, set during  THE PURGE , follows the Sandin family which lets in a stranger requesting help, this leads to a group of strangers in masks terrorising them, saying if they do not hand over their targeted victim who entered their house that they will kill everyone During this night of violence and crime, a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's ( Ethan Hawke

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for THE PURGE ! The screening is on Tuesday, June 4 - 7:00 PM Manchester Mall Stadium in Fresno. THE PURGE is a 2013 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by James DeMonaco. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey . Set in 2022, the United States becomes a nation reborn with crime and unemployment rates hitting an all time low thanks to an annual 12 hour period from the evening of June 7 to the morning of June 8 called  THE PURGE , during which all crime including murder is legal, and emergency services suspended. The film, set during  THE PURGE , follows the Sandin family which lets in a stranger requesting help, this leads to a group of strangers in masks terrorising them, saying if they do not hand over their targeted victim who entered their house that they will kill everyone During this night of violence and crime, a stranger screaming for help is let into James Sandin's ( Ethan Hawke ) for

THE PURGE will be released by Universal Pictures on Friday, June 7, 2013 . If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a speculative thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity—including murder—becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, h

Here is Universal Pictures 2013 SPRING/SUMMER PREVIEW for you to enjoy. FAST & FURIOUS 6 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6 . Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano . Since Dom ( Diesel ) and Brian's ( Walker ) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs ( Johnson ) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind ( Evans ) is aided by a ruthless se