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Focus features has released the first official artwork for their feature film adaptation of the erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey . The teaser will also soon be posted as billboards in five outdoor locations, starting what the studio calls their yearlong countdown to Valentine’s Day 2015 when the movie opens wide. Focus Features says American fans should keep an eye out in the following cities for the Fifty Shades billboards: New York (Grand Street & 6th Ave); Los Angeles (Wilshire Blvd. & Gayley); Chicago (LaSalle & Hubbard); San Francisco (Mission St. & 6th); and Seattle (1st & Wall St.). Fifty Shades of Grey opens February 13, 2015. Please Leave A Comment- Source- IGN

Running around Los Angeles in a filthy yellow dress? Effie Trinket would be scandalised. Still, that’s the situation Elizabeth Banks finds herself in after a drunken one-night stand in Walk Of Shame . The film stars Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Wright, Ethan Suplee, Oliver Hudson and Willie Garson . Banks plays Meghan Miles, an aspiring LA TV news anchor, who loses the audition for her dream job. Crushed, she agrees to go out with her friends for an uncharacteristic night of partying. After an unsatisfying time at a club, she meets and goes home with a stranger (James Marsden) and awakens the next morning in his bed to a phone message from her agent telling her the job is hers, if she can make it across town by 5 pm. Watch the trailer after the Jump... Stranded in an unknown area with no money, no working phone, and no car, she embarks on a series of misadventures as she races to the most important job interview of her life. Cue run-ins with cops,

Here are the reactions from  Matthew McConaughey and  Jared Leto on their Oscar Nominations . Focus Features received the following 6 Oscar Nominations: Best Picture: Producers, Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto Best Original Screenplay: Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack Best Film Editing: John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Robin Mathews and Adruitha Lee DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Actor in a Leading Role Matthew McConaughey “I am honored and grateful for this nomination. I love working in an industry and craft that inspires me daily and allows me to tell stories that translate humanities and move people. I share this with the entire DALLAS BUYERS CLUB family of filmmakers, cast, and crew -- and the real-life Ron Woodroofs and Rayons who continue to fight and live with dignity. Thank you.” - Matthew McConaughey DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Actor in a Supporting Role Jared Leto “I am ab

Below are quotes from Golden Globe Nominees Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto from Focus Features' DALLAS BUYERS CLUB . Dallas Buyers Club is an American drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, and Steve Zahn . The film is based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, who was the subject of a lengthy 1992 article in The Dallas Morning News written by journalist and author Bill Minutaglio. Focus Features received the following Golden Globe Nominations: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB  BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE- Matthew McConaughey “I'm excited and honored that the HFPA has recognized my performance in Dallas Buyers Club. Ron Woodroof was a revolutionary for the human spirit, and I was blessed to tell his story. I’m looking forward to spending the evening at the Golden Globes on January 12th.” --Matthew McConaughey, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture DALLAS BUYERS CLUB  BEST PER

Dallas Buyers Club Review By: MattInRC Why does the raunchy Dallas Buyers Club have to be so...raunchy? The intense and rowdy Dallas Buyers Club is uncomfortable to watch, not merely for its story about a 1986 Dallas bull rider stricken with AIDS (a particularly good Matthew McConaughey ) and his attempts to bring medicine across the Mexican border, but for the line it crosses in the first minute. McConaughey's Woodroof is seen having sex in the bull stalls before a competition, while a fellow rider appears to die in the ring. For that time, such lewd behavior was probably normal, but soon he's using language that no reviewer can share to describe actor Rock Hudson's affliction and Woodroof's feelings about homosexuals. Cue the moment when a local doctor informs him that he too has contracted HIV, due entirely to a wild sex-drugs lifestyle that's left him emaciated and easily bruised. Woodroof decides it's time to seek treatment, which won

Win Tickets To An Advance For Screening For Dallas Buyers Club on November 14th @ 7:00 pm in Sacramento. Dallas Buyers Club is an upcoming 2013 American drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, and Steve Zahn . The film is based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, who was the subject of a lengthy 1992 article in The Dallas Morning News written by journalist and author Bill Minutaglio. In 1986 Dallas, homophobic drug addict party boy Ron Woodroof is diagnosed with HIV and is given 30 days to live. He starts taking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AZT, the only legal drug available in the U.S, which brings him to the brink of death. To survive, he smuggles anti-viral medications from all over the world, but still illegal in the U.S. Other AIDS patients seek out his medications forgoing hospitals, doctors, and AZT. With the help of his doctor, Eve Saks ( Garner ) and a fellow patient, Rayon, Ron create

Christian Grey no more! Universal Pictures and Focus Features have announced that Charlie Hunnam will be replaced in the highly anticipated film adaption of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey due to his busy schedule. "The filmmakers of Fifty Shades of Grey and Charlie Hunnam have agreed to find another male lead given Hunnam's immersive TV schedule which is not allowing him time to adequately prepare for the role of Christian Grey," the studios said in a joint statement on Saturday, Oct. 12. After a tireless search, Hunnam, 33, was finally confirmed on Sept. 2 to take on the lead role of Grey alongside actress Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele. "So... Christian…" James teased via Twitter at the time. "The gorgeous and talented Charlie Hunnam will be Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey." And now? "I wish Charlie all the best. x," the author of the three book series wrote just moments after the shoc

Here is the first trailer for DALLAS BUYERS CLUB. Matthew McConaughey is almost unrecognizable in this trailer. Spirit Award winner Matthew McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1985, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as H.I.V.-positive and given 30 days to live. Ron grabbed hold of non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, he established a “buyers club,” which fellow H.I.V.-positive people could join for access to his supplies. Watch the trailer after the Jump...   Please Leave A Comment-

The Word’s End Review By: Nicolas Souza If you enjoy laughing at Simon Pegg jumping over fences and killing zombies in Shawn of the Dead or Nick Frost shooting two guns whilst jumping through the air in Hot Fuzz , then get your hangover cure ready to drink all the way to The World’s End . Edgar Wright ( Scott Pilgram versus the World ) returns to the helm of this third, and final, entry of the “ Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy .” Front man Simon Pegg and his right hand man Nick Frost along with a lineup of actors from the previous two films are back. After surviving the zombie apocalypse and ending the threat of the murderous Neighborhood Watch Alliance, they are ready to drink the night away, until everything goes horribly wrong. The World’s End introduces us to Gary King ( Pegg ). A down on his luck loser who is forever haunted by the one thing he never finished in his childhood, The Golden Mile; the task of having at least one pint at all twelve local pubs on the same night

The World's End Review By: MattInRC The appropriately-named The World's End is the funniest comedy of the year. If you've seen Actor Simon Pegg before his Star Trek: Into Darkness days, you'll remember him as the guy who created Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz , both hilarious takes on their respective genres. Since then, we've seen zombie and conspiracy flicks get a lot more serious leading to a 2013 Summer seemingly inundated with them. Luckily, Pegg's new project The World's End doesn't take itself too seriously, merging two seemingly unconnected things - drinking and alien invasion - into one of the funniest and most rewarding comedies we've seen in awhile. THE WORLD'S END Junket Interviews With Cast- Gary King ( Pegg ) is a washed-up drunken loser who can't seem to move on from his free teenage days. Institutionalized for a brief period and sporting the same 'trenchcoat fashion' from his youth, his best days are clea

We had the pleasure of being invited to attend  THE WORLD'S END  junket in San Francisco earlier this month.  And who other to send but our main man Nic Souza. Mr. Souza (if your nasty) also attended the junket for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS in May for us. It was like Simon Pegg and Nic were best Friends when they sat down and talked this go around. The day after the San Francisco premier of the last entry in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy The World's End , which was followed by a brief Q&A session with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright , Here is Nic's interview below: I sat down for a round table interview with the trio. Interviewer: Last night during the brief Q&A, you talked about wanting to show parts of England that weren't London. Then in your movies you have parts of England that aren't London have zombies, they have murderers, they have what we see in this movie. Edgar Wright: Which is basically saying, “don't go to England.”

In celebration of THE WORLD'S END debut this Friday, Focus Features has just unveiled the new interactive screenplay from the second installment to The Cornetto Trilogy , Hot Fuzz . Packed with original storyboards, behind-the-scenes images, videos, b-roll footage and original page notes, check out the new screenplay from co-writers Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg below. THE WORLD'S END opens in theatres this Friday, August 23rd, 2013! NEW HOT FUZZ INTERACTIVE SCREENPLAY Hot Fuzz : http://hotfuzzscript.com/ For the interactive screenplay to The Cornetto Trilogy lead-off Shaun of the Dead : http://bit.ly/13JTnjI Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for a third film following the successes "Shaun of the Dead" (2004) and "Hot Fuzz" (2007). In "The World's End," 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. T

Win Tickets To An Advance Screening For THE WORLD'S END . The screening is on Thursday, August 22, 7:30pm @ Regal Arden Fair 6 in Sacramento. The film stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike . And directed by Edgar Wright (“Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) The third installment of director Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost , following the successes “ Shaun of the Dead ” (2004) and “ Hot Fuzz ” (2007). In “ The World’s End ,” 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King ( Simon Pegg ), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, t

Explore the pages behind The Cornetto Trilogy lead-off, Shaun Of The Dead , with a new interactive screenplay from Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg! Don't miss the conclusion to the trilogy with THE WORLD'S END opening in theatres everywhere on Friday, August 23rd, 2013! Director Edgar Wright and actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite for a third film following the successes " Shaun of the Dead " (2004) and " Hot Fuzz " (2007). In " The World's End ," 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King ( Simon Pegg ), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub - The World's End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future,

Sit down with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg & Nick Frost as they discuss the origins behind The Cornetto Trilogy in two new featurettes from Focus Features' THE WORLD'S END -- opening in theatres on Friday, August 23rd, 2013! "The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy" "Director at Work" THE WORLD'S END at San Diego Comic-Con - Thursday 7/18: Fan Crawl starting at 1pm at The Commons SD. Open to all, 12 lucky winners will win tickets to the invite-only The World's End Comic-Con party that evening. - Friday 7/19 : 10am panel featuring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, moderated by Chris Hardwick from Nerdist. - Friday 7/19 : The World's End screening. 100 lucky fans can win tickets by collecting 12 trading cards on the streets of San Diego. THE WORLD'S END opens in theatres on August 23rd, 2013! Official Website: http://www.theworldsendmovie.com Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/the

IGN & FOCUS FEATURES ANNOUNCE KICK-OFF TO COMIC-CON PARTY IN CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD' END TAKE PART IN THE IGN FAN CRAWL IN SAN DIEGO ON THURSDAY, JULY 18TH FOR YOUR CHANCE TO ATTEND! IGN is teaming up with Focus Features to host their annual invitation-only Comic-Con launch party at the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, July 18th in celebration of the epic finale to Edgar Wright’s “ Blood & Ice Cream ” trilogy, THE WORLD’S END . The eagerly anticipated comedy stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, and Rosamund Pike . Twelve lucky fans will win access to the party after competing in THE WORLD’S END: IGN Fan Crawl , a trivia event featuring all things Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz ! The three-hour Crawl will commence at 1:00 PM on Thursday afternoon at The Commons SD ( www.thecommonssd.com ) and proceed to the Hotel Solamar and Hard Rock Hotel until twelve winners emerge victorious. “Good food, fine ales and total annihi

Working Title and Focus Features have picked up the rights to Charlotte Rogan's debut historical novel. Anne Hathaway is attached to star in and produce The Lifeboat, an adaptation of a book by Charlotte Rogan, whose rights have just been jointly acquired by Working Title and Focus Features. The story centers on Grace Winter, who is standing trial for murder in 1914. The young woman is both a newlywed and a widow, and she recounts how she survived the sinking of the transatlantic ship Empress with the help of her new husband only to end up in a lifeboat. The quandary, however, is that there are too many people in the boat and the survivors soon start talking about getting rid of certain people. William Broyles Jr., whose credits range from Apollo 13 to Castaway to Flags of Our Fathers , is writing the script. Hathaway will produce with Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Liza Chasin of Working Title, along with Film 360's Suzan Bymel and Ben Forkner. Broyles will exec produ

FOCUS FEATURES’ AFRICA FIRST PROGRAM BEGINS SIXTH YEAR, ACCEPTING ENTRIES; $10,000 IN FINANCING APIECE EARMARKED FOR NEW FILMMAKERS. To commence its sixth year, Focus Features’ Africa First Program will accept entries continuing through Monday, August 19th, with applications needing to be received by Thursday, August 29th. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today. The uniquely conceived initiative, with funds earmarked exclusively for emerging filmmakers of African nationality and residence, is for the sixth consecutive year offering eligible and participating filmmakers the chance to be awarded $10,000 in financing for pre-production, production, and/or post-production on their narrative short film made in continental Africa and tapping into the resources of the film industry there. The program also brings the filmmakers together with each other and with a renowned group of advisors, major figures in the African film world, for support and mentorship. Past short fil

After a lengthy search, Universal and Focus Features seem to be closer to starting production on their much-anticipated adaptation of “ Fifty Shades of Grey .” Several sources tell Variety that while no deal is in place, Joe Wright is the choice to helm the feature adaptation of the steamy E.L. James novel. Though some reports say Wright has not won the job, one insider very close to the production says he is the man. Universal had no comment. U, Focus and producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti had been looking for some time for a director who could bring prestige to a book described by many as “mommy porn.” It’s a tricky project since following the book closely would inevitably result in an commercially undesirable NC-17 rating, while going easy on the sensuous elements of the story could disappoint fans of the runaway bestseller that started as an e-book derived from “Twilight” fan fiction. The other directors considered for the job included “Monster” helmer Patty J

Dallas Buyers Club , currently in post-production, has been acquired by Focus Features for domestic theatrical release in the second half of 2013. The company has also acquired Latin American rights to the feature. Focus CEO James Schamus and Focus president Andrew Karpen made the announcement today. A Truth Entertainment production, Dallas Buyers Club is produced by Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter. Spirit Award winner Matthew McConaughey stars in the fact-based drama for director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria). The film’s original screenplay is by Craig Borten and Melissa Wallack. In Dallas Buyers Club, Mr. McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1986, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. With the U.S. still internally divided over how to combat the virus and restricting medicati