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Dedicated to creating a film that gets back at Los Angeles parking enforcement.

-Do you have trouble finding a place to park?
-Ever deal with a meter maid on a power trip?
-Ever gotten you car towed?
-Do you find the parking signs confusing

We are a group of people that want to take a jab back at the man. We hate parking enforcement. In a city of automotive travel, we are forced to succumb to the rigid laws and limited parking in a corrupt town. Our goal is to make a film that knocks the man down a step. Help support a film that takes "the best of the best" of "LA's finest" meter maids and sets him up for a crushing fall in this punchy dark comedy...
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Lindsay Lohan in 'Machete'?!

As the titles implies, Lindsay Lohan might end up in Rober Rodriguez's next film. If the news of this caused you to become disgusted, outraged or both, may I say you are NOT alone. Nothing personal against Lindsay but, I honestly feel like she lacks what a good actor/actress has, known as talent.

Enough with criticism and on with the news. Rodriguez confirmed to MTV at Comic Con that Danny Trejo will star as Machete and that Michelle Rodriguez is on-board for sure. What still remains to be seen is if Robert DeNiro will have a role since Rodriguez won't say if the rumor is true. What he did have to say was "Lindsay's cool, there's actually cool part in the movie for her if she takes it." So it seems Ms. Lohan might have been offered a role for Machete but, hasn't given an answer as of yet.

The interview is after the break.

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'Zombieland' and '2012' SDCC Interviews

This past Saturday over at Comic Con Cinematical's Kevin Kelly was able to interview directors Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and Roland Emmerich (2012) as well as Jesse Eisenberg, who will star in Zombieland.

Zombieland opens on October 9, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Woody Harrelson, while 2012 opens on November 13, starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, and Thandie Newton.

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The Book of Eli

I don't know about this one..I'm having troubles with Denzel as the lead character in this action film. I don't think he's capable of pulling this role off but i could be wrong, let me know what you think in a comment below.

Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Release: January 15, 2010
Director: Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Writer: Gary Whitta
Cast: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Evan Jone
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TRON

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writer: Eddie Kitsis
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner
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PG-13 Movie Rating Turns... 25!

It all started 25 years ago when Steven Spielberg served as executive producer for Gremlins and directed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. These two movies sparked concern among parents who thought the Motion Picture Association of America's rating of PG was not appropriate for both movies. In those days the only existing ratings were G, PG, R, and X with X being changed to NC-17 in 1990. Logically the only other choice was the R rating, which also wasn't right for both movies.

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As Spielberg himself said, he created a problem that he also supplied the solution to. He talked to Jack Valenti (president and founder of the MPAA) and suggested that a new rating be created. His suggested rating was PG-14 but, after Valenti consulted with theater owners and parents a decision was made and so marked the birth of... (drum roll) ...PG-13.

On a summer like this one over two decades ago we had Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom open on May 23, 1984 with Gremlins following two weeks later on June 8. This gave way to the very first PG-13 rated film titled Red Dawn, which opened that 10th of August. We certainly owe a lot to Spielberg and the two aforementioned films but, not as much as Hollywood who has really taken advantage of this over the years. As it stands now 10 of the 20 top films of 2008 are rated PG-13 as well as 12 out of the 20 top films of all time.
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The Hangover Is The Biggest R-Rated Comedy Of All Time

recently released 'Hangover' passes $235 million domestically,

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It becomes the highest grossing R-Rated comedy ever. I can only hope that future R-rated comedy's can be half as funny as this film was. Thanks to SuperBad which i believe help spark the release of current films like Knocked Up,Role Models,and of course The Hangover.

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Movie Review: Orphan

Last night I attended the premiere of Orphan. With this said I must warn you that spoilers will follow so read on at your own discretion. I went in not expecting a lot from this film but, I was sure proven wrong. I was skeptic thinking "what can a little girl do that's so bad?" and that's where the unexpected twist comes into the picture. The movie does an overall good job at building up suspense and creating liked and memorable characters.

The movie starts off by showing the audience the reason why both Kate and John (parents) seek to adopt a child but, the movie doesn't take a break, it just continues to build up. Later through the movie the audience gets a more detailed explanation as to why the mother (Kate) lost their child in the beginning and why their young daughter can't speak and is almost completely deaf. By doing this the audience learned more about each character and in return people became attached to the characters.

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As the movie progresses the audience learns more about the complicated person that Esther is. Esther being the orphan that Kate and John adopt from a local orphanage is brought into the house and that's when strange things start to happen. The film does very well at creating suspense (like I mentioned before) for every scene where Esther shows her true colors.

The climax of the movie is near the end which also reveals the big unexpected twist. We find out that Esther is not a 9-year-old girl but, a 30-year-old woman who has a rare dwarfism disease that gives her the young appearance. We also learn that she escaped from an insane institute. This twist is what makes the whole movie a bit more believable in my opinion.

This movie is not a horror film so anyone looking for that will be disappointed but, if suspense is your thing you will be in for a good treat.

If you watched the movie drop us a comment and share your ideas with us.

Orphan opens this Friday July 24, 2009.

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'Alice in Wonderland' Teaser Trailer

A few weeks ago we brought you the first pictures of Tim Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland. Now the very first teaser trailer has hit the internet. Kudos to IGN for providing the clip. This version focuses on ten years after Alice first visited wonderland. This time she is a 19-year-old girl who goes to seek her true destiny and to put an end to Red Queen's reign of terror. The movie will hit theaters March 5, 2010 in digital 3D and IMAX 3D.

Catch the teaser trailer and list of actors/characters after the jump.

Mia Wasikowska as Alice
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen
Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen
Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar
Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit
Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat
Christopher Lee as the Jabberwock
Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas as both Tweedledee and Tweedledum

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DeNiro in 'Machete'?!

Yes, you read the title correctly but, this is just a rumor as of right now. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the same source that tipped them off on the Alien and Predator reboots is behind this rumor. As you know those reboot rumors turned out to be true. Apparently Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis have cast Michelle Rodriguez, Jonah Hill, and Robert DeNiro for the Grindhouse spin-off, Machete. If true then they will share the big screen with Danny Trejo. Now imagine Trejo with DeNiro together in Machete and tell me it doesn't sound great.

The movie will focus on an ex-Federale who goes by the name of Machete (Trejo). He is a man gifted to wield a blade. He goes into hiding as a day laborer who works for an organization with a state senator as head. He ends up getting double crossed by the corrupt Senator McLaughlin (DeNiro), which makes him take his vicious revenge.
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'Iron Man 2': Black Widow First Look

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly is basically an Iron Man 2 and ComicCon preview. Entertainment Tonight was the place that previewed the issue itself, where you get a first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. As far as the picture goes, I for one think that Johansson might be able to impress us with her role in this movie. Does anyone agree with me? Check out Black Widow as well as the rest of the pictures after the jump.





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'Star Trek' to Play in Your TV This November

Paramount has set a release date for Star Trek but, don't start to celebrate just now. D-Day won't be until November 17, 2009 so mark your calendars and let the (long) countdown begin. The DVD version of the film will come with 2-disks as opposed to the 3-disk Blu-Ray version. Both will feature many extras such as a commentary by J.J. Abrams, alongside with many deleted scenes. Check out the full press release after the jump.

DVD:
The STAR TREK two-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Special features are as follows:
Disc 1:
• Commentary-By director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk.
• A New Vision- J.J. Abrams' vision was not only to create a Star Trek that was a bigger, more action-packed spectacle, but also to make the spectacle feel real. Every aspect of production-from unique locations to the use of classic Hollywood camera tricks-was guided by this overall objective.
• Gag Reel-Bloopers featuring the entire principal cast.

Disc 2:
• Digital Copy
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
o Spock Birth
o Klingons Take Over Narada
o Young Kirk, Johnny and Uncle Frank
o Amanda and Sarek Argue After Spock Fights
o Prison Interrogation and Breakout
o Sarek Gets Amanda
o Dorm Room and Kobayashi Maru (original version)
o Kirk Apologizes to the Green Girl
o Sarek Sees Spock
• To Boldly Go- Taking on the world's most beloved science fiction franchise was no small mission. Director J.J. Abrams, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof, and executive producer Bryan Burk talk about the many challenges they faced and their strategy for success.
• Casting- The producers knew their greatest task was finding the right cast to reprise these epic roles. The cast, for their part, talk about the experience of trying to capture the essence of these mythic characters. The piece concludes with a moving tribute to Leonard Nimoy.
• Aliens- Designers Neville Page and Joel Harlow talk about the hurdles they faced creating new alien species, recreating the Romulans and Vulcans, and designing the terrifying creatures on Delta Vega for the new Star Trek.
• Score- As a fan of the original series, composer Michael Giacchino embraced the challenge of creating new music for Star Trek while preserving the spirit of Alexander Courage's celebrated theme.
• DVD-Rom:
o STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360®
o Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PC
o Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PlayStation® Network

Blu-ray
The STAR TREK three-disc Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition with English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Special features are as follows:
Disc 1:
• Commentary-By director J.J. Abrams, writers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman, producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Bryan Burk.
• NASA News- This BD-Live feature gives viewers access to the latest NASA news about real space exploration. Learn about new mission developments and check out featured imagery from around the universe.
Disc 2:
• To Boldly Go-See description above.
o Branching Pods:
• The Shatner Conundrum
• Red Shirt Guy
• The Green Girl
• Trekker Alert!
• Casting-See description above.
• A New Vision-See description above.
o Branching Pods:
• Savage Pressure
• Starships-Abrams and production designer Scott Chambliss were careful to pay tribute to the design of the original Enterprise, but they also wanted to make it futuristic and cool for a modern audience. This chapter focuses on the unique stories behind the creation of the film's starships.
o Branching Pods:
• Warp Explained
• Paint Job
• Bridge Construction Accelerated
• The Captain's Chair
• Button Acting 101
• Shuttle Shuffle
• Narada Construction Accelerated
• Aliens-See description above.
o Branching Pods:
• The Alien Paradox
• Big-Eyed Girl
• Big Bro Quinto
• Klingons
• Drakoulias Anatomy 101
• Planets- >From the frozen landscape of Delta Vega to the desert plains of Vulcan, Scott Chambliss and the art department had a number of radically different planets to create. Abrams' desire to shoot on real locations whenever possible led the production team to a number of strange and surprising locations.
o Branching Pods:
• Extra Business
• Confidentiality
• Props and Costumes- Property master Russell Bobbitt had the unique challenge of designing props that were both true to the original series and pertinent to today's technology. Likewise, costume designer Michael Kaplan talks about how he designed costumes that paid homage to what came before yet were relevant and timeless.
o Branching Pods:
• Klingon Wardrobe
• Ben Burtt and the Sounds of Star Trek- When famed sound designer Ben Burtt was hired to create sounds for the first Star Wars film, he took his inspiration from the original "Star Trek" series. Burtt jumped at the opportunity to pay tribute to the sounds that sparked his career with the sounds he created for the new Star Trek.
• Score-See description above.
• Gene Roddenberry's Vision- J.J. Abrams, Leonard Nimoy, previous Star Trek writers and producers, and scientific consultant Carolyn Porco describe and commend the optimistic and enduring vision of Gene Roddenberry.
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary-See details above.
• Starfleet Vessel Simulator-Explore extensive data on the U.S.S. Enterprise and the Romulan ship, the Narada. Submerse yourself in breathtaking 360° views and close-ups and review detailed tech information.
• Gag Reel-See description above.
Disc 3:
• Digital Copy
• STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for XBOX 360®
• Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PC
• Weblink to the STAR TREK® D-A-C Free Trial Game for PlayStation® Network.
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Universal is Bringing 'Fear Agent' to the Big Screen

Dark Horse's Fear Agent is currently in early development at Universal Studios. THR's Risky Biz Blog also states that the project is open to writers but, the possibility of the studio buying a spec owned by producer Jonathan Shestack to help with the project is there.

For those of you who don't know anything about Fear Agent (that was me until a few minutes ago) here's a rundown. The series was started by Rick Remender in 2005 as an Image Comics property but, then moved to Dark Horse the following year. The story focuses on a Texan who is one of the last "fear agents" (alien hunters) by the name of Heath Houston. He fights to protect our planet Earth, which is partly destroyed during the series. The thing is he does so while under the influence of whiskey.

So now that Universal and Dark Horse partnered since last year for an overall production and distribution pact, we should be seeing and hearing of more comic book movie adaptations.
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Wolvorine is the 'Avon Man'?!

20th Century Fox has now acquired a comedy titled Avon Man, according to Variety. Hugh Jackman will be staring, while Hitch writer Kevin Bisch scripts the movie. Jackman himself will produce, alongside Seed Prods. partner John Palermo and Gary Foster from Krasnoff Foster Entertainment.

As for the story it goes as follows: A car dealership lays off men and one of them gets recruited to become an Avon salesman. The experience initially seems emasculating but, the man then starts to use his charm and good looks to gain the position of top seller. The salesman then sets out on the mission to save his financially troubled family and town. He does this by conscripting his buddies into the business of makeup in an attempt to win a regional contest.

It seems like Hugh Jackman wants to try his luck with comedies for a change but, will he be able to pull it off?
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David and Courteney Join 'Scream' Sequel

As some of you may know Scream will be getting a fourth installment and according to E! Online both David Arquette and Courteney Cox have signed to return. They will be taking on their old roles again, Arquette as Dewy the cop and Cox as Gale the reporter.

Arquette is very happy and thus stated, "I fell in love with my wife on Scream, so the opportunity to bring [Dewey] back to life and for my wife to play that really bitchy character again, it's just going to be really fun, it's just great."

At the moment the script writer is Kevin Williamson and, Arquette himself hopes that Wes Craven returns as well as Neve Campbell. Williamson did recently mention that Campbell has turned down the offer to reprise the role of Sidney Prescott.

When asked about a new storyline, Arquette laughed and said he couldn't share that information.
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'Star Wars' to Get the Remake Treatment?!

Now before you get mad and start throwing things at your computer take a deep breath. This so called "remake" is actually going to be fan made. Yes, this means you can sleep happy tonight knowing Star Wars is safe. Tech-geek Casey Pugh has come up with a project that will allow 472 fans of the Star Wars films to re-create a 15-second clip of Star Wars: A New Hope. He broke up the film into 15-second clips and each person will get to pick up three clips. Once that is done an individual or group can re-create the clips chosen however it is that they please. The re-created clips will then be sent to Pugh who will merge them into what will most likely be a hilarious film. All scenes have been taken but, there will be a way to get more people involved by the end of the week, so keep checking back with the websites.

For further information click on the links below:

http://caseypugh.com/

http://www.starwarsuncut.com/
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Natalie Portman Comes to 'Thor'

As Cinematical reported, Natalie Portman has been cast to play who in the comics is Thor's first love, Jane Foster. Portman's character is a nurse in the comics who as I mentioned, later becomes the first love of our winged helmet super hero. It seems like her character will be updated and we have no idea what this means exactly, at least not for now. Kenneth Branaghis is the man in charge of directing with production beginning early next year. Chris Hemsworth will play Thor and Tom Hiddleston will be seen as the villain Loki.

The press release also came with the synopsis: Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of super hero: "Thor." This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

So what do you think of this casting?

Catch Thor in theaters May 20, 2011.
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"WTF" Timberlake as the Green Lantern!

Along with director Martin Campbell and producers Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti, Warner's have been trying to decide on who would be playing the green lantern. and for some reason the three actors who they have in mind are Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Justin Timberlake. my guess is that this whole thing is a publicity stunt to generate some press on this film, because there's no way there going to destroy there own movie even before they start to film by casting Justin Timberlake. they obvious choice would be probably be cooper seeing that the guy just made Warner a handful of money with "The Hangover". If it were up to me I choose none of them and leave it up to the fans to decide on different actors.

UPDATE: Breaking news: Warner Bros. has chosen Ryan Reynolds as the man with the ring in green. This makes absolutely no sense, hence Reynolds is already synonymous with Deadpool. I don't know about you guys but, I'm not happy with this poor casting choice. Let us know about your outrage (or content) in the comments section.
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'Spidey 4' Gets New Writer

As The Hollywood Reporter is saying, Gary Ross has been asked to rewrite for Spider-Man 4. Ross is the third high-profile writer to be brought into the project. He is third after both James Vanderbilt and David Lindsay-Abaire. Mr. Ross has already worked with Tobey Maguire in the films Seabiscuit and Pleasantville. He is now collaborating with Maguire on Toyko Suckerpunch. Will these three writers as a trio be able to handle the project now or is this really a bad sign? After Spider-Man 3, things can only get better right? As of now the next installment for the web shooter is set to be released on 2011.
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'Thanksgiving' Confirmed?

Eli Roth recently had an exclusive over the phone interview with Cinematical. He claimed that while Thanksgiving isn't his next movie, it will be made. He had this to say, "That movie, the financing, the money is in a bank account, I mean, I could literally say I'm starting production tomorrow we'd start. It's 100 percent up to me, but I'm just working on the script with Jeff Rendell, the co-writer. Jeff's the one who in the trailer, he plays the Pilgrim, and we're just writing it. We're just figuring it out and we're just coming up with the kills and the characters."

Anyone who watched Grindhouse or the trailer knows that it all started as a fake movie trailer during Grindhouse. The trailer created a lot of buzz and became popular, which in return inspired director Eli Roth to take it from a fake trailer to a full movie. For now Roth is working on Endangered Species, a sci-fi movie that will carry a PG-13 rating in the likes of Cloverfield. He went into more details saying, "I want to be finished with Endangered, and then Jeff is supposed to come out to Los Angeles probably some time in August and we'll probably bang out the script, I'd like to shoot the movies back to back; that's the dream – in a perfect world I would shoot those two movies back to back, the way I shot Hostel II and the Grindhouse trailer."

Filming Thanksgiving after filming Endangered Species would be more of a reward for Roth as he described it saying, "Shoot Endangered Species, which is a very complicated and detail-oriented film where everything has to be very, very specific, and each scene is a ballbuster, and then it's like Thanksgiving is like the reward – like, we made it through, we got it done, we're all warmed up and loose and let's just bang out the most disgusting movie we can and not be precious with it. Just shoot and shoot and have a good time with it, but make it a real movie."

Thanksgiving was confirmed to get the full movie treatment by Mr. Roth himself, so I expect to hear more about it in the near future as well as his next movie Endangered Species.

To those who want to enjoy the Thanksgiving trailer worry no more because you're in luck. The trailer is below. (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING TRAILER CONTAINS NUDITY AND GRAPHIC VIOLENCE)

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The Latest on 'District 9'

I don't know about you guys but, I think it's safe to say you agree with me when I say 'District 9' will be a good movie. We don't know this for a fact, hence we haven't gotten the chance to watch this promising movie but, the new trailer along with TV spots really do a great job at making us look forward to this film. Considering this is a low-budget film, I have to admit that what I have seen so far looks to be on par if not better than most of this years summer flicks. Yahoo Movies was first to post the new trailer, which we have for you below. This movie does seem to have some political themes in it all of which I'm sure you'll notice. As I mentioned earlier, TV spots have been released. Two of them to be precise. One features a PSA showing the aliens reproductive system, something that will be in the movie. The PSA TV spot does seem to be a lot like something out of 'Starship Troopers'.

The newest trailer and TV spots are below but, be warned the following is for humans only.






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2010: It's a Disaster, a '2010' Spoof

This spoof trailer from YouTube user JoinROACH, is indeed in my opinion very good. Great editing skills coupled with songs like "Okay Dokey" and "Bongolia" by the Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band earned this movie the right to be named "the best trailer of all time" by HitFix. I'm sure you want to watch the video already and with no further interruption, 2010: It's a Disaster!!!



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'Star Wars' TV Show Coming Soon?

Rumor has it, as Australia's Sci Fi TV is reporting, that George Lucas is moving forward to get a 'Star Wars' live action series up and running. Lucas had promised this would come and if the rumor speaks truth, the live action series will debut in 2010.

Another big part of the rumor is in fact that the project will be filmed in Australia and will come from high-quality writers in the Australian TV industry. Writers for 'Love My Way' and 'Secret Life of Us' have been approached by Lucas' lifelong producer Rick McCallum.

There is no word of any distributor yet and no title has been revealed either but, apparently this will take place between 'Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith' and 'Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope'. With this said, there will be no major characters featured from the films.
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'Jennifer's Body' Red-Banded Trailer

Megan Fox is hungry, hungry for horny teenage boys (and girls) that is. As you will get to see in this red-band trailer, Megan Fox will play (and star as) a demonic high school cheerleader who goes around killing boys. This trailer we have for you (courtesy of ShockTillYouDrop) is one made possible by director Karyn Kusama, screenwriter Cody Diablo and producer Jason Reitman. As all three of them explain, "Fox is putting a trailer of Jennifer's Body in front of Bruno this Friday. Great, right? Only problem is it's not our trailer. It's kind of a straight horror preview and while we're sure it'll appeal to many of you, we wanted to make sure you guys got to see our cut... Lets call it the "filmmaker's cut". We think it captures the comedy and scares of the horror films we grew up on - a kind of nostalgia for when horror films were fun. Can't wait to show you the whole film... In the meantime, here's the red band trailer we wanted our fans to see."

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New 'G.I. Joe' Japanese Trailer

A new trailer for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' was released but, this one comes in a Japanese flavor. This trailer does seem better than the domestic one and features the first appearance of Cobra aka The Doctor. You get to see him wearing his weird mask as he stands besides Destro.

Something I have been complaining about all along are the mechanical suits. Yes, at first they looked good but, they somehow find a way into every trailer, (even this one) which makes me think that they're trying really hard to sell the movie by focusing on them. The movie has been getting a lot of bad fuzz online and if they want to succeed I for one want to see a better trailer (no mechanical suits). If you ask me, a trailer focusing on Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow's sword fight would be awesome.

Enjoy the trailer (no Japanese knowledge needed).


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Will 'Transformers: ROTF' Become the Fallen?

Well another 4th of July is upon us and the box office will without a doubt take in a lot of cash. With the new releases of 'Public Enemies' (R) and 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' (PG), there is new competition in town for Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' (PG-13).

When you factor in all three of the movies ratings in accordance to a family holiday weekend 'Ice age' has the upper hand. A PG rating will indeed help it, along with the fact that this is the third installment for this well known-successful movies and its first opening weekend landing on a holiday.

'Public Enemies' will most likely only appeal to an older age group. This alienates the movie from the rest of the movie goers who aren't old enough to watch it. I don't see how this will help the movie but, perhaps it was never made to take the number one spot. In its defense, the movie does star Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

With all the money that 'Transformers' has pulled in, it seems like most people have already watched it, yet this doesn't mean that people won't be back for a second or perhaps third viewing. With the possibility of second time watchers and definitely new watchers, Bay's movie has a good possibility to take the number one spot again for a second weekend in a row.

Giant robots will battle it out this weekend against prehistoric beasts and gangsters. Only one will win but, for now let the fireworks (and fight) begin.

What movie will you go watch this weekend? Like always, drop us a comment to let us know and if you're feeling like Nostradamus don't hesitate to make your prediction.

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

Update: Both 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' ended up in a tie for the first place at the box office with both earning $42.50 million. 'Public Enemies' followed, earning $26.17 million.

Update 2: Numerous sites now have 'Revenge of the Fallen' as the 4th of July weekend winner. Here are the exact numbers:
'Transformers' - $42,320,877
'Ice Age' - $41,690,382
'Public Enemies' - $25,271,675

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Michael Bay Talks 'Transformers 3' and 3D While Trashing Megan Fox

We reported some days ago about Michael Bay wanting to take a new approach with movies. The Wall Street Journal caught up with Mr. Bay and was able to get some good information from him. When asked about a sequel to his successful 'Transformers' movies, Bay responded by saying, "I just want to take some time off. It’s been almost three years that I’ve devoted myself entirely to this world of robots. At some point, enough is enough—and I literally carried this movie on my back. I only finished it in the last week. It was a tough movie for me to finish." He went on to say "I don’t know who [would] want to take on my shoes with this franchise. We might just take a year down", when questioned if he wants to make a third 'Transformers' movie.

Megan Fox has criticized the 'Transformers' movies by saying that they don't really offer many acting opportunities and when TWSJ brought this up, Bay responded with a strong opinion, as he said, "Well, that’s Megan Fox for you. She says some very ridiculous things because she’s 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do. You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, “Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it.” But I 100% disagree with her. Nick Cage wasn’t a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck before I put him in “Armageddon.” Shia LaBeouf wasn’t a big movie star before he did “Transformers”—and then he exploded. Not to mention Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from “Bad Boys.” Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in “Transformers.” I like to think that I’ve had some luck in building actors’ careers with my films."

3D is becoming quite popular with new movies but, Michael Bay doesn't like this way of movie making. He dislikes it for a couple of reasons, he said, "I prefer the flat screen. I’m not jumping to do 3-D at all—it’s a pain in the neck to shoot it and I actually like the flat image. I’ve heard that some people can’t even see 3-D and, moreover, that a major side effect of watching it is feeling exhausted. Can you imagine how you’d feel watching one of my movies in 3-D?"

As to what Bay plans to do next, he admitted to want out of special effects movies for now by saying, "I’ve been talking to some big actors right now about something that is totally different. A small dark comedy, a true story, with actors just acting, no effects. I’m done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like “Transformers,” it can feel like you’re doing three movies at once—which is tiring."
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The Hunt For Gollum

www.thehuntforgollum .com - Official Site
Independent Online Cinema presents an unofficial and free high-concept Lord of the Rings prequel made for under $5,000. this has to be one of the best low budget films i have ever seen. the entire thing was stunningly shot and the fight scene around the 23:00 mark looks absolutely superb. its really amazing what they've done with that kind of budget, can you imagine what they could do with a million dollar budget! by the way some of these big shot directors can learn a thing or two from Chris bouchard cause it didn't take him a 100 million dollar budget to keep me entertained with his 5,000 dollar budget film..

spoiler.....
p.s the close up shot of the gollum i feel was a perfect way to end the film!!

kudos..
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Atari Game 'Asteroids' Heading to the Big Screen

A winner has emerged from the four different movie studios that battled it out for rights to Atari's classic game of 'Asteroids'. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Universal Studios is now the rights holder and that they have appointed Matthew Lopez as the script writer, all while Lorenzo di Boneventura will be producing the film. The game was released in 1979 and featured a triangular space ship that had to clear asteroid fields and avoid being hit. This game in contrast to the games of today has no story line what so ever, so I'm interested to see how they will manage to pull out a whole movie out of this. Then again it's Hollywood where anything is possible, both good and bad. As of right now Universal Studios is already working on some of Hasbro's board games, 'Candyland', 'Monopoly' and 'Battleship'. So with this in mind 'Asteroids' won't be that difficult for Universal right?

Play an unofficial version of the game below and like always enjoy!

Control Keys

Use the arrow keys to move

Fire missile - Space Key

Hyperspace - ctrl or Shift Key

Pause game - P

Quit game - Q

Mute game - M

Asteroids made by Neave Games

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'Predators' Gets a Director

Word comes from Ain't It Cool News, that Robert Rodriguez has now picked a director for his 'Predators' movie. Harry (friend of Rodriguez) reports that the man chosen for the job is director Nimrod Antal, who has directed both Kontroll and Vacancy. When Rodriguez was asked for a quick summary of the story line, he had the following to say:

"I can't go too much into the story right now, because we're still writing. But it still involves a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors.

One of the guys at Fox told me "No one is ever going to talk about AVP again after this film, I will stake my life on it."

I don't want to see him dead. Now that lives are at stake, it's no longer a mission.

Failure is not an option."

Is it just me or is this movie looking promising? I guess we'll have to keep our eyes peeled for the next few months and see what happens next.
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New 'The Informant!' Trailer

Steven Soderbergh's new film titled The Informant! (yes, with an exclamation mark) has a new trailer that hit the online world recently. This movie seems to have an Ocean's feeling to it; hence Soderbergh is the director behind all three Ocean movies. The movie stars Matt Damon (and corn), on a true story based movie of a bi-polar informant. The movie will be more of a dark comedy and not a thriller with an unclear release date. Some sites have a September release, while most have an October 9th release date. The trailer is below for your viewing.


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ALICE IN WONDERLAND IMAGES

Tim Burton's twisted yet unique vision of Alice And WonderLand!
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JAMES FRANCO TRASHES AN APARTMENT ?

I dont get it....but i wish i could do that at work lol


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