Download the Saw App, Sound Like Jigsaw

Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor

September 29, 2009

If it's Halloween, it must be Saw... and now, for the first time ever, Saw fans can sound like Jigsaw as well!

Lionsgate has just released the Jigsaw Your Voice iPhone app into the iTunes store for free!

Features include:

• Long recording time (up to 60 seconds).
• Jigsaw soundboard to hear classic lines from the film and practice.
• 4 Jigsaw presets to match your voice to Jigsaw's.
• Advanced settings for pitch, speed and tempo.
• Email your voice to friends.

In the upcoming upgrade of the iPhone app, there will be Queue management (store multiple voice recordings), an expanded gallery, and more!

Get the app at iTunes right here!

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Resident Evil : Afterlife Officially Announced

Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor

September 29, 2009

Screen Gems and Constantin Film have officially announced that production has begun on Resident Evil: Afterlife in Toronto, Canada.

ShockTillYouDrop.com was the first to break the news about the fourth announcement back in July (here).

Actress Milla Jovovich returns as the zombie-fighting heroine Alice. Ali Larter and Spencer Locke will reprise their roles from Resident Evil: Extinction as Claire Redfield and K-Mart, respectively. New to the film franchise is leading man Wentworth Miller, who has signed on as Chris Redfield – Claire's brother and a popular character from the game series.

Shawn Roberts will take over the role of Alice's nemesis Wesker. Boris Kodjoe and Kim Coates have also been cast.

Paul W.S. Anderson is returning to the director's chair with a script he penned. He'll be shooting this entry in 3-D.

Anderson offered a small glimpse of what can be expected in the new film: "Alice's battle with The Umbrella Corporation isn't finished," he says. "Last time we saw Alice, she let them know she was coming after them. It’s time to settle the score."

Resident Evil: Afterlife is due in theaters around the fall of 2010.

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Venom Movie Moving Forward?

Source:SCI FI Wire

September 26, 2009

SCI FI Wire got a chance to talk to Zombieland co-writer Paul Wernick about the script for "Spider-Man" spin-off Venom that he wrote with Rhett Reese.

"We've written two drafts of Venom, and the studio has it, and they're pushing forward in whatever ways they push forward," Wernick said. He was tight-lipped about whether there was a relationship between Spider-Man 4 and the Venom project.

"We can't really talk about that, unfortunately," he added. "Basically, the studio and Marvel and the Arads are taking our drafts and going beyond and figuring out what's the next step."

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Outdoor Banners

Source:Yahoo! Movies

September 29, 2009

Yahoo! Movies has debuted these three new outdoor banners for The Twilight Saga: New Moon featuring the Cullens, Volturi and Wolf Pack.

Opening in theaters on November 20th, the Chris Weitz-directed sequel stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning.

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Terminator Rights May Hit the Auction Block

Source:Los Angeles Times

September 28, 2009

The Los Angeles Times has a lengthy and extensive report on the status of Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek's Halcyon Holdings, who bought the rights to the "Terminator" franchise for $25 million in 2007 in order to produce this summer's Terminator Salvation, but who have now hired the financial advisory firm FTI Capital Advisors to look into their options, having filed for bankruptcy. The thought is that the sale of the rights to the franchise could help make the production company solvent again.

For much of the earlier part of the year, there was a lot of talk about there being a Terminator 5, mostly coming from McG, but the poor reaction and box office showing of "Salvation," at least domestically didn't seem to warrant another installment.

The Los Angeles Times report, which you can read here gets further into the history of the franchise, how the rights have changed hands over the 25 years since James Cameron's original movie, as well as some of the debts owed by Halcyon and the various lawsuits surrounding their bankruptcy.

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Is Danny Trejo in Predators?

Source:Punch Drunk Critics

September 28, 2009

The guys from the Punch Drunk Critics blog were at Horrorfind Weekend in Hunt Valley, Maryland this weekend, and they got a few minutes with actor Danny Trejo to try their best to get any new information out of him in regards to his next movie Machete. For whatever reason, they asked him about Sin City 2 and basically got a stock answer before Trejo revealed that "we're doing Predators next," which makes one assume Trejo will be appearing in Robert Rodriguz's Predators, the Rodriguez-produced relaunch to be directed by Nimrod Antal (Vacancy).

Of course, this is not anything too groundbreaking since Trejo has appeared in just about every movie Rodriguez has been involved with going back to El Mariachi, but it does confirm that they're moving forward with the casting on the movie and possibly already have Trejo's ubiquitous role sussed out.

You can watch their video interview below and decide for yourself:

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Roman Polanski Arrested in Switzerland

Source:CNN, Los Angeles Times

September 27, 2009

According to Swiss police, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is being held in custody on a 31-year-old arrest warrant for fleeing the United States in 1977 after pleading guilty for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski, who has lived in France since running from the trial, was en route to the Zurich Film Festival where he was to receive a tribute for his filmmaking career.

It's somewhat surprising to think that Switzerland might honor a U.S. arrest warrant that's over thirty years old, but currently, Polanski is in "provisional detention" until they determine whether he should be extradited to the United States to face the charges against him. This means that Polanski will have to be put through the Swiss court of justice and will probably try to appeal against any extradition decision.

UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office were aware that Polanski would be leaving France for the Zurich Film Festival and they planned on issuing a provisional arrest warrant to the U.S. Justice department to have Polanski detained in Switzerland.

Polanski's original 1977 case was well-documented in Marina Zenovich's 2008 film Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which included an interview with Polanski's victim Samantha Geimer, who has since gone on the record that the case against Polanski should be thrown out after suing and accepting a settlement.

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Diablo Cody to Pen Playboy Movie?

Source:Hugh Hefner

September 26, 2009

Hugh Hefner may have spilled the beans about who is writing Universal's Playboy movie on the magazine founder's life. On Twitter, Hefner posted:

Meeting with Diablo COdy to talk about the Brian Grazer Playboy film today.

It was previously announced that John Hoffman was writing the script for the biopic, which had Brett Ratner attached to direct.

The Cody-penned Jennifer's Body opened earlier this month. It was her follow-up to the hit Juno.

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Harris Cast in Night of the Living Dead: Origins

Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com

September 26, 2009

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Danielle Harris (Halloween II) has been cast as Barbara in the 3D CGI pic Night of the Living Dead: Origins.

The film, to be directed by newcomer Zebediah de Soto and produced by Simon West and Simon West Productions president Jib Polhemus, will be an origin story without the involvement of George A. Romero.

De Soto, who wrote the script with David R. Schwartz, wants to update the tale partially by bringing out the characters' backstories and make what he called "an American-style anime."

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The Hobbit and James Bond 23 in Trouble?

Source:Deadline Hollywood

September 25, 2009

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that MGM is needing $20M in short-term cash flow to cover overhead, and an additional $150 million to get through the end of year to stay out of bankruptcy and possibly losing such franchise films as The Hobbit (and its sequel) and James Bond 23. Here's an excerpt from the article:

So the bondhholders said to MGM, in essence, that they were going to let the studio go bankrupt and collect their money since they'd be first in line to get paid. But Cooper explained that this would be the worst possible outcome for the creditors and the company. Because if MGM were forced into bankruptcy, then it would lose James Bond and the studio doesn't think it can stay alive without 007. Also, a lot of other issues would surface that would tremendously hurt MGM.

Also, if MGM goes through bankruptcy, that's a very expensive prospect (where only the lawyers get rich), and extremely disruptive (since who would do business with MGM in the interim) and won’t get the creditors what they want which is their money back. It's more than simply MGM losing Bond. The studio could lose a lot of other franchises.

Do you think the creditors will save the day for MGM, or do you think they'll let the studio go into bankruptcy and risk losing such franchises?

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Geoffrey Rush Ready for Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Source:MTV

September 23, 2009

MTV talked to Geoffrey Rush who says he's ready to reprise his role of Barbossa in Spring 2010 for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The fourth installment is scheduled to be released in Summer 2011.

He said: "They're waiting for the screenplay writers to put together something that's beyond the trilogy, take it off into a new direction so that it's fresh and hopefully really interesting for an audience, that they're not going to just sausage-machine out something else, which wouldn't be so good."

You can watch the interview clip using the player below.

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David Goyer in Talks for Ghost Rider 2

Source:Variety

September 23, 2009

Variety is reporting that Columbia Pictures is moving forward with a sequel to Ghost Rider.

David Goyer is in early talks to create the story and supervise writers for a film expected to once again star Nicolas Cage.

The trade adds that plans are under way to base the sequel on a script written years ago by Goyer (The Dark Knight, "Blade" franchise"). The original Ghost Rider was written by director Mark Steven Johnson.

The second installment will be produced by Avi Arad, Michael De Luca and Steven Paul, with Gary Foster serving as executive producer.

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Sony Acquiring He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Source:Variety, The Hollywood Reporter

September 23, 2009

Just weeks after the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie left Warner Bros. Pictures, Mattel is finalizing a deal with Columbia Pictures. Escape Artists will produce the project.

Sony and Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will now start developing the project from scratch. John Stevenson had been attached to direct but is no longer attached.

In the big screen adaptation of the signature Mattel toy line, He-Man is a brawny prince who transforms into a warrior who becomes the last hope for a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and the evil Skeletor.


He-Man art by nebezial

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Eisenberg, Timberlake & Garfield to Star in Facebook Movie

Source:Variety

September 23, 2009

Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have cast Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield in The Social Network, the drama about the formation of Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin.

Eisenberg will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president; and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg over money.

Production will begin next month in Boston and then move to Los Angeles.

Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti and Cean Chaffin will produce. Kevin Spacey is executive producer.

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Brad Pitt May Star in Sherlock Holmes Sequel

Source:Risky Biz Blog

September 22, 2009

The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz Blog is reporting that Warner Bros. has already started developing a sequel to Sherlock Holmes by bringing on Kieran and Michele Mulroney to write the script. The duo previously penned Justice League: Mortal for the studio, and also wrote the upcoming Paper Man.

Brad Pitt has had discussions with producers to star as Holmes' nemesis Moriarty in the next installment, adds the site, but there is no deal in place for him to take the part yet.

Opening in theaters on Christmas Day, Sherlock Holmes was directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan and Kelly Reilly.

Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Lionel Wigram and Simon Kinberg all worked on the screenplay for the first film.

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More Resident Evil: Afterlife Casting, Story Info

Source:BlackFilm.com

September 22, 2009

Surrogates actor Boris Kodjoe has spilled more beans about Resident Evil: Afterlife after announcing last week on his Twitter account that he is part of the cast.

Talking to BlackFilm.com he revealed that Ali Larter will be back as Claire Redfield and that "Prison Break's" Wentworth Miller is on board as well. Here are several clips on the story:

Boris Kodjoe: I play the leader of the survivors in LA. Milla Jovovich’s character, Alice, is roaming the world looking for survivors and she’s wound up in LA, which has been burning for three years. She comes across an LA jail surrounded be these half-dead, uhh…

Zombies?

Boris Kodjoe: Yeah, they’re those monsters, what are they called? Anyway, she comes across the jail and there’s a couple of survivors and she lands on top of the roof and partners up with me to fight the guys that are coming after them. We’re trying to get all of the survivors out of the jail to safety. We’re starting next week, actually.

You can read more of what he said here!

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Shuler Donner Wants X4 and The New Mutants

Source:/Film

September 22, 2009

/Film talked to "X-Men" franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner who revealed which other movies she'd like to see happen in addition to X-Men: First Class:

As well as the eventual New Class, then - whenever that might be - Shuler Donner revealed that she has been cooking up plans for several other mutant films. The two she named? An X4, reuniting the X-Men and a big screen outing for The New Mutants. X4, she said, had yet to be pitched to the studio, however.

It will be interesting to see which movie gets going first, with Deadpool, Magneto and Wolverine 2 also in the mix.

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Jack Kirby Estate Goes After Marvel and Studios

Source:Bleeding Cool, The New York Times

September 21, 2009

Bleeding Cool reports that the estate of Jack Kirby, co-creator of Captain America, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, The Silver Surfer and Thor has sent notices terminating copyright to publishers Marvel and Disney, as well as Sony, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, which have made movies and TV shows based on characters he created or co-created:

Just as the Jerry Siegel estate has done so with rights to Superman, so Kirby’s estate is looking to regain his share of copyright in the characters and their use in comics and other media. the estate is using the same lawyers as the Siegels, Toberoff & Associates, who have been fairly successful in their case against DC/Warner so far.

Such claims, if found valid, would begin from 2014 and, as always, its worth noting that Marvel/Disney will still own the trademarks of the characters in comics, and the studios in movies. The likelihood is that, if successful, the Kirby estate would enter into negotiation with Marvel over terms to continue publishing comics based on his work.

You can read more on this here. The New York Times also had more on the matter:

Heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby, a creator of characters and stories behind Marvel mainstays like “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four,” last week sent 45 notices of copyright termination to Marvel and Disney, as well as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and other companies that have been using the characters.

The notices expressed an intent to regain copyrights to some of Mr. Kirby’s creations as early as 2014, according to a statement disclosed on Sunday by Toberoff & Associates, a law firm in Los Angeles that helped win a court ruling last year returning a share of the copyright in Superman to heirs of one of the character’s creators, Jerome Siegel.

Disney said in a statement, “the notices involved are an attempt to terminate rights 7 to 10 years from now, and involve claims that were fully considered in the acquisition.”

For that full article, go here.

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Boris Kodjoe to Star in Resident Evil: Afterlife

Source:Boris Kodjoe

September 17, 2009

Boris Kodjoe, who stars in the upcoming Surrogates and was previously seen in Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, has joined Milla Jovovich in Screen Gems' Resident Evil: Afterlife. He revealed the casting on his Twitter account:

In Toronto meeting with the director of my new movie 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' Very exciting!!! Lots of stunts, shooting guns, monsters...

That director is Paul W.S. Anderson (who is married to Jovovich). Anderson directed the first film in the franchise and wrote and produced the other two.

Resident Evil: Afterlife is scheduled to hit theaters on August 27, 2010.

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