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Yuen Wo Ping to Direct Action Trilogy VIGILANTES

Yuen Wo Ping to Direct Action Trilogy VIGILANTES

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:06 AM PDT

News out of AFM reveals that legendary martial arts choreographer and filmmaker Yuen Wo Ping is teaming up with Dragon Star Pictures to direct the first of a planned trilogy of action thrillers, entitled Vigilantes - The Lost Order.  The Canadian-Chinese co-production, from Dragon Star and Yuen's own Film Can Production, is scheduled to begin production next year, and is being touted as The Matrix meets Wall Street.Vigilantes - The Lost Order is a contemporary-set English language martial arts extravangza that follows Tess, a kick-ass heroine on a mission of vengeance. Orphaned as a young girl by a murderous secret hit squad, Tess grows up to become an assassin who goes searching for those responsible, only to uncover a global financial conspiracy.Birch Tree Entertainment is handling...

Oh, No! It's A SHARKNADO!

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:35 PM PDT

Hey, New York! Be thankful you were only hit by a hurricane and not a Sharknado. Hurricanes have less teeth. Yes, it's the latest from The Asylum and it's equal parts absurd and awesome....

Donnie Yen And Nicholas Tse To Reunite In ENTER THE MASTER

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Good news for those of you counting down the days until a new Donnie Yen project was announced. Yen will be reuniting with Dragon Tiger Gate and Assassins & Bodyguards co-star Nicholas Tse for a new action film called Enter the Master - a title which carries on the action film tradition of entering things like Dragons, Fists, Fat Dragons, Phoenixes, and the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Always entering. The action is set in a US 'Chinatown' location and sees Yen as a former martial arts ace who must decide whether or not to come out of hiding when a new immigrant he has befriended puts him in the middle of a war between two triad factions. The newcomer is played by Nicholas TSE 謝霆鋒....

Jamie Foxx In Talks To Play SPIDER-MAN 2 Villain

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:30 PM PDT

According to a report over at Variety, sources close to the publication are saying that Jamie Foxx is in talks to play the villain in the next Spider-Man film. Sources also told Variety that Foxx would play Electro, and Foxx later tweeted, "Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well."Electro is the alter ego of Max Dillon, an enemy of Spider-Man who gains the ability to control electricity after being struck by lightning. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man #9" in February 1964.In "The Amazing Spider-Man's" post-credit sequence, set inside Dr. Curt Connors' cell at an asylum, the Lizard is approached by a mysterious, shadowy figure (Michael Massee) who asks if Peter...

Billy Zane To Star In New Thriller From Director Of LEPRECHAUN

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:07 PM PDT

BILLY ZANE WILL STAR IN A NEW MOVIE BY THE DIRECTOR OF LEPRECHAUN. THIS MUCH B-MOVIE GOLD DESERVES ALL CAPS.Los Angeles, CA (Nov 1, 2012) - AnnaLynne McCord (The CW's "90210"), Billy Zane (TITANIC) and Viva Bianca (Starz' "Spartacus") will star in the revenge thriller SCORNED, directed by Mark Jones (LEPRECHAUN), who co-wrote the script with Sadie Katz, it was announced today by producers Lance Thompson of Portsmouth Pictures, Charles Ison and Martin Sprock of Horse Head Pictures, executive producer Seth Willenson and Robert Beaumont, executive producer and President of Lightning Entertainment ("Lightning").SCORNED tells the cautionary tale of Sadie and Kevin (AnnaLynne McCord and Billy Zane), a couple who decide to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected text...

Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne Join Robert Connolly's Omnibus THE TURNING

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Robert Connolly's anthology feature The Turning has started to unveil some of the stellar cast who will be featured in the short stories directed by talent including Cate Blanchett, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide and Claire McCarthy. Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne, Miranda Otto, Callan Mulvey, Susie Porter and Harrison Gilbertson will all join the feature, which is currently in extended production in Australia with each short film shooting separately. Some have been completed while others are shooting or yet to be done. Based on Tim Winton's best-selling book of short stories all set in and around the fictional beachside town of Angelus, The Turning interweaves all the narratives, creating an intriguing and twisting central plot-line that generally centers around protagonist Vic Lang. There's no sense as...

First Shots Of Ken Watanabe In Japanese Remake Of Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 02:15 PM PDT

It was late August when word first broke that Warner Brothers were launching a Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven with Ken Watanabe set to star and Hula Girls director Lee Sang-il at the helm.. Set in 1880 as Japan largely abandons the old ways to adopt a more modern stance, Watanabe stars as a a more traditional thinker, holding to the samurai ways, who takes on a job as a bounty killer.The first images from the set of the upcoming film have arrived, including proper stills of Watanabe and the rest of the cast. The look and feel of things are very strong so far. Take a look in the gallery below and let us know what you think of the upcoming remake....

Review: THE MARATHON Takes Its Characters And Runs With Them

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 02:00 PM PDT

(You don't need to train for six months to watch this film...) There sure is no shortage of films about a group of underdogs who participate in a seemingly impossible sports event and manage to get farther than expected. It's such a standard feel-good plotline that it no longer even is important whether the persons we're supposed to root for win or lose, as both endings have been done plenty of times before. Diederick Koopal's first feature film De Marathon is no exception storywise, so that is not where any gold is to be found. Instead, I wanted to see it because of some of the actors and writers involved. On top of that it takes place in the city I have lived in for...

AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - Midnight, New Auteurs, & Young Americans

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:40 PM PDT

If you've been counting down the days, then you know that AFI Fest 2012 begins tonight with the opening night gala screening of Hitchcock. We covered this and the other galas in part one of our 10 to Watch preview series Tuesday. Yesterday we gave you 10 films from the World Cinema and Breakthrough sections in part two. We wrap up the previews today with a look at Midnight, New Auteurs, and the Young Americans sections. Don't forget, AFI Fest is free to attend. You can check out the ticketing details on AFI Fest's website. THE ABCS OF DEATH We'll start things out with the Midnight Section and right off the top we've got a Fall fest fave in the super shorts anthology that...

New EVANGELION 3.0 Teaser Brings The Wrath Of God

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:35 PM PDT

With the release of the third installment in the feature film reimagining of Anno Hiedaki's classic Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series edging ever closer a new teaser has arrived for Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo featuring a healthy assortment of new footage laid over a key piece of music from the film.While the first two installments of the feature film releases were largely following the storyline of the television version we have long been told to expect major divergences starting with this third film. So what say you? Is anything standing out?...

Justin Long Finds THE LOOKALIKE

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Australian director Richard Gray is not one to rest between drinks. With his third feature in three years, Blinder, still in post production, he's already casting his fourth film, crime caper The Lookalike. And the first actor to join the cast is Justin Long.Described as a crime film in the vein of True Romance and Get Shorty, The Lookalike follows Bobby and Frank who set out to find a lookalike for Sadie, whose death has jeopardised a major deal. The crazy search propels an ex-basketball champion, a gossip writer, a coke addict, and a deaf beauty into unlikely romance and a desperate quest to seal the deal.Inside Film reports The Lookalike will shoot from late November in New Orleans and the Bahamas. Gray started his career...

Joe Carnahan To Direct Patrick Wilson in Actioner STRETCH

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:51 PM PDT

With the American Film Market opening today in LA, news of fresh deals and projects are coming to light up our gloomy autumn weekend. The first big 'un being that The Gray director Joe Carnahan will be taking the reins on low-budget actioner Stretch, which has Patrick Wilson attached to star. And no, this has nothing to do with the toy, thank god. The folks at IM Global, who had a stake in the recent Dredd 3D and Richard Linklater's upcoming Before Midnight, will produce along with Blumehouse productions (Paranormal Activity franchise). While no further details on story and release are available at this time, Carnahan and Wilson teaming up feels mighty solid. As a director Carnahan has only gained favor within the industry and...

Review: WRECK-IT RALPH Is a Warp Zone to the Next Level

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Whichever Disney employee said, "Let's do Toy Story but with video game characters," I hope he or she got a big fat raise, if only to compensate for the seething jealousy coming from co-workers kicking themselves for not thinking of it first. It's the kind of forehead-smackingly obvious concept that often results in a cash-grab -- I think sometimes the makers of kids' movies take the expression "It practically writes itself!" too literally -- but Wreck-It Ralph is a bubbly, buoyant treat with near-Pixar levels of heart. The conceit is that the computer-generated people and creatures that populate video games have lives of their own apart from what happens on the screen. After hours, they travel through the extension cords and power strips to...

Review: THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Mixes Comedy, Absurdity, and Human Drama

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:01 PM PDT

For some people, This Must Be The Place will be the new Sean Penn flick, for others it will be the new Paolo Sorrentino film. The difference may seem futile, but based on this simple distinction you might say that roughly one group is going to appreciate the film for what it is, while the other group will end up being bored to death. I'm in the believers group and thoroughly enjoyed Sorrentino's latest effort, but it's definitely not a film for everyone. Ever since I discovered Sorrentino's Le Conseguenze dell'Amore, I've been following the man with heightened enthusiasm. Il Divo was a small disappointment, but with This Must Be The Place Sorrentino proves that Le Conseguenze dell'Amore was more than just a lucky hit....

Review: JACK & DIANE, A Dark Romance With Little Bite

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:00 AM PDT

The practice of transposing horror elements for the use of visual metaphors and nightmares in a film which is more or less a drama isn't a new thing. We at Twitch come across films that aren't quite full on horror yet dip a toe into the bloody pool nearly every festival we travel to. Now how about an already minimalist drama dipping a toe in? The choice of how a filmmaker commits to these tropes, visual tricks and panache is where their film will rise or fall. Unfortunately Bradley Rust Gray's coming-of-age romance falls hard, and quite early on too, making it a bit of a slog to get through.It's even tougher to take because the misguided use of the horror isn't really what brings...

Opening: FLIGHT is Well-Acted But Shameless Awards Bait

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Denzel Washington is currently on a full-bore publicity blitz for Robert Zemeckis' Flight, in which he stars as an airline pilot who makes a miraculous landing, thus saving the lives of all on board -- only for it to be revealed that he had alcohol in his system. Washington's performance has generated talk of awards consideration, but what about the film itself? Flight debuted recently at the New York Film Festival, where our own Christopher Bourne saw it and filed a review: Flight is Zemeckis's first live-action feature in more than a decade -- his last was 2000's Cast Away -- and is crowned by a riveting and nuanced performance by Denzel Washington as the troubled character at its center. Much like NYFF opener Life...

Review: THE BAY Redefines Found Footage Horror

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PDT

The Bay may very well be the definitive found footage horror film, joining the likes of Chronicle as one of the very few films in this sub-genre that gets it absolutely right. When it was announced that Barry Levinson would be debuting a new film as part of the Midnight Madness slate at the Toronto International Film Festival, and that it would be a found footage horror piece about infected water, I admit I wasn't expecting very much. It'd be easy to dismiss this as both a cash-in on the fad of the handicam (well, iPhone) film, and a mere vanity piece for an established director. My cynicism was entirely misguided. Levinson's film proves something pretty unequivocally -- any conceit, any style, be it found...

AFM2012: Raven Banner And 108 Media Acquire International Sales Of RESOLUTION

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:30 PM PDT

You are going to have to talk with Raven Banner Entertainment and 108 Media if you want the festival darling Resolution in your home country. International sales rights were acquired in a deal negotiated by XYZ Films - yes, the same XYZ Films our lord and master Todd works with - who acted on the filmmakers' behalf. This is a good fit for Raven Banner as they have always sought out genre fare that sets itself above the box office weekend slash and grab studio projects. Tribeca Films has the North American rights and is planning a simultaneous release of the film theatrically and on numerous VOD platforms in early 2013....
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