Universal has decided to entrust their Back to the Future property to Telltale Games to produce a five episode video game series based on the popular 80’s sci-fi franchise. Telltale Games presents itself specifically as a developer of episodic games. Many critics feel that Telltale is the only company to have done episodic gaming right, [...]
/film dropped an interesting article on the upcoming Marvel superhero film Captain America. In interview with CBR, director Joe Johnston spoke about how Captain America: The First Avenger would tie into the other Marvel films. “There are links between all the Marvel films, mostly ones that only the fans will pick up on. We have [...]
Most longtime “Sound On Sight” listeners would have already figured out that I am a huge fan of Arcade Fire. I remember seeing the band perform back before “Rebellion” became a hit at the gorgeous Corona venue here in Montreal. Ever since I have been a faithful and loyal follower. Of course it helps that [...]
Production is set to begin this September on the Tupac Shakur biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua (Shooter, Training Day) who asked Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson (previous Oscar nominees for their screenplays Nixon and Ali) to come in and do some script revisions. According to Vulture, the film will now “center on the last [...]
The Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest & Fantastic Arcade announced the 2010 “Movies in the Park” lineup of free outdoor screenings in Republic Square today. Check out the fantastic line-up of movies and fun! Bring your family and come enjoy a new twist on Austin night-life. All movies are free. Amusing pre-show antics start at 7:30 [...]
Neil Marshall struck gold when his low-budget 2002 gorefest Dog Soldiers revitalized the werewolf genre and his second feature The Descent, a spelunking nightmare became a huge box office and critical success. Not since John Sayles and Joe Dante unleashed Piranha and The Howling have two features from the same fimmaking team tore open the [...]
According to Filmjunk.com, Dark Sky Films has announced that they are making a pretty risky decision with the theatrical release of Hatchet 2. Following in the footsteps of Anchor Bay’s remake to I Spit On Your, Dark Sky is sidestepping the MPAA entirely by only releasing an unrated version of the film. What this means [...]
The bad news just keeps on coming for beleaguered movie rental giant Blockbuster, but is anyone really surprised? Yesterday, the LA Times reported that Blockbuster chief executive Jim Keyes was in LA to discuss plans for a possible “pre-planned” bankruptcy in September. Apparently, he met with executives at several studios including Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, [...]
Once more, Toronto After Dark has proven why it stands out in a city full of film festivals. Fans were treated to a wild ride full of Old Ones, exorcisms, ninjas, pot brownies, demons, centurions, robogeisha, and a human centipedes. Here are some notes from the festival: - The horror-comedy is picking up speed and [...]
August 26, 2010 | Posted in
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The Vampire Film Festival (October 27th – 31st, New Orleans) has selected a novel way of figuring out which films will play at their festival: they’re going to let you decide. Just make your way over to the festival’s YouTube channel and begin watching trailers. Vote, rate, post comments, and presto – the Vampire Film [...]
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There is no harm in further promoting one of my favourite films of 2010 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, especially since it isn’t making much money at the box office. It was reported that Edgar Wright changed the ending from what test screening/preview audiences saw earlier in the year to what we have now in [...]
New York, NY (August 25, 2010) – The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that the tenth annual Tribeca Film Festival will be held April 20 – May 1, 2011. The Festival has also announced a Call for Submissions for narrative and documentary features as well as for short film entries. Deadlines to submit U.S. and [...]
August 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Fantastic Fest will host a Gala Screening of Buried at The Paramount Theatre on Thursday, September 23, with Ryan Reynolds and director Rodrigo Cortés in attendance, as part of their opening night programming of the festival. Buried, which Lionsgate will release in select theaters on September 24th and wide on October 8th, stars Reynolds as [...]
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The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs Smith director Doug Liman is set to direct the time-travel actioner All You Need is Kill, says Variety. The movie, based on the Japanese novel of the same name, has been in development for a few months now. In a recent interview at http://www.collider.com/ Liman had this to [...]
Natasha Romanova (the Black Widow) Recently Joss Whedon told The Sunday Herald-Sun a little about his plans for the upcoming Marvel superhero film, The Avengers. He didn’t reveal anything new, but he did mention that in addition to Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, there will be other female characters in the movie. Rumors are circulating about [...]
