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The company will put the Indian filmmaker’s The Music Room on DVD/Blu-Ray this July 19, according to The Digital Bits. Ray was better known internationally for his classic Apu Trilogy.

The X-men 1-2 director explained his approach to the last attempted reboot of the comic book franchise Superman Returns, which he helmed. He was apparently going for religious allegories, even though the Donner one already did that. But he admits … Continue reading →

Max Mok, the actor who co-starred in four of the the period-based Once Upon In China films from Tsui Hark and Jet Li was arrested for drug use. Mok played a disciple to Jet Li’s legendary martial arts nationalist, Wong … Continue reading →

The All About Lily Chou-Chou director will be part of the Asian New Talent Award Jury this June at the Shanghai International Film Festival. More details about the fest and Iwai can be read at the link. Thanks to The … Continue reading →

While not as big as in America as other anime directors, Dezaki did partly cross over with his takes on the assassin manga series, Golgo 13 [the former of which is getting an upgraded re-release from Discotek Media], as well … Continue reading →

Ian Harvey, who helped pioneer the distribution of subbed international films to American audiences, including those from Akira Kurosawa and Ozu, passed away of a stroke at 85. Janus itself has been around for 55 years now. Thanks to @aicnanime … Continue reading →

The Twilight co-star heads up a new thriller where he plays a teen who has to find his real parents. Four Brothers’ John Singleton is directing, and the cast includes Green Zone’s Jason Isaacs, Avatar’s Sigourney Weaver Spider-Man 2′s Alfred … Continue reading →

Series regulars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, and Justin Lin return to the fifth installment in the drift porn franchise. New to the cast is The Other Guys/Faster actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. F5 hits theaters this … Continue reading →

Chinese authorities have banned the use of time-travel in film and tv, arguing that it “disrespects history”. Apparently, movies like the Jackie Chan movie, The Myth, are considered bigger threats to people than just making them fall asleep, because they … Continue reading →

The Dark Knight actor plays a former spook, while the Quantum of Solace actress plays his ex-lover. The Sons of Anarchy actress, Liana Liberato, will star as Eckhart’s daughter. IMDB notes that the plot point about The Expatriate is that … Continue reading →

The newest film from Ip Man co-star Donnie Yen has been acquired by The Weinstein Company. Set against the back-drop of the Three Kingdoms era, Donnie plays a legendary general by the name of Guan Yu. In the movie, he … Continue reading →

THR linked this new thriller from Killshot director John Madden. It’s about Mossad agents trying to capture an elusive ex-Nazi war criminal hiding out in the Ukraine. Kick-Ass collaborators Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman worked on the script, while Red’s … Continue reading →

Paramount’s picked up the movie rights to the sci-fi writer’s Martian Chronicles, a 40s collection of stories revolving around humans conflicts colonizing the red planet. I, Robot’s John Davis is attached as producer. The project’s been in development since the … Continue reading →

The X-men/Watchmen writer and Solid Snake English actor will work on the script for the first book in the Dragonriders of Pern fantasy series. Splice’s Steve Hoban Shoot ‘Em Up’s Susan Montford, and Transformers’ Don Murphy are attached as producers.

The Public Enemies director is collaborating with Terminator Salvation writer Paul Haggis on Gold, a treasure-hunting drama in the vein of ‘Sierra Madre. While Mann hasn’t cast anyone, he’s trying to woo Leonardo Dicaprio for the film.

Deadline notes that the ’88 satiric alien pod people movie from Escape from NY director John Carpenter is being remade by Let Me In’s Matt Reeves. Reeves apparently plans to adhere more to the original story it was based on, … Continue reading →

KungFuCinema.com discovered seven minutes of film from the newest version of the 80s wuxia classic series, the first two of which starred former Farewell My Concubine thesp Leslie Cheung and was directed by Double Team/Legend of Zu/Time and Tide’s Tsui … Continue reading →

The Miramax refugee/Weinstein Company head who never met an Asian film he couldn’t bury, chop up, and/or sell as an “ultimate” edition on DVD-even though it wasn’t the version people remembered on import tape/LD-apparently got more flack than usual, possibly … Continue reading →

The xXx 2 rapper is talking with Disney about doing a drama focused on South Central L.A.’s custom car culture scene. Plans are to make it PG-13, even though it was conceived as an R pic.

Morningside Entertainment is apparently planning to make a “sequel” to the sailor who appeared in Arabian Nights. Classic FX icon Ray Harryhausen produced films featuring the character in the 50s and 70s. Sinbad: Rogue of Mars is expected to be … Continue reading →

The Your Highness star has plans to shoot a film based on a true story of Charlotte robbers who were bad at covering their tracks.

The French film fest has made the Mother director the Camera D’or Jury President this year. In addition, Secret Sunshine director Lee Chang-Dong will be co-heading the juries at the Critics’ Week Cannes sidebar.

The Lu Chuan film is a dramatization of Japanese war crimes at Nanking during World War II. A North American release schedule for City of Life+Death can be found here. No domestic trailer as of yet, but one can be … Continue reading →

Dark Horizons notes that Piranha 3-D writer Josh Stolberg submitted a spec which would adapt the classic Hitchcock rom-heist, To Catch a Thief, for a modern audience. So it’ll have gadgets and stuff, I guess. Personally, I’d rather see that … Continue reading →

The Your Highness director is interested in doing a new take on the classic 60s military thriller, Ice Station Zebra. He currently submitted a script for it.

Gamespot just noted that Konami is introducing a clothing line based on the latest portable spin-off/prequel to the Metal Gear Solid stealth game series, Peace Walker. It will hit North American stores on April 11.

The cult classic action horror flick with Bruce Campbell’s been made into an exclusive iPad and iPhone shooter. This actually wouldn’t be the first time the series went digital, as PS, PS2, and X-box games were also produced some years … Continue reading →

The Jersey Shore diva really wowed the Wrestlemania crowd with some impressive back-flips. Thanks to @boondocksbtlg for the tip.

The Expendables actor has given the go-ahead for comic creator Stan Lee to use his likeness for The Governator, a fictional superhero cartoon version of his persona. Schwarzenegger is supposed to make an official presentation at MIPTV on April 4. … Continue reading →