"Project X": The Party You've Only Dreamed About

Sneak Peek the upcoming $12 million budgeted, comedy-drama "Project X", directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Filmed like a faux documentary home video, the feature is produced by Todd Phillips ("The Hangover") and written by Michael Bacall, Matt Drake, based on a story by Bacall.

"Project X" stars Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown :

"...three teenage friends plan to throw the ultimate party and make a name for themselves. As the guests keep arriving however, the party descends into total chaos..."

From Silver Pictures and Green Hat Films, Warner Bros will release "Project X' in North America, March 2, 2012.

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Lionsgate Feasts on “The Hunger Games”

Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the upcoming feature, "The Hunger Games".

Directed by Gary Ross ("Pleasantville") , the film is based on "The Hunger Games" novel trilogy, by author Suzanne Collins.

Cast includes Elizabeth Banks as 'Effie Trinket', Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg.

The first motion picture adaptation is based on the first novel of Collins'"The Hunger Games" trilogy. The other two novels are"Catching Fire"and "Mockingjay".

Screenplay For "The Hunger Games" is by Billy Ray ("Shattered Glass").

Premise revolves around 'Katniss Everdeen', a teenage girl forced to represent her 'region' in an annual 'Hunger Games' event, where participants must fight to the death. "...In this futuristic world, traditional government has gone by the wayside and America is split into 12 regions, each of which must send contestants to this deadly battle each year." Lionsgate will release the first film March 23, 2012.

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Branded : DC Entertainment Reveal Their New Indentity

DC Entertainment has revealed a new 'brand identity' :

"It's a new era at DC Entertainment and the new look reflects a dynamic, bold approach while at the same time celebrates the company's rich heritage and robust portfolio of characters, " said John Rood, EVP of sales, marketing and business development for DC Entertainment.

"It was just a few months ago that 'Superman', 'Batman' and many of our other 'Super Heroes' were updated when we launched 'DC Comics - The New 52'. Now it's time to do the same for the company's identity while remaining true to the power of storytelling which is still at the heart of DC Entertainment."

"...the new brand identity will come to life across all consumer touch points in order to create a clear and consistent message in support of DC Entertainment. The new identity will begin to appear on comic books and graphic novels as well as new websites in March. Consumers will also see the new identity rolled out over time on other DC Entertainment products from Warner Bros. including film, television, interactive games and merchandise..."

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Jules Feiffer Sails With IDW's "Popeye"

IDW Publishing reports that writer Roger Langridge and illustrator Bruce Ozella are the creative team behind IDW's new "Popeye" comic book series, debuting April 2012.

"Popeye" #1 will feature a cover from Ozella, as well as a special variant edition, with a cover by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.

The monthly series will be co-edited by IDW's co-founder, chief executive officer, Ted Adams and Craig Yoe.

"Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks ("Donald Duck") and E.C. Segar," said Langridge, "so getting a chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill. I'm especially pleased that IDW have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As much as I like some of the later versions of the character, for me, it's those early strips where the magic really happened." 'Popeye the Sailor' was created by Elzie Crisler (E.C.) Segar, debuting in the daily King Features comic strip 'Thimble Theatre', January 17, 1929. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf.

In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of "Popeye the Sailor" theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The Fleischers and Paramount's Famous Studios, continued production through 1957. Since then, Popeye has appeared in comic books, television cartoons, arcade/video games, advertisements and peripheral products.

January 1, 2009, 70 years after the death of his creator, the Popeye character became public domain in most countries (but remains under copyright in the US.)

Born in a typhoon off Santa Monica, California, Popeye is a 34-year old, mumbling, squinty-eyed, pipe-smoking sailor with muscular forearms sporting two anchor tattoos.

Ongoing characters include his father 'Poopdeck Pappy', who does not share his son's moral righteousness, sweetheart 'Olive Oyl', 'Swee'Pea', an infant left on his doorstep, look-alike nephews 'Peepeye', 'Pupeye', 'Pipeye' and 'Poopeye', hamburger craving 'J. Wellington Wimpy', the magical, orchid-eating pet 'Eugene The Jeep', the villain 'Sea Hag' and 'Alice The Goon'.

From early 1932 onward, Popeye was depicted as eating spinach to become stronger. He would either squeeze a spinach can until the top opened, or sucked the spinach through his pipe, infusing him with extraordinary strength and making him invulnerable.

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"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" - "Deception"

Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from the Season 4, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" episode #15, "Deception", premiering January 20, 2012 on the Cartoon Network :

Manga Presents "First Squad: The Moment Of Truth"

Now available on Blu-ray and DVD through Anchor Bay Entertainment's 'Manga' brand, the anime feature "First Squad : The Moment of Truth" is a collaboration between Japan's Studio 4°C and Russia's Molot Entertainment.

"First Sqaud" is directed by Studio 4°C director, animator Yoshiharu Asino, co-written and produced by Michael Spritz, Alexey Klimov and Eiko Tanaka, featuring character development by Hirofumi Nakata and music by Japanese composer DJ Krush :

"...set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front, the main characters are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities. Drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army, they are opposed by a German officer, who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century 'Order of the Sacred Cross', aka the 'Teutonic Knights'.

"Most of the teenage crew die, except for 'Nadia', who is taken to a secret Soviet lab that studies supernatural phenomena, including contact with the dead.

"There, in the 'Gloomy Valley', she meets her dead friends and tries to persuade them to continue fighting..."

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"Sinners and Saints" : The Dark Underbelly Of New Orleans

Now available on Blu-ray and DVD in North America from Anchor Bay Entertainment, the Noire Blanc Films, action-thriller "Sinners and Saints" is directed/co-written by William Kaufman, starring Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Bas Rutten, Method Man, Kim Coates and Tom Berenger.

The film is set "... in the dark underbelly of New Orleans..." :

"...'Detective Sean Riley' is emotionally destroyed after the death of his son and the abandonment of his wife. Knowing the dark road Riley is heading down, his mentor 'Captain Pete Trahan' (Berenger) reassigns him to help solve a brutal homicide case.

"Riley is quickly paired with young, family man, 'Detective Will Ganz' (Phillips) to solve a series of murders, which have sparked a major gang war. As they get deeper into the case, it's clear that Riley's childhood friend 'Colin' (Flanery) may somehow be involved.

"Together, Riley and Ganz weave through the lawless, ravaged streets of New Orleans desperate to solve the murders which turn out to be more sinister than either could have imagined..."

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Warners And CBS Take A "Stand"

According to reports, the Warner Bros., CBS Films, big screen adaptation of author Stephen King's post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel, "The Stand" will be written by David Kajganich ("The Invasion"), for director Ben Affleck.

King's "The Stand", published in 1978 was later re-released in 1990 as "The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition", with King changing the setting of the story from 1980 to 1990.

Premise of "The Stand" follows a full-scale apocalypse, driven by the accidental release of a biological weapon and the ensuing struggle of good versus evil carried out by the world's survivors.

The novel is divided into three parts, with the first, titled "Captain Trips" taking place over nineteen days, with the escape and spread of a human-made biological influenza virus known formally as 'Project Blue', aka 'Captain Trips'.

The resulting pandemic leads directly to the death of an estimated 99.4% of the world's human population.

King outlines the total breakdown and destruction of society through widespread violence and the failure of martial law to contain the outbreak. The human toll is also dealt with, as survivors must care for their families and friends, that succumb to illness.

Starting in 2008, Marvel Comics adapted "The Stand" into a series of graphic novels, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Mike Perkins. Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Stand"...