BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Thursday, March 22, 2012

'John Carter' Comes To Grips With The Loss Of 'Dejah Thoris'

Dynamite Entertainment's "Warlord Of Mars" #21, available June 2012, is written by Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Stefano Martino with covers by Joe Jusko, Lucio Parrillo :

"...'John Carter' is just coming to grips with the loss of his princess, 'Dejah Thoris', when he catches wind of a diabolical plan. 'Shang', Father of the 'Therns', knows how to free Dejah from her prison. But Shang is Carter's greatest enemy, and he's not about to hand her over..."

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"Pantha" Drives Chaos Out Of The Shadows

Dynamite Entertainment's "Pantha" #1, available June 2012, is written by Brandon Jerwa and illustrated by Pow Rodrix, with covers by Sean Chen and Mark Texiera :

"...she stalks the night, driving the forces of 'Chaos' from the shadows and hunting them down like prey. Much more than a feral shapeshifter, Pantha is also an avatar for the Egyptian goddess 'Sekhmet' - and she's going to learn that history can repeat in a terrifying way..."

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Meyer's "The Host" Is the Most

Sneak Peek the first teaser trailer supporting the currently shooting film adaptation of "Twilight" book author Stephanie Meyer’s sci-fi romance novel "The Host". The new film is written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger and Jake Abel:

"...in the near future on Earth, the planet has been assimilated by an alien species called 'Souls'. One Soul, aka the "Wanderer' becomes 'fused' with dying human 'Melanie Stryder'...

"The Host" opens March 29th, 2013.

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Forbidden Love In "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

Imagine Entertainment confirms it will develop a big screen remake of author George Orwell's classic science-fiction novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", with street artist Shepard Fairey on board as a possible co-producer.

First published June 1949, Orwell's 'dystopian' novel focuses on 'Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the 'Party'.

Life in the Oceanian province of 'Airstrip One' is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control, accomplished with a political system euphemistically named 'English Socialism' (aka 'Ingsoc'), administered by a privileged 'Inner Party' elite.
Everyone is subordinate to the totalitarian cult of 'Big Brother', the deified Party leader who rules with a philosophy that decries individuality and reason as 'thoughtcrimes'.

Protagonist 'Winston Smith', is a member of the 'Outer Party, working for the 'Ministry of Truth' (aka 'Minitrue'), responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism, rewriting past newspaper articles so that the historical record is congruent with the current party ideology.

Because of the childhood trauma of the destruction of his family — the disappearances of his parents and sister — Winston Smith secretly hates the Party, and dreams of rebellion against Big Brother.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" popularized the adjective 'Orwellian', which refers to official deception, secret surveillance and manipulation of the past, in service to a totalitarian, manipulative political agenda.

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Sneak Peek Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis"

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, Sneak Peek a new international teaser trailer and poster supporting director David Cronenberg's Toronto-lensed feature 'Cosmopolis".


The new film stars Samantha Morton, Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti and Mathieu Amalric , based on the novella "Cosmopolis" by author Don DeLillo.


The Canadian-France co-production is produced by Paulo Branco through his Paris-based Alfama Films Production and Martin Katz of Toronto-based Prospero Pictures.

"...'Cosmopolis' is a contemporary thriller about a hedge fund trader who is stalked while his fortune evaporates under the weight of his cynical bets against the survival of the global economy..."

Grégoire Melin's Paris-based Kinology is handling international sales, with RAI Cinema SpA also distributing in Italy.

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Jessica Biel Going "Psycho"

According to reports, actress Jessica Biel ("Powder Blue") will play actress 'Vera Miles', alongside Scarlett Johansson, James D'Arcy and Anthony Hopkins, in director Sasha Gervasi's Fox Searchlight feature "Alfred Hitchcock & the Making of Psycho", based on the book by author Stephen Rebello.

Published in 1990, the book details all aspects of the creation of Hitchcock's thriller "Psycho' released to theaters in 1960. From Hitchcock's acquisition of the original novel by author Robert Bloch to his work with screenwriters, casting, filming, editing, scoring, and promotion, the book takes readers into the day-to-day lives of moviemakers who believed they were making a modestly budgeted, black-and-white shocker that represented a radical departure from the elegant, suspenseful films that made Hitchcock's reputation.

Rebello researched Hitchcock's personal records and archives, interviewing most of the "Psycho" surviving cast and crew members.

Prior to the book's publication, Rebello's initial research appeared as a 22-page article in the April 1986 issue of "Cinefantastique" magazine titled "Psycho: The Making of Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece".

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