"Gainsbourg": The Ultimate Love Song

Sneak Peek the new quad poster supporting the feature "Gainsbourg", directed by Joann Sfar, following the life of the French singer/songwriter/film director 'Serge Gainsbourg' (Eric Elmosnino), from his childhood in occupied France, to his rise as an international pop star.

His varied style and individuality made Gainsbourg's songs difficult to categorize, although he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.

In 1969, he released the song "Je t'aime... moi non plus", featuring explicit lyrics and simulated sounds of a female orgasm.

The song also appeared on the LP "Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg".

Originally recorded with actress Brigitte Bardot, the recording was released with future girlfriend Birkin when Bardot backed out.

While Gainsbourg declared the composition the "ultimate love song," "Je T'aime was censored in various countries, with the Vatican declaring in a public statement at the time, that the song was 'offensive'.

However, despite all the controversy, the song charted within the top ten in many European countries, with Gainsbourg writing soundtracks for more than 40 films as well as directing the films "Je t'aime... moi non plus", "Équateur" and "Charlotte For Ever".

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Julia Wants To "Eat, Pray Love"

Actress Julia Roberts ("Pretty Woman"), stars in "Eat, Pray Love", the new feature based on the memoir "Eat, Pray Love" by US author Elizabeth Gilbert.

Directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, the film was lensed in New York City, Naples, Italy, Pataudi, India and Bali, Indonesia. "...After trying and failing to become pregnant, a woman realizes she is not getting what she wants out of life, and, after a painful divorce, sets on a journey across the world..."

Roberts plays author 'Gilbert', Javier Bardem is 'Felipe', the man Gilbert falls in love with on her journey, Billy Crudup is 'Steven', Gilbert's former husband, Richard Jenkins plays a Texan who Gilbert befriends at an Indian ashram, Viola Davis is Delia, Gilbert's best friend, James Franco is 'David' and Christine Hakim is 'Wayan', Gilbert's best friend in Bali.

Hindu leaders were reportedly concerned over production of the film and advocated for the use of spiritual consultants to ensure that "Eat, Pray Love" conveyed an accurate reflection of life in an ashram.

The Columbia Pictures feature will be released August 13, 2010

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DreamWorks Hails Hamilton For "Falling Skies"

From Dreamworks Television and producer Steven Spielberg, comes the new Hamilton Ontario-lensed TNT TV series "Falling Skies", following a 'resistance force' after 'aliens' have invaded the earth.

The show stars actors Noah Wyle ("ER") and Moon Bloodgood ("Terminator Salvation"), written by Robert Rodat ("Saving Private Ryan") for executive producers Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.

"...Wyle stars as 'Tom Mason', a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Bloodgood co-stars as 'Anne Glass', a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy ("Lincoln Heights") as 'Hal' and Maxim Knight ("Brothers & Sisters") as 'Matt', Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel ("Weeds") is 'Lourdes', an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary. Will Patton ("Armageddon") plays a fierce leader of the resistance..."

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Samuel L. Jackson Chills With "Cold Space"

Following the success of "Afro Samurai" from a comic book to a brand, BOOM! Studios 4-issue comic book mini-series "Cold Space" is also created by actor Samuel L. Jackson and Emmy-nominated writer/producer Eric Calderon, with illustrations by Jeremy Rock and covers by Dave Johnson/Jeffrey Spokes.

"...'Cold Space' follows the adventures of an on-the-run outlaw as he crash-lands on a hostile planet that is on the brink of civil war. Finding himself in the crossfire between two warring factions, 'Mullbery' realizes that in chaos lies opportunity — because where there’s war, there’s money to be made..."

“I’m a long time comic reader," said Jackson, " and a big fan of many genres in graphic novels and manga – from crime thrillers, westerns, & super-hero books, to samurai dramas, science fiction and horror. So I actually do read the stuff – and lots of it. Now’s my chance to put my stamp on the medium with something new, but with a classic taste of the stuff I already like.”

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CW Slots Canadian-Lensed TV Series

The CW reports that Vancouver-lensed "Hellcats", will have its series premiere Wednesday September 8, at 9 PM.

"...'Hellcats' is a drama about a young pre-law student (Aly Michalka) whose world is turned upside-down when she loses her scholarship and has to join the college’s competitive cheerleading squad. Ashley Tisdale also stars as a young woman who is totally committed to the cheerleading squad to realize her dreams..."

Thursday, September 9, at 9 PM, the network will premiere the Toronto-lensed action/drama series "Nikita" starring Maggie Q "...in the title role, as a spy and assassin for a top secret US government agency, who rebels against the system that created her and will stop at nothing to bring their powerful operation to an end..."

Friday, September 24, Vancouver-lensed "Smallville" kicks-off its tenth and final season at 8 PM, followed by the sixth season of Vancouver-lensed "Supernatural" at 9 PM.

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Universal's "King Kong 360 3D"

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently sent a letter to Tribune Company Chairman Sam Zell regarding a 'spoof news' section, in the Tribune-owned LA Times newspaper, showing the destruction of Universal Studios Hollywood.

The newspaper headline reads, "Universal Studios Hollywood Partially Destroyed -- Theme Park Suffers Massive Damage, but Vows to Remain Open."

The article reads, "...It is hard to distinguish between the real debris and the foam prop rubble that commonly covers Hollywood backlots. 'Abner Devereaux', head groundskeeper for the Universal backlot, even had trouble sorting truth from fiction..."

"Today's 'mock' section front makes a mockery of the paper's mission," the county supervisors said in their letter to the LA Times .

"We urge the Times to stop selling its front pages to advertisers, especially in such an offensive and alarming manner."

But according to the Times, the ad "met our advertising guidelines. ... Our readers understand the ad-supported economic model of our business, which allows us to provide the outstanding journalism they rely upon 24/7..."

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"Weeds": Let's Blow This Joint- August 16

Sneak Peek a new poster and teaser trailer supporting Season 6 of "Weeds", the Lionsgate Television series created by Jenji Kohan, for the Showtime cable television network.

"Weeds" central character 'Nancy Botwin' (Mary-Louise Parker), is a newly widowed suburbanite mother of two who turns to selling marijuana to support her family after her husband unexpectedly dies.

Over the course of the show Nancy finds herself involved in illegal activities on a progressively larger scale; the first three seasons covered local drug dealing and culitivating, while later seasons revolve around the smuggling of contraband from Mexico into the US and the electoral machinations of Baja's gubernatorial politics.

In Season 6 of "Weeds", premiering August 16, 2010, actress Linda Hamilton ("Terminator") joins the cast as 'Linda', who, along with her partner 'Fiona', helps Nancy begin dealing in Seattle.

Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alanis Morissette will also be reprising their roles in the new season.

Actress Mary-Louise Parker has won a Golden Globe for her performance on the show, while creator Kohan won a WGA award for her pilot episode screenplay.

The show has since been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards and 10 Golden Globes.

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Crom! Momoa Makes The Cut As "Conan"

Sneak Peek former "Stargate Atlantis" actor Jason Momoa, as author Robert E.Howard's 'Cimmerian' warrior "Conan" The Barbarian.

The period action feature, directed by Marcus Nispel, co-stars Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Bob Sapp, Leo Howard, Ron Perlman, Said Taghmaoui and Rose McGowan.

"Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet..."

The new film started mid-March, based on a screenplay by Joshua "Sahara" Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean "Cowboys & Aliens" Donnelly, adapting author Howard's "Weird Tales" stories from the 1930's.

Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner of Millennium Films are producing "Conan" along with Paradox Entertainment president/CEO Fredrik Malmberg, rights holder of the Robert E. Howard estate.

Millennium is eyeing a potential franchise and R-rating for the $85 million sex/violence feature, lensing at Nu Image's Bulgarian Nu Boyana Studio and in South Africa.

"The story opens on the battlefield where Conan is born and tells the origin story that sets the stage for what will be the first of multiple films," said producer Lerner.

'Conan the Cimmerian', often associated with the fantasy subgenre 'sword-and-sorcery', created by Howard in 1932, has since appeared in licensed books, comics, films, television programs and video games.

'Conan the Barbarian' is also the name of a Gnome Press collection of stories published in 1954, comics published by Marvel and Dark Horse, paperback novels, feature films and a TV series.

Nispel said the look of the film will reflect the fantasy paintings of iconic 'Conan' illustrator Frank Frazetta.

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"Step Up 3D": Join The Party- August 6

Sneak Peek a new billboard banner for the UK-lensed "Step Up 3D", the third feature in the "Step Up" film series, directed by Jon Chu.

Cast includes Sharni Vinson as 'Natalie', Rick Malambri as 'Luke', Alberto Zuniga as 'Junior Zuniga', Alyson Stoner as 'Camille Gage', Adam Sevani as 'Moose', Harry Shum, Jr as 'Cable', Ally Maki as 'Jenny Kido' (formerly played by Mari Koda), Harriet Maclennan as 'Lil' Rogue' and "So You Think You Can Dance" finalists, Ivan Koumaev, Katee Shean, Joshua Allen and Stephen "Twitch" Boss.

Step Up 3D is scheduled to be released in conventional 2-D, Real D 3D and Disney Digital 3-D formats, August 6,2010.

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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice": A Job So Great It's Magic

Sneak Peek a new UK banner and 5-minute clip, supporting the upcoming feature "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Monica Bellucci.

The new film is a 're-imagining' of the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' segment appearing in Disney's 1940 full-length theatrical cartoon "Fantasia".

The film also adapts supernatural themes from the 1890's symphonic poem by Paul Dukas and 1797 ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Premise of the new film follows an average college student (Baruchel) reluctantly recruited to work for a 'sorcerer' (Cage), who gives him a crash course in the art and science of magic, preparing him for battle against the 'forces of darkness' in modern day Manhattan.

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