Dive Into "Shark Week: Restless Fury"

Entertainment One Presents "Shark Week: Restless Fury", now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Noted as one of the longest-running cable series of its kind, the Discovery Channel debuted the "Shark Week" TV series in 1986.

"...lurking silently beneath the ocean's surface is one of nature's most terrifying creatures-a powerful predator who can rip its prey apart in a matter of seconds. Now experience actual shark attacks and rescues captured on film.

"Learn why these attacks are increasing at an alarming rate and see the awe-inspiring lengths sharks will go to when they're after prey. Explore the science, myths and mystery of this fearsome predator..."

With the assist of fearless deep-sea divers and the use of 'bite-cams', fin-cams', etc. "Shark Week: Restless Fury", includes spectacular HD 'air jaws', slow-motion footage of 1 ton 'flying sharks' propelling themselves out of the water, surreal footage from inside a live shark's mouth and other fascinating imagery of these other-worldly killing-machines.

Some of the episodes are quite gruesome, with an advisory due to footage of real shark attacks.

Features include the shorts "Sharks: Are They Hunting Us?" and "Man vs Fish: Tiger Shark".

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Take A Look @ Coppola's "Twixt"

Set to screen at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Sneak Peek new images supporting director Francis Ford Coppola's 'ghost story' feature "Twixt".

Coppola describes the film as "...one part Gothic romance, one part personal film, and one part the kind of horror film that began my career..."

Coppola said the story for the film was inspired by the works of authors Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne and came to him during a 'vivid dream' while visiting Istanbul.

The $7 million gothic thriller from American Zoetrope, stars Val Kilmer as writer 'Hall Baltimore', Bruce Dern as 'Sheriff Bobby LaGrange', Ben Chaplin as 'Edgar Allan Poe', Elle Fanning as 'V', Joanne Whalley as 'Denise', David Paymer as 'Sam Malkin', Ryan Simpkins as 'Carolyne' and Don Novello as 'Melvin' :

...a writer with a declining career arrives in a small town as part of his book tour and gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named 'V'.

He’s unsure of her connection to the murder in the town, but is grateful for the story being handed to him. Ultimately he is led to the truth of the story, surprised to find that the ending has more to do with his own life than he could ever have anticipated..."

Coppola screened footage from the film @ the San Diego Comic-Con July 23, 2011, that will include a 3D 'dream sequence'.

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Sneak Peek "Dirty Girl"

Sneak Peek the new trailer supporting the upcoming comedy feature "Dirty Girl", written and directed by Abe Sylvia, starring Milla Jovovich, Mary Steenburgen, Juno Temple and William H. Macy :

"...'Danielle' (Temple) is a troubled and promiscuous Oklahoma high school student in the 1980's. She argues with her mother (Jovovich) who is about to marry a Mormon. Amidst the chaos Danielle befriends 'Clarke' (Jeremy Dozier), a shy classmate.

"Together they flee in Clarke's father's car and embark on a road trip to Los Angeles, where Danielle expects to find her birth father..."

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"Gotham City' Overrun By A Demon Horde

DC Comics' "Batman: The Dark Knight" #4, available July 27, 2011, is written by David Finch, with illustrations by Finch, Scott Williams and covers by Finch, Andy Clarke :

"Supergirl" Has Her Fill Of College

DC Comics' "Supergirl" #67, available August 17, 2011, is written by Kelly Sue Deconnick and illustrated by Chriscross, Marc Deering, with a cover by RB Silva, Rob Lean :

"...between no chicken fingers in the cafeteria and the killer robots, 'Supergirl' has about had her fill of college. But before she can leave, first she has to save the kids of the 'Silk Pajama Society', stop the bad guy from unleashing his devastating plan upon the world and attend one last orientation session..."

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"Green Lantern: Brightest Day"

DC Comics' "Green Lantern: Brightest Day ", available now, is written by Geoff Johns, with illustrations by Doug Mahnke, Shane Davis and Christian Alamy, with a cover by Mahnke :

"...forced to band together during the rise of the 'Black Lanterns', 'Hal Jordan', 'Sinestro', 'Carol Ferris,' 'Saint Walker', 'Atrocitus',' Indigo-1' and 'Larfleeze' must agree to disagree if their next mission is to succeed. But when one of the strangest beings from Green Lantern's past returns, the future of the Lanterns and the universe at large once again falls into question..."

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"Wonder Woman And The Furies"

DC Comics' "Flashpoint: Wonder Woman And The Furies #1 (of 3), now available, is written by Dan Abnett and Andy Landing, with illustrations by Scott Clark and David Beaty and a cover by Ed Benes :

"...'Flash Fact : if she can't have the world – no one will!..."

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The Newly Undead 'Black Lanterns'

DC Comics' "Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Volume 2, now available, is written by James Robinson, Geoff Johns and Greg Rucka, with illustrations by Scott Kolins, Nicola Scott, Eddy Barrows and a cover by Rodolfo Migliari :

"...'The Flash', 'Wonder Woman' and the 'Justice Society Of America' come face to face with their greatest foes and long-lost loved ones, newly undead as evil 'Black Lanterns'..."

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TIFF 2011: Festival Opening Press Conference

Sneak Peek attended the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Opening Press Conference @ Toronto's Hyatt Regency Hotel King Street West, July 26.

This year, the 36th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), runs for 10 days, from September 8 - 18, 2011.

In typical classy fashion, TIFF organizers provided the early morning media with smoked salmon, kiwis, pineapples, melons, croissants and fruit juices, in The Hyatt Mezzanine ballroom, before making their professional podium presentation.

Highlights of the conference:

For the first time in 36 years, TIFF will open with a documentary, screening David Guggenheim's U2 rock band feature "From The Sky Down";

Canadian director Sarah Polley will debut her new comedy "Take This Waltz";

Galas will include "Moneyball"" starring Brad Pitt.

TIFF will also premier "The Descendants, starring George Clooney, directed by Alexander Payne ("Sideways");

"Pearl Jam Twenty" will screen, created from more than 1,200 hours of footage spanning the band’s career;

Also screening is director William Friedkin's "Killer Joe" starring Matthew McConaughey;

"We Need to Talk about Kevin" stars Tilda Swinton;

"Americano", directed by Mathieu Demy, stars Salma Hayek;

North American premiere Galas include Madonna's "W.E.";

Also screening is Toronto director David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method";

THE COMPLETE LIST :

Opening Night:

"From the Sky Down," Davis Guggenheim

Galas:

"Albert Nobbs," Rodrigo Garcia
"Butter," Jim Field Smith
"A Dangerous Method," David Cronenberg
"A Happy Event," Remi Bezancon
"The Ides of March," George Clooney
"The Lady," Luc Besson
"Moneyball," Bennett Miller
"Peace, Love and Misunderstanding," Bruce Beresford
"Take This Waltz," Sarah Polley
"W.E.," Madonna

Special Presentations:

"Americano," Mathieu Demy
"Anonymous," Roland Emmerich
"The Artist," Michel Hazanivicius
"A Better Life," Cedric Khan
"Burning Man," Jonathan Teplitzky
"Chicken With Plums," Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Corolianus," Ralph Fiennes
"Countdown,"Huh Jong-ho
"Dark Horse," Todd Solondz
"Deep Blue Sea," Terence Davies
"The Descendants," Alexander Payne
"Drive," Nicolas Winding Refn
"11 Flowers," Wang Xiaoshuai
"Elles," Malgoska Szumowska
"The Eye of the Storm," Fred Schepisi
"50/50," Jonathan Levine
"Friends with Kids," Jennifer Westfeldt
"Habemus Papam," Nanni Moretti
"Headhunters," Morten Tyldum
"Hick," Derick Martini
"The Hunter," Daniel Nettheim
"Jeff, Who Lives at Home," Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
"Killer Joe," William Friedkin
"Like Crazy," Drake Doremus
"Machine Gun Preacher," Marc Forster
"Martha Marcy May Marlene," Sean Durkin
"Melancholia," Lars von Triet
"The Oranges," Julian Farino
"Pearl Jam Twenty," Cameron Crowe
"Rampart," Oren Moverman
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," Lasse Hallstrom
"Shame," Steve McQueen
"A Simple Life," Ann Hui
"The Skin I Live In," Pedro Almodovar
"Take Shelter," Jeff Nichols
"Ten Year," Jamie Linden
"360,"Fernando Meirelles
"Trishna,"Michael Winterbottom
"Twixt," Francis Ford Coppola
Tyrannosaur," Paddy Considine
"We Need to Talk About Kevin," Lynne Ramsay
"Where Do We Go Now?," Nadine Labaki
"Woman in the Fifth," Pawel Pawlikowski

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Bonnie And Clyde: "Go Down Together"

Director Neil Burger ("Limitless) is now attached to a new take on 1930's killers 'Bonnie Parker' and 'Clyde Barrow', based on the novel "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde", by author Jeff Guinn.

The bank-robbers are believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders.

A playful snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.

Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. But a steady stream of sassy photographs supplied by Bonnie kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.

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AMC Goes To "Hell On Wheels"

Sneak Peek the first images from the Calgary-lensed 'western' TV series "Hell on Wheels", the upcoming period drama, set during the building of the 'Transcontinental Railroad'.

Written/produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, the first season of 10 episodes will premiere on AMC, October 16, 2011, after the second season premiere of "The Walking Dead".

The term 'Hell on Wheels' is an 1860's phrase describing the traveling work camps that helped expand railroads westward after the US Civil War.

Former 'Confederate' soldier 'Cullen Bohannon' (Anson Mount) joins one of the camps in the guise of looking for work. But in actuality he is searching for his wife's killers.

Cast also includes Dominique McElligott, Colm Meaney, Ben Esler, Eddie Spears, Philip Burke and April Telek.

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"Dredd" Is The Law

Sneak Peek new images of actor Karl Urban ("Star Trek") as superhero cop 'Judge Dredd', in the upcoming DNA Films' motion picture comic book adaptation, "Dredd".

Co-starring actress Lena Heady ("Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles") as the villain 'Madeline Madrigal' (aka 'Ma-Ma'), the $45 million budgeted, 3D adaptation, to be distributed by Lionsgate, is currently in CG post-production.

Urban stars as the law enforcement officer from futuristic 'Mega-City One', for director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point"), from a screenplay by Alex Garland ("Sunshine").

Reliance BIG Pictures and IM Global, a Reliance international sales company, financed the live-action feature, based on the 2000 AD Publishing character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.

"The main thing about 'Dredd' is that it’s a fantastic comic," said producer Andrew Macdonald.

"Our idea was to make a very hard, R-rated, gritty, realistic movie of 'Dredd' in 'Megacity', so we had to get the tone right...he’s going to hit people and it’s going to feel real."

"Alex Garland’s script is faithful to the original concept that made 'Judge Dredd' a favourite bad-ass hero," said "Dredd" comic book co-creator Wagner.

"This adaptation of 'Judge Dredd' will have an emphasis on adrenaline and realism, with all the scale and spectacle of 'Mega-City One'."

igned Michael Murphy ("District 9") as a South

Inspired by Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry", Dredd is a uniformed judge, combining combine powers of police, judge, jury and executioner.

Dredd and his fellow Judges are empowered to arrest, sentence and execute criminals on the spot.

With 'bionic' eyes implanted after a time-traveling mission to the 'City Of The Damned', Dredd carries a 'lawgiver' pistol, while riding a cannon-mounted, artificial intelligence 'lawmaster' chopper.

In the begining, 'Joseph Dredd' and his brother 'Rico' were cloned from the DNA of 'Chief Judge Fargo', the first chief judge. Their growth was artificially accelerated, finally emerging in 2066 with appropriate knowledge for their age, electronically implanted in their brains by computer during gestation.

The name 'Dredd' was chosen by genetic scientist 'Morton Judd'.

In 2070 the Dredds saw action for the first time during the 'Atomic Wars', when as cadets, they were temporarily fast-tracked through the 'Academy Of Law', assigned the rank of full judge and sent to restore order, following the US Justice Department deposing the President.

Joseph continued to excel as a Judge, rapidly gaining promotion to the rank of 'Senior Judge', while in the midst of saving the world from destruction, during the 'Fourth World War'.

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