Sneak Peek "Resident Evil: Afterlife"

Sneak Peek new images from the Toronto-lensed fantasy horror sequel "Resident Evil: Afterlife", based on the "Resident Evil" video game series.

"Resident Evil: Afterlife" from Sony's Screen Gems, will be released in 3D and 2D venues September 10.

Written/directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, the fourth movie installment stars Anderson's wife Milla Jovovich with Ali Larter, Spencer Locke, Wentworth Miller, Shawn Roberts, Boris Kodjoe, Kim Coates, Norman Yeung and Kasey Barnfield.

"...'Resident Evil: Afterlife' follows 'Alice' as she continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. When her deadly battle with the 'Umbrella Corporation' reaches new heights, Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the 'Undead' leads them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of zombies as Alice and her comrades in arms are about to step into a deadly trap..."

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IDW Is Game For EA's "Army Of Two"

IDW Publishing's "Army of Two" #5, based on Electronic Arts' "Army Of Two", the video game, will be released May 26, written by Peter Milligan, with illustrations by Dexter Soy/Jose Marzan Jr. and a cover painting by artist Chester Ocampo.

"...Escaped prisoners on the run, 'Rios' and 'Salem' are hell-bent on getting back to America. After their chopper goes down in the Mexican desert, the 'Army of Two' are on foot. With a price on their heads and their faces plastered across television, everyone in Mexico wants them dead! Meanwhile, 'Jaime''s lust for power has reached the upper levels of the Mexican government and may ignite a civil war..."

"Army of Two", the video game, is a third person shooter, developed by EA, released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, focusing on two mercenaries fighting through war, political turmoil, and a conspiracy from 1993 to 2009. Focusing on 'cooperative' strategies, the main feature of the game is the necessity to use coordinated teamwork to accomplish the game's goals.

While the game is meant to be played with another human as a partner, a 'Partner Artificial Intelligence' (PAI) is also included and programmed to follow the player's strategies. Dependence on a partner (whether human or PAI) is so pronounced that most objectives are impossible to complete without it.

The game sequel, "Army of Two: The 40th Day", was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360, January 12, 2010.

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Roberts Swears By "Jesus Henry Christ"

Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts is executive producing the comedy feature "Jesus Henry Christ", currently prepping for a Toronto start June 5, shooting through to July 11.

Screenplay is by director Dennis Lee ("Fireflies In The Garden").

Actors cast include Michael Sheen ("Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans") and Toni Collette ("United States Of Tara").

In 2008, Roberts also executive produced the Toronto-lensed "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl", through her Red Om films banner.

Based on Lee's Academy Award-winning short film of the same name, "Jesus Henry Christ" follows 'Henry James Hermin', a boy conceived in a petri-dish and raised by a loving, left-wing feminist. At the age of 10, he decides his mother's love is not enough and begins to follow a trail of 'Post-It' notes stuck around town hoping it will lead him to his biological father.

Sukee Chew of Hopscotch Pictures will also produce.

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DiCaprio: "Inception"

Sneak Peek new character posters supporting Warners upcoming, psychological thriller "Inception", from director Christopher Nolan ("The Dark Knight").

Also written and produced by Nolan, "Inception" stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao and Michael Caine.

Scheduled to be released in both conventional and IMAX theaters July 16, 2010, premise of "Inception" follows 'Cobb' (DiCaprio), a skilled thief in the art of 'inception', who steals secrets from the mind's subconscious, during the 'dream state', (when the mind is at its most vulnerable), making his ability valuable in corporate espionage.

"Inception" was first developed by Nolan, "exploring the idea of people sharing a dream space, entering a dream space and sharing a dream. That gives you the ability to access somebody’s subconscious. What would that be used and abused for?"

"I tried to work that idea of manipulation and management of a conscious dream being a skill that these people have...And the only outlandish idea that the film presents, really, is the existence of a technology that allows you to enter and share the same dream as someone else".

The story "relies so heavily on the idea of the interior state, the idea of dream and memory. I realized I needed to raise the emotional stakes, with the emotional journey of DiCaprio's character, the driving force of the movie".

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"The Rolling Stones 1969-1975 - The Mick Taylor Years"- July 27

MVD will release the new DVD, "The Rolling Stones 1969-1975 - The Mick Taylor Years" on July 27.

"...Often regarded as the period in which The Rolling Stones recorded the finest music of their career, the years during which Mick Taylor was the fifth Stone remain the band's 'Golden Age'. Notably, on albums "Let It Bleed", "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile On Main Street" the Stones' sound changed as they developed new ideas and were informed by a range of new influences.

"Crucially it was Taylor's sophisticated blues and jazz licks that gave The Rolling Stones an added dimension between 1969 and 1975 - one they lacked both before and afterwards. This dynamic film tells the behind the scenes story of this hugely productive era for the group..."

The DVD features interviews with Taylor and his old boss, John Mayall; author and group colleague, Robert Greenfield; Village Voice music editor, Robert Christgau; Stones session musicians, Al Perkins and Bill Plummer; UK music critic, Barney Hoskyns and a whole lot more.

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ABC Jiggles Their Schedule For "Charlie's Angels"

ABC reports it will 'reboot' the classic TV series "Charlie's Angels", hiring writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville") to develop a pilot for a possible mid-season series launch.

The original "Charlie's Angels", airing on ABC, 1976 to 1981, was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, under the working title "The Alley Cats".

Premise of the first episode followed three women who graduate from the Los Angeles police academy only to be assigned duties handling switchboards and directing traffic.

Quitting the force, they are hired to work for the 'Charles Townsend Agency' as private investigators. Their boss, 'Charlie', is never seen full face, assigning cases to the 'Angels' and his liaison, 'Bosley', via a speaker phone.

Most episodes followed a regular structure whereby a crime is committed; the Angels are given the case details by Charlie and Bosley; the trio go undercover (usually involving something skimpy to wear); towards the end of the episode one of them is uncovered as a crime-fighter and it is a race against time for the others to rescue their friend before they meet some nasty fate.

The final scene inevitably would be back at the Townsend Office with Charlie offering his congratulations for a job well done.

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"Futurama" Relaunches June 24

Sneak Peek a new image from Comedy Central's animated sci fi, comedy series "Futurama" as seen by co-creator Matt Groening ("The Simpsons").

Created and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network, "Futurama" follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, 'Philip J. Fry', who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for a thousand years, finds employment at 'Planet Express', an interplanetary delivery company in the retrofuturistic thirty-first century.

"Futurama" returns Thursday, June 24 @ 10 PM on Comedy Central.
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63rd Cannes Film Festival Winners

Here is a list of the Awards presented May 23 @ the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, chosen by a jury headed by US director Tim Burton ("Batman") :

Palme d'Or (Golden Palm): "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

Grand Prize: "Of Gods and Men" by Xavier Beauvois (France)

Jury Prize: "A Screaming Man" by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad)

Best Director: Mathieu Amalric for "On Tour" (France)

Best Actor: Javier Bardem, "Biutiful" (Mexico) and Elio Germano, "La Nostra Vita" (Italy)

Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, "Certified Copy" (Iran)

Best Screenplay: Lee Chang-Dong, "Poetry" (Korea)

Camera d'Or (first-time director): "Ano Bisiesto" by Michael Rowe (Mexico)

Best short film: "Chienne d'Histoire," by Serge Avedikian (France)

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MTV Goes Hairy For "Teen Wolf"

MTV has placed a series order for an update of "Teen Wolf", based on the 1985 horror comedy feature, starring Michael J. Fox.

The TV pilot, created by Jeff Davis ("Criminal Minds") and executive produced by Davis, Marty Adelstein and Rene Echevarria, was directed by Russell Mulcahy.

The new "Teen Wolf" stars Tyler Posey ("Lincoln Heights") as a high school student who gets supernatural superpowers (with women) after a wolf attack.

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Shatner's "Shit" Hits The Fan

CBS reports that the new comedy series "Shit My Dad Says", starring Emmy Award winner William Shatner, based on the Twitter feed "Shit My Dad Says", will air Thursday nights starting in the fall.

The series follows Shatner in the title role as a 'curmudgeon' who dispenses politically incorrect opinions and advice to his son.

CBS will promote the show verbally with the word 'bleep' instead of the profanity in ads -- as in, "Bleep My Dad Says."

CBS maintains the show will be perfectly suitable for family viewing.

"The program is inspired by the wildly popular Twitter phenomenon, which now has more than 1.5 million followers and also has spawned a best-selling book of the same name," said CBS.

"It will in no way be indecent and will adhere to all CBS standards..."

Glazer Gets "Under The Skin"

UK director Jonathan Glazer ("Sexy Beast") will direct an adaptation of author Michael Faber's 2000 sci-fi novel "Under the Skin", one of several features being developed by Britain's Film4, for producers Jim Wilson and Nick Wechsler:

Guy Ritchie Scores With "Gamekeeper"

Comic book publishers Dynamite Entertainment and Liquid Comics report they have set up a partnership to release an omnibus graphic novel collecting all 10 issues of "Gamekeeper", the comic book series created by director Guy Ritchie ("Snatch", "Sherlock Holmes").

"...The man known only as 'Brock' lives a quiet existence as gamekeeper on a secluded Scottish estate. But the tranquility is disrupted when Russian paramilitary mercenaries storm the house and kill 'Jonah Morgan', Brock’s friend and owner of the estate.

"To avenge Jonah’s death and protect a secret, Brock must turn predator and journey deep into an unfamiliar, urban underworld, plagued by a dark past..."

The former Virgin Comics property, created in 2007, is currently in development as a feature for Warner Bros and producer Joel Silver's Silver Pictures ("Lethal Weapon"), for Ritchie to direct.

"I'm interested in the visual sensibility of comic book storytelling, "said Ritchie, "so creating a comic was an obvious and exciting prospect. The moment I saw the pages, I had a cinematic vision for what I know will make a great film."

"Gamekeeper" was written by Andy Diggle and Jeff Parker, with illustrations by Mukesh Singh, Ron Randall and Ron Chan.

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Emily Carr Looks @ 3D Curriculum

Vancouver-based Emily Carr University of Art and Design is developing a 'Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) Centre of Excellence'.

"3D is not only the future," said Emily Carr President Ron Burnett, "it's going to be the base of a transformation in how we view images, in how we relate to entertainment, and in how we live our lives..."

S3D will open September 2010, with workshops for industry professionals, then offered as part of a regular curriculum at the university, September, 2011.

On Thursday, university officials unveiled a new $300,000 3D camera system, purchased with funding from the federal government.

"I'm ... told that I'm the first Canadian politician to be filmed in 3D," said Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, after pledging $530,000 in federal funding for the centre.

Emily Carr will team up with San Rafael, California-based VFX company Kerner Optical to create the new centre.

"3D is shifting the economic landscape" said Lynn Leboe, Kerner's Head of International Research and Development.