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30 September 2008 8:17 AM, PDT | From The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news

When a legendary movie franchise returns after a long hiatus, the results don.t usually seem to be pretty. In 1990, The Godfather Part III attempted to live up to its two classic predecessors and failed miserably; it offered a decent flick at best, but not one that remotely compared to the earlier movies.

The Star Wars series returned from a 16-year break with 1999.s The Phantom Menace. Though the flick earned tons of money, it inspired widespread derision from fans. Very few . if any - find the .Prequel Trilogy. to match up to the .Original Trilogy., and many fans see Phantom Menace as the worst of the bunch.

Back in the 1980s, the Indiana Jones films reigned supreme. 1981.s Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984.s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 1989.s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade all found massive audiences and entertained a generation of fans.

30 September 2008 7:58 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

It’s time for another great Screen Rant giveaway! This time we’ll be selecting three (3) random winners for a copy of Indy 4 on DVD. The rules for this contest are a little bit different, so be sure to read the entry requirements at the end of this post. Plus, as a bonus I’ll tell you how to double your chances to win.

Here’s the official info on the release and details of what you’ll find on the disc…

On October 14th, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Entertainment will release the worldwide box office blockbuster Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull on DVD! One of cinema’s greatest adventure heroes is back in this latest chapter of the immensely popular Indiana Jones franchise! Directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Frank Marshall, with George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy as executive producers, the smash hit stars Harrison Ford,

Vic Holtreman

22 September 2008 12:43 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

If the old maxim "What I really want to do is direct" still holds true, this week's releases confirm that the filmmaking game is more open than ever. Anyone can have a crack at it; actors, teachers, digital artists, preachers. Perhaps you should have a go yourself. Hell, if Paul W.S. Anderson can get work doing it...

"The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela"

Offering up the most unlikely fairytale you're ever likely to see, Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson draws on his documentary background with this endearing low-budget, semi-improvised Cinderella story. As a young Filipino lady-boy, the spunky, pre-op sex worker Raquela longs to be the belle of the ball as she trawls the Internet looking for love. When an American suitor pledges to be her Prince Charming and proposes a meeting in France, Raquela departs for her long-awaited date with destiny under the glittering Paris skyline.

Neil Pedley

21 September 2008 2:35 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

The BBC's new Saturday night drama Merlin got off to an impressive start last night, despite going up against The X Factor in the ratings. The new retelling of Arthurian legend focuses on the wizard's uncharted younger days and stars Richard Wilson, Anthony Head and John Hurt. The 13-episode first series has also been bought by NBC in the US, where it will air from next January. The first episode had an average of 6.65m (30%) over 45 minutes from 7.30pm, while on ITV1, ratings juggernaut The X Factor brought in 9.26m (41.7%) over an hour. The audience for Merlin was steady throughout but grew towards the end with a peak of 6.82m (30.3%) at 8.10pm. Before Merlin, the new series of Strictly Come Dancing launched with 7.99m (42.7%) over 80 minutes from 6.10pm. The audience climbed steadily from 6.41m (39%) at 6.15pm to a peak (more)

By Neil Wilkes

17 September 2008 12:24 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news

We've just been sent information from the UK arm of Paramount Home Entertainment regarding the November 10th region two release of INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL.

Earning over £40 million at the UK box office, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the newest adventure in the phenomenally successful Indiana Jones series, which has earned six Academy Awards® and over $2 billion worldwide.  Set in 1957, the film stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone and John Hurt and follows Indy on a perilous adventure to find the coveted Crystal Skull of Akator. From the ivy-covered halls of Marshall College to the verdant jungles of South America, Indy is relentlessly pursued by sinister Soviet agents who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the eerie object of fascination.

We've got a look at the DVD and Blu-Ray packshots below, as

17 September 2008 2:58 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

While it was first reported that Helen Mirren was supposed to be making the new Jon Amiel film The Angel Makers, it turns out that another superb actress, Charlotte Rampling, will in fact be playing the lead role. I've read some conflicting reports about the origins of this movie, but tt seems there is a book written by Jessica Gregson that is actually based on a historic crime called The Angel Makers of Nagyrév. Here's more details (http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=40746 Category=467) from Screen Daily: Charlotte Rampling will star alongside Daniel Bruhl and Anna Friel in London-based The Producers' First World War dark comedy Angel Makers, which Jon Amiel will direct. Benno Furmann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anne-Marie Duff and John Hurt round out the key cast. The Producers principal Jeanna Polley is producing and is currently scouting for locations. Ellen Wander's Santa Monica-based Film Bridge International is

13 September 2008 6:27 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

One of the best miniseries in the history of television will soon get a big screen makeover, courtesy of director Jim Sheridan. Dark Horizons reports that Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father) will adapt Robert Graves' classic historical drama I, Claudius.

The novel was immediately praised upon its release in 1934 and has long been considered one of the best novels of the 20th Century. Claudius eventually became one of the greatest and most progressive Roman emperors, despite being afflicted with most likely either Tourette's Syndrome or cerebral palsy.

Graves' book was turned into an epic ten-episode BBC miniseries in the 1970s, which starred Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Patrick Stewart, and others.

Relativity Media will produce this new version of I, Claudius, which has no production date scheduled yet. Just about a year ago, there were reports that Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan were interested

Colin Boyd

11 September 2008 11:08 PM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Relativity Media has snagged rights to adapt Robert Graves' novel "I, Claudius." Jim Sheridan will direct as well as co-write the screenplay with Nye Heron, with whom he has collaborated with several times. Chief Exec Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Sheridan. The first adaptation of the novel was back in 1934 which Josef von Sternberg directed. The film starred Charles Laughton. In 1976, BBC followed with a miniseries starring Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips and John Hurt...

28 August 2008 12:20 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

There’s a movie that hasn’t been getting a whole lot of buzz despite fitting into the sort of niche that we movie site guys love to talk about. All we’ve done is one Weekend Movie News Wrap-Up post where we showed you the poster for… Outlander.

What is Outlander about? As the title of this post says - it pits Vikings against a giant alien.

Seriously.

Tell me this description doesn’t make you want to go see it:

“As an age old battle rages amongst the stars, Kainan’s ship burns brightly as it crashes into the Nordic coast. As his space craft comes to rest in the fjords of ancient Norway, it’s with dismay that Kainan realizes that he wasn’t the only survivor. A second passenger, a Moorwen also emerges from the wreckage. A Fierce and animal-like creature, the Moorwen is intent on

Vic Holtreman

24 August 2008 4:29 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

I have yet to watch Paris, je taime, but I actually just added it to me Netflix Instant Queue just yesterday and will have it out of the way very soon as the trailer for New York, I Love You has just found its way onto the Internet. Rachel Bilson, Kevin Bacon, Natalie Portman, Maggie Q, Robin Wright Penn, Chris Cooper, Shia Labeouf, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, Olivia Thirlby, James Caan, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, Bradley Cooper, Eli Wallach, Cloris Leachman, Andy Garcia, Julie Christie, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Hayden Christensen and many more. It also includes segments directed by Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman as newcomers to the game along with the big boys such as Joshua Marston, Shekhar Kapur, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Andrei Zvyagintsev and Randall Balsmeyer. Just like Good, which I showed you the trailer for yesterday,

Brad Brevet

24 August 2008 3:33 PM, PDT | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

While I find it amusing that Canadian pop artist Feist is featured prominently in a film celebrating the boroughs and atmosphere of New York City, the trailer for New York, I Love You (making its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in a few weeks) is embedded after the Jump.

Like Paris je t’aime before it, the director and actors involved this thing is incredible.  The full actor/director list is here.  Twitch regulars should be interested that Park Chan-Wook, Faith Akin, Jiang Wen, Shunji Iwai, Yvan Attal, and Andrei Zvyanginstev are directing segments; and a variety of actors are involved, including Shu Qi, Maggie Q, John Hurt, Carla Gugino, Eli Wallach and James Caan

Kurt Halfyard

24 August 2008 3:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Drama, Romance, Toronto International Film Festival, Trailers and Clips

Embedded above is the trailer for New York, I Love You, an anthology of shorts from the producers of the similar Paris, Je T'aime, and going off this taste alone, I'd be willing to say that this might turn out to be just as winsome as that film was.

Several directors -- among them: Mira Nair, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, and, um, Brett Ratner -- and even more actors -- including Bradley Cooper, Chris Cooper, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Orlando Bloom, Shia Labeouf, Kevin Bacon, Maggie Q, and again, Portman -- come together with tales of love and life in the various neighborhoods of NYC.

The film is scheduled to make its world premiere at the fast approaching Toronto International Film Festival next month, and if IMDb is to be believed, it'll open in the States next

William Goss

23 August 2008 1:46 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has joined the cast of ITV1's An Englishman in New York, a follow-up to the 1975 Quentin Crisp drama The Naked Civil Servant. The actress, who played Miranda Hobbes in the hit Us show, will take on the role of performance artist and playwright Penny Arcade, who became a close friend of Crisp in his later years. American actor Jonathan Tucker has signed up to play young artist Patrick Angus in the programme. Brothers & Sisters star Denis O'Hare will appear as magazine editor Phillip Steele, while Pushing Daisies actress Swoosie Kurtz will play Connie Clausen, Crisp's American agent. An Englishman in New York sees John Hurt reprise his role as gay icon Crisp after 33 years. The drama will pick up where The Naked Civil Servant left off and follow Crisp's adventures in the Big (more)

By Daniel Kilkelly

22 August 2008 9:46 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

It looks as if Outlander is getting dumped to DVD on November 18th, or at least it's listed on Amazon.com. In Howard McCain's period piece, during the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Jim Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry. Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman and John Hurt also star in the pic, which features FX work by Patrick Tatopoulos.

22 August 2008 9:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon will star in a new drama series about writer Quentin Crisp.

The actress will play Crisp's close friend, performance artist Penny Arcade, in An Englishman in New York.

It is a follow-up to The Naked Civil Servant, and British actor John Hurt will reprise his role as Crisp.

American ­actor Denis O'Hare, who plays Rob Lowe's manager in the series Brothers and Sisters, will play a magazine editor.

The drama will screen on U.K. channel ITV1 next year.

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19 August 2008 1:29 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

For a total of 312 films from 64 different countries. Wow, I wish I could go. Of the remaining announcements in 3 different sections, the most intriguing would have to be Vincent Cassel playing legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine in Public Enemy No. 1. It's listed as a "work-in-progress" so I guess that means what will be screened is not the final cut. Another I'm looking forward to is The Lucky Ones which stars one of my favorites, Tim Robbins. It's about some returning soldiers who go on a road trip across America. Check out the full list following.

Real To Reel

Paris, Not France Adria Petty, USA

World Premiere

Polls show that in certain demographics, more people identify the name Paris with "Hilton" than with "France." Gaining intimate access to the glamorous and chaotic day-to-day life of one of the world's biggest icons, director Adria Petty explores the businesswoman and the human

3 August 2008 12:21 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Lucky you, it’s time for another Screen Rant giveaway. This time we’re giving away 10 copies of the the anthology series Masters of Science Fiction.

Here’s the official description:

On August 5th, the critically acclaimed ‘Masters of Science Fiction’ anthology series will be released on DVD as a 2-disc set. The ‘Masters of Science Fiction’ DVD contains the entire series – including the world premiere of two episodes never-before-aired! Originally broadcast last year on ABC, Masters of Science Fiction adapted short stories from some of the genre’s greatest practitioners, including Robert Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, Robert Sheckley and John Kessel. Mark Dawidziak of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote: “I’ve seen what may be the best futuristic anthology series since the glory days of ‘The Twilight Zone’ and ‘The Outer Limits.’ It’s called ‘Masters of Science Fiction.”

Ten (10!) lucky winners will receive:

· Masters Of Science Fiction DVD

Value:

Vic Holtreman

22 July 2008 4:02 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Veteran actor John Hurt has joined the cast of new BBC fantasy drama Merlin. The 13-part series, about the friendship between would-be wizard Merlin and the future King, Prince Arthur, will air in a Saturday evening slot on BBC One from September. It has also secured a run on NBC in the Us from early next year. Hurt, most recently seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will play the Voice of the Great Dragon, the enigmatic and powerful beast that knows Merlin's (more)

By Neil Wilkes

15 July 2008 2:18 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Outlander is probably the most unexpected release of 2008. The concept of an evil alien being battled by Vikings and another (good) alien may sound pretty strange, but somehow it looks like Howard McCain is making it work.

Today another trailer for the film appeared on YouTube, and a good chunk of it shares the same footage found on the previous preview. Nevertheless, Outlander still looks quite badass. With John Hurt, Ron Perlman, and the hotness known as Sophia Myles in the cast ... how can it go wrong?

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12 July 2008 1:01 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Jesus has returned.

Jim Caviezel, who was sensational as Christ in Mel Gibson's bloody Bible story, has a new sci-fi flick called Outlander, which, surprisingly enough, is not in any way based on a sport utility vehicle.

Instead, Outlander is about an alien battle on Earth during the reign of the Vikings, although the movie puts it at 709 Ad, about a hundred years before the first Norse Viking raids. Why not just move it up and be a teensy bit more accurate, he asks before remembering this is about an alien war in Norway.

In a way, I dig the concept, much as I admired the basic outline of The 13th Warrior, which, as it happens, isn't much of a movie. The stranger in a strange land premise has served many a movie quite well over the years, and Caviezel's a good enough actor to make it work. He's

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