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The Loved Ones Trailer Has Arrived

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

Paramount Insurge has released, via iTunes Movie Trailers, the full trailer for Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones, set to hit theaters nationwide this June in an innovative distribution manner (read full details about that here). Check out the trailer in the player below!

Lola Stone asked Brent Mitchell to the prom, but Brent said no, and now he's screwed. What happens when Lola doesn't get what she wants? She enlists Daddy's help to throw a prom of her own, where she is queen and Brent is king - whether he likes it or not. The Loved Ones is what happens when puppy love goes horribly, violently wrong. Brent should have said yes…

Six cities are already scheduled to host The Loved Ones. For a full list and for information on how to request a screening, visit ComingSoon.net's ShockTillYouDrop.com.

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Reveals a New Featurette

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

Twentieth Century Fox has released, through iTunes Movie Trailers, a new behind-the-scenes featurette for their upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in which director Timur Bekmambetov, producer Tim Burton and writer Seth Grahame-Smith discuss the film's parallels to a superhero origin story. Check it out in the player below!

Coming to theaters on June 22, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell and tells of what happens when President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, fueling his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

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The First Clip from Chernobyl Diaries is Here

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

Warner Bros. has revealed, via iTunes Movie Trailers, the first clip from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli's new horror-thriller Chernobyl Diaries, opening in theaters on May 25. Check it out in the player below!

Directed by Brad Parker, the film was written by Peli, Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke. Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolso Berdal and Dimitri Diatchenko star.

The film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an "extreme tour" guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, however, the group soon finds themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone...

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More Join Sharlto Copley in Open Grave

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

Following yesterday's news that Sharlto Copley (District 9, The A-Team) was joining Open Grave, comes word that Thomas Kretschmann (King Kong, Wanted, Valkyrie), Josie Ho (Contagion, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li), Joseph Morgan ("The Vampire Diaries," Immortals), Erin Richards ("Breaking In") and Max Wrottesley (Hugo) are on board as well.

To be directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego (Apollo 18), the Atlas Independent project is the haunting tale of six desperate individuals who wake up with amnesia-like symptoms next to an open grave of rotting bodies in a remote, desolate forest. With nowhere to turn, they are forced to piece together the mysterious, and ultimately horrifying, set of circumstances that brought them together – before it’s too late.

Atlas Independent's William Green and Aaron Ginsburg are producing with Michael Wunderman. Production will begin on May 4th 2012. The film is being produced in association with 852 films.

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Gary Ross Moves from Hunger Games to Houdini

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

In development at Summit Entertainment for some time, Houdini appears to have found a director in The Hunger Games' Gary Ross. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Ross is currently negotiating to bring the story of the master magician to the big screen.

Based on the biography, "The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero," by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, the project previously had Jeff Nathanson attached to direct.

The comprehensive novel, published in 2006 by Atria Books, became known for insinuating that Harry Houdini acted as a spy for Britain and was asked to be an adviser to Czar Nicholas II's court in pre-revolutionary Russia. The book also portrayed the master escape artist and magician as a debunker of con artists who pretended to be spiritualists, leading to the controversial theory that Houdini's death was caused by the spiritual movement as payback.

In addition to The Hunger Games, Ross directed 1998's Pleasantville and 2003's Seabiscuit. Although he was expected to return to the Suzanne Collins franchise for Catching Fire, Ross officially dropped out of the project last month and the job went to Francis Lawrence instead.

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Cast Revealed for Takashi Shimizu's Scared of the Dark

Source: ComingSoon

May 2, 2012

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Chloe Auger, Yuya Ozeki ("Toshio" from Ju-On/The Grudge) and Teruyuki Kagawa (Tormented) have joined the cast of Takashi (The Grudge) Shimizu's supernatural thriller Scared of the Dark.

The previously-announced cast included David Gallagher (Super 8), Morgane Slemp and Jake Webber. The site adds that producers Takashige Ichise, Maya Fukuzawa, Robery G. Tapert and Kazue Udagawa are talking to Alison Lohman (Drag Me to Hell) and Marielle Jaffe (Scream 4) for roles in the film as well.

Shimizu's new film, 7500, should arrive in theaters on August 31.

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Two More Clips From Men in Black 3

by SuperHeroHype

May 02, 2012

If the three clips from earlier today were not enough for you, here are two more clips from Men in Black 3, thanks to MSN and Fandango.

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Marvel's The Avengers Assemble at Gallery1988

by SuperHeroHype

May 02, 2012

Los Angeles' Gallery1988 was host tonight to a special reception that kicked off its gallery tribute to Marvel's The Avengers, hitting theaters everywhere this Friday.

While the official art showcase opens to the public tomorrow, May 3rd and runs through Sunday the 6th, SuperheroHype was on-hand for tonight's event, which was also attended by the likes of the film's writer/director Joss Whedon and Agent Coulson himself, Clark Gregg. Even the catering was Avengers-inspired, including elaborate superhero cupcakes by the "Cupcake Wars" winning bakery, "The Cake Mamas".

Gallery1988, which opened in 2004, is known worldwide for its dedication to showcasing pop culture art. The Avengers show features the work of popular artists, including Dave Perillo, Rhys Cooper, Scott Campbell, Luke Chueh, Ken Garduno, Kiersten Essenpreis and NC Winters, among others. For more details on the gallery itself click here.

Click here to check out the full gallery.

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The New Trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man is Here!

by SuperHeroHype

May 03, 2012

Columbia Pictures has unleashed, via iTunes Movie Trailers, the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man and you can watch it below!

After you watch the trailer, be sure to check out our interview with director Marc Webb in which he talks about the new footage, the 3D and more!

Coming to 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D theaters on July 3, the action adventure stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen and Sally Field.

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Marvel's The Avengers Reaches $281.1M Overseas in 8 Days

by SuperHeroHype

May 03, 2012

Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios announced this morning that Marvel's The Avengers earned another $20.6 million internationally on Wednesday, May 2nd. That puts the overseas total at $281.1 million so far.

In just eight days of release, Marvel's The Avengers has already passed the total international box office for Captain America: The First Avenger ($192 million), Iron Man ($267 million) and Thor ($268 million). Iron Man 2 earned $311.5 million internationally which the film will easily pass.

The action adventure opens in North America at midnight tonight!

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The Avengers Makes $80.5 Million Its Opening Day!

by SuperHeroHype

May 05, 2012

Walt Disney Pictures is reporting an opening day of $80.5 million for Marvel's The Avengers in 4,349 theaters nationwide, building upon the $18.7 million from midnight screenings the night before. If this number sticks, it will be the second-biggest opening day for a movie ever, following behind the $91 million grossed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 its opening day last summer.

In our report yesterday on the movie's midnight grosses, it didn't seem like The Avengers was going to be setting any records other than May opening, because it earned less at midnight than last month's The Hunger Games, but what a difference a full day makes. The extraordinary business the movie brought in Friday is a strong indicator that the movie may indeed break the current opening weekend held by "Deathly Hallows." In fact, we could now see the movie opening somewhere between $170 and 180 million, which would completely demolish the $169 million made by the current record holder.

We certainly know better than to "count our chickens" and breaking that record will mainly depend on whether that Friday business holds up through Saturday and Sunday--the film's rare A+ CinemaScore is a good sign it will have legs. Either way, Marvel Studios' first movie distributed and marketed through Walt Disney is already looking to be the biggest movie released by either, and this puts even more pressure on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and its release later this summer.

Internationally, the movie added another $30 million yesterday, having also opened in Russia and China, and globally, the movie has grossed $415 million, which means that it may have already made back its reported $220 million production budget.

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Principal Photography Begins in New Zealand for Evil Dead

Source: ComingSoon

May 4, 2012

Principal photography has started for Evil Dead in Auckland, New Zealand and will wrap in early July 2012.

Ghost House Pictures is producing the remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult-hit horror film The Evil Dead; the film that effectively launched the careers of Sam Raimi (first three "Spider-Man" films); Rob Tapert (30 Days of Night) and Bruce Campbell, who played the Ash character and was co-producer of the original, now brings them back to produce an Evil Dead for today's audience from a screenplay written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues. Executive producers are J.R. Young, Nathan Kahane, Joseph Drake and Peter Schlessel.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) and FilmDistrict have partnered with Ghost House Pictures on a worldwide deal - excluding U.K. and France - for Sony Pictures to distribute the remake of Evil Dead.

In the film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book Of The Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.

Jane Levy ("Suburgatory") stars as Mia, Shiloh Fernandez (Deadgirl, Red Riding Hood) as David; Lou Taylor Pucci (Carriers) as Eric; Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) as Olivia and Elizabeth Blackmore ("Legend of the Seeker") as Natalie.

"This cast of burgeoning talent share the same spirit we had when creating the original," says Tapert. "The desire to deliver an unexpected and outrageously scary movie experience for the audience."

Evil Dead marks director Fede Alvarez' feature debut. Originally from Uruguay, Alvarez studied filmmaking and communications, later opening his own production and post production company. In 2005, he won a scholarship to complete a masters in screenwriting in Amsterdam. In November 2009, he posted his four-minute short "Panic Attack!," which became an instant viral internet phenomenon prompting intense interest from Hollywood and Ghost House Pictures in particular.

"We found a brilliant artist in Fede Alvarez. As a director, he understands what makes a story work and how to put the pieces together," says Raimi. "I'm really excited to see this story, that I care deeply about, retold by such a fine storyteller."

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Exclusive: Sissy Spacek Thrilled by Potential for New Carrie

Source: ComingSoon, ShockTillYouDrop.com

May 4, 2012

Earlier today, ComingSoon.net had a chance to talk to Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek about her new memoir "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life," which is released this week. While we plan on running that interview sometime next week, we were surprised to learn that she hadn't been asked about MGM's planned new movie based on Stephen King's Carrie, being that the 1976 Brian De Palma movie was a breakout for her.

It would probably be a racier story if Spacek hated the idea of them doing a remake but like with everything else, she had a great attitude about the whole thing, including the idea of 15-year-old Chloe Moretz taking on the difficult title role (which she talked to us about last week.)

"I think she's a wonderful actress," Spacek said and got even more excited when she learned that Julianne Moore would be playing the Piper Laurie role of Carrie's mother. "That's great!" she exclaimed.

"They hired a really wonderful director, very talented," she continued. "It'll be interesting. Our film, it is what it is what it is, and it stood the test of time, but I think that's great, it's like an homage not only to the book but to the film, not only to Stephen King but to Brian De Palma. It's been made many times. There have been several television movies, 'Carrie 2,' two musicals! I remember thinking the first time there was a musical on Broadway, 'Oh my Gosh! The people who ordinarily go to the theaters, that's not really the audience.' The first audience of 'Carrie' has aged now, so I think out of curiosity, I think it's cool. As I understand it, they're not remaking our film; they're going back to the source material, to the book."

And Ms. Spacek even suggested she'll probably go to see that movie whenever it comes out, so if that isn't a ringing endorsement, then we don't know what is.

Look for the rest of our interview with Ms. Spacek talking about "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life" (available now at all the finest booksellers) and other aspects of her career next week.

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