Latest Movie News (28/04/2010)

Finally, here I am with the latest news to offer for upcoming movies.

Straight in with news that some of you will have no doubt been waiting for:

Digital Spy reports that Bill Condon has been hired to direct The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.  Condon previously directed The Dreamgirls.

Eclipse, the next episode in the series, is due to hit UK cinemas on 30th June.  Here is another chance to see the trailer which should tide you over ‘til then!

 

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Staying on the theme of Vampiric movies, Digital Spy also reports today that Platinum Studios is planning a cinematic adaptation of its vampire comic Blood Nation.  Emjag Productions' Alexandra Milchan says that "Blood Nation is a world war movie set in the future where the humans and the vampires have divided up the planet but not yet made peace with each other".

A director for the project is currently being sought.  Sounds like it could be promising.

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The CEO of DreamWorks Animation has said that there will be a sequel to their recent hit film, How to train your dragon.  Jeffrey Katzenberg gave the news when he released the firm’s official financial statement in the USA and puts responsibility for their recent success firmly in the hands paws of the dragon.  The sequel should be released sometime in 2013.  In the meantime, we have Shrek Forever After and Kung Fu Panda 2 to keep us going!

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The biggest news for this week is that finally Iron Man 2 has arrived.  Cinemas around the UK are running the preview screenings tomorrow night and the movie goes on general release on Friday 30th April!

That gives me an excuse to repost this picture:

And also to give you a chance to watch the fantastic trailer again, posted here by Hexed.

 

That’s all for today, more tomorrow!

Images: Movieweb

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Hi Everyone,

Just a quick message to you all to let you know of some decreased activity over the next few weeks, which has already started as you may have noticed.  I’ve spent the last week or so preparing for a trip, which starts next week.  I’ll be without a computer or internet access for the next two weeks roughly so I won’t be able to make any updates myself, however the site is being left in the very capable hands of Curious Cat who will be providing some news updates while I am away.

It’s certainly been nice to see a lot more activity on the site since I was joined by Curious Cat.  Our readers have been slowly increasing, as have our Facebook friends, which is brilliant.

As soon as I’m back from my trip, things will revert to normal.

Thanks all

HeXeD (Nick)

Chihuanhas needs your help!

You might remember a while ago I posted about an awesome horror movie concept called Chihuanhuas.  You can find the original post here

In Chihuanhas, when a curio-collecting Professor returns from South America with a mysterious Piranha idol, it casts an ominous curse on his innocent Chihuahua “Lulu Bell”, and impregnates her with a litter of amphibious, mutant Chihuahua-Piranhas. Horrified, the Professor disposes of the idol and pups in a nearby mountain lake, but Lulu’s monstrous spawn soon return to repay the gesture...

Following the Professor’s demise, the ravenous critters seek out a pair of fatty-campers, their obsessive guide, a reclusive WWII veteran and a trio of vacationing porn stars. Led by the lake's ranger and her inept assistant, the eccentric team unites to survive and destroy the vicious rat-pack with available fire power, their bare hands and the most lethal of all processed cheese products!

Well, I and others have had an email from Jim Clark, the Director of the movie, and here is what he has to say:

Hi Nick,

Whether you know it or not, you guys have given a great boost to our film franchise "CHIHUANHAS", so thanks a ton! The film concept recently went viral and it's already been written-up in 25+ countries, on thousands of film fan sites, with over 130,000 google search results, so there's no doubt that we've found a worldwide audience. We explored the studio route, but decided to jump on a novel new way to finance the film with kickstarter.com. Now we want our fans to participate and help us get this film made!

If we reach our lofty target, we'll make film history and produce CHIHUANHAS with 100% audience financing, without the fat. The money we raise will employ more than 70 talented cast, crew and post production artists.

To the best of our knowledge, CHIHUANHAS would be KickStarter's highest funded project to date. This is a huge, important opportunity that will allow us to produce our first feature and distribute it directly to our audience, so we're going big!!!

Every dollar has to be committed before the money is released, and micro financing the project will require a lot of people, so your support is key to our success. It really takes a village!

To read our funding pitch and learn more about kickstarter, please visit the link below:

http://kck.st/9Uu7oR

Thank you in advance for getting the word out! Your support is greatly appreciated.

Jim Clark
Director
HIVE-FX

Fans have the chance to fund Chihuanhas and ensure that what could be the year’s best B-Movie appears on the big screen.  Take a look at the link Jim provides as it tells you exactly how you will be credited for your donation from $5 to $5,000.  They need a total of $750,000 and they have already raised a shade under $1,500, which has come from just 13 people.  There are 78 days to go to reach this total.

Now’s your chance to get your name in the credits and I’m sure Jim would be forever grateful if we can get his baby to the big screen.

Check out the widget at the bottom of the page if you want to check up on the progress or visit the site directly here.