Helmed by German director and AFI grad Daniel Stamm, pic was originally titled "Cotton" and stars Patrick Fabian as a troubled evangelical minister who allows his final exorcism to be filmed by a documentary crew.

*****

Project, which shot in Louisiana, has had horror fan sites salivating for months at the prospect of a scary, shaky-cam-style film shepherded by "Hostel" helmer Roth.

*****

"It's always great to work with our friend Eli, who has played a key role in establishing Lionsgate in the vanguard of the horror genre," said Jason Constantine, Lionsgate's prexy of acquisitions and co-productions. "'The Last Exorcism' feels as close to a real exorcism as anyone would ever want to get -- audiences are going to find this movie scary as, well, hell."

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Trailer Snip: M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender

The full trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender will air during the Superbowl. Here's a very small clip from the trailer -- it's too short to judge much of anything, but the special effects and sets look awesome. Take a look:



Posted on February 4, 2010
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Avatar, District 9 Nominated for Best Picture Oscar



For the first time ever, two science fiction films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Both Avatar and District are nominated in that category. Avatar is up for nine awards, including Best Director for James Cameron. It did not receive any nominations for acting or writing, however. District 9 also received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Visual Effects. Star Trek received nominations for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Makeup and Visual Effects.

Coraline, the film based on the bestselling book by Neil Gaiman, is nominated for Best Animated Film. Director Henry Selick said of the nomination: "It's nice to be taken seriously."

You can see the full list of Oscar nominations here.

Posted on February 2, 2010
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Avatar Now Highest Grossing Film of All Time

James Cameron's Avatar topped the box office again this past weekend. The film is now the highest grossing film of all time, beating out James Cameron's Titanic. Variety reports:

Fox said final figures won't be available until Tuesday, but with weekend numbers for "Avatar" totaling $1.838 billion worldwide, pic's expected $15 million domestic earnings should give the pic enough steam to sail past "Titanic" with a global cume of $1.842 billion.

This latest record comes just after "Avatar" made history over the weekend, grossing $1.29 billion at the international B.O. to tackle "Titanic's" $1.24 billion.

Cameron is now the only man in Hollywood that could get pretty much anything he wants greenlighted. He seems happy about the idea of an Avatar sequel and with these box office numbers, it's pretty much inevitable.

Posted on January 25, 2010
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Avatar Wins Best Drama Golden Globe



Avatar won Best Motion Picture - Drama at the 2010 Golden Globes. James Cameron also won Best Director. Zoe Saldana, producer Jon Landau, Sam Worthington, James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver posed backstage in the press room at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. James Camerson said, "Avatar asks to see that everything is connected - all human beings to each other and us to the Earth." He also said, "If you have to go four and half light years to another made up planet to appreciate this miracle of a world that we have right here, well then that's the wonder of cinema right there, that's the magic." Take a look:



Posted on January 18, 2010
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Zachary Quinto Tweets Star Trek Sequel Release Date

Zachary Quinto, who plays Sylar on Heroes and Spock in the new Star Trek movie franchise, tweeted that the launch date of the next Star Trek is now official.

Zach says:

the flag has been planted. june 29th, 2012. sequel. trek it out.

So there you have it: June 29, 2012. We'll be there.

Posted on January 13, 2010
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Heroes is the Most Pirated TV Show of the Decade

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Heroes is the most pirated tv show of the decade.

Here's the full list:

1. "Heroes" (NBC)

2. "Lost" (ABC)

3. "Prison Break" (Fox)

4. "Dexter" (Showtime)

5. "House" (Fox)

6. "24" (Fox)

7. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)

8. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," (Fox)

9. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)

10. "True Blood" (HBO)

This is an honor no television producer wants.

Heroes returns to NBC tonight with a two hour presentation. We can't wait.

Posted on January 4, 2010
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Trailer for Iron Man 2

The new trailer for Iron Man 2 is out and it looks great. Robert Downey, Jr. returns as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow is Tony's loyal assistant, Pepper Potts. Mickey Roarke is clearly having the time of his life wielding dual bullwhips in his role as the new villain, Ivan Vanko/Whiplash. We only see a bit of Scarlett Johansson is Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the trailer. Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/War Machine. Take a look:



Posted on December 17, 2009
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Avatar Racks Up Four Golden Globe Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association showed some real love for James Cameron's Avatar. The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday and Avatar raked in the nominations.

James Cameron was nominated for Best Director. The film was nominated for Best Picture - Drama. James Horner was nominated for Best Original Score. And the film got a Best Original Song nod for "I See You," music by: James Horner and Simon Franglen, lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell.

Interestingly, the none of Avatar's actors received nominations, nor did the screenplay get nominated. Early reviews say Avatar is visually stunning, but that the script is the weakest part of the film.

Posted on December 16, 2009
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