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Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition
Inspector Harry Callahan is back!! Warner Home Video will pay homage to Clint Eastwood and the films that gave birth to the modern action hero when the Dirty Harry film franchise returns to DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def on June 3 after an 18-month absence. The Dirty Harry Ultimate...

5/28/2008 1:08 PM EDT | Read More

The Hobbit Production May Be Halted
Production of "The Hobbit" maybe coming to a screeching halt if Christopher Tolkien has his way.The son of the late J.R.R. Tolkien is claiming that he is owed more than $80 million from New Line Cinemas. In 1969, he signed away the rights to his father's work...

5/27/2008 1:39 PM EDT | Read More

Academy Award Winning Director, Sydney Pollack, Passes Away
Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award winning director, died on Monday of cancer. He was 73 years old. Pollack died at home surrounded by his wife of nearly 50 years, Claire Griswold, their two daughters, Rebecca and Rachel, and his brother, Bernie, agent Leslee Dart said. He wa...

5/27/2008 10:27 AM EDT | Read More

Richard Dreyfus To Play Vice President Dick Cheney
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Richard Dreyfus will be playing Dick Cheney in an upcoming film called "W". The film will be a biopic of George W. Bush, and will be directed by Oliver Stone.The film will also star Josh Brolin as George Bush, Thandie Newt...

5/24/2008 3:48 PM EDT | Read More

24 Prequel Movie Coming Soon
"24" will be airing a two hour prequel to launch their upcoming Seventh season and will be doing so with a few fresh faces added to the mix. Eric Lively, Tony Todd and Gil Bellows have signed on to star in the special, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The specia...

5/24/2008 3:46 PM EDT | Read More

Captain America To Be Set In World War II Era
Kevin Feige, a Marvel Entertainment executive, has confirmed to IESB.net that the rumors about Matthew McConaughey playing Captain America are indeed false. He also stated that the film will be set in the World War II Era.He went on to say that the film will be an "orig...

5/23/2008 1:42 PM EDT | Read More

Indiana Jones Ventures To Disneyland Parks For A Sumer of Mystery
ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 21, 2008) - After rescuing the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail from the forces of evil, returning the Sankara Stones to their rightful place, and battling sinister foreign agents to find a mysterious Crystal Skull, what's INDIANA JONES going t...

5/22/2008 9:24 AM EDT | Read More

80s Cult Classic, Highlander, To Be Re-made
It has been announced by the trades that a remake of the 1986 film, "Highlander" will be released, with production beginning later this year. The original film starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown and followed the story of immortal being...

5/21/2008 3:45 PM EDT | Read More

John Cusack To Star In Roland Emmerich's 2012
John Cusack has signed on to star in the upcoming Roland Emmerich film, "2012". The film will feature a researcher who finds a portal to a parallel universe and he goes into that world to contact his double to warn him and try to prevent the upcoming apocalyps...

5/20/2008 4:06 PM EDT | Read More

Netflix Teams With Streaming Media Innovator Roku
LOS GATOS and SARATOGA, Calif., May 20, 2008 - Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental service, and Roku, Inc., an innovator in digital media streaming technology, today announced the introduction of The Netflix Player by Roku™, a device t...

5/20/2008 9:51 AM EDT | Read More