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Australian actress Emilie De Ravin, of “Once Upon A Time” and “Lost”, will return home to shoot “The 34th Battalion”, according to Deadline. Emilie De Ravin will play the wife of Nick Farnell’s character, one of four men from Maitland in rural New South Wales who joined the Army in 1916 after the disastrous Gallipoli [...]

“Transformers 4″ could end up shooting in China, according to Vulture. In an effort to secure a local Chinese production company to help with the film, the Michael Bay directed blockbuster is said to be seriously considering shifting the action in the franchise from America to China. With a Chinese production company onboard, and predominantly, [...]

“Sinister” and “Exorcism of Emily Rose” helmer Scott Derrickson has signed on to direct a feature take on the video game “Deus Ex : Human Revolution” for CBS films. Derrickson, who also helmed “The Day The Earth Stood Still”, will also write the screenplay for the film with C. Robert Cargill (”Sinister”). Roy Lee and [...]

In space, only fellow Trekkies can hear you scream. …Or they will, come mid-December when multiplex and IMAX screens preview 9-minutes from the new “Star Trek” movie for anyone with the ability to swipe a key card through an eftpos machine. Confident ,obviously, they’ve another spectacular movie on their hands (I loved the first one!), [...]

Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert are going to rest on the remakes for a bit, opting to bring an original literary offering to the screen in future days. The “Evil Dead” duo and Good Universe have acquired multipicture rights to Susan Ee’s bestselling Amazon Publishing book series “Angelfall. Joe Drake (”Hunger Games”) and Nathan Kahane [...]

In his first deal since leaving Warner Bros, Joel Silver (“Speed Racer”, “House of Wax”, “Lethal Weapon”) has set up a new supernatural-action film with Paramount. “Sanctuary”, says Deadline, “focuses on a young woman who is possessed by a powerful demonic force. She seeks refuge within The Sanctuary, a Vatican-run secret organization that teaches the [...]

Luke Hemsworth (“Bikie Wars : Brothers in Arms”) will star in the long-gestating Aussie War film “The 34th Battalion” for director Luke Sparke. Deadline says Charles Mesure (“Boogeyman”), Les Hill (“Underbelly”), Nick Farnell (“Where the Wild Things Are”), Clare van der Boom (“The Pacific”), Henry Nixon (“The Pacific”), Andrew Lees (“Rescue Special Ops”), Vince Colosimo [...]

Thanks to Roadshow Home Entertainment, we have 5 copies of “The Chernobyl Diaries” up for grabs on DVD. Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone. How [...]

Thanks to Roadshow Home Entertainment, we have 5 copies of “Killer Joe” up for grabs on DVD. When 22 year old drug dealer Chris has his stash stolen by his mother, he has to come up with six thousand dollars quick or hes dead. Desperate, he turns to Killer Joe when he finds out that [...]

Mental image : Clint doing a cart-wheel across the office floor, while whistling ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ , and screaming “Good lord! it’s Christmas already!’ It has been a big news day for “Star Wars”. Ben kicked off the good news earlier today with word on the very talented director who might be helming [...]

Melissa George (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “30 Days of Night”) has joined the cast of “Felony”, joining fellow Aussies Joel Edgerton and Jai Courtney, as well as British thesp Tom Wilkinson, of “The Full Monty” fame. Press release follows : Principal photography began in Sydney yesterday on the new feature thriller FELONY, starring Joel Edgerton (The Great [...]

Director Rob Reiner’s “You Belong to Me” has attracted the interest of both Harrison Ford and Zac Efron, according to Screen Daily. The thriller, Reiner’s first since 1991′s “Misery”, would star Efron (definitely branching out into more dramatic fare of late, with “The Paperboy” and now this) as a young man, whose sister recently committed [...]

Warner Bros’ “Jersey Boys” movie, the story of Franki Vali and the Four Seasons has been delayed. As Moviehole’s Clint exclusively reported a couple of months back, the movie was due to begin filming in January. The movie, based on the Broadway play, to be directed by “Iron Man” helmer Jon Favreau and based on [...]

Rather than have to set aside more time to play meet-and-greet on behalf of a filmmaker and a large cast, Lionsgate has opted to keep “The Hunger Games : Catching Fire” director Francis Lawrence onboard for the next two movies in the series. “Mockingjay”, the single book which is being adapted into two films by [...]

It’s always difficult when you bump into an ex-flame – even more so when the ex has significantly pointier teeth now than what she had when you were together. A new clip from “The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 2″, showing us Jacob’s awkward reunion with (spoiler!) new-vampire Bella, has premiered at MTV. “Alright, [...]