2011
12.01

They May Take ‘John Carter’ to Mars, But They’ll Never Take His Freeeeeedom!

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Disney has released the first full-length trailer for their big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “John Carter from Mars,” starring Lynn Collins as Princess Dejah Thoris, Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas, Bryan Cranston as Civil War Colonel Powell and Taylor Kitsch as John Carter.

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The official synopsis reads:

[John Carter] tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet.

In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

The film marks the live-action debut of Oscar-winning Pixar badass Andrew Stanton, writer and director of Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and A Bug’s Life. Stanton is also the writer behind the Toy Story franchise, Monsters Inc. and its upcoming sequel Monsters University.

John Carter will open in 3-D on March 9, 2012.

2011
12.01

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“Eureka” starlet Jaime Ray Newman is set to star in Red Robin, a Michael Z. Wechsler-directed mind-control thriller about a man who manipulates people into accepting a delicious gourmet burger on their birthday.

Oh, wait. Here’s an accurate plot crunch courtesy of Variety:

A family reunion on a famed psychiatrist’s (Judd Hirsch) death bed spirals into chaos when he’s accused of using his many adopted children for the purposes of dark experiments in mind control.

Judd Hirsch? They should just call this Red Box.

Well, at least fans of the Syfy series “Eureka” will get a chance to peep Jaime Ray Newman in a new genre. The alluring 33-year-old redhead plays unconventional astrophysicist Tess Fontana on the show.

Newman also starred opposite Rebecca Romijn and Lindsay Price as an element-controlling witch with healing powers on ABC’s short-lived TV series Eastwick, an adaptation of author John Updike’s novel “The Witches of Eastwick.”

2011
11.30

Brazilian Model Gabriela Dias Is Ready to ‘Hollaback’ Y’all!

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Brazilian model-turned-actress Gabriela Dias has sambaed her way into director H.M. Coakley’s Hollaback, a sequel to his debut feature Holla. Set in a plantation house in Louisiana, the film follows the mysterious deaths of a wedding party.

Joining the 5-foot-9 stunner are babes Laila Odom (“Sex Chronicles”) and Melissa Paulo (“Death Valley”), and leads Kiely Williams (The House Bunny), Vanessa Bell Callow (Lakeview Terrace) and everyone’s favorite Mexi-can Danny Trejo (Machete).

Hollaback is set to start shooting next week in Los Angeles. The original Holla was distributed by Lionsgate. If Mr. Coakley can get studio heavy-hitter Tyler Perry onboard the project and rename it Madea’s Hollaback, this could be a huge hit.

2011
11.30

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Agnes Bruckner (Vacancy 2: The First Cut) is joining Madeline Zima (“Californication”) in director Jamie Babbit’s upcoming homicidal lesbian thriller Breaking the Girl. The 26-year-old starlet replaces Brit Marling (Another Earth) as Zima’s lover and partner-in-crime.

The film follows two girlfriends who plot to kill each other’s enemies. Babbit, who directed Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle in the highly underrated psych-thriller The Quiet, is working from a script by American Psycho scribe Guinevere Turner.

Breaking the Girl costars sexy starlets Tiya Sicar (“Vampire Diaries”), Kate Levering (“Drop Dead Diva”) and Shanna Collins (The Haunting of Molly Hartley). Vagina-less players include Shawn Ashmore (Frozen), Manish Dayal (“90210”) and Sam Anderson (“LOST”).

Bruckner is best known to fright fans for her starring roles in Sony Pictures No Vacancy 2: The First Cut and Dimension Films’ Venom. Other creds include AfterDark’s teen slasher Kill Theory, the Sandra Bullock snore-fest Murder by Numbers, and Lifetime’s “The Craigslist Killer.”

2011
11.28

Shanley Caswell Will Make You Dopey in ‘Snow White: A Deadly Summer’

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Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman), Lily Collins (Mirror, Mirror) and Ginnifer Goodwin (“Once Upon a Time”) aren’t exactly the apple of your eye in their respective Snow White roles, you may want to take a look at Shanley Caswell in Snow White: A Deadly Summer.

Directed by David DeCoteau (Puppet Master: Axis of Evil), the re-imagining finds Snow White being sent away to camp by her wicked stepmother. Once there, she befriends seven campers who mysteriously start to turn up dead one-by-one.

Snow White: A Deadly Summer costars Eric Roberts (of course it does) and OG “Brady Bunch” star Maureen McCormick. No word on a release date, but I’ll keep you Dopey bastards updated.

2011
11.28

Bikini Babes Are the Bait for Giant Amphibious ‘Super Shark’

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Looks like someone has taken their love of megalodons too far. And, that someone is B-movie director Fred Olen Ray. The man behind Bikini Frankenstein, Bikini Royal, and Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet is set to introduce a giant amphibious maneater in his upcoming creature-feature Super Shark.

Genre babe Sarah Lieving (Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus) stars as a marine biologist investigating an offshore drilling accident that has freed a prehistoric shark and given it the ability to fly and walk on dry land. Costars include John Schneider (“Dukes of Hazard”),  Jimmie Walker (“Good Times”), and—of course—a bevy of bikini babes.

Super Shark arrives on DVD in February 2012.

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2011
11.23

Anna Popplewell Isn’t In Narnia Anymore, Hitches On to ‘Passengers’

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Reepicheep, I’ve a feeling Anna Popplewell isn’t in Narnia anymore. In fact, I know the now 22-year-old starlet was in the U.K. shooting writer/director John Hales’ upcoming indie-slasher Passengers.

The Ratio Film production centers on a group of teens targeted by a killer after purposely murdering the woman they hit with their car while on a drunken joyride. No word on whether the psychopath sports a hook or if the action is set during last summer.

Passengers also stars Sophie Colquhoun (Captain America) and these dudes: Jack Derges, Danny Szam, Ian Weichardt, Calvin Dean and Tom Bacon.

Popplewell is, of course, best known for her role as Susan Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia franchise.

2011
11.23

‘Caprica’ Star Magda Apanowicz Is Under the Weather in ‘Snowmaggedon’

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Tired of watching It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street every Christmas season? If so, it may be time to start a new movie tradition with the help of the programming jokers at Syfy. On Saturday, Dec. 10, the network will premiere its holiday chiller Snowmaggedon.

The Cinete-production follows the Miller family as they attempt to destroy a mysterious snow globe with the power to bring forth disastrous weather conditions. “Caprica’s” Magda Apanowicz (pictured above) stars with Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”) and David Cubitt (“Medium”).

Apanowicz’s genre creds include a toplining role in the 2007 supernatural thriller Devil’s Diary and bit parts in Jim Gunn’s Slither and the Ashton Kutcher vehicle The Butterfly Effect. She is best known, however, for her roles as Lacy Rand on “Caprica” and as Andy Jensen on “Kyle XY.”

2011
11.22

Playtime: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season Two BTS Clip!

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HBO has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for season two of its acclaimed fantasy series “Game of Thrones.” The clip provides a look at Natalie Dormer as Margaery Tyrell (King Robert’s brother’s wife) and commentary from producer/writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

“Game of Thrones” season two will consist of 10 episodes spanning the length of the book “A Clash of Kings,” the second volume in author  George R.R. Martin’s popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire.” The show is slated to premiere in April.

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2011
11.22

A ‘Ferocious’ Amanda Crew Wants Her Sex Tape Back!

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Canadian starlet Amanda Crew is toplining director Robert Cuffley’s Ferocious, a delightfully sleazy-sounding thriller that finds Crew playing a popular American actress out to retrieve a humiliating sex tape of herself shot during her days as a stripper.

The film’s official synopsis reads:

Leigh Parish (Crew) is the star on one of North America’s most popular TV shows. Beautiful, charismatic…her star’s ascension seems to have no ceiling.

On a return trip home and during a standard paint-by-number television interview, one of the phone in callers trips her up, unearthing an all-consuming anxiety within Leigh…one she had hoped was permanently buried.

Maurice is Leigh’s former boss, back when she worked in a sleazy nightclub, long before becoming famous. In his possession is a videotape with Leigh as the star. If distributed, the tape would effectively end Leigh’s career in the entertainment business.

The mere thought of the tape is enough to get Leigh’s blood pressure to rise. Maurice knows this and is intent on extorting Leigh for the rest of her life. But Leigh isn’t paying Maurice another nickel. She’s going to break into the club, retrieve the tape and destroy it. Or so the plan goes…

Or, so the plan goes? Hmm. Maybe she doesn’t get the tape back and instead goes on to land a Ryan Seacrest produced-reality show … terrifying.

Crew made her feature film debut in the 2006 frightener Final Destination 3. She has since gone on to star in Rampart Films’ upcoming sci-fi drama The Repeaters, the 2008 Lionsgate sleeper A Haunting in Connecticut and Summit’s criminally underrated—but hilarious Sex Drive.

Ferocious will shoot in Saskatoon, Canada through mid-December. Kim Coates (“Sons of Anarchy”) Stephen Huszar (30 Days of Night: Dark Days), Michael Eklund (The Divide) and Amy Matysio (Rabbit) costar.