"Jim" Opening in LA on October 15

Go see the sci-fi film JIM on opening weekend and take part in a completely new theatrical experience by interacting directly with specialists from LORIGEN, the bio-tech company featured in the film, who will be on-site in theatres in New York and Los Angeles. JIM opens in Los Angeles on October 15 (October 8 in New York)

The LORIGEN kiosk at theatres will grant you the chance to undergo a “gene enhancement” evaluation as well as use the unique GENE MASHER application to mash up your genes with a friend or mate and create a genetic composite using pictures taken instantly via web-cam.

Find out more about LORIGEN from these leading experts in the field and their unique vision about the advancement of genetics including human enhancement technologies which allow customers to design the perfect baby…perhaps in the not too distant future.

"Caprica" Season 1 Catch Up & New Season Sneak Peak

The new season of the Sci-Fi adventure "Caprica" is just around the corner on SyFy network. For those who aren't familiar with the show, here is a 5-minute sizzle reel of the first season to get you prepped for the upcoming new season. For those already enjoyed the 1st season, sit back and enjoy it all over again.

In addition check out the two new clips below for a sneak peak into the new season.

Caprica returns to the airwaves on Tuesday, October 5 at 10pm ET and you should expect the first four episodes to be action packed and thrilling as the show harkens back to its BSG roots.

Season 1.5 of Caprica will transport us from stunningly vivid, twisted Virtual Realities to the fascinating outer worlds of the 12 Colonies.  Along the way, revolutionary tensions rise, family power shifts and our characters grapple with the physical and emotional consequences of their questionable decisions.  As the season races towards its stunning conclusion, each episode lays the groundwork for the inevitable (and brutal) clash between the new Cylon race and its human creators.

"I Want Your Money" Poster & Trailer

Check out the official trailer and poster for "I Want Your Money" which opens in theaters October 15th.

Your money. You work hard for it, it goes into your pocket, and then it flies out of your pocket into someone else’s, namely an overweight government that gives it away as if it was its own.  What’s happening here, and how can this out-of-control system be changed?  That’s the question explored in Ray Griggs’ documentary I WANT YOUR MONEY, which takes a conservative view that the big-government approach to leadership of the Obama administration is a failure, destroying prosperity by redistributing it rather than cultivating its growth. Contrasting the policies of two iconic presidents, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, I WANT YOUR MONEY is a clever mix of archival footage, new interviews from notable conservative figures, and original animation.  It’s a smart, reasoned, clever and convincing call to action for audiences who care about their own destinies, and are ready to “just say ‘No’”!

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Jimmy Kimmel Presents: Jeff Zucker‘s Career Highlights

Following the announcement that NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker will step down, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” presented a special press conference / music video send up of Zucker‘s career highlights. Check out the video below.

"Night Catches Us" Trailer

You can now watch the official trailer for NIGHT CATCHES US exclusively on Apple Trailers!

In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry Washington, “Ray,” “Lift”) and her daughter. However, Marcus quickly finds himself at odds with the organization he once embraced, whose members suspect he orchestrated the slaying of their former comrade-in-arms. In a startling sequence of events, Marcus must protect a secret that could shatter everyone's beliefs as he rediscovers his forbidden passion for Patricia.

NIGHT CATCHES US premieres on iTunes, On Demand, Playstation, Xbox Live, Amazon and Vudu on October 29, and opens in theaters on December 3, 2010.

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Natalie Portman As Lois Lane?

The Superman news just keeps on coming. Our good friends over at Moviehole are now reporting on a possible candidate for Lois Lane. Apparently the cute as a button and just as equally sexy Natalie Portman has been contacted for the role.

A friend that worked on "Black Swan" with Mr Aronofsky tells us that the filmmaker has actually "been talking about this for a while" and that they don't think talks have "progressed beyond the suggestion of having Nat[alie Portman] be Lois. They wanted her first time around, this time they can get her - with Darren. But who knows where that's at now" Now that's cool! And I assume they're referring to the studio being keen on Ms Portman for "Superman Returns". "...nothing on paper yet. Don't add his name to the IMDB director listing on the film's page yet", she adds.

Not a bad choice, I guess I can see it. Problem being, is the choice would seem very similar to the look of Bosworth's version of Lois, or would you call it Singer's? Which would make sense because the report is  that Portman was actually up for Lois in "Superman Returns". 

If they are already contacting actresses about playing Lois, you would think they might have their Superman...

New Yogi Bear Trailer

Everyone’s favorite pic-a-nic basket-stealing bear comes to the big screen in YOGI BEAR. Jellystone Park has been losing business, so greedy Mayor Brown decides to shut it down and sell the land. That means families will no longer be able to experience the natural beauty of the outdoors — and, even worse, Yogi and Boo Boo will be tossed out of the only home they’ve ever known. Faced with his biggest challenge ever, Yogi must prove that he really is ‘smarter than the average bear’ as he and Boo Boo join forces with their old nemesis Ranger Smith to find a way to save Jellystone Park from closing forever.

October 18th Hearing Date Set For Warner Bros vs Toberoff Case

Now that we are actually starting to hear some news on the Superman on film front, the legal fisticuffs bewteen Warner Bros and the Siegel and Shuster families is rearing it's ugly head. I'll let The Hollywood Reporter do the talking. See below.

As Warner Bros. inches closer to finding a director for its planned "Superman" reboot, the epic legal battle over the Man of Steel keeps getting nastier.

Warners filed a stack of legal papers the size of a tall building last night trying to persuade a judge to keep alive its claims against Marc Toberoff, the lawyer for the Siegel and Shuster families, who Warners claims improperly interfered with its key rights deals with the families.

As you'll recall, the heirs of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster acted to terminate the rights to Superman in 1997. Four years later, the parties were close to a settlement before Joanne Siegel fired her lawyers and hired Toberoff, who then filed a lawsuit against Warners. In a bombshell 2008 decision, a federal judge ruled that the notice of termination was valid, meaning that certain Superman rights would revert to the Siegel estate in 2011 and the Shuster estate in 2013. The clock was ticking.

Warners wasn't going to just roll over. With the help of an internal Superman "timeline" that was secretly dropped on the studio's doorstep by a former Toberoff associate, in May it launched an aggressive counterattack with a new lawsuit against Toberoff and his clients, alleging the lawyer manipulated the families into repudiating their deals with Warners-owned DC Comics and entering into deals that would give Toberoff almost half the revenue from the property.

Toberoff responded by filing several motions to dismiss the case, including an anti-SLAPP motion that argued the studio was only trying to "delay the final reckoning" by employing a "desperate and cynical strategy." He also tried to get the "timeline" declared privileged, but that effort was denied.

Now, in five separate motions filed by Warners attorney Dan Petrocelli and a team from O'Melveny & Myers, the studio says Toberoff is trying to shield himself from liability for interfering with his clients' contracts with the studio by saying he was merely a lawyer doing his job.

Warners says that its claims in the lawsuit "unmistakenly and unambiguously challenge Toberoff's business practices, not his practice of law," according to the court papers.

The studio claims that Toberoff engineered a series of "consent agreements" with the Siegel and Shuster families that both interfered with its rights as well as put Toberoff and his entertainment companies in the position to reap huge dividends from a new copyright assignment. In one of his own voluminous motions, Toberoff points out that the terminations were lawful and scoffs that the families had any obligation to give Warners an exclusive first crack at regaining control over the properties.

A hearing date in the case is set for Oct. 18, although there's a chance the court could be so overwhelmed by the legal paperwork that there will be a delay. Depositions, including those of the Siegels, Shusters and Toberoff himself, are scheduled to begin in mid-November. The future of the "Superman" empire, hundreds of millions of dollars, and perhaps even the future of power in Hollywood will be at stake.

The Union vs Pete Jackson, The Hobbit, The Studios

New Line, Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures are concerned by the recent allegations of unfair treatment of actors in New Zealand and instructions from the performers’ guilds to their membership to withhold services from the producers of “The Hobbit” in New Zealand.

We are proud to have good relations with all of those performers’ guilds and value their contribution to the motion pictures produced in their respective jurisdictions throughout the world. But we believe that in this case the allegations are baseless and unfair to Peter Jackson and his team in Wellington who have been tireless supporters of the New Zealand motion picture community.

To classify the production as "non-union" is inaccurate. The cast and crew are being engaged under collective bargaining agreements where applicable and we are mindful of the rights of those individuals pursuant to those agreements. And while we have previously worked with MEAA, an Australian union now seeking to represent actors in New Zealand, the fact remains that there cannot be any collective bargaining with MEAA on this New Zealand production, for to do so would expose the production to liability and sanctions under New Zealand law. This legal prohibition has been explained to MEAA. We are disappointed that MEAA has nonetheless continued to pursue this course of action.

Motion picture production requires the certainty that a production can reasonably proceed without disruption and it is our general policy to avoid filming in locations where there is potential for work force uncertainty or other forms of instability. As such, we are exploring all alternative options in order to protect our business interests.

Aronofsky In The Mix On Superman, Affleck Is Out

Last week the not so movie blog friendly but on the ball people at Toldja! reported that Warner Bros & Legendary had a short list of directors they were meeting or have met with for the upcoming Superman film. Reportedly producers Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas were face to facing it with Matt Reeves, Duncan Jones, Jonathan Liebesman, Zack Synder, and Tony Scott. You can add another name or two to that list.

According to the left coast reporters over at the LA Times, Nolan's WB is also hot on Darren Aronofsky to direct the new Superman flick. Aronofsky is creating a lot of hoopla with the upcoming "Black Swan" and would fit with what the studio and Team Nolan are looking for. A director who can handle character driven films with high production value but are still "controllable." The geek in us remember that Aronofsky almost directed a Frank Miller inspired Batman film about a decade ago. The circle of life?

While Aronofsky is still in talks, it seems that Ben Affleck's discussion with the studio has now ended. The actor/writer/director is no longer pursuing the gig. Apparently the studio loves them some Affleck, especially after the performance of "The Town" in the minds of critics and the general public. Imagine that, Affleck played Superman "Hollywoodland" and directing a new Superman flick? Eerie.

It's funny, the forums were a buzz with suggestions of Affleck directing Supes. Looks like they are ahead of the game.