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Tartan Video have today released some more information regarding their upcoming horde of DVD boxsets, including the highly anticipated Vengeance trilogy set, currently scheduled for an October 23 release, which will feature Park Chan-Wook’s “Sympathy for Mr Vengeance”, “Oldboy”, “Lady Vengeance” and a host of extra material. Amongst the others were the “Belleville Rendez-vous : Special Editon”, “Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol. 1″ and all of the previously announced documentary sets, which have now been rescheduled for release in early 2007 rather than the end of this year.
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The American trailer for Zhang Yimou’s upcoming “Curse of the Golden Flower” has gone live over at Sony Classics. IMDB’s plot outline of the movie states: “The ill-fated romance between an imperial bodyguard and a prince takes the lovers on a dangerous journey where royal family secrets are revealed.” Which, coupled with the lavish trailer, should give you a good impression of what to expect. The film star’s Gong Li and Chow Yun-Fat and is set to hit US cinemas on December 22 at the end of this year.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar seems to have developed an affiinity for these chilling Asian films because it has now been revealed that she will be starring in an upcoming film dubbed “Addicted” which, according to Empire, is loosely based on South Korean film “Jungdok”. Empire also report that “The plot sees a woman whose hubby and brother-in-law both end up in comas after an accident. But when her in-law wakes up, he claims he’s her true husband.” Interesting, huh? Anyway, the project is set to be directed by Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist and will be based on a screenplay by Queen of the Damned scribe, Michael Petroni.

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The dead are rising again. Try not to get too excited, but George Romero has revealed plans for his next movie which, sticking with tradition, is to be called “Diary of the Dead” and will start shooting in October. The Hollywood Reported reported that “the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a “cinema verite” style that causes more than the usual production headaches.” The movie may also be independently financed thanks to Romero becoming “frustrated working within the system”.

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Creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have today revealed to Variety, the details of two new movie projects they are currently working on for Paramount. The first, entitled “My All-American”, is according to Empire Online, a high-school comedy and will be written by Jeff Roda, whilst the second is more interestingly dubbed “Giant Monsters Attack Japan!” and will be penned by J.F. Lawton. Parker will be directing both movies and Stone will take his usual role as producer, although both of them have also expressed their intentions to help shape the scripts to make sure that they conform to the usual standards.

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As promised, writers Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman have revealed the full list of Autobots and Decepticons that will be featured in Michael Bay’s upcoming live-action Transformers movie. The list was revealed earlier today during a live webcast handled by Yahoo - for more of the information disclosed during the cast and some of the fans Q & A’s head on over to Yahoo Movies. Anyway, to the main event.
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The site for Shrek’s third adventure has gone live in a sort of sparse and superficial kind of way. It’s currently just a splash page that asks “Who’s ready for thirds?” and states the date “May 2007″. ComingSoon.net has managed to be slightly more helpful and have gotten hold of a cast list which announces the return of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews and John Cleese, whilst also revealing some new additions to the roster, including Eric Idle and Justin Timberlake.

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The first reviews of Snakes on a Plane are in and to my extreme surprise, they’re actually rather positive. Dread Central was the lucky site who published the first article (real or fake, who knows) and reviewer Nomad’s 4.5/5 verdict was a much better score than most of us would have expected. Ain’t it Cool News followed close behind, obviously boasting more credibility and the definite genuine article, they also shocked us with another conclusively positive judgement. Whether these reviews have been tainted with the infectious enthusiasm behind the online SoaP phenomenon or not, is something that will be challenged in the forthcoming week when more sources start to publish their opinions and let us know all about those motherfuckin’ snakes on that mutherfuckin’ plane (you knew I had to slip it in somewhere).

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The pet detective we all know and love will be back with us soon in Ace Ventura 3, the third instalment in the globally successful franchise. But there’s a twist, he’s not the detective we know and love after all because Jim Carrey is not going to be involved in the project. That’s right, Ace Ventura without Carrey, preposterous I know. But for what it’s worth, Rotten Tomatoes reports that this chapter will revolve around Ace’s son who is taking over the family business and will no doubt get up to some baffling mischief, just like his old Dad used to. But still, Ace Ventura without Jim Carrey, what were Morgan Creek thinking?

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The official Saw III teaser trailer has gone online over at Yahoo Movies, showcasing an agonizingly small snippet of what we should expect from Jigsaw’s next depraved adventure. This instalment see’s Jigsaw recruit the help of Amanda (Shawnee Smith) to kidnap Dr. Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) and Jeff (Angus MacFadyen) and set into motion the “race-against-time” tasks which they must endure if they wish to get out of there alive. Saw III is set for a worldwide release of October 27th.

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