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Fused Film's Friday Classics: Forbidden Planet

Fused Film’s Friday Classics: Forbidden Planet

Welcome to a new feature on Fused Film, where I will throw may age in everyone’s face and educate you all on classic films that have inspired the good, bad and ugly of today’s movies. While doing our weekly podcast I have been utterly amazed at the lack of past sci-fi movie knowledge from our [...]

Colin Firth and Ben Barnes set for Dorian Gray Film

Colin Firth and Ben Barnes set for Dorian Gray Film

Dorian Gray is one of my favorite literary characters of all time and I loved Stuart Townsend’s portrayal of him in The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I always thought there should be a movie about him, now I guess we are getting one.
Colin Firth is set to star opposite Ben Barnes in “Dorian Gray” director [...]

Taken - Trailer + One Sheet Poster

Taken - Trailer + One Sheet Poster

Here is the one sheet and trailer for the latest Liam Neeson film, Taken. The film revolves around a former spy Bryan ( Liam Neeson) who relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace - from LOST), who has been kidnapped and forced into the slave trade. The film also [...]

Cage and Carpenter are Scared Straight!

Cage and Carpenter are Scared Straight!

Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are supposedly ready to team up for prison thriller Scared Straight.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scared Straight follows a troubled youth who’s sent to prison off the Scared Straight crime-prevention program, which imprisons delinquent teens for a short period in the hopes of deterring them from a life of [...]

Universal has 2 Guns!

Universal has 2 Guns!

Universal is set to produce the crime thriller 2 Guns, a graphic novel from Boom! Studios. Marc Platt will produce via his Marc Platt Prods. banner along with Boom! co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie.
The Hollywood Reporter, reports that 2 Guns, written by Steven Grant and art by Mat Santolouco, follows a DEA agent and [...]

Prince of Persia Pulled Back!

Prince of Persia Pulled Back!

Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are delaying the release of the fantasy action feature Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time by almost a year, from June 19, 2009, to Memorial Day weekend 2010.
According to Variety, Disney officially said it wants to allow plenty of time for post-production, considering that the tentpole will require extensive special [...]