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We were unable to attend the Movies On Demand One On One with Conan's Jason Momoa so who better to ask to attend for us than our good buddy Randy from thearnoldfans . Although the Lionsgate film " Conan " does not come out until next month, I was given early access to interview two lead actors of the film at Comic Con in the press room at the Hard Rock Hotel. Although many of us believe this will not be as good as the epic Schwarzenegger version, I am optimistic that this will still be a fun film and I wish the barbaric actor of Game of Thrones and Conan , Jason Momoa , big success as an actor. On the other hand, I am very disappointed that Momoa does not know " WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE ." That's right, it turns out he has never watched the original Arnold film. "I haven't seen the original movie and a lot of people are kind of upset with me for that but the fact is MY Conan is more of the Frank Frazetta paintings. When I saw those pictures of...

Given how many of Marvel’s characters are already up on screen, and how many more are in development, you might imagine that there are very few left kicking their heels in the waiting room, eyeing the complimentary water bottles and out-of-date lifestyle magazines and wondering when their chance at the big screen might come. Well, the Marvel Universe is a big place, so we imagine the room to be about the size of 10 hangers. But now one group of heroes might finally be seeing their number flash on the LED board – as according to Twitch , the company is now pushing ahead with plans for a movie based on Guardians of the Galaxy . Chances are that unless you’re a Marvel diehard, you may never have heard of the characters, and that’s because the team is now looking to tap some of the lesser-known properties for franchise potential. Originally appearing in Marvel Super-Heroes in 1969, they’re a team assembled from various different species and planets in the 31st century with the aim of f...

Yesterday Warner Bros. released the first image of Henry Cavill As Superman , and today they  released the first image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman . JustJared as got their hands on some spy photos of Hathaway's stunt double shooting a scene from the movie. I didn't know that Trinity from the Matrix had a twin sister? Not that I am complaining. As a blogger I really wish sometimes they would not release photos from upcoming films. Where is the surprise when you go watch the movie? See more images after the Jump... Filmed in 3 continents, with more use of IMAX cameras, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, which opens on July 20th, 2012, stars Oscar® winner Christian Bale again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard, as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake, Oscar® winner Michael Caine as Alfred; Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman reprises t...

GK Films has picked up film rights to The Vault , an Image comic book written by Sam Sarkar, an executive at Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil production shingle. Depp and Nihil’s president Christi Dembrowski will produce the movie adaptation along with GK’s Graham King and Tim Headington. Written by Sarkar and drawn by Garrie Gastonny, the underwater sci-fi story centers on a group of divers who, off the coast of Nov Scotia, uncover a sarcophagus with unusual remains and inadvertently unleash an ancient evil. Sarkar and Gastonny previously created the supernatural Western graphic novel Calber for Radical Publishing. Vault is a three-issue mini-series. The first issue hit stores this week. King, whose company has a first-look deal with Nihil, recently worked with Depp on the Paramount animated film Rango . King has Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first foray into kids adventure, in the can and set for release November 23 by Paramount. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Heatvision

Brian Kirk , who directed several episodes of the HBO hit " Game of Thrones ," is in early negotiations to helm " Thor 2 " for Marvel Studios and Disney, Variety's Marc Graser exclusively reports. The Irish helmer has also directed episodes of " Boardwalk Empire ," Showtime's " Dexter " and the upcoming " Great Expectations ." " Thor 2 " would mark the directorial debut on a big-budget Hollywood tentpole for the director who rose to the top of the list after he showed his abilities to juggle large ensembles of thesps and complex storylines in his TV projects, while also grounding the fantasy genre via his work on "Thrones." The "Thor" sequel, sest for release July 26, 2013, is expected to feature a large cast of Aasgardians and creatures in the Norse mythology-set world. Although he was invited back to direct Hemsworth in another "Thor," Kenneth Branagh opted not to return. Instead, he...

Jersey Shore just keeps growing and growing. Last night's season premiere of the MTV reality series was the cable network's most-watched opener to date, drawing 8.8 million total viewers , improving 4 percent over the third season opener earlier this year. Jersey Shore also beat broadcast's top program, CBS' Big Brother , in total viewers (8.8 million vs. 7.3 million). Though last night's episode was a premiere high, a Jan. 20, 2011 telecast delivered a series best in total tune-in, averaging 8.9 million. That episode showed Snooki being released from jail and Deena meeting a Ronnie look-alike. The premiere episode, set in Italy, was also Jersey Shore's third most-watched telecast to date, behind two Season 3 episodes. In the persons 12-34 demographic, the Jersey Shore premiere scored a 8.2 rating, or 6.5 million viewers. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

Executives at Columbia Pictures think they have a winner with their new web-spinner. “ The Amazing Spider-Man ” doesn’t reach theaters until July 3, 2012, but the studio has already locked in a May 2, 2014, release date for a sequel. A Columbia Pictures spokesman said the scheduling move “speaks volumes” about the superhero relaunch with director Marc Webb and star Andrew Garfield , who are coming off of a winning appearance at Comic-Con International. There was considerable fan skepticism early on about the choice of Webb, who has directed only one feature film — the 2009 romantic comedy ” (500) Days of Summer ” – and arrived on this project in the long shadow of Sam Raimi, whose three “Spider-Man” films earned close to $3.5 billion in worldwide box office and keyed billions more in home video, toys, licensing and video games. Watch the teaser trailer after the Jump... “The Amazing Spider-Man,” now in post-production, takes the Marvel Comics icon back to his high school ...

Here is your first Official Look at the upcoming Untitled Snow White Project , starring Lily Collins (The Blind Side) as Snow White and Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. The film is directed by Tarsem Singh (The Fall, Immortals). In Relativity's Untitled Snow White starring Oscar®-winner Julia Roberts and breakout star Lily Collins (The Blind Side), an evil Queen ( Roberts ) steals control of a kingdom, and an exiled princess ( Collins ) enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright in a spirited adventure comedy filled with jealousy, romance, and betrayal that will capture the imagination of audiences the world over. The film also stars Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as the object of their affection, Prince Andrew Alcott, and Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) as the hapless and bungling servant to the Queen. Rounding out the cast are: Mare Winningham (Brothers) as Baker Margaret, Michael Lerner (Elf) as Baron and Mark Povinelli (Water for Elephants)...

It won't hit screens until 2013, but here's your first sneak peek at Henry Cavill as the Man Of Steel , in Zack Snyder's new take on Superman. It's immediately apparent that the primary colors of the costume have been slightly toned down, and that this is one Kryptonian not afraid of getting his hands dirty. But some things don't change; he's clearly still capable of crumpling a bank vault up like a normal man crumples unwanted sheets of paper. The film also stars Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as the Kent parents, Julia Ormond and Russell Crowe as his Kryptonian parents, Michael Shannon as fellow Kryptonian General Zod and Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet. Harry Lennix, Antje Traue and Christopher Meloni also star. Christopher Nolan is producing, as well as having worked on the story with David S. Goyer, who then wrote the script. We can expect to see the finished piece on or around June 14, 2013 - so exp...

Johnny 5 is Alive, Dimension Films is making a deal with Tim Hill to direct its reboot of Short Circuit , the 1986 film about an experimental robot manufactured to be a weapon until a lightning strike fills it with intelligence. It runs away and befriends a fractured family, the military in hot pursuit. Hill directed the Illumination pic Hop and Fox's Alvin and the Chipmunks . Dimension optioned the remake rights in 2009, originally signing Paul Blart: Mall Cop helmer Steve Carr and screenwriter Dan Milano. The project has languished and Hill is being brought in to supervise a new script and get the iconic robot Johnny 5 moving. David Foster, who produced the original, is producing with Ryan E. Heppe and John Hyde. Hill is repped by Gersh and Principato-Young. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Deadline

The red band trailer for The Sitter , "the filthiest R-Rated babysitting movie ever made" is now live on IGN with a special intro by Jonah Hill! The Sitter is an upcoming American comedy directed by David Gordon Green ( Pineapple Express ) and produced by Michael De Luca. The plot is about a male student who, after being suspended from college, is lured into a babysitting gig for which he is woefully unprepared. Watch the trailer after the Jump... More The Sitter Videos Please Leave A Comment-

Cowboy & Aliens Movie Review By: CubicleMike I want to welcome CubicleMike to the mix over here at SandwichJohnFilms. The Cube will be doing reviews from time to time for the site.  Here's his first review for the site and let me tell you there are SPOILERS ! You have been Warned! The title holds so much promise; “ Cowboys and Aliens ”. Who in their right mind, if you are male, didn’t play Cowboys and Indians when they were a kid or imagined stopping an invading hoard of aliens? Let me start by saying the main character (Jake Lonergan) in this film was supposed to be played by Robert Downey Jr .; but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, I guess we will never know what may have been. The film starts out panning across what seems like the Arizona or New Mexico wilderness where our hero has been dumped or fell to exhaustion. Amnesiac Daniel Craig (Jake Lonergan) wakes up with no shoes, blood on his shirt with no food, water or even a horse. I think Daniel Cr...

Deadline is reporting that Gerard Butler has been set to star in Mavericks , the Curtis Hanson-directed fact-based drama for Walden Media. The film is based on the true story of Santa Cruz surf phenom Jay Moriarity and his quest to ride the treacherous Northern California breaks known as Mavericks, where winter swells create waves the size of five-story buildings. Butler will play Rick "Frosty" Hesson , the mentor who trained Moriarity for over a year and forged a close relationship with the surfer in the process. Though Moriarity survived those impossible waves, he died at 22 in a diving accident. But he remains an inspiration to surfers, who coined the phrase " Live like Jay ." On a side note about  the  Maverick   Surf Contest we got this press release today. Looks like  FORMER MAVERICKS SURF CONTEST ORGANIZER LOSES LEGAL BATTLE  MAVERICKS SURF VENTRUES ORDERED BY JUDGE TO PAY With the winter big wave surf season on the horizon, a San Francisco Sup...

TRAVEL CHANNEL JOURNEYS TO THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE LAUNCH OF A NEW ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES “ THE DEAD FILES ” ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT 10:00 PM ET/PT New Series to be Paired with Season Five of “ Ghost Adventures ,” Featuring Travails of the Popular Paranormal Investigative Team as They Explore Haunted Locations Around the World Travel Channel will take viewers on a paranormal journey on Friday nights beginning September 23 with the launch of “ The Dead Files ,” an original investigative series premiering at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The new one-hour series pairs a hard-nosed detective, who looks at the physical evidence, with a gifted psychic communicator, who has her well established sixth sense to work with. They explore each crime scene on their own, and only join together at the end to compare notes and together discover some shocking results. “The Dead Files” will be paired with the fifth season of the hit show “Ghost Adventures”, premiering at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT ...

Green Lantern may have a future on the big screen, but likely not with the same director. Despite the big-budget superhero movie’s disappointing box office performance so far, Warner Bros. executives still want to find a way to make a sequel work. Bringing superheroes from its DC Comics unit to the big screen is a top priority for the studio, and executives believe that the problem with “ Green Lantern ” was in execution, not concept. They even have ideas on how to turn things around next time. “We had a decent opening so we learned there is an audience,” said Warner Bros. film group President Jeff Robinov, pointing to the film’s box office debut of $53 million. “To go forward we need to make it a little edgier and darker with more emphasis on action…. And we have to find a way to balance the time the movie spends in space versus on Earth.” After its so-so opening, “Green Lantern” fizzled at the domestic box office, ending up with only $114 million. Its overseas performance in i...

Ben Foster has been cast as John Gotti Jr. in Barry Levinson’s Gotti: In The Shadow of my Father , starring John Travolta, Al Pacino and Kelly Preston . Levinson begins shooting the independent film, scripted by James Toback and produced by Fiore Films, in New York in January. The project has the blessing of Gotti Jr., and delves into his relationship with his father, John Gotti Sr., the head of the Gambino crime family. Gotti Sr. will be played by Travolta. Foster’s film credits include The Mechanic, 3:10 to Yuma and X-Men: The Last Stand . His television credits include HBO’s Six Feet Under. Levinson, the writer and director of Diner, Tin Men and Avalon, took over the project after director Nick Cassavetes bowed out in May over scheduling conflicts. Levinson has some mob film experience -- he directed Bugsy, for which Toback wrote the screenplay. Toback has been brought in to rework the original Gotti script. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

EW is reporting that Laurence Fishburne will play Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White in Man of Steel , White has traditionally been a hard-charging, old fashioned newspaperman, who relies on his ace reporters, Clark and Lois, to get the big scoop. Jackie Cooper played White in the Christopher Reeve-era Superman films, and Frank Langella took on the role in director Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006. The casting resolves the question of what Laurence would be up to following his departure this May from CBS’ long-running CSI after just over two seasons. (Ted Danson will take Fishburne’s place on the show this fall.) The Superman reboot, produced by Christopher Nolan and directed by Zack Snyder, stars Henry Cavill as Clark (a.k.a. Superman), Amy Adams as Lois, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, and Diane Lane as Martha Kent. David Goyer (Batman Begins) is penning the script. Man of Steel is due to begin filming this fall, and is s...

We have the trailer for Tower Heist. The film stars Ben Stiller ,  Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Michael Pena, Tea Leoni and Gabourey Sidibe . A comedy caper about working stiffs who seek revenge on the Wall Street swindler who stiffed them. After the workers at a luxury Central Park condominium discover the penthouse billionaire has stolen their retirement, they plot the ultimate revenge: a heist to reclaim what he took from them. Queens native Josh Kovacs ( Stiller ) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh's building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw ( Alan Alda ) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage. Watch the trailer after the Jump... With only d...

Relativity Media ’s President of Worldwide Production Tucker Tooley announced today the studio has optioned the feature film rights for Voltron ™ from World Event Productions, and will adapt the live-action big screen version from the 1984 cult-classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe ™. The project was brought to Relativity through their deal with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, whose company will shepherd the project. In Voltron ™, an elite battle force defends the fate of mankind in the spectacular action adventure. Five young warriors are responsible for the future of the galaxy when they become pilots of a battalion of ultra-high-tech Robot Lions, powerful vessels with the ability to join together to form a fearsome mega-weapon known as “Voltron”. The original series, based on the Japanese anime properties Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, aired in the United States for two years and has been described as an “internatio...

Fans cheer Canyon Road teaser trailer at 2011 San Diego Comic Con The first teaser trailer for the new feature thriller  Canyon Road  premiered at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con to a very enthusiastic fan response. Unspooling at the Dark Sky Pictures booth , the unexpected and unannounced teaser trailer played repeatedly to large crowds in the convention hall, many of whom clamored to learn more about this film and see the young stars signing autographs and meeting their new fans for the very first time. In this harrowing original film, a young couple trapped in a failing marriage is unexpectedly buried under a mudslide on Malibu Canyon Road and must fight for survival (in the vein of "Open Water," "Buried," and "Frozen".) Watch the trailer after the Jump... Stars Roxanne Jaeckel and Ivan Lovegren held repeated autograph sessions, signing hundreds of production stills and custom Canyon Road keychains for clamoring fans. T...

Here is the second trailer for Killer Elite  via IMDB . The film is based on the 1991 novel The Feather Men by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and is directed by Gary McKendry. And stars Jason Statham and Clive Owen add Robert De Niro as the mentor and Chuck's Yvonne Strahovski as the love interest. Based on a true story, Killer Elite races across the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East in the action-packed account of an ex-special ops agent ( Jason Statham ) who is lured out of retirement to rescue his mentor ( Robert De Niro ). To make the rescue, he must complete a near-impossible mission of killing three tough-as-nails assassins with a cunning leader ( Clive Owen ). Watch the trailer after the Jump... KILLER ELITE In Theaters September 23 OFFICIAL FILM SITE http://www.KillerElite.com FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/KillerEliteMovie TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/Killer_Elite OPEN ROAD FILMS HOMEPAGE: http://www.OpenRoadFil...

BURKE & HARE is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke ( Simon Pegg ) and William Hare ( Andy Serkis ). These two Irish entrepreneurs, spurred on by a chance meeting with a gorgeous actress ( Isla Fisher ), discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox ( Tom Wilkinson ) and Dr. Monroe ( Tim Curry ) reach beyond that of the local supply. The film is going to be released on SundanceNOW.com on August 5th - ahead of it's theatrical release in September.. Join us on facebook at www.facebook.com/burkeandharemovie Watch the trailer after the Jump... BURKE & HARE is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis). These two Irish entrepreneurs, spurred on by a chance meeting with a gorgeous actress (Isla Fisher), discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of th...

“ Spartacus: Vengeance ” stars Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), Katrina Law (Mira), Manu Bennett (Crixus) and Dustin Clare (Gannicus), among others. On the heels of the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus that concluded “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” the gladiator rebellion continues and begins to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Republic in “Spartacus: Vengeance.” Gaius Claudius Glaber and his Roman troops are sent to Capua to crush the growing band of freed slaves that Spartacus leads before it can inflict further damage. Spartacus is presented the choice of satisfying his personal need for vengeance against the man that condemned his wife to slavery and eventual death, or making the larger sacrifices necessary to keep his budding army from breaking apart. Containing all of the blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, and villainy and heroism that has come to distinguish the series, the tale of Spartacus resumes in epic fashion. Watch the trailer a...

Relativity Media is pleased to present a new teaser clip and sweepstakes for their upcoming film SHARK NIGHT 3D , directed by David R. Ellis (Snakes on a Plane), this terrifying thrill ride features a red-hot young cast including Sara Paxton (Superhero Movie, Last House on the Left), Dustin Milligan (“90210,” Slither), Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”), Joel David Moore  (Avatar) and Katharine McPhee (The House Bunny). Think you have what it takes to face off against the deadliest predator alive? Relativity invites you to enter for your chance to win a trip to dive with the Great Whites of the Farallon Islands in waters off San Francisco. The promotion, built by PromoJam , enters fans into the contest In exchange for a post on either Facebook or Twitter - allowing fans to share the promotion virally to their friends on the social networks. Enter now at: http://sharknight.promojam.com/shark-night-3d Terror runs deep on September 2, 2011 when SHARK NIGHT 3D hits theaters nationwid...

As Marvel mines the depths of their character catalog for big screen properties one thing has become clear: They are rapidly coming to the end of the big, mainstream characters and, if they are to continue, things are going to get weird. Hardcore fans of the label have been waiting for the weird factor to crank up and recent Marvel entries have nodded to the supernatural, cosmic side of the Marvel Universe with elements of both Thor and Captain America leaning in that direction. But for all that Thor is a god and Captain America showed off the Cosmic Cube that's still not the real thing. If you want Cosmic Marvel you want Doctor Strange . Created in 1963 Doctor Strange is the story of an arrogant surgeon who is injured in a car accident and goes on to become the Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel universe. Using his magical powers Strange protects the earth from attacks from other realms. Fans have been vocal about wanting a Doctor Strange movie for a while now and there have b...