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Film News: Film is set in the world of global sex trafficking. -- Actress Nandita Das has signed on to direct indie thriller "Trafficking," set in the world of global sex trafficking.

The first clip from writer/director Matt Reeves' Let Me In has come online and can be watched using the player below. Opening in theaters on October 1st, the adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's "Let the Right One In" stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono and Sasha Barrese.

In this film publicity image released by Focus Features, George Clooney, left, and Violante Placido are shown in a scene from, "The American." The American None The American Rated R for violence, sexual content and nudity Length: 105 minutes Released: September 1, 2010 Nationwide Score: 3.5 Cast: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, ...

Film News: Director to open Deauville with director's cut of pic -- Terry Gilliam will open the 36th Deauville American Film Festival with his director's cut of "Brazil," as a plethora of celebs and industryites make the trek to the French resort.

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive TV spot for FreAkonomics , available on Video On Demand, iTunes, Amazon On Demand, PlayStation Network, Xbox Marketplace this Friday, September 3rd, and opening in theaters on October 1st.

We already know and are very excited that the next project from Guillermo del Toro is the long-gestating adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novella At the Mountain of Madness which is being produced by James Cameron and shot in 3D. Though production isn't expected to begin until May of 2011, apparently Universal and del Toro are already in the midst of searching for their cast. Collider reports that the studio would like James McAvoy to lead the film while del Toro is much more interested in bringing Tom Cruise on board. In addition, Chris Pine is also being considered as a potential candidate for del Toro's new passion project. While Chris Pine has quite a future slate already lined up like the forthcoming Star Trek sequel, the action comedy This Means War, the Jack Ryan franchise reboot Moscow and The Art of Making Money with D.J. Caruso, the other two aforementioned actors ...

Film News: Foreign-language contenders emerge -- With the 83rd Academy Awards pushed back to Feb. 27 from last year's March 7 date, the selections for consideration in the foreign-language Oscar race are already starting to roll in.

JONAH Hex is a mess of a movie and makes Wild Wild West look like quality film-making

IT'S full of comedy talent but Dinner For Schmucks will leave you hungry for laughs

Arrow in the Head reports and we've confirmed that Emma Bell, last seen in Adam Green's Frozen , has landed the female lead role in Steven Quale's Final Destination 5 . She'll also be seen this fall in"The Walking Dead," which airs on Halloween.

This report is kind of thin right now, but Collider says that it has sources saying there are conflicting desires for the leading man of Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novel At the Mountains of Madness. The site's report has it that Universal wants James McAvoy (who headed up the studio's film Wanted) to star, while Guillermo del Toro wants Tom Cruise. We're assuming now that the lead roles is geologist William Dyer, of Miskatonic University. He narrates the original novella (going from memory here) in which Dyer and associates travel to Antarctica to investigate the disappearance of a research team. Turns out the team had uncovered remains of fourteen unusual life forms, some of which were in much better condition than others. Arriving at the destroyed camp, Dyer finds some of those life forms gone, and eventually finds and explores an ancient city that was once home ...

Film News: Kormakur thriller stars Mulroney, Kruger -- IFC Films has snagged North American rights to "Inhale," the Baltasar Kormakur thriller toplined by Dermot Mulroney and Diane Kruger.

It's not easy for an art-house film to get moviegoers polarized, certainly not on aesthetic grounds. But before it has really even started to roll out on the festival circuit, Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" has begun to do just that. The reaction last month to the trailer for the ballet world-set supernatural character drama -- which plays up the horror elements a bit more than perhaps the film does -- already generated reaction of "this looks amazing" to "this looks extremely bizarre" and gave you the immediate sense this was not a movie that would pass quietly. At the Venice...

According to Variety , actor Anthony Mackie is in talks to join Sam Worthington in the police thriller Man on a Ledge for Summit Entertainment and producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian and David Ready.

I know we've written about Gareth Edwards' Monsters quite a bit over the last few months, but please bear with us as we continue to cover all the cool stuff that Magnolia is putting out, because it's one of my favorite indie discoveries of this year and I'm all for covering everything. Although we've already seen that gorgeous official poster for the low budget sci-fi film, Vulture just debuted yet another "alternative" poster design that is just as unique, just as original, and just as awesome. We also already got a glimpse in the latest trailer, but those tentacles in the right eye are from the aliens in this. And here's a new positive review. Check this out! Monsters is written, produced and directed by Gareth Edwards, a big up-and-coming filmmaker who shot this on a shoestring budget in Mexico and did all of the visual effects on his own computer. ...

Film News: 'Never Let Me Go,' 'Biutiful,' join Scorsese doc set at fest -- In all, the Telluride program contains 24 feature films along with six programs by Guest Director Michael Ondaatje, 25 short films and 13 documentaries screening in its Backlot program.

One of the many things that makes the Telluride Film Festival more interesting than most other film festivals is that it doesn't announce the line-up until 24 hours before the film festival begins. And even then the festival usually packs a few unannounced surprise premieres. This year's line-up is kind of a let down. A large portion of the 24 feature films were selected from this year's Cannes Film Festival, which was filled with disappointment. The Cannes selections include Mike Leigh's Another Year, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Biutiful (which I did like quite a bit), Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, Xavier Beauvois' Of Gods and Men, Charles Ferguson's documentary Inside Job,  Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe and the 11-language six-hour biopic of legendary terrorist Carlos. The high profile premieres of the fest seem to be Peter Weir's war drama The Way Back, and Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, which I'm very excited ...

AP - Cammie King Conlon, the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," has died at 76.

Film News: Helmer tackles Japanese bestseller -- Fifteen years after winning the Golden Lion with "Cyclo," Vietnam-born helmer Tran Anh Hung is back on the Lido with "Norwegian Wood," his first literary adaptation.

We don't post a lot of clips these days. Mostly because I (and Peter, I believe) try to avoid watching them, so as not to spoil films any more than necessary before we see them. So why am I posting this clip from Let Me In? Because it's part of what we were shown at Comic Con this year, and was very helpful in convincing me that this is a movie to be taken seriously. Hopefully some of you might feel the same. In addition, there's a really nice new French poster for the film, which you can see after the break. The clip was initially revealed through small viral puzzle on the film's official site. In the clip, we see Richard Jenkins as the caretaker of the vampiric girl Abby (Chloe Moretz) as he tries to gather food for his charge. This is a scene that takes place a bit into ...

Film News: Money comes for 'Somewhere' -- The legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles plays a big part in Sofia Coppola's father-daughter drama "Somewhere," which world preems on the Lido today.

The first set spy photo has emerged to show Ian McShane in character as Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and to complement that shot there's a first-look shot from another ocean-going adventure. Our second groups of set pics show Rhianna in costume for Peter Berg's Battleship. Larger images and more info after the jump. First up: Ian McShane in On Stranger Tides. Why is he first? Because he's bloody Ian McShane. I'm praying that his Blackbeard will be something like Deadwood's Swearingen with a bigger beard and broader swagger. After the bloated, hastily written mess of the last Pirates film I didn't think there was much that could get me back on board, but casting McShane is a great move. If this fourth Pirates film takes even slight advantage of the verbal dexterity the actor displayed on Deadwood, the interactions between he and Johnny Depp could ...

Public Enemies screenwriter Ronan Bennett is taking on a potentially loaded project. He'll adapt Dean King's book Skeletons on the Zahara, which tells the story of twelve American sailors who into submit themselves into slavery in Africa after being shipwrecked, hoping that as slaves they'll be given enough sustenance to survive. The story is based in part on the account of the ordeal written by one of the men, Captain James Riley. Riley's account told of an arduous trek across the Sahara Desert and subsequently being taken captive and enslaved. (Abraham Lincoln reportedly said Riley's book was one of the books that most influenced him.) It's classic adventure stuff, made rather more compelling by being true. There are excellent parts in here for a couple of actors -- certainly an American to play Captain Riley, and then the North African merchant Hamet, who buys the men out of slavery and takes pity ...

Gareth Edwards' upcoming science fiction thriller "Monsters" has been getting a lot of attention recently, and for good reason. It's been popping up at film festivals left and right ever since it first came out at the South by Southwest film festival. Now with the theatrical release just almost around the corner, we get a new poster for the upcoming flick.Alien life forms have spread throughout central America leading to the quarantine of half of Mexico. The U.S. and Mexican militaries are battling to contain the creatures, with a wall stretching along the American border. The story follows Andrew, an American photojournalist helping his wealthy employer's daughter, Samantha, get back to America. Their journey takes them across Central America and eventually into the 'infected zone'."Monsters" swoops into theaters on October 29th.Source: Vulture

Film News: Ben Ammar to build auds at home and abroad -- On the Lido with Julian Schnabel's "Miral," which it co-produced, Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Communications is getting set to raise the bar on the distribution of films with Arab storylines in the Middle East.

Film News: Filmmaker banned from travel but his short plays on the Lido -- Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been denied permission by authorities to travel to the Venice Film Festival, has not lost all faith in his future as a filmmaker in his country, he told Variety in a telephone interview from Tehran.

Reuters - The Telluride Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the lineup of movies for this weekend's event, regarded as among the top U.S. movie gatherings of the year and an early highlight for Oscar hopefuls.

Film News: Gallic funds broaden appeal of Italian co-productions -- As Italo shingles have found it increasingly hard to access state funds at home, following Silvio Berlusconi's cutbacks, they have been looking to foreign co-producers to supply the missing coin, and French companies are proving to be attractive partners.

Film News: Lagesse taps into tyro talent in quest for indie growth -- An outspoken gatekeeper of arthouse cinema, Eric Lagesse, owner of Paris-based distribution and sales outfit Pyramide Distribution, backs up his tough talk with action.

Bill Amend's Foxtrot comic strip over the weekend was Inception-inspired, and features references to a bunch of awesome geek film properties. Check it out now on Foxtrot.com. Thanks to Alex Billington for the heads up on this one.

Neither director Jean-Francois Richet's style nor star Vincent Cassel's swagger falters in Public Enemy Number One , the exhilarating follow-up to Mesrine: Killer Instinct . With its shootouts, prison breaks and wild flights of ego, the saga's second half was sure to be watchable. It's also smart, funny and incisive -- about the criminal and his era. (Recommended)

Frequently moving and quietly enlightening, the documentary Last Train Home is about love and exploitation, sacrifice and endurance. Director Lixin Fan follows a single Chinese family from 2006 through the financial downturn of 2008. The parents work at garment factories in Guangzhou city; their teenage children live in an impoverished village and see their parents only once a year.

Director Zhang Yimou takes on the Coen brothers, remaking Blood Simple and setting it in the 17th-century "Chinese outback." Adultery, bloody mishaps and Chinese superstition are just the appetizers in this colorful film.

Robert Rodriguez directs Machete , featuring a character first introduced in a fake trailer that played during his 2007 exploitation flick Grindhouse. .

Apple's new Ping service for iTunes prompted a declaration from "Big Fish" screenwriter John August today, and he's obviously been hanging out with Mac products for some time, given his outlook for it. Elsewhere, director Jason Matzer gave a micro-review of George Clooney's new flick "The American," and though we already new Eli Roth loves [...]

Film News: Gallic pix and co-prods pepper the Lido -- French pics and co-productions pepper the selection at the Venice Film Festival.

Film News: Production coin dropped 7.2% in first half -- The dearth of local and international financing sources has weakened the Gallic film industry, according to a CNC report unveiled Thursday.

MTV's Fall Preview week of exclusives continues today with a look at the hottest upcoming movies of the next four months. We know what you should see and why you should see it, and we've got it all right here. Keep it locked to MTV News and MTV Movies Blog for continued updates throughout the [...]

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Film News: Focus Features kicks off holiday weekend early -- Focus Features kickstarted the holiday weekend with the Wednesday bow of George Clooney thriller "The American," which grossed a solid $1.7 million from 2,721 locations on its opening day.

Film News: Toronto panel looks at Canuck-Euro links -- The intricacies of setting up successful co-productions between Canadian and European producers will be among the main topics on the agenda at the upcoming Producers Lab Toronto.

Cinema has entered a new dawn. It arrived a while ago, actually, and you may not have even noticed. I'm not referring to the recent surfeit of remakes, sequels and adaptations, or the rebirth and subsequent profusion of superhero movies, or even the resurgence of 3D. No, I'm talking about the evolution of a burgeoning subgenre in cinema: Meta-films, aka movies about movies. Whether you've seen it or not, these self-reflective satires, parodies and homages have become a recurring staple of the aughts, and slowly but surely, the landscape of modern cinema is changing because of them. For evidence of this, look no further than six of the major releases of the past month. We've got: The Expendables, a tribute to the testosterone-filled macho-men movies of the '80s; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an all-encompassing satirization of movie tropes going as far back as the Shaw brothers films of the '70s; Piranha ...

SPOILER WARNING: This blog very specifically discusses the ending of "The Last Exorcism." If you haven't seen the movie and plan to, read no further. Trust me, this isn't the sort of movie you want to have spoiled. I spent a good amount of time on the phone yesterday with Daniel Stamm who is still [...]

Film News: 'Kitty Galore' given two different ratings -- Sweden's Board of Film Censors is to view 3D films differently in future.

Film News: Duo to stream Chinese content to U.S. users -- Asian toon streaming site operator Crunchyroll has announced a partnership with Tai Seng Ent., which distribs Chinese-language TV shows and pics in the U.S., to directly stream new live-action Chinese content to U.S. users.

'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole' is a wild new 3D computer-animated family fantasy adventure from 'Watchmen' and '300' director Zack Snyder, and we have a first look at the new song "To the Sky" by Owl City!

Based on the beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky, 'Legend of the Guardians' marks Snyder's animation debut with the story of Soren, a young owl entranced by his father's epic stories of a legendary group of winged warriors sworn to defend the owl kingdom from the evil Pure Ones. When the bad guys flex their steely talons, it's up to Soren to find the mythic Guardians of Ga' Hoole and find the courage to help save owlkind.

The film features the vocal talents of such stars as Abbie Cornish, Anthony LaPaglia, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush and Hugo Weaving.

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Film News: National Geographic film unit acquires 3D pic -- National Geographic Entertainment's Cinema Ventures has acquired "Flying Monsters 3D" for release next year.

3D: National Geographic film unit acquires 3D pic -- National Geographic Entertainment's Cinema Ventures has acquired "Flying Monsters 3D" for release next year.

Leading digital lifestyle provider and 2010 Red Dot Award winner BenQ has enhanced its home cinema projector offering with the new power-packed features of the W600+, its latest home cinema projector ...