Sean Byrne's Aussie horror The Loved Ones first attracted attention back in 2009, when it nabbed the Midnight Madness Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival, and continued to garner good buzz on the festival circuit through 2010... and then 2011. Now it's 2012, and though it seems like festivalgoers have nothing but nice things…
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TImur Bekmambetov is lining up quite the varied cast for his adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He's got Benjamin Walker in the lead, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd, Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper in key supporting roles, and more. Now Alan Tudyk, an actor with a dedicated fan following thanks…
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Mark Wahlberg is starring in Contraband right now -- the film is a remake of the well-regarded thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, with Baltasar Kormakur, an actor in the original, directing the new version. The film follows a one-time smuggler (Wahlberg) who has taken a straight job as a security guard, but gets pulled back into illegal activity.…
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When it comes the film adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, director Timur Bekmambetov is trying to make stars instead of cast them. The director of Wanted and Night Watch nabbed Benjamin Walker for the lead role, best known for small parts in Kinsey and Flags of our Fathers. Anthony Mackie…
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The Australian horror film The Loved Ones has been wowing genre-loving audiences since it debuted at festivals last year. It won the Midnight Madness program award (an audience-voted award) at the Toronto Film Festival in September, and has done quite well at other fests, too. There's no US distributor for the film just yet, but…
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