Film Arcade.net Newswire for 3/20/2009

Lionsgate Aquires “Taken’ Director’s Next Film

On the success of “Taken, Lionsgate recently acquired Pierre Motel next film. “From Paris With Love”, which will star john Travolta (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Pulp Fiction and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Mission Impossible III). The film recently completed production in France. The film is about, a low-ranking intelligence operative (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) working in the office of the U.S. Ambassador in France takes on more than he bargained for when he partners with a wisecracking, fast-shooting, high-ranking U.S. agent (John Travolta) who’s been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack.

The film is scheduled for release on February 19, 2010.

Lionsgate picks up the rights to “The Hunger Games”

Lionsgate announced recently that they have picked of the rights to Suzanne Collins's best selling young adult novel, “The Hunger Games” Collins will adapt the screenplay from her novel, the first in a trilogy.

“The Hunger Games” is about, a dystopic Capitol requires its twelve subjugated districts to pay tribute in the form of a teenage boy and girl who are forced to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. When Katniss Everdeen’s little sister is chosen in the lottery, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Although persevering through hardship is commonplace for Katniss, she must start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love in order to win the games and return home.

Since its publication in September 2008, Suzanne Collins's award-winning novel “The Hunger Games” has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 25 consecutive weeks to date, and rights for 32 foreign-language editions have been licensed. “The Hunger Games” won the 2008-9 Cybils Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2008; a 2008 Horn Book Fanfare Book; a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2008; a School Library Journal Best Book of 2008; a 2008 Booklist Editors' Choice; a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice; and a Kirkus Best Book of 2008.

“Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut” DVD news

Happy Cloud Pictures recently announced that “Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut will be available on DVD, in April. The Movie is a surreal and off-beat “documentary” about the making of a slasher movie called “Tessaract” (which, in turn, is about a group of filmmakers shooting a movie called “Splatter Movie”) whose cast and crew is being stalked by a killer masquerading as the film’s fictional killer. Written by Mike Watt and directed by and starring Amy Lynn Best, Splatter Movie quickly spirals into bizarre territory as the line between film and reality blurs—then disappears entirely!

DVD Extras include The Splatter Movie Companion, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Trailers.

For information on this film and preorder details, you can visit the Happy Cloud Pictures at http://www.happycloudpictures.com/.

Sin Nombre Images and Clips






Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut. The filmmaker’s firsthand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the U.S. form the basis of the Spanish-language movie.

Sin Nombre tells the story of Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a teenager living in Honduras, and hungering for a brighter future. A reunion with her long-estranged father gives Sayra her only real option – emigrating with her father and her uncle into Mexico and then the United States, where her father now has a new family.

Meanwhile, Casper, a.k.a. Willy (Edgar Flores), is a teenager living in Tapachula, Mexico, and facing an uncertain future. A member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang brotherhood, he has just brought to the Mara a new recruit, 12-year-old Smiley (Kristyan Ferrer), who undergoes a rough initiation.

While Smiley quickly takes to gang life, Casper tries to protect his relationship with girlfriend Martha Marlene (Diana García), keeping their love a secret from the Mara. But when Martha encounters Tapachula’s Mara leader Lil’ Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), she is brutally taken from Casper forever.

Sayra and her relatives manage to cross over into Mexico. There, they join other immigrants waiting at the Tapachula train yards. When a States-bound freight train arrives one night, they successfully rush to board – riding atop it, rather than in the cars – as does Lil’ Mago, who has commandeered Casper and Smiley along to rob immigrants.

When day breaks, Lil’ Mago makes his move and Casper in turn makes a fateful decision. Casper must now navigate the psychological gauntlet of his violent existence and the physical one of the unforgiving Mara, but Sayra bravely allies herself with him as the train journeys through the Mexican countryside towards the hope of new lives.

Sin Nombre Clip: I'm Going With You
http://filminfocus.com/video/sin_nombre_clip_2

Sin Nombre Clip: Ever Been On One Of Those
http://filminfocus.com/video/sin_nombre_clip_1

Sin Nombre is in theaters now.

The Informers Clips

Film Arcade.net was recently was provided with clips courtesy of Senator Entertainment US regarding their upcoming film “The Informers” which is the latest novel from Bret Easton Ellis to be adapted to the big screen. The film will hit theaters in limited release, April 24th. The film stars, Billy Bob Thorton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, and Amber Heard.

Clip #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5uaZ0vWD3U

Clip #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL4nORi8LNQ

Clip #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08zDNW2TUfE

Clip #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTEpGJW8JcI

"The Merry Gentleman" Trailer

Film Arcade,net has the trailer to the directorial debut of Michael Keaton. “The Merry Gentleman” The film tells the story of Kate Frazier, a young woman running away from a troubled marriage in the hopes to find anonymity with a new home and a new job in Chicago. When Kate meets Frank Logan, the two discover unexpected satisfaction in their mutual shared silence. Haunted by the troubling choices he has made, Frank finds a kindred spirit in the younger Kate, and, for a moment, the two seem destined to redeem and remake each other. As the holidays and New Year pass against an urban landscape that seems both breathtakingly beautiful and starkly quiet, Kate and Frank’s friendship becomes one of necessity and survival. But, neither lonely soul can escape the lives they have left behind. As events unfold and the painful truth slowly emerges, Frank is forced to face the man he truly is, while Kate struggles to become the woman she needs to be.

The film stars, Keaton along with Kelly Macdonald, Tom Bastounes, and Bobby Canavale.



The film hits theaters in limited release, May 1st.