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Actor Angus MacInnes, who had a role in the very first Star Wars film that spawned a massive franchise, has passed away. He was 77 years old.

On MacInnes' Facebook page, a statement was shared by his family announcing his death. The post was shared on Dec. 30, though it revealed that the actor died on Dec. 23, noting that he "left us peacefully, surrounded by his family and love." Some of his roles are touched on in the announcement, though it's noted how there had always been a "special place in his heart" for Star Wars fans. This was something that many had gotten to see firsthand when MacInnes had been meeting with fans at conventions.

"Angus’ career spanned decades, with unforgettable roles in films such as Star Wars: A New Hope, Witness, Judge Dredd, Captain Phillips, and many others. His work touched countless lives, and he took great pride in being...

Angus MacInnes, a Canadian actor who appeared in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, died Dec. 23, per a family statement. He was 77. No cause of death was provided.

“To all Angus’ fans around the world, with breaking hearts we write this: Angus MacInnes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and actor died on 23rd of December 2024. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family and love,” the Facebook post read.

MacInnes’ career spanned decades, most notably featuring roles within the galaxy far, far away, as Gold Leader and Jon “Dutch” Vander. As noted in the obituary note, the actor especially cherished his time in the Star Wars films and subsequent fan community.

“For Angus, the fans of Star Wars held a special place in his heart. He loved meeting you at conventions, hearing your stories, and sharing in your passion for the saga.

Star Wars fans have been mourning the loss of one of the original actors of the franchise. Angus MacInnes, who played Jon “Dutch” Vander in Star Wars: A New Hope, passed away at the age of 77. The news of his death was announced on the actor’s Facebook page, with a statement revealing that he died “peacefully” surrounded by family.

In a message that began, “To all Angus’ fans around the world, with breaking hearts we write this:” the actor’s family shared the sad news, while paying tribute to not only a star with a long career in Hollywood, but to a member of a loving family. The statement continued:

“Angus MacInnes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, and actor died on 23rd of December 2024. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family and love. Angus’ career spanned decades, with unforgettable roles in films such as Star Wars: A New Hope,...

So long, 2020, 2021 is here! Now that we’ve entered the New Year, the various major streaming services are starting January with a bang as they all have hefty hauls arriving this weekend. The first day of the month always sees a load of newly licensed titles go up across the platforms and that’s especially the case in January, as Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video have tons of great new movies and TV shows debuting this weekend.

For starters, there’s something for all tastes becoming available on Netflix on January 1st. We’ve got Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, both Sex in the City movies, Superbad, Bruce Lee classic Enter the Dragon, horror flick Gothika and not one but two films directed by Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas and The Departed, featuring DiCaprio again.

Ring in the new year with a heap of new titles on HBO Max.

While production on “Euphoria” remains halted amid the Covid-19 pandemic, fans who have been clamoring for Season 2 can rest easy with the second of HBO’s two special episodes, the first of which released on Dec. 6. The second, titled “Fuck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob,” will focus on Jules (Hunter Schafer) and premiere Jan. 24.

The fourth season of acclaimed HBO Max original dark comedy “Search Party” will debut Jan. 14. The series follows four self-absorbed post-grads who become entangled in a mystery when a former college acquaintance disappears. Season 4 picks up as Dory (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her stalker Chip (Cole Escola), awaiting her friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) to connect the dots and save her.

And if you’re looking to revisit your childhood, HBO Max...

The cinematic canvas is a broad one indeed. On the silver screen worlds and universes are created to enthrall and delight in equal measure. One of the many staples when world building a future on screen are the small details which go to make up a fully-realised world. As well as futuristic costumes, set designs, and even languages, games are often an integral part of what goes to making a coherent and believable verisimilitude.

Some of these games, like Harry Potter’s Quidditch, play an important part in the development of the characters. Others are more central to the film. Whether your preferred games live online, are played in front of a crowd of thousands, or are held in UK casinos, cinema audiences around the world can’t get enough of the thrill of the game.

In this article we are going to look at some films in which new...

Ryan Lambie Oct 26, 2017

Eighties action flick The Running Man was set in a dystopian version of the present. So what did the movie get right about 2017?

"By 2017, the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A police state, divided into paramilitary zones, rules with an iron hand. Television is controlled by the state and a sadistic game show called The Running Man has become the most popular program in history..."

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So reads the opening crawl of The Running Man, a Stephen King novel loosely adapted as a sci-fi action vehicle for brawny star Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987. If you've been loitering around Twitter, you may be familiar with its angular white typeface set against a blood red background, as users have screencapped and shared...

Ryan Lambie Jul 19, 2017

Filmmaker and collaborator Mark Birman has vowed to bring the late George Romero's unfilmed screenplays to the screen...

On the 16th July, genre cinema lost one of its great pioneers: writer-director George Romero, who brought us such classics as Night Of The Living Dead, Martin and Dawn Of The Dead. Well into his 70s, the filmmaker was still working at a prolific rate; he was reportedly gearing up to find the financing for another horror satire project, Road Of The Dead, about zombies forced to drive cars for the entertainment of the wealthy.

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Romero may be gone, but Matt Birman, a filmmaker and stunt coordinator who worked on a number of the late auteur's movies, has vowed to get Road Of The Dead made...

George Romero’s passing on Sunday at the age of 77 came just days before the legendary director was set to pitch his latest project, “Road of the Dead,” to financiers at Frontières, the Fantasia International Film Festival’s annual film co-production market. Romero planned to produce the zombie movie, and even had plans for four more films, according to Matt Birman, Romero’s longtime collaborator who is still attached to direct “Road of the Dead.”

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Romero wrote all four of the movies, one of which Birman co-wrote. Two are based on novels, two are original stories; only one, a comedy, is a zombie project. Birman is determined to bring them all to the big screen.

“I will stop at nothing to get them made! For him and with him,” Birman said in an email to IndieWire. Just two weeks ago,...

Often credited as the founding father of the zombie genre – itself one of the most enduring and time-honored genres in all of entertainment – George A. Romero is a name that evokes a tremendous amount of love and admiration when it comes to horror flicks that are at once terrifying, yet oddly satirical.

It all began with the release of Night of the Living Dead back in ’68, a micro-budget horror movie that proved to be hugely significant for both Romero and the zombie sub-genre, and its legacy is still being felt to this day. Indeed, the Living Dead have permeated popular culture to such an extent that it’d be quicker to count the number of apocalyptic horror films that haven’t been influenced by Romero’s decorated body of work, rather than the ones that have.

And though he isn’t in the director’s chair this time around, George A. Romero...

George A. Romero may be well into his 70s, but he is still trying to do some new things in the realm of zombie movies. His latest flick, Road of the Dead, is trying to secure financing, but as new details keep coming to light, how can this movie not get made? The movie has been described as a hybrid between Road Warrior and Rollerball with some Ben-Hur style zombie racing. Now, Romero has revealed even more details about the upcoming zombie movie.

The man behind Night of the Living Dead and the original Dawn of the Dead, among others, recently spoke with Rue Morgue and dished some details on Road of the Dead. In the interview, he gave a more in-depth description of the plot, revealing that scientists have figured out how to make zombies stop eating people. Here's what he had to say about it.

"It's set in...

Often credited as the founding father of the zombie genre – itself one of the most enduring and time-honored genres in all of entertainment – George A. Romero is a name that evokes a tremendous amount of love and admiration when it comes horror flicks that are at once terrifying, yet oddly satirical.

It all began with the release of Night of the Living Dead back in ’68, a micro-budget horror movie that proved to be hugely significant for both Romero and the zombie sub-genre, and its legacy is still being felt to this day. Indeed, the Living Dead have permeated popular culture to such an extent that it’d be quick to count the number of apocalyptic horror films that haven’t been influenced by Romero’s decorated body of work, rather than the ones that have.

And though he isn’t in the director’s chair this time around, George A. Romero...

The godfather of zombie cinema is at it again. Though he sadly won't be in the director's chair this time around, George A. Romero is gearing up to produce his next zombie movie, Road of the Dead. The project is essentially a Nascar zombie movie, which is certainly something new within the realm of zombie movies and, given how many zombie movies have been made over the years, that is a pretty big accomplishment. Now, the first poster for Road of the Dead has been unveiled and it looks appropriately badass.

The Road of the Dead artwork was revealed by Bloddy Disgusting ahead of this year's Fantasia International Film Festival, which takes place in Montreal from July 20-23. George A. Romero's zombie flick will be at the festival in an attempt to secure financing. Fingers crossed. The poster paints Road of the Dead as a zombie movie taking place...

Have any of you ever wondered what crossing Death Race, Ben Hur and Night of the Living Dead would be like? Yeah, me neither. But zombie mastermind George A. Romero seems to. His next project, Road of the Dead, is a movie all about zombies racing cars to entertain rich people. Romero, who is known for the iconic zombie flicks like Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, will not direct Road of the Dead, but he will, however, co-write (with Matt Birman) and produce. 

Indiewire.com describes more about the project:

'...the story is set on an island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day coliseum for the entertainment of wealthy humans. Birman describes the project as Road Warrior meets Rollerball at a Nascar race, with significant inspiration from Ben-Hur."

The premise sounds pretty ridiculous, and I know we can...

Horror legend George A. Romero is teaming up with a frequent collaborator for his next zombie movie, which will be seeking buyers at the Fantasia International Film Festival market this summer. The new project is entitled Road of the Dead, which George A. Romero co-wrote with Matt Birman, who is slated to direct this project. It isn't clear when production may begin, but this project will be just the director's second feature film, although he has spent decades in other areas of production.

IndieWire reports that this project originated from a Matt Birman pitch from roughly 10 years ago. The story is set on a remote island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum, all for the entertainment of affluent humans. The director describes the project as a hybrid of Road Warrior and Rollerball, set at a Nascar race, and that there is "significant inspiration" from the iconic 1959 classic Ben-Hur.

David Crow May 22, 2017

George Romero has revealed the next zombie movie he wants to make is called Road Of The Dead. It has zombie race car drivers.

It’s been almost 50 years since George A Romero released his genre-defining first zombie picture, Night Of The Living Dead. And the horror maestro yet still finds life in those rambling, shambling corpses. Thus enter George Romero Presents: Road Of The Dead, the latest entry in his zombie series that appears poised to take the walking dead off road.

The project was announced Friday with plans to take it to July’s Fantasia International Film Festival where it will be looking for co-production financing. The film is being sold as a direct continuation of Romero’s last few zombie movies, which include Land Of The Dead, Diary Of The Dead, and Survival Of The Dead. However, Road Of The Dead would not actually be directed by Romero.

George A. Romero, the Godfather of the Modern Zombie, is stepping back into the realm of the living dead with a new film called George A. Romero Presents: Road of the Dead, a project that he co-wrote with Matt Birman, who would direct the movie should it move forward.

According to IndieWire, George A. Romero Presents: Road of the Dead will seek financing at to the Frontières market this July at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.

Pitched about ten years ago by Birman, who was a second unit director on Romero's three most recent zombie films—Survival of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and Land of the Dead—Road of the Dead "is set on an island where zombie prisoners race cars in a modern-day Coliseum for the entertainment of wealthy humans."Birman cites Road Warrior, Rollerball, and Ben-Hur as influences.

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Stephen Harber Oct 19, 2019

We give this forgotten chapter in the Ghostbusters legacy the respect and acclaim it truly deserves.

There was a time when no one cared about Ghostbusters. It was the late ‘90s - the pre-Pokemon, post-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers days to be exact. Nobody’s kid was exactly clamoring for a sequel, reboot, or a Ghostbusters continuation of any kind - except for Dan Akroyd, who was practically lobbying for a third installment while sitting front row at the Ghostbusters II premiere. Which is why we have this: an awkwardly timed, tonally disruptive Ghostbusters animated series.

Enter a brand new cartoon that picked up the sticky, ectoplasm-covered mantle of The Real Ghostbusters and wore it slightly askew to evoke that wholesome sense of 1990s irreverence: Extreme Ghostbusters.

Living up to its name, Extreme Ghostbusters was extreme indeed. One glance at its radically-inclusive team lineup is all you need to notice that.

Director John McTiernan at La Cinémathèque Française's masterclass.Last autumn, my friend and colleague, Christopher Small, and I took the vacation of a lifetime to Paris. Did we go to eat macarons, drink wine and sneak a peek at the Mona Lisa? No, no we didn’t. We went to Paris to watch movies. Movies? Yes, movies. Did we go to Paris to watch the latest Godard, visit the site of the first cinema screening or drink beer with friendly Parisians until 4 in the morning? No, but we did anyway. What Christopher and I went to Paris to do was to watch John McTiernan’s movies on glorious 35mm at the Cinémathèque Française. To understand how special this trip was, I should probably provide a bit of background information: my husband, Jake Barningham, and his best friend, Daniel Gorman, started Mission:McTiernan back in 2010. They were right there with Notebook alum...

First he went to director jail, then he went to actual jail: director John McTiernan was a long way from Die Hard and Predator when he was behind the camera for junk like Rollerball and Basic. A conviction for lying under oath in the infamous Anthony Pellicano wiretapping trial sent McTiernan to prison, where he's been since. Though, wouldn't you know it, he's spent the time writing a sequel to one of his most beloved movies, The Thomas Crown Affair. Speaking to Empire, John McTiernan has revealed he finally penned a sequel to 1999's The Thomas Crown Affair entitled Thomas Crown And The Missing Lioness. Take it away, Johnny! "Nebuchadnezzar had two lion statues commissioned in 1100Bc: a male and a female. Alexander the Great took them when he conquered Persia. Mark Antony had them taken to Rome. Constantine moved them to Constantinople. And at some point the lioness went...

Die Hard director John McTiernan has been released from prison.

The 63-year-old filmmaker had spent 328 days in a South Dakota prison after pleading guilty to making false statements during FBI investigations about celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano.

His wife Gail revealed that he had returned to his Wyoming home, where he is now under house arrest until April 3. He reportedly plans to appeal against his conviction.

The director's spokesperson said that he was filing a complaint with the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility to have his conviction removed.

Lawyer Hank Hockeimer said that McTiernan had been in prison "not only for a crime he did not commit, but for conduct that simply is not a crime".

"McTiernan, though incarcerated, has never been given proof of any evidence the government alleged to have against him," Hockeimer explained.

McTiernan pleaded guilty in 2006 to hiring Pellicano to use a wiretap on producer...

Man, I remember the last time I wrote about director John McTiernan — back in 2010, when he was going to federal prison for illegally wiretapping a producer on the Godawful “Rollerball” remake. It was pretty big news, especially because McTiernan is responsible for some really awesome action movies, from a pair of “Die Hard” flicks (including the original), “The Hunt For Red October,” and “Predator.” He also directed the aforementioned “Rollerball,” but hey, no one’s perfect. Well, McTiernan has served his time and is due out of the federal pen later this month, and he didn’t waste a whole lot of time landing a directing gig. The director, whose last movie was the military thriller “Basic” in 2003, has signed on to direct the heist thriller “Red Squad” for Hannibal Classics. Written by Cam Cannon and Jorge Suarez, “Red Squad” would follow “a former DEA agent with a rogue streak...

The juggernaut that is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, or as I call it, "Most Dangerous Game meets Battle Royale 1 & 2 meets Rollerball (the 1975 original and not the crummy remake with LL Cool J)" is unstoppable!The film grossed $74.5 million over the weekend - $14.9 million of that was on Thanksgiving Day, making it the highest box office gross ever on that day, for any film, beating the previous record holder, Toy Story 2. To date, the film has grossed almost $300 million in the U.S. since its Nov. 22 release, and is well past the half the billion mark, with $573 million worldwide. And there’s still an entire month, as well as the Xmas and New Year...

It's been a rough few years for "Die Hard" director John McTiernan. Once considered one of the hottest directors in Hollywood (he also directed "The Hunt for Red October," "Predator," and "The Thomas Crown Affair"), since 2006 he has been embroiled in a scandal involving the shady private detective Anthony Pellicano and the illegal wiretapping of McTiernan's "Rollerball" producer Charles Roven. The story is positively labyrinthine and involves a number of high profile Hollywood players, but so far McTiernan is the only one who has received jail time (a year-long sentence is scheduled to begin soon). Still, you can't keep a good -- or in the case of McTiernan, a great -- director down, as the filmmaker is quietly working on a new project while awaiting his fate. According to a post on the Free John McTiernan Facebook page (which has already garnered the support of everyone from "The Incredibles" director...

He’s made some amazing films, he stands as an icon of a lengthy era, but I submit that John McTiernan is still an unfairly maligned filmmaker. He’s relegated by many to a position as merely a mindless action director, and maybe, yeah, Rollerball was tough to stomach, but there’s a reason why Die Hard is still used as the template in thousands of pitch meetings every year. Plus, the guy went to Juilliard (so he’s probably also an incredible dancer). Those who dismiss him do so at their own peril and have clearly never heard the man speak about the craft of filmmaking. He knows a production truck’s worth of practical information and can condense it into lessons that make sense to all of us rubes. So here’s a bit of free film school (for fans and filmmakers alike) from a man who started his studio career by having an alien...

Washington, Jan 17: 'Die Hard' director John McTiernan is headed to Jail for a year after losing his appeal to have his 2010 prison sentence overturned for lying to the FBI in a wiretapping case.

Like a scene out of a crime movie, the 62-year-old filmmaker pleaded guilty to hiring celebrity private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap film producer Chuck Roven after they both worked on the movie 'Rollerball', according to the Hollywood Reporter.

McTiernan had remained free on bail while he appealed the conviction (which was about lying, not wiretapping) to the Us Supreme Court. The highest court in the land has now declined.

This is a case for John McClane. Die Hard director John McTiernan is headed to the slammer for a year, having lost his appeal to have his 2010 prison sentence overturned for lying to the FBI in a wiretapping case, says the Hollywood Reporter. Like a scene out of a crime movie, the filmmaker, 62, pleaded guilty to hiring celebrity private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap film producer Chuck Roven after they both worked on the movie Rollerball. McTiernan had remained free on bail while he appealed the conviction (which was about lying, not wiretapping) to the U.S. Supreme Court. The...

After more than six years of battling the courts, director John McTiernan—the man behind Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October, and Predator, among others—appears to be headed to federal prison, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal. McTiernan was sentenced in 2010, handed a year for lying to federal agents investigating the wiretapping of various Hollywood players by private detective Anthony Pellicano. He pled guilty to that in 2006, admitting that he’d attempted to hide his hiring of Pellicano to investigate Rollerball remake producer Chuck Roven, a lie that was exposed once a ...

John McTiernan, the iconic director of Die Hard, Predator, The Thomas Crown Affair remake, and The Hunt For Red October, is heading to jail to serve a one year sentence handed down back in 2010. McTiernan was found guilty of perjury and lying to the FBI in connection to the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping scandal. Pellicano, who is serving 15 years himself, was hired by many in Hollywood as a private investigator. McTiernan specifically hired Pellicano to wiretap Rollerball producer Chuck...

Die Hard director John McTiernan has lost an appeal to have his one-year prison sentence overturned. The 62-year-old was convicted of lying to FBI agents over hiring a private investigator to wiretap a film producer in 2010. The filmmaker had been free on bail since then while he appealed against the conviction, but the Us Supreme Court have declined a review. McTiernan is now expected to go to prison in the near future, and will be on supervised release for three years. He was accused of lying about hiring celebrity Pi Anthony Pellicano to secretly record Chuch Roven, after they both worked on the film Rollerball. He pleaded guilty in 2006 after the FBI discovered a recording where the two men discussed the wiretap, but he later changed his plea. McTiernan later pleaded guilty (more)...

Marty Scurll says 'Tna Wrestling: British Boot Camp' is like 'The Apprentice' for wrestlers. The hunky grappler - who appeared on ITV1 dating show 'Take Me Out' - is one of four UK grapplers competing on the new reality TV show to win a contract to be a competitor on the American company's roster. Marty insists he and his rivals Rockstar Spud and sexy tag team The Blossom Twins - sisters Holly and Hannah Blossom - are given some tough challenges by judges Hulk Hogan, British World of Sport legend Rollerball Rocco and Tna President Dixie that are not dissimilar to...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by Die Hard director John McTiernan over a judge's decision not to suppress a digital recording where he discusses an illegal wiretap with private investigator Anthony Pellicano. McTiernan conditionally pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about hiring Pellicano to wiretap The Dark Knight Rises producer Chuck Roven, with whom McTiernan worked on the 2002 film Rollerball. Photos: Top 10 Legal Disclaimers in Hollywood On Monday, the 9th Circuit rejected an appeal in the case, meaning that McTiernan might soon begin serving 12 months in prison, pay a

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On June 12th, 1987, audiences around the country got their first look at that (to borrow one of the more quotable bits from the movie) ugly motherfucker that is "Predator." It heralded a number of promising new stars – most notably Arnold Schwarzenegger finally getting a bona fide blockbuster after sleeper hits like "The Terminator" and "Conan The Barbarian" – and director John McTiernan would emerge as one of the freshest, most stylish voices in action filmmaking since John Ford. The movie, which was produced by action luminary Joel Silver, and featured a platoon of hardened bad-asses on a clandestine mission in the jungles of South America, who come across something way more threatening than drug runners or Soviets, is a classic of the action sci-fi genre, a runaway train of a movie that has held up remarkably well in the 25 (!) years since its release. The film would go on to spawn two...

Chris Klein made his claim to fame in the late ’90s as a clear-skinned goof-hunk in movies like American Pie and, um, Rollerball. Now the American Reunion star is peeling back the layers of his squeaky-clean image to reveal the messy human goop underneath. “I would have died, and I think about that every single day,” the actor tells People about his struggle with alcoholism, a battle which landed him in rehab in 2010 following a DUI. “It got to the point where I was a fragile shadow of the young man that came into this business. Today, I’m the luckiest guy alive.”

While Klein has tackled plenty of demons in his journey to sobriety, the continual thorn in his side has to be the hilariously cringe-worthy audition tape he made for Mamma Mia! “I thought to myself, Wow, did I piss somebody off? Or maybe it was too good...

“In our [film school] textbook we learned that the films we loved the most were badly made” —Raúl Ruiz, Poetics of Cinema.

1. The most discernable facet that links Rollerball with the rest of its director’s work is the precision of its visual sensibility, and the hold it has over cinematic space and object positioning. John McTiernan has always struck me as being little more than a modest, intuitive, undervalued, and loving craftsman working within, and often playing to, the limitations of commercial, late 20th Century American cinema. What I think separates his films from those of his contemporaries is the level of dexterity with which he goes about constructing a sequence, introducing and repeating the motifs and personalities of a character into audio-visual editing rhythms, and with actually assembling, framing and choreographing an image, its participating models, and its sequential context. Though perhaps not McTiernan’s greatest entire, composite feature film,...

As revived horror studio Hammer pushes its creepy ghost tale 'The Woman in Black' into theatres this week the announcement that thier next paranormal project 'The Quiet Ones' will be presented at this months European Film Market. John Pogue, whose first helmed feature was last years 'Quarantine 2: Terminal', will serve as writer and director on the new horror project for Hammer which was inspired by true events. Pogue also penned action sci-fi remake 'Rollerball' and Dark Castle's 'Ghost Ship' back in 2002. The hunt is on for a suitable cast for 'The Quiet Ones' and the project in pre-production is expected to kick-off shooting in May 2012 in South Africa. Check out the plot synopsis below....

2012 sex-addiction comedy also features Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins.

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Raise your glass for Pink. The singer just nabbed a role alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins in the sex-addiction comedy "Thanks for Sharing."

"Kids Are Alright" screenwriter Stuart Blumberg will make his directorial debut helming the flick and has only the highest praise for the pop star, according to EW.com.

"[Pink] could not be a more ideal fit for this role," Blumberg said. "She carries with her just the right combination of heart and edginess for the part of Dede, and we're incredibly excited to share her acting talent with audiences."

The film also stars "Love and Other Drugs" actor Josh Gad, and Edward Norton is onboard as a producer on the film.

Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, will play a "free-spirited" addict who bonds with Gad's character.

2012 sex-addiction comedy also features Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins.

By Jocelyn Vena

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Raise your glass for Pink. The singer just nabbed a role alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins in the sex-addiction comedy "Thanks for Sharing."

"Kids Are Alright" screenwriter Stuart Blumberg will make his directorial debut helming the flick and has only the highest praise for the pop star, according to EW.com.

"[Pink] could not be a more ideal fit for this role," Blumberg said. "She carries with her just the right combination of heart and edginess for the part of Dede, and we're incredibly excited to share her acting talent with audiences."

The film also stars "Love and Other Drugs" actor Josh Gad, and Edward Norton is onboard as a producer on the film.

Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, will play a "free-spirited" addict who bonds with Gad's character.

The new sex addiction comedy just got some rock cred.

Singer-songwriter Pink has joined the cast of "Thanks For Sharing," writer Stuart Blumberg's follow-up to his acclaimed screenplay for "The Kids Are All Right," according to The Playlist.

Blumberg will also be making his directorial debut with the story of three people who become unlikely friends while undergoing a 12-step treatment for sex addiction.

Pink, who will be going under her real name, Alecia Moore, for the role, joins a cast that includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Josh Gad and "The Kids Are All Right" star, Mark Ruffalo. Pink, er, Ms. Moore will be playing the role of Dede, a kindred spirit of Gad's character, a sex addict who cheats his way through several recovery programs.

Surprisingly enough, Pink (we'll just call her that -- it's a cooler name than "Alecia Moore," anyway) doesn't have...

Ever since Bing Crosby starred in the 1930 film "King of Jazz," countless musicians have tried, with varying degrees of success, to parlay their musical ability into a side career in film.

The following list -- dug up in honor of this Sunday's Video Music Awards on MTV -- is proof that not all musicians are created equal when it comes to their acting abilities.

For every Mariah Carey in "Precious," you can find a Mariah Carey in "Glitter," but these 40 artists have shown that they can, at least some of the time, create memorable roles and transcend their musical careers. Sometimes, they even win Oscars.

40. Madonna

During the nascent years of MTV, no female artist had more influence visually than the Material Girl, whose mix of eye-popping fantasy and gritty urban realism videos continue to influence a generation of vocalists. Despite a Best Actress Golden Globe for 1996's "Evita," the...

John McTiernan had a killer action movie run in the '80s with Predator, Die Hard and The Hunt For Red October, and the '90s weren't so bad for him either, thanks to Last Action Hero and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. But the 2000s weren't so hot, first because of Rollerball, and then because he was implicated in the 2006 Anthony Pellicano wiretapping and racketeering scandal. McTiernan ultimately perjured himself while testifying about his involvement in the Hollywood private investigator's activities, which led to a one-year prison sentence. John McTiernan's conviction is waiting to go through the appeal process right now. In the meantime he has been trying to pull together [1] a film called Shrapnel, based on a script by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) and provisionally starring [2] John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. So that Face/Off reunion is finally going to happen? That's what it...

He may have gotten into some legal trouble over the past few years, but John McTiernan is getting back into the world of directing. TheWrap did a pretty strong job of summing the whole thing up, but that isn’t our thing, so we’ll leave that to them. What they did cover that would be of interest to you, kind reader, is their reveal that he’s planning a new film, a reunion between Face/Off actors Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.

While a title hasn’t been revealed yet, but the plot is said to follow “an American soldier and his former Bosnian adversary in the wilds of the Rockies.” Written by Snow White and the Huntsman screenwriter Evan Daugherty, funding is expected to come from Belgian company Corsan, who funded The Devil’s Double, which is coming out at the end of this month. (Read Dan‘s review from Sundance here.

In a stunning event that not even Nostradamus could have predicted, "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" star Chris Klein is back in the limelight! I know some of you are wondering why, and it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that it is not regarding a sequel to 2002's "Rollerball," but rather the highly anticipated sequel to the "American Pie" series. 

In a recent sit-down with THR, Klein revealed some plot points for the upcoming film, "American Reunion." For starters, Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan's characters Jim and Michele will have a child in the film. On top of this, Klein went on to say that the entire original cast has signed on and that they aren't necessarily sticking to the script.

He said, "There's a bit of ad-libbing and riffing that goes on. We're all having a really good time." Finally, in a wonderful bit of irony,...

The Rollerball star has officially signed onto the long overdue American Pie sequel and returns to the franchise that shot him to stardom years ago. Chris Klein will reprise his role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher for the upcoming American Reunion and says that he's, "very excited to reunite with the original cast." Filming is scheduled to take place May 24th on the highly anticipated sequel as more original stars are in the midst of locking down deals to return to the franchise. The original trilogy -- that ended in 2003 with American Wedding -- is a franchise which spawned the resurgence of teen sex comedies. Although many original cast members were absent from even the third film, Producer Craig Perry recently told the press that he wanted to "do it right" and get the entire original cast...

Directly from the ‘where the hell did this come from’ files comes the trailer for the sequel to the American remake of Spanish horror gem [Rec] and from the looks of it, it’s definitely a budget flight. Quarantine 2: Terminal diverges even further from it’s Spanish forefathers by ditching the 1st person perspective and swat team mop up of the second movie, in favour of basing its action in the air and at the airport, rather like the Resident Evil CG cartoon, Degeneration.

Directed by John Pogue, writer of the Rollerball remake (shudder), Ghost Ship (wince) and The Skulls movies (?!&!) this has straight to DVD written all over (indeed Empire suggests that’s where it’s headed) but no firm release date has yet been set. Check out the straight to DVD-ness below.

Looks like we’re gonna have to wait for Juame Balaguero and Paco Plaza’s real...

The first Quarantine already diverged from its Spanish progenitor [Rec] by ditching the bizarre source of the zombie infection and going with something more "ordinary". The next Us instalment is an original sequel to the remake, rather than a remake of the Spanish sequel, and the first trailer for Quarantine 2 is now ready to infect you online.Subtitled Terminal, it's the moving story of a nationless zombie that's been living in an airport for two decades. Actually, no, it's not, but it does take place in an air terminal, moving the action away from the infected apartment building of the first film. Not that that means that anyone's safe.Director John Pogue wrote the Rollerball remake, Ghost Ship and all the Skulls films, but this is his first gig behind a camera, and it seems he's chosen a much more conventional shooting style for Terminal than the handheld Pov schtick of Quarantine and the [Rec]s.

Get in on one the hottest red carpet trends for your own big movie star kiss moment (like Rob and K-Stew) on February 14th!

Everyone wants that “big movie kiss” moment – the one where everything is perfect down to your gorgeous lips. Well, one of the biggest red carpet trends is perfect for your big movie kiss moment this Valentine’s Day – pink lip gloss! Which one should you choose for your own big Robert Pattinson/Kristen Stewart lip lock? Read on for tips!

First of all, pink lip gloss is one of the most feminine, lovely ways to catch someone eyes. If red lips can catch a man’s eye from across the room, think of pink lip as the way to get them to kiss you. Red draws them to you, pink keeps them there.

How do you best work this come-hither color? It depends on your skin tone.

Clinique will donate $10 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for every special-edition Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion sold in October. Through the end of October, Vie Luxe will donate 15 percent of sales from the Palm Beach Candle to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Estée Lauder is donating $500,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in connection with sales from its Pink Ribbon collection, including the Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup S.P.F.15. Bobbi Brown is donating $35,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. One of our favorite product's she's made to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month? The Pink Shimmer Brick Compact. Michael Kors is donating $10,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in connection with sales of the Very Hollywood Michael Kors Eau de Parfum Rollerball/Lip Gloss. Dkny is donating $15,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in connection with sales of the Dkny Be Delicious/Fresh Blossom Coffret.

The actress and beauty industry icon give us the scoop on this season’s efforts to raise awareness.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and leading the charge again is beauty industry giant Estee Lauder. I had a chance to sit with the lovely Evelyn Lauder and company spokesperson Elizabeth Hurley as they kicked off their month-long campaign at the Bloomingdale’s flagship. Here’s what they had to say:

Hl: We all know that self-examination is very important. Can you tell our readers your thoughts on self exams?

Evelyn Lauder: With regard to self-examination, the fact of the matter is that 80% of all tumors are found by the woman herself and it usually very early on. So self examination is very important. It’s also very important to do a mammography if you’re 40 years of age or older.

Elizabeth Hurley: I know two of my friends under 40 who have both found lumps,...

Director sentenced to one year in jail for lying to FBI agents in wiretapping case breaks his silence to say he will fight conviction

Die Hard director John McTiernan has vowed to appeal after he was sentenced to one year in jail on Monday for lying to FBI agents over the infamous Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case.

McTiernan, 59, whose other films include The Hunt for Red October and The Thomas Crown Affair, declined the opportunity to address the court or speak to reporters outside the courtroom. However, he subsequently gave an interview to the Hollywood Reporter in which he said he would continue to fight the conviction for as long as he could.

"We don't stop," he said. "At a certain point, someone brings a fight to you, and you wind up in the middle of it. I don't know when to stop. I'm not sure in something like this you do.