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More distro news coming out of Cannes as Magnolia Pictures had acquired U.S. rights to S. Craig Zahler's Western Bone Tomahawk, which will be fully financed by 2929 Entertainment. Read on for details. Timothy Olyphant, Kurt Russell, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Jenkins, and Jennifer Carpenter will star in the feature directorial debut of S. Craig Zahler. Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller are producing through their Caliber Media Co. banner. Production is slated to begin this August in Utah. Bone Tomahawk follows an outlaw who unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope. When the monsters kidnap several settlers, including a rancher’s wife, a small rescue party consisting of the injured rancher, the sheriff, his aging deputy and a strong-willed gunslinger, journey into hell to try and rescue them. They soon find themselves in dark unknown territories where savage inbreeds armed with the ultimate weapon leave no hope of survival. Look for lots more soon! VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Satisfy your impulses in the comments section below!

Michael B. Jordan and “Fruitvale Station” director talk about the impact and mentorship of producer Forest Whitaker at the Variety Studio in Cannes.

TV spot for Star Trek Into Darkness reminds audiences to see the film in IMAX theaters. Filed Under: Star Trek Into Darkness Tags: Paramount Pictures, Action, Adventure, Sci Fi, Franchise/Epic/Trilogy, TV Spot, Chris Pine, Zo? Salda?a, Karl Urban

Taking short-form video to the extremes of brevity, MSN is holding a worldwide competition that will award the winner $75,000 to produce an original Internet series comprising 12 roughly one-minute segments. Microsoft’s online media division is teaming with New York Television Festival to host the “Short-Form Storytellers Challenge,” giving indie producers a chance to vie... Read more »

Iron Man 3 crosses the one billion mark worldwide

Jared (Topher Grace) gets pitched by Nuria (Ana Ayora). Filed Under: The Big Wedding Tags: Lionsgate, Comedy, Topher Grace, Ana Ayora

Ellie (Diane Keaton) explains her experience with tantra, sort of. Filed Under: The Big Wedding Tags: Lionsgate, Comedy, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton

Lyla (Katherine Heigl) wants her parents to act married, leaving Bebe (Susan Sarandon) to be the concubine. Filed Under: The Big Wedding Tags: Lionsgate, Comedy, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes, Diane Keaton

The great Takashi Miike is making his way back to the horror genre with an as of yet to be titled new film focusing on one of Japan's most famous ghost story's, Yotsuya Kaiden. Read on for the first details. Miike directs from a screenplay by Kikumi Yamagishi (Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai, The Happiness of the Katakuris). Nobuyasu Kita (13 Assassins, Hara-kiri) rejoins Miike behind the camera as Cinematographer with Toshiaki Nakazawa (13 Assassins, Departure) producing. Production designer Yuji Hayashida and composer Koji Endo are also rejoin the crew. Celluloid Dreams/uConnect, the sales division of uMedia, has acquired the international rights for the project in Cannes. Recognized in many contemporary representations including The Ring franchise, the evil spirit Oiwa appears in her white burial gown, straggled hair and drooping eye from where she was maimed by poison. Originally presented on stage in the early 1800s, Yotsuya Kaiden has been remade and reconfigured many times but the origins remain the most powerful and terrifying image to audiences, that of a chilling ghost able to span hell and earth to exact revenge on her murderers. Miike’s untitled project blurs the line between reality and nightmare when an actor named Kosuke plays the lead role of “Iemon” (Ebizo Ichikawa; Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai) in a staged play of Yotsuya Kaiden. His lover Miyuki joins him on stage to play “Oiwa” (Hideaki Ito; Sukiyaki Western Django, Lesson of the Evil), but as they become engrossed in the performances, their personal life begins to disintegrate and their love, hate and grudge for each other takes over. As the two worlds begin to meld, they are thrown into their own hell where the play begins to horrifyingly unfold in real life.” VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Start your haunting in the comments section below!

On Monday it was announced that Shusuke Kaneko’s upcoming teen survival thriller Ikenie no Dilemma will actually be a trilogy, following the format of Shinjiro Dobashi’s original novel series. The first film, which was announced last month, will get a limited release at United Cinemas Toyosu on July 13, 2013. Then on August 2, the first film will be released on DVD along with two DVD-exclusive sequels. Like the original book trilogy, the three movies will be referenced by their sub-titles:...