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Is New <i>Evil Dead</i> Trailer the Most Terrifying Thing You’ve Ever Seen?  

Is New Evil Dead Trailer the Most Terrifying Thing You’ve Ever Seen?

A new red-band trailer for director Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead pulls out all of the stops, showing that he and producers Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are dead serious about it being “the most terrifying film you will ever experience.”

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<i>Evil Dead</i> Trailer Comes Replete <br />With Gore, Blood and Tree Rape  

Evil Dead Trailer Comes Replete
With Gore, Blood and Tree Rape

The red-band trailer has at last debuted for Evil Dead, director Fede Alvarez’s remake of the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell cult classic. “The movie’s not funny,” Campbell promises. “The movie is old-fashioned, retro horror.”

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<i>Hotel Transylvania</i> Breaks Record <br />While <i>Looper</i> Opens Strong  

Hotel Transylvania Breaks Record
While Looper Opens Strong

Sony’s CGI0animated Hotel Transylvania won the weekend, opening at the North American box office a record-breaking $43 million, while the Sony co-production Looper scored second place and performed well in China.

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Review | Looper

With his futuristic action-thriller Looper, writer/director Rian Johnson crafts a wonderfully tension-filled and character-driven examination of violence that, thanks in part to strong performances by stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt, easily ranks among the best films of the year.

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Looper’s Rian Johnson Discusses Marketing, Musicals and Violence

Looper writer/director Rian Johnson talks with Spinoff Online about keeping aspects of the sci-fi thriller under wraps, getting Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s prosthetics just right, and depicting violence on screen.

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<i>Oldboy</i> Remake Gets a Synopsis  

Oldboy Remake Gets a Synopsis

FilmDistrict has acquired the distribution rights to Oldboy, director Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of the South Korean revenge thriller, and with the announcement arrives the first official synopsis.

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Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt <br />Face Off in First Clip From <i>Looper</i>  

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Face Off in First Clip From Looper

With less than a month until the release of Looper, the first clip has arrived for director Rian Johnson’s action thriller, which pits Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hired gun against a future version of himself played by Bruce Willis.

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First Trailer Arrives For Time-Travel Comedy <i>Safety Not Guaranteed</i>  

First Trailer Arrives For Time-Travel Comedy Safety Not Guaranteed

FilmDistrict has released the first trailer for Safety Not Guaranteed, the quirky indie comedy starring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson and Karan Soni. It opens June 8.

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<i>Red Dawn</i> Remake May Finally Hit Theaters Sometime Next Year  

Red Dawn Remake May Finally Hit Theaters Sometime Next Year

The remake of the 1984 Cold War classic may at last open in 2012, thanks to an agreement between FilmDistrict and MGM.

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