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Fox Searchlight has set an end-of-year/awards season release date of December 27, 2013 for Twelve Years a Slave. The dramatic film based on a true story marks the third collaboration between director Steve McQueen and critically acclaimed actor Michael Fassbender. The two previously worked together on Hunger and Shame.   In addition to Fassbender, the [...]

Try saying that 10 times fast…or not. The first photo from Frank has hit the internet featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender, and Domnhall Gleeson. And while I like the premise and think it could be one of the better quirky films of the year, I’m a little disappointed in not seeing Fassbender’s face.   Frank [...]

Love this cast…hope the movie turns out worth watching. James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, and David Morrissey (The Walking Dead‘s Governor) star in the dramatic thriller Welcome to the Punch heading to theaters in 2013.   The Plot:   Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is forced to return to London when his son is [...]

Spanish filmmaker David Victori earned the coveted grand prize and was named the first-ever winner of the Your Film Festival for his short film, The Guilt. The online film festival was sponsored by YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free Productions, with winner Victori picking up a $500,000 prize [...]

3 million YouTube viewers watched the 50 “Your Film Festival” semi-finalists and their votes narrowed the field down to 10 finalists. YouTube and Emirates, in partnership with the Venice Film Festival and Scott Free Productions, revealed the top 10 films out of a field of 15,000 submissions, with the filmmakers behind the top 10 movies [...]

Michael Fassbender talks about why now is a very exciting time for would-be filmmakers in this video for the Your Film Festival on YouTube. Ridley Scott (Fassbender’s Prometheus director) and YouTube teamed up to give up-and-coming filmmakers a chance to compete for a $500,000 grand prize production deal with Scott Free Productions. The top 50 [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion If science fiction films have taught audiences anything, it’s that finding signs of an ancient alien civilization and mistaking evidence of their existence for a welcome message is a bad, bad idea. So when scientists on a archeological dig to determine the origins of humankind think they’ve found a [...]

Starring: Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Directed By: Ridley Scott Release Date: June 8, 2012 Running Time: 124 minutes Genres: Sci-fi, action, 3D MPAA Rating: R for sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language Review: Read the full review   Official Synopsis: With Prometheus, Ridley Scott [...]

Director Ridley Scott and writer Damon Lindelof discuss the basis for the story of Prometheus in this behind-the-scenes look at Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre. Who are we and where did we come from are the key questions explored in Prometheus, and Scott says in the featurette that it’s fundamentally based on feasibility. Prometheus [...]

It’s not an Alien prequel or sequel, although you can’t really tell that by the Prometheus trailer. Director Ridley Scott creates a new world with his return to the sci-fi genre, but it does appear to be a world inspired by the Alien franchise.   Starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, and Noomi Rapace, Prometheus is [...]