Los Angeles, CA – April 14, 2009 – FEARnet.com, the web’s #1 entertainment site dedicated to horror, suspense and thrillers, will host the site’s first-ever live chat with acclaimed film director J.T. Petty on Thursday, April 16 at 9:00 pm (ET). Petty will treat fans to a never-before-seen four-minute online preview of his latest feature film “The Burrowers,” which will be released to DVD from Lionsgate on April 21. In addition, Petty will be chatting with fans as – together – they view the sneak preview as well as “Blood Red Earth,” the director’s short subject prequel to “The Burrowers.” Fans need not pre-register for the chat and sneak preview,…

Santa Monica, CA – April 9, 2009 – Guitar Hero fans can now cast their votes online at SmashHits.GuitarHero.com to determine the order in which songs will be revealed for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero Smash Hits. Guitar Hero Smash Hits takes the most exciting, recognizable and fun to play music from genre-defining titles Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which were previously available for guitar-only in-game play, and delivers them as a compelling and dynamic full band experience. Starting today, music and video game fans alike can visit SmashHits.GuitarHero.com to cast their votes for which…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – April 13, 2009 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced SAW is being developed for the Xbox 360(c) video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION(c)3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. SAW will invite players to engage in a horrific game inside the treacherous corridors of an abandoned insane asylum that has been transformed into a gauntlet of terrors by Jigsaw, SAW’s maniacal antagonist. SAW will expand the survival horror genre by allowing players, for the first time to experience the terror of SAW on the game console, by pitting them against Jigsaw, his brutal traps and the mind bending puzzles that have become synonymous with the…

Alex Tse (“Watchmen”) will be writing the adaptation of the comic book title “Battling Boy” for Paramount and Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production company. The film will be based on the upcoming graphic novel written and illustrated by Paul Pope (“Batman: Year 100″, “Dark Horse Presents” series), and follows the son of a god who comes down from the top of a mountain at his father’s behest, to battle a plague of beasts that have overrun the giant floating city of Monstropolis. First Second Books is publishing the graphic novel this spring. Tse is also attached to the upcoming live-action “Ninja Scroll” adaptation. Plan B also has the rights to…

Title: Bled Directed by: Christopher Hutson Starring: Sarah Farooqui, Chris Ivan Cevic, Alex Petrovitch, Michele Morrow and Ivan L. Moody. Scores: Technical: 70, Story: 45, Acting: 40, Overall: 55 Ever since I heard that one of my favorite singers Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch, Motograter) , was going to be in a horror flick, I have been anxiously awaiting (with white knuckles) for the finished product. This was one of those movies that you want to like even before you see it, and trust me; I tried very hard to like it. It just didn’t have any guts. No plot, no thrills, no horror, nothing! It was such a…

You can check out the website, as well as the first of many upcoming video blogs from director Edgar Wright, right here. “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” is based on “Scott Pilgrim” created by Bryan Lee O’Malley in 2004. The eponymous character, a bassist in a local band and slacker extraordinaire, must battle, in high-flying and borderline ridiculous kung-fu combat, the seven evil ex-boyfriends of the love of his life, Ramona Flowers, in order to actually date her. The book has become known and garnered much acclaim for its mixture of martial-arts action, comedy, and romance. The film stars Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza,…

3 Arts Entertainment just released this hilarious new movie poster from the upcoming comedy “Extract” by director Mike Judge (Office Space, Idiocracy, Beavis and Butthead) and starring Mila Kunis (The Book of Eli, Family Guy), Ben Affleck (The Company Men, State of Play), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development, Hancock) and Kristen Wiig (Despicable Me, Adventureland). Synopsis: Dean (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flower-extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife (Kristen Wiig) and employees who want to take advantage of him. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and posters from “Extract” by Mike Judge.

Day Akroyd recently talked to Screenrant about the fan-awaited and long-rumored “Ghostbusters 3″ project. While there are no definite plans announced for the film so far, Akroyd hinted “[W]hen we do the Ghostbusters 3 movie, hopefully, Sigourney will be in, I know. We’ll make that happen.” Akroyd wrote the first two “Ghostbusters” films with fellow Buster and screenwriter Harold Ramis. “Ghostbusters,” starring Arkoyd, Ramis, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson, was released in 1984. The sequel was releasted in 1989. The popular film franchise, which has also spawned video games, an animated TV series, and comic books, follows a comedic and eclectic group of New York-based paranormal investigators and ghost hunters….

Here’s a few more set pics featuring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart from the upcoming “Twilight” Sequel entitled The Twilight Saga: New Moon which has begun shooting in Vancouver. “New Moon” stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Nikki Reed (K-11), Ashley Greene (Skateland), Jackson Rathbone (S. Darko) Dakota Fanning and Kellan Lutz. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and New Moon. Film Synopsis: After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s…

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (March 9, 2009) – Gil Bellows (TV’s “Ally McBeal”), Golden Globe nominee Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club), Golden Globe and Emmy-nominee Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her) and Maxim Roy (A Woman Hunted) star in the sci-fi thriller Infected, debuting on DVD May 19 from Genius Products and RHI Entertainment. Ben (Bellows) and Lisa (Roy), disgruntled reporters for The Boston Daily, are looking for stories to match their ambitions. They find the story of a lifetime when the mayor is assassinated-not by a crazed gun nut, but by a terrified man desperate to stop an alien invasion of “infectious” proportions. Starting in the highest echelon of…