New York – February 24, 2010 – The Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to CENTURION, an epic sword and sandal thrill ride from cult-favorite filmmaker Neil Marshall (The Descent), starring Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, 300), Dominic West (300, The Wire), David Morrissey (Red Riding Trilogy), and stunning Bond-girl Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace). Magnet is launching CENTURION as the 6th entry in the second “Six Shooter Film Series,” a collection of six of the most exciting contemporary worldwide action films which also includes Bronson, Red Cliff, Ong Bak 2, District 13: Ultimatum and The Warlords. A summer theatrical…

Read our exclusive interview with ‘Boondock Saints’ star Norman Reedus. The upcoming sequel “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” stars Julie Benz (Dexter, Saw V, Rambo), Clifton Collins Jr. (Extract, Star Trek), Sean Patrick Flanery (To Live and Die), Judd Nelson (The I Scream Man) and Peter Fonda (3:10 to Yuma). SY: You have starred in numerous mainstream films since the ’90s, including ’8MM,’ ‘Gossip,’ ‘Blade II’ and ‘American Gangster,’ but are most remembered for your lead role as Murphy MacManus in ‘The Boondock Saints’ and its sequel. What is it about this character that resonates with audiences? Well, I think a few different things. I think the brother’s relationship…

Matt Damon has signed on to star in a Robert F. Kennedy biopic for New Regency. Gary Ross will be directing, based on a script by Steven Knight, who is also adapting Dan Brown’s latest novel, “The Lost Symbol”. The film will be based on the Evan Thomas biography “Robert Kennedy: His Life.” Simon & Schuster, who published the book, describes the book; “He was ‘Good Bobby,’ who, as his brother Ted eulogized him, ‘saw wrong and tried to right it… saw suffering and tried to heal it.’ And ‘Bad Bobby,’ the ruthless and manipulative bully of countless conspiracy theories. Thomas’s unvarnished but sympathetic and fair-minded portrayal is packed with…

Sean Hood has been hired to rewrite the script for “Conan”, which is slated to start filming on March 15th, 2010. Marcus Nispel is directing the the action-adventure from Lionsgate, the latest adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s classic pulp barbarian. Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer wrote the original script for the movie, which has been adapted into comics, cartoons, and two live-action films in 1982 and 1984, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. A third Conan film has been in talks and development hell in Hollywood since the late 1990′s, though the election of Schwarzenegger in 2003 as governor of California removed him from returning the role. Jason Momoa (“Stargate: Atlantis”) is…

A day after The BAFTA Awards, Kristen Stewart wins the Elle Style Awards woman of the year. Kristen stars as Bella Swan in upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” aka Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and Xavier Samuel (Road Train, The Loved Ones). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Twilight and Eclipse. Synopsis: In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for…

Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish have ended their relationship, and it seems his philandering ways are to blame again. Popeater reported on February 22 that the couple, who met in 2006 while working on their film ‘Stop-Loss,’ suffered the same problem that plagued Phillippe’s marriage to Reese Witherspoon. The infidelity allegations in the Phillippe-Cornish relationship are not a new thing. Page Six reported in May that the actor was partying with several blondes in Cannes, with his girlfriend nowhere to be seen. Then The National Enquirer reportedST in December that the famous Australian actress was fed up with Phillippe’s wandering eye. “(Ryan) and (Abbie) are on the rocks…He’s been hitting…

Television veteran William Shatner has been picked to star as a real-life angry father in a new CBS sitcom. The Hollywood Reporter announced on February 20 that the untitled show is based on Justin Halpern’s wildly popular Twitter page ‘S**t My Dad Says.’ Halpern’s 74-year-old father became famous for his uncensored rants, which Halpern posted on his Twitter page. The sitcom will be written by Halpern and his long-time writing partner Patrick Schumacker. News of the comedy came after the page hit a million followers, and a book based on the rants was announced. The older Halpern seems to support the show, as his son told the Los Angeles Times…

Summit Entertainment released this new movie clip titled “What Deserts Do You Have?” from the upcoming film “Remember Me” by director Allen Coulter (Rubicon, Sons of Anarchy) stars Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Unbound Captives, Bel Ami), Pierce Brosnan (Vanilla Gorilla, The Ghost), Emilie de Ravin (Public Enemies, The Hills Have Eyes, Lost), Chris Cooper (Where the Wild Things Are, Capote), Martha Plimpton (Grey’s Anatomy) and Lena Olin (Queen of the Damned, Awake). Synopsis: A drama centered on two lovers whose newfound relationship is threatened as they try to cope with their respective family tragedies. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and trailers from “Remember Me”…

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation released this extended movie trailer for the upcoming film “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” by director Oliver Stone (World Trade Center, South of the Border) and starring Shia LaBeouf (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Susan Sarandon, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin and Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men). Synopsis: As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor. Stay tuned to…

Here’s the latest movie poster for the upcoming film ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ by director Samuel Bayer (Fiasco Heights) and starring Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon), Jackie Earle Haley (Shutter Island, Watchmen) and Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Laid to Rest). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from A Nightmare on Elm Street. Synopsis: A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest from the remake of “A Nightmare on Elm…