Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”) has signed on to direct a biopic of George Marllory, the English explorer and mountain climber. Julia Roberts’ Red Om Films and Kevin Townsend’s Science + Fiction will be producing the project, which is about Mallory and his climbing partner, who disappeared in 1924 while climbing Mt. Everest. The two were 800 feet from the summit of Everest before the clouds closed in over them and they were never seen again. Townsend, Mark Skeet, and Matthew Faulk wrote the script for the yet-unnamed project. Variety.com is stating that the film will take place in post-WW1 England, chronicling Mallory’s various attempts to scale Everest…

In celebration of the April 27th DVD release of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”, Sony Pictures and Shockya.com are giving away a copy of the film to a lucky Shockya.com reader. All you have to do is click the ‘Retweet’ button and tweet this post and your automatically entered. Only U.S. visitors can enter. “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” by director Terry Gilliam (The Brothers Grimm , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ) stars Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger from “The Dark Knight”. Synopsis: Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) is cursed with a…

Teresa Palmer (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”) has signed on to star in “I Am Number Four” for Dreamworks Pictures. She joins Alex Pettyfer and Sharlto Copley in the cast, based on the young adult science-fiction book of the same name by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. Directed by D.J. Caruso, the story is about a group of Earth-bound alien teenagers who escaped their home planet just before it was destroyed. However, the main teen (played by Pettyfer) soon discovers that he and the rest of their group are still being hunted by the enemy that blew up the home planet. Michael Bay is producing alongside Steven…

1. An Inconvenient Truth, Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Synopsis: A documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. 2. Erin Brockovich, Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Julia Roberts. Synopsis: An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city’s water supply. 3. Free Willy, Directed by Simon Wincer and starring Jason James Richter. Synopsis: When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale. 4. March of the Penguins, Directed Luc Jacquet and starring…

With the current economic downfall, Americans want to go to the movies to escape their everyday lives and see a fairytale unfold on screen. The new fantasy-drama ‘Ondine,’ starring Colin Farrell and newcomer Alicja Bachleda, will not only provide audiences with a story they can relate to, but also integrates mythical legends onto the script to take them away to a fantasy world. ‘Ondine’ tells the story of Syracuse (played by Farrell), a down-on-his-luck Irish fisherman dealing with being estranged from his ten-year-old daughter Annie (played by Alison Barry) and adjusting to life as a recovering alcoholic. One day while unsuccessfully trying to catch fish on his boat, Syracuse instead…

Warner Bros. Pictures just released this hilarious new movie poster for the upcoming comedy “A Couple of Dicks” by director Kevin Smith (Red State, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Clerks) and starring Bruce Willis (The Last Full Measure, Surrogates, Planet Terror), Seann William Scott (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Coxblocker, ROle Models) and Adam Brody (Justice League: Mortal, Jennifer’s Body). Synopsis: Kevin Smith’s “A Couple of Dicks” is a comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “A Couple of Dicks”.

Paramount Pictures released this new theatrical movie trailer for the upcoming film “The Last Airbender”, based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. “The Last Airbender” by director M. Night Shyamalan (The Happening) stars Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire), Cliff Curtis (Push) and Seychelle Gabriel (The Spirit). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Synopsis: The film is set in a fantasy world where the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire can be controlled through martial arts called bending, and the ruthless flame-manipulating Fire Nation is waging war to control the other nations of…

Bloody-disgusting.com got their hands on this chilling new movie still from 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…

Warner Bros Pictures released this new movie clip “Jensen’s Dating Tips” from the film “The Losers” by director Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard) and starring Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek 2), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Red Dawn, Watchmen), Chris Evans (4: Rise of the Silver Surfer) and Idris Elba (The Wire, The Office). “The Losers”, created by Andy Diggle and Jock in 2003, is about a cover-ops team for the CIA betrayed by their handler, a mysterious figure in the intelligence community known as Max, while on a mission. Surviving after they’re cut lose and supposedly killed, they resurface with revenge against the Company and Max in mind, wanting to find…

Eclipsemovie.org posted this sneak preview of the final “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” movie trailer premiering Friday on Oprah. The upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” aka Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, The Runaways), Taylor Lautner, (My Own Worst Enemy) 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 revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose…