Deadline has opened their Deadline Hollywood Game on Facebook for all to play! Described as a “wryly entertaining and realistic peek into the cut throat business of Hollywood,” the game allows players to “have” a Hollywood career and make movies with friends while trying to climb their way to the top in order to become a Hollywood mogul. The game also incorporates real-time headlines into the game’s dashboard, which influences what projects and activities the players will participate in as well as their reputations. The more you stay on the cusp of Hollywood news, the better you’ll do in the game. (One way of staying on top is reading Deadline.com!)  [ Read More ]

If you saw the film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” and want to see if you can keep with Kate (Sarah Jessica Parker), you can try it for yourself with the “I Don’t Know How She Does It” Facebook game. If you can keep up with her for 45 seconds, you can possibly win exciting prizes that are being given out randomly. You can play the game here at Facebook. “I Don’t Know How She Does It” is about a working mom juggling work life, home life, and being a mother: “Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Munn and Christina Hendricks star in I Don’t Know  [ Read More ]

Popular social network Facebook has now moved into the foray of movie distribution. The network’s new movie distribution platform FlickLaunch will debut its first film, horror anthology “The Perfect House,” October 1. The film will then be available as a seven day rental on the film’s Facebook page. The film stars Monique Parent, Felissa Rose, Will Robertson, Andrea Vahl, Chris Raab, Jonathan Tiersten and John Philbin and directed by Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent. Currently, the directors are on an American road tour to promote the film. You can watch their reality-style show on their Facebook page, and you can also pre-order the DVD by clicking here (the DVDs will  [ Read More ]

According to MSNBC, Facebook is now closing the accounts of prison inmates after a convicted child molester was caught viewing the pages of his victim from behind bars. News of this came from authorities and Facebook itself Tuesday. The site has shut down the accounts of at least two inmates and, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, officials are currently working to see what other accounts have been seen in prison. The corrections officials officially announced their partnership with the social networking site Monday after receiving hundreds of complaints from victims who were contacted by jailed inmates. One of those complaints includes the victim of the child  [ Read More ]

If the Beatles and the Rolling Stones spawned their own dueling fanbases, connoisseurs of late 1980s and early ’90s action flicks often have their own disagreements about the merits and appeal of Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme. While the former generally smashed heads and cracked skulls with the disposition of a sullen ox, the latter had a more compact frame, and a kind of balletic karate skill set to match a slightly more engaging personality. Known as “The Muscles From Brussels,” the Belgian-born Van Damme would put his stamp on the action genre with a string of increasingly profitable hits like Death Warrant, Double Impact, Universal Soldier and Timecop,  [ Read More ]

The upcoming horror thriller ‘The Perfect House’ is set to premiere on October 1, 2011 on FlickLaunch, the first movie distribution platform built on Facebook for independent filmmakers. The Kris Hulbert-directed film will be available as a 7-day rent on its Facebook fan page. ‘The Perfect House’ stars Monique Parent, Felissa Rose, Will Robertson, Andrea Vahl, Chris Raab, Jonathan Tiersten and John Philbin. It follows newlyweds Mike and Marisol, played by Robertson and Vahl, as they tour the house of their dreams with a perky real estate agent, portrayed by Parent. The couple soon finds out that the house may have a foreboding past, which is revealed through three terrifying,  [ Read More ]

For fans of the hit HBO vampire show “True Blood”, you’re probably well aware that the season premiere is June 26 9/8 c. In order to help you pass the time until the premiere finally airs, the show now has various experiences for you to try on Facebook. The first app, “Immortalize Yourself“, was launched June 7 and allows fans to make an exclusive interactive Season 4 video starring themselves, their friends, and their favorite characters from “True Blood”. Since the launch, over 90,000 videos have been created and shared by fans, or Truebies. Next, “Blood Line“, will allow fans to opt-in to receive a weekly call from a different  [ Read More ]

It puts a huge smile on my face to see Peter Jackson use Facebook to update his fans on the progress of his new film, “The Hobbit”. To simply forego studio publicist and filling email boxes with numerous press releases is such a relief. The newest in terms of casting news coming out of New Zealand is Stephen Fry will join the cast of “The Hobbit”. He will be playing the role of The Master of Laketown. From Peter Jackson’s Facebook: We are thrilled to confirm that Stephen Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown. I’ve known Stephen for several years, and we’re developing a Dambusters movie together. In  [ Read More ]

Read our roundtable interview with actors Chris Kerson and Will Blagrove, who portray Tommy Donahue and DD Davis, respectively, in the new independent crime drama ‘Cost of a Soul.’ The movie follows the two soldiers who have recently returned home to North Philadelphia after serving in Iraq. Tommy and DD must not only readjust to civilian life, but learn how to cope with the crime, violence and drugs that are plaguing the streets of their slum neighborhood. Rogue will release ‘Cost of a Soul’ into 50 theaters across the country on May 20, 2011, as part of the AMC Independent program. Kerson and Blagrove discuss, among other things, how they  [ Read More ]

More casting news coming out of New Zealand for one of the most anticipated movies of 2012. In recent news, Peter Jackson has announced that Lee Pace who was the star of Tarsems, “The Fall” and the underrated TV series “Pushing Daisies” and “Wonderfalls”, will be cast in the role of Elven King Thranduil. Jackson also announced on his Facebook page, New Zealand actor Dean O’Gorman will take the role of Fili, one of the thirteen dwarves who accompany Billbo on his journey to defeat the dragon Smaug, which was a role vacant after Rob Kazinsky departed the project due to health issues. From Peter Jackson’s Facebook page; “I’m very  [ Read More ]

Lady Gaga fans, would you like to Gaga-ize your Facebook page? If you’re curious, Lady Gaga fans now have the opportunity to Gaga-ize their Facebook profile and unlock the next “sneak peek” from the upcoming HBO concert event, “Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden”. The sneak peek is the second of three exclusive peeks that will be made available leading up to the May 7 HBO special. If you want to Gaga-ize your facebook page, visit the HBO Facebook page, where fans can talk about Gaga news and share their anticipation for the event as well as get one step closer to unlocking the exclusive  [ Read More ]

With the premiere of the new ‘Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden’ concert special set to air on HBO on May 7, 2011 at 9/8C, the network has posted the first official promo poster on its Facebook page. The poster can be viewed at www.facebook.com/HBO. To promote the concert event, HBO will also allow Gaga fans to unlock sneak peeks of the show on its Facebook page starting on April 19. Lady Gaga has been visiting arenas across the world on The Monster Ball Tour since 2009 in part to promote her upcoming third album, ‘Born This Way,’ which is set to be released on  [ Read More ]

Singer Trent Reznor, who shocked movie-goers when he scored last year’s hit ‘The Social Network,’ is reteaming with the film’s director, David Fincher, to create the music for his latest film, Collider.com is reporting. Fincher, who’s currently helming the American remake of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ in Sweden, liked Reznor’s music from the Facebook biopic so much that he recruited him and his scoring partner Atticus Ross to work with him again. The former Nine Inch Nails frontman confirmed his new job during an interview with The New York Times‘ Jon Pareles. ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ remake, which is based on the first novel of the  [ Read More ]

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg took his entire staff to see the new move ‘The Social Network’ on its opening day, October 1, USMagazine.com is reporting. The news comes after he told Diane Sawyer during an interview in July that he didn’t want to see the critically acclaimed, and now box-office smash, film. But the CEO of the popular social networking website continued the celebration after seeing the movie by taking his staff for apple martinis, much like the character based on him did with Justin Timberlake’s character in the movie. But Zuckerberg told US Magazine that even though director David Fincher was highly critical of him and the launch of  [ Read More ]

Rashida Jones is joining the cast of Columbia Pictures’ “The Social Network,” the story of the founding and rise of the worldwide social networking website Facebook. Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg are on board “The Social Network” as founders Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg respectively, in the David Fincher-directed and Aaron Sorkin-penned project. The film is based on the 2009 novel by Ben Mezrich, “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal.” “The Social Network” is currently filming in Los Angeles. The film has a release date of October 15th, 2010 set. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest on “The Social Network”  [ Read More ]