Independent film “Few Options” is making its way to DVD this January. The film, starring Kenny Johnson, Brad Dourif, Erin Daniels, David Marciano and Rainn Wilson, will be available for purchase Jan. 24. The DVD will be priced at $24.95. The synopsis of “Few Options” is: “When a convicted drug smuggler leaves prison after 22 years for one youthful mistake, he just wants to start over and obey the law. But, unable to find work, he’s forced to take a supposedly legitimate job with his old crime partners – and they have big plans for their newest employee. ‘Few Options’ stars Kenny Johnson (‘Saving Grace,’ ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ ‘Blade,’ ‘The…

Last Friday, Universal Studios Hollywood kicked off Halloween Horror Nights with the Eyegore Awards hosted by Corey Feldman. The awards ceremony honored Scream 4 stars David Arquette and Jamie Kennedy; along with Rainn Wilson, star of Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses; Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark star Bailee Madison; Final Destination 5 actress Emma Bell and legendary rocker Alice Cooper! This year’s Halloween Horror Nights boasts six mazes, bringing together unprecedented star power to create the definitive Hollywood horror “dream team” and craft the ultimate “live” Halloween nightmare. Mazes include “Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision,” “Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare,” “Eli Roth’s Hostel:…

Title: Hesher Director: Spencer Susser Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, Devin Brochu, John Carroll Lynch As the film industry has contracted, and the burden of financing shifted away from companies and more onto creative individuals themselves, American independent films of the past 10 years or so, whatever their genre, have been typically characterized by a certain eagerness to please. This isn’t entirely surprising. Like any other occupational venture in tougher economic times, there’s an element of self-preservation involved. Emergent filmmakers have a desire to keep working, and so they craft stories, consciously or subconsciously, that often play to the whetted appetites of a particular audience or demographic….

A lot of first-time filmmakers play it safe, or trade in cutesy, emo-stamped, indie-friendly cliches, seeking to woo audiences (and critics) with witty and slightly canted takes on extraordinarily familiar material, and then trade on that to-scale success for a call-up to big-league, studio filmmaking. For his feature film debut, Spencer Susser did no such thing. Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a gonzo turn in the title role, and featuring engaging supporting performances by Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie and Rainn Wilson, is a weird little thing — a warped, seriocomic effort about a sociopathic burnout who intrudes on the life of a shy, gangly teenager who has just lost his mother….

The official jurors for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) movie competitions have been announced. The jury consists of 38 people familiar with the film industry, including directors, screenwriters, actors and journalists. The jurors bring “a fresh and well-round perspective” to the competitions, Jane Rosenthal, the co-founder of the TFF, has said. The jurors have been named to six different categories, and will collectively award $175,000 in cash and prizes to the winners of each category. The winners will also receive a piece of original art as part of the TFF Artists Awards program. Some of the jurors include Academy Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest and ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member…

Watch a hilarious behind-the-scenes video starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page in honor of the on demand release of the new IFC Dark Comedy “SUPER”. The crime fighting duo meets with Personal Security Expert Frank Corpus during this year’s SXSW Film Festival. “SUPER” by director James Gunn stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler. Synopsis: In the outlandish dark comedy SUPER, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive take on self-reflexive superheroes. When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to…

Title: Super Directed By: James Gunn Starring: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion I’m all for bizarre and outlandish comedy. When Napoleon Dynamite hit back in 2004, I fell in love. The difference between that film and James Gunn’s Super? Whereas Napoleon Dynamite was innocent silliness, Super is insulting madness. Perhaps the films would be comparable had Napoleon’s Liger jumped off the page and mauled Pedro to death. Super stars Rainn Wilson as Frank, a lame loser who happened to get lucky in the romance department and marry Liv Tyler’s character, Sarah. Sure enough, Frank’s luck runs dry and Sarah’s drug addiction creeps back into the…

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen will be the first DVD and Blu-ray EVER to use augmented reality to activate a compelling new form of entertainment using the packaging and a webcam. Fans who point the front of the 2-disc DVD or Blu-ray package at a webcam will activate a 3D holographic experience that includes puzzle solving, discovery, and game-play. As part of this experience, fans will be able to examine the Matrix of Leadership help Optimus Prime shoot Decepticon targets, and more-all in holographic 3D. Augmented reality works through a webcam that will first recognize familiar 2-dimensional images. Once it has identified a ‘marker’, it uses this as a basis…

According to a report by Variety, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler have all been announced to star in the superhero genre-spoof comedy “Super”. James Gunn (“Slither”) wrote the script, and will also be directing the project. Wilson plays an average guy with no special abilities or powers at all, who takes on the heroic wrench-wielding alter ego of the Crimson Bolt after watching his wife succumb to the charms of a local neighborhood drug dealer. Filming on “Super” will be starting in December 2009. Stay tuned for more news on “Super”, right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)

Here’s a couple behind the scenes photos from the upcoming film “Transformers 2″ aka Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by director Michael Bay ( A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th ) and starring Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf ( Eagle Eye ), Isabel Lucas and Rainn Wilson ( The Office ). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Film Synopsis: The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots believing that peace was possible finds…