Taylor Kitsch (the upcoming “John Carter of Mars”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, and “Friday Night Lights”) has been announced as starring in Universal’s upcoming adaptation of the Hasbro game Battleship. Peter Berg will be directing the film, which is being described as a massive Naval battle where international forces gather to battle an alien menace that is found in the Earth’s oceans. The script was written by Jon and Erich Hoeber. Kitsch will be playing a dashing Naval commander named Alex Hopper. The original Hasbro game, which was published in 1943 by Hasbro originally as a pad-and-pencil game, is about facing off against another player and calling shots out on a…

Universal’s remake of the monster horror classic “Creature from the Black Lagoon” has a new director. Carl Eric Rinsch is now attached to take the director’s chair. Gary Ross wrote the remake’s original script but Universal is planning to start over. The project’s previously-announced director Breck Eisner is moving on to a remake of “The Brood”. The original “Creature From The Black Lagoon” was released in 1954 and was about a scientific expedition encountering a mysterious merman-like creature that lives in the depths of the waters beneath them. Check back with Shockya.com for more Creature news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: LA Times)

Director Gore Verbinski passed on making more Pirates of the Caribbean films for Disney in exchange for tackling the big-screen adaptation of “Bioshock,” the Take-Two Interactive video game. Now Variety is reporting that pre-production on “Bioshock” has ground to a halt due to monetary issues. Originally with a reported budget of $160 million, Verbinski and Universal are looking for less costly ways to film and until then, all progress on the film has halted, according to a report from Variety. One consideration is to move the production from Los Angeles to London, to take advantage of a tax credit opportunity. Released in 2007, “Bioshock” has been met with positive fan…

Universal’s remake of the 1977 comedy classic Slap Shot is officially moving forward because it now has a director onboard. Dean Parisot, known for directing films such as the Jim Carrey comedy Fun with Dick and Jane, Home Fries, which starred Luke Wilson and Drew Barrymore, and sci-fi parody GalaxyQuest, will be the man in charge of the picture. The original starred Paul Newman as the fading player/coach of a minor league hockey team who, desperate to keep the team going, comes up with the idea to turn his team into a group of fighting hooligans. The Charlestown Chiefs put the Hanson brothers, played by David Hanson, Steve Carlson and…

Viper Comics’ miniseries “Villains” has recently been picked up for the silver-screen treatment by Universal Pictures, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. “Villains”, by Adam Cogan and Ryan Cody, is about a young man named Nick Corrigan, a down-on-his-luck loser with no job, no prospects, and a mean temper, who can’t stand his city’s local hero The Flying Ace. Nick finally finds purpose in his life when he discovers a secret about his elderly next-door-neighbor, Charlie Cobb. He was formerly a notorious super-powered villain known as The Hardliner, and Nick blackmails his way into an apprenticeship in super-villainy under Cobb, but having no idea what the original Hardliner…

Are you a creative short filmmaker? Enter for your chance to win $5000.00 on Chiller’s Dare 2 Direct 2 contest. Click Here to read the official contest rules. Here’s are some details from Chiller TV: Winners Of Second Annual Contest Showcased in On-Air Halloween Special Chiller announced the return of the “Dare To Direct” Short Film Contest. The announcement was made by Dan Harrison, Senior Vice President, Emerging Networks, NBC Universal Cable. “The Chiller fans responded so enthusiastically to our contest last year with 300 entries,” said Harrison. “It was the most popular contest of its kind among all of the NBC Universal Entertainment websites. This year, we’re looking forward…

Impawards.com got their hands on another great movie poster from the upcoming film “Doomsday” by director Neil Marshall and starring Rhona Mitra (Number 23, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange). Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for more Doomsday videos, clips and stills!

Filmz.ru got their hands on another killer new foreign movie poster from the upcoming film “Doomsday” by director Neil Marshall and starring Rhona Mitra (Number 23, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange). Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for more Doomsday videos, clips and stills!

Check out another killer new foreign movie poster from the upcoming film “Doomsday” by director Neil Marshall and starring Rhona Mitra (Number 23, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange). Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for more Doomsday videos, clips and stills!

Take a look at another foreign movie poster from the upcoming film “Doomsday” by director Neil Marshall and starring Rhona Mitra (Number 23, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) and Malcolm McDowell (Halloween, A Clockwork Orange). Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for more Doomsday videos, clips and stills!