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Film District Releases First Poster For Spike Lee’s OLDBOY

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Film District has unveiled its first poster at CinemaCon for Spike Lee’s upcoming film OLDBOY. CinemaCon is the largest gathering of cinema owners and operators from around the world. The 3rd annual Con begins today and finishes April 18th in Las Vegas.

OLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.

Co-starring Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley, OLDBOY was directed by Spike Lee, from a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, The Cell, Thor). The film was produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Nathan Kahane.

On Sunday, Lee added this photo on Instagram. “The Gifted Sharlto Copley Of DISTRICT 9 And Now OLDBOY.” (http://instagram.com/sheltonjlee/)

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OLDBOY will hit theaters October 11 and is just one of Film District’s movies coming out later this year. On their slate for the remainder of 2013 are INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 on September 13th and WALK OF SHAME on September 20th featuring Elizabeth Banks.

Previous releases for the first three months of 2013 were director Taylor Hackford’s PARKER starring Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez; DEAD MAN DOWN starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace and the Antoine Fuqua thriller, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Melissa Leo.

Film District To Release WALK OF SHAME On September 20th

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Film District has announced that it will release their upcoming film, WALK OF SHAME, on Friday September 20th.

Written & directed by Steve Brill (WITHOUT A PADDLE, MR. DEEDS), WALK OF SHAME stars Elizabeth Banks as an aspiring reporter whose dreams of becoming a network news anchor are compromised after a one-night stand with a handsome stranger (played by James Marsden) leaves her stranded in downtown Los Angeles without a phone, car, ID or money – and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.

Last week it was announced that Banks will receive the “CinemaCon® Award For Excellence In Acting” at this year’s CinemaCon at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony on April 18 in Las Vegas, NV. Banks will reprise her highly anticipated role as Effie Trinket later this fall in the Lionsgate release “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” coming to theatres on November 22.

Win Passes To THE RUM DIARY Screening In St. Louis

“One Part Justice. Three Parts Rum. Mix Well” All you need is a splash of Depp for the perfect Johnny cocktail!

GK Film’s highly anticipated THE RUM DIARY will be in theaters October 28th, but WAMG has passes to the advanced screening of Johnny Depp’s new movie on OCTOBER 25th at 7pm at Ronnie’s 20 Cine.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.

3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: What is your favorite Johnny Depp movie?

WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, THE RUM DIARY tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp). Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Kemp travels to the pristine island of Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman (Richard Jenkins).

Adopting the rum-soaked life of the island, Paul soon becomes obsessed with Chenault (Amber Heard), the wildly attractive Connecticut-born fiancee of Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart). Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy. When Kemp is recruited by Sanderson to write favorably about his latest unsavory scheme, the journalist is presented with a choice: to use his words for the corrupt businessmen’s financial benefit, or use them to take the bastards down.

Wriiten for the  screen and directed by Bruce Robinson, THE RUM DIARY will be in theaters October 28th!

Visit the film’s official site: http://www.rumdiarythemovie.com/
“Like” the movie on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RumDiaryMovie

Video: DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Q&A With Guillermo del Toro, Katie Holmes, Bailee Madison & Director Troy Nixey

For you horror fans out there who can’t wait until the August 26th release, watch this conversation with Guillermo del Toro, director Troy Nixey, and stars Katie Holmes and Bailee Madison from FilmDistrict/Miramax’s DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK. Warning: the video below contains MAJOR spoilers.

Produced by Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Johnson, the film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison and Jack Thompson and marks the directorial debut of Troy Nixey. DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK is a remake of a 1973 TV movie bearing the same title, considered by Del Toro to be among the scariest ever made. The film was co-written by Del Toro and Matthew Robbins.

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK follows Sally (Bailee Madison), a young girl who moves to Rhode Island to live with her father (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend (Katie Holmes) in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. Having stumbled upon the mansion’s hidden basement, Sally starts hearing voices calling out from the bolted ash pit, imploring her to open it. Sally obliges and unwittingly unleashes something so terrible, so unthinkable, that everyone’s life – hers most of all – is placed in immediate and grave danger.

Watch the trailer again – – if you dare!

Visit the official site: http://www.dontbeafraidofthedark.com/

“Like the film on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DontBeAfraidoftheDark

Watch Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan And Albert Brooks In DRIVE Red-Band Trailer

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON, THE PUSHER trilogy, VALHALLA RISING) throttles into the Hollywood fast lane with precision-crafted crime caper in this gorgeous and lush red band trailer for DRIVE (via IGN).

Synopsis:

Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for criminal operations by night. A loner by nature, Driver can’t help falling in love with his beautiful but vulnerable neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother dragged into a dangerous criminal underworld by the return of ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac).

After a heist operation, intended to help Standard pay off protection money, spins out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). When the gangsters reveal that they’re after more than the bag of money in his trunk—that they’re coming straight for Irene and her son—Driver is forced to shift gears and go on the offense.

DRIVE was written by Hossein Amini, adapted from a book by James Sallis, and produced by Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Michel Litvak, Adam Siegel and John Palermo; executive producers are David Lancaster, Gary Michael Walters, Bill Lischak and Linda McDonough.

Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman and Christina Hendricks  the film will have a wide release in theaters September 16, 2011

Ryan Gosling & Carey Mulligan Star in DRIVE New Clip & Stills

Film Districts presents these new stills from DRIVE starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman and Christina Hendricks.

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON, THE PUSHER trilogy, VALHALLA RISING) throttles into the Hollywood fast lane with precision-crafted crime caper DRIVE.

Synopsis:

Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for criminal operations by night. A loner by nature, Driver can’t help falling in love with his beautiful but vulnerable neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a young mother dragged into a dangerous criminal underworld by the return of ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac).

After a heist operation, intended to help Standard pay off protection money, spins out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). When the gangsters reveal that they’re after more than the bag of money in his trunk—that they’re coming straight for Irene and her son—Driver is forced to shift gears and go on the offense.

DRIVE was written by Hossein Amini, adapted from a book by James Sallis, and produced by Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Michel Litvak, Adam Siegel and John Palermo; executive producers are David Lancaster, Gary Michael Walters, Bill Lischak and Linda McDonough.

The film will have a wide release in theaters September 16, 2011.