Ever heard of the (award-winning) Irish crime fiction writer Ken Bruen? I know tiffleigh has, and pretty soon, you all will too. His stand-alone novel, London Boulevard , is currently been...swashbuckler Captain Blood for Warner Bros., set in outer space. The original 1930s film, based on the adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, starred Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone. ( Coming Soon

Trailer for the Wes Anderson-directed Fantastic Mr. Fox , based on the children's novel by Roald Dahl. It features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Helen McCrory, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Brian Cox, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Jarvis Cocker, and more! [ imdb ]

This week (July 27 to August 2) is International Blog Against Racism week! Learn about how you can participate and read blog entries from past IBARWs here . Trailer for the awesome looking District...to alternate he and she, but bleh”). One tweet seemed to sum up the general attitude: “Damn you, English language!”' A zombie apocalypse would solve all our economic troubles. (Overthinking It

io9 also has a non-spoilery review of the pilot of ABC's V , a reboot of a 1980s sci-fi series, which was shown at Comic-Con. 'Today, the world woke up to find spaceships over every major city...it. He is not merely good at his job, he depends on it for psychic sustenance.' Cine Asia will bring Asian mainstream films to select Greater Union cinemas on the same date as their China/HK release

The full trailer for Spartacus: Blood and Sand , is all kinds of bloody and 300 -ish. A new series premiering on Starz next January, Spartacus is a graphic and visceral account of Rome's most...projects - he for Legion , and she for the animated feature 9 . The Guardian interviews actor Aiden Gillen ( The Wire , Queer as Folk ), who stars in the BBC mini-series Freefall

Dexter season 4 promo . First look at Lucy Lawless in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand . Sporting long red locks and looking like a pre-Raphaelite goddess, she plays Lucretia. Here is a... Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis. [ imdb ] Description of Comic-Con footage from James Cameron's Avatar . (InContention) Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will start shooting April 2010. ( Coming Soon

JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER IS PLAYING GELLERT GRINDELWALD IN HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 1 & 2!??? However did I managed to miss this?? Teenage Dumbledore, btw, is to be played by Toby Regbo , who is also incredibly pretty .

The trailer for The Vintner's Luck has finally been released. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Knox, and starring Jérémie Renier, Vera Farmiga, Gaspard Ulliel and Keisha Castle-Hughes. Farmiga...Paul Bettany - a film I like enormously, and often rewatch because of its uplifting effect on me. I would totally get behind this IF both Weir and Bettany could be persuaded back. ( Associated Press

Almost finished The Angel's Cut . It's breaking my heart. Xas, you hear me? You're breaking my heart. Film Experience keeps me up to date with the American remake of (the excellent) Swedish horror...will adapt Bernard Cornwell's best-selling historical novel Agincourt for a film about the bloody battle between the French and the English. ( Coming Soon ) Tony Leung has broken his arm . Oh no

Brand new hi-res Agora stills. Beautiful. [ imdb ] New pic of Anne Hathaway as the White Queen in Alive in Wonderland . (Empire) Natalie Portman has been cast as Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh's... from the Chinese-language biopic. [ imdb ] You have a rat on you! so_spiffed , I bet you could make these necklaces yourself. How to get your photo taken and posted on The Sartorialist.