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Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Connolly will star in the dark comedy “Krazy House” from writers-directors Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil, marking the first English-language film by the duo.

Dutch Gaite Jansen, Walt Klink, Jan Bijvoet, Chris Peters and Matti Stooker round out the cast. Production on the film has just been completed in Amsterdam.

Set in the 90s, “Krazy House” is about religious homemaker Bernie (Frost) and his sitcom family. When Russian workers in Bernie’s house turn out to be wanted criminals, they make Bernie and his family tear the place up in search of some old hidden loot. In order to free himself, Bernie has to man up and save his imprisoned family, while slowly going crazy.

Maarten Swart will produce the film for Kaap Holland Film, in a co-production with Haars and van der Kuil. Kaap Holland Film’s Jorn Baars and XYZ...

Exclusive: We hear that Neil Paik’s sci-fi short story, Rainbowfish: A Scumbag’s Guide to Stealing Water, Traversing Wormholes and Breaking Every Rule, is in development at Warner Bros. and Charles D. King’s MacRo. The studios won the IP in a competitive situation.

Rainbowfish, which was published on Six by Eight Press, takes place in a borderless future when the oceans have all but disappeared and the elusive Global Police enforces tyrannical laws. Their lives and that of a young water scavenger and a rebellious orphan collide in the most unexpected way. Paik will adapt his own short story for the screen.

MacRo’s Greta Fuentes will be an executive producer on Rainbowfish.

King’s MacRo, which has a first look deal with Warner Bros., has the untitled Fred Hampton movie at the studio. That’s being directed by Shaka King and follows Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Hampton and William O’Neal,...

Filmmaker James Mangold is set to direct "Captain Nemo," an origin story based on Jules Verne's classic nautical tale "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" at Disney Pictures.

Sebastian Gutierrez ("Hotel Noir," "The Eye") penned the latest draft, he and Mangold taking over for Andrew Kevin Walker and David Fincher respectively who were both previously attached to the project and were developing it before departing a few years back.

Disney, which previously adapted the property into the 1954 film starring James Mason and Kirk Douglas, will develop the new film along the lines of their other live-action reinventions of late such as "Maleficent" and "Alice in Wonderland," offering a different version of a classic story - in this case a full on prequel in which we see how Nemo created his battle submersible The Nautilus.

Mangold would do the project after he finishes the upcoming third and final Hugh Jackman-led standalone...

James Mangold’s hotly-anticipated and indeed R-rated Wolverine sequel has been making waves of late, though Deadline reports that Mangold will really be hitting the high seas further down the line with Disney’s long-gestating maritime adventure, Captain Nemo.

Pitched as an origins tale to H.G. Wells’ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the reboot is currently situated in pre-production where Sebastian Gutierrez (Hotel Noir, The Eye) is busy whipping a script into shape. As one of the studio’s first live-action feature films, Leagues holds a tremendous amount of historical value for the House of Mouse. Originally released in 1954, Captain Nemo was the core anti-hero of the swashbuckling epic, and Disney is now hoping to weave a feature film out of Jules Verne’s story – one centering on the captain as he creates the Nautilus warship.

Not to be confused with Bryan Singer’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it’s likely...

Actress Mandy Moore has finalized a deal to star in Dimension Films' underwater thriller 47 Meters Down. Dimension acquired 47 Meters Down back in April 2014, but we haven't heard about any movement on the project until now. The plot has been compared to the sci-fi thriller Gravity, only in an underwater environment.

The story revolves around two sisters, Kate (Mandy Moore) and Lisa, who become trapped at the bottom of the ocean when a diving expedition to observe sharks goes horribly wrong. When the cable attaching the observation cage to the boat breaks and the cage sinks to the bottom of the ocean, the sisters must figure out a way to get back to safety battling injuries, lack of oxygen, and, worst of all, blood thirsty, great white sharks. No other cast members have been confirmed at this time.

British filmmaker Johannes Roberts (Storage 24) is directing from his own screenplay.

Zach Braff’s sophomore feature, Wish I Was Here, has been progressing incredibly well in recent weeks.

Braff launched the project in April on Kickstarter, and after completing its goal within a matter of days, it was fully funded at just over $3m. at the end of last month.

With much of the leading cast already set, Braff has begun meeting with people to work on the other side of the camera alongside him, and after sitting down with Betsy Heimann, he’s announced that she’s officially on board to be the costume designer for Wish I Was Here.

Heimann’s career spans across three decades, and she has worked on some of the most memorable and acclaimed films over the years, including (but certainly not limited to) Reservoir Dogs, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Art School Confidential, Funny People, and what Braff notes is his personal favourite,...

The last time we saw the talented and beautiful Rosario Dawson at the multiplex, it was unfortuantely in the Kevin James vehicle "The Zookeeper." Since then, she's done a string of indies -- "10 Years" and "Hotel Noir" perhaps the most notable -- but she's heading back toward the mainstream in 2013. She's currently lensing the highly anticipated sequel, "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For," she leads Danny Boyle's spring thriller "Trance" (more on that in a second) and now she's booking a gig in a very promising drama as well. Variety reports that the actress has joined Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's "Queen Of The Night." Starring Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman and Mireille Enos, the story centers on a father (Reynolds) whose daughter was abducted. Eight years after the girl was taken, a series of disturbing clues convince the father that the now 17-year-old remains alive, and he is determined to find.

Los Angeles, 1958: A dapper private eye (Rufus Sewell) finds himself on the run and holed up in the iconic Biltmore Hotel where he becomes entangled with a confused dancer, a sultry singer and a maid with a penchant for superheroes. Welcome to Hotel Noir, a low-budget Us movie shot in black and white for under $300,000 (£187,000) by the Venezuelan writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez.

We feel sort of cheated that humanoids haven't actually been discovered by now, but hey, put them into a movie, let the shit hit the fan, and you've got our full attention. Will this latest adaptation have yours?

According to Deadline, Sony Pictures has acquired the Joe Haldeman science fiction novella Seasons and will develop it for Michael De Luca to produce and Tim Miller to direct. Sebastian Gutierrez has been set to write the screenplay. The deal was made by Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad and production president Hannah Minghella, and Sam Dickerman will oversee it. Gutierrez’s scripting credits include Snakes on a Plane and Gothika, and he just helmed Hotel Noir. Alissa Phillips will be exec producer.

The novella, which is part of the 1985 Haldeman short story collection Dealing In Futures, focuses on an anthropological expedition to a planet with sentient humanoids that goes horribly awry.

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Exclusive: Sony Pictures has acquired the Joe Haldeman science fiction novella Seasons, and will develop it for Michael De Luca to produce and Tim Miller to direct. Sebastian Gutierrez has been set to write the screenplay. The deal was made by Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad and production president Hannah Minghella, and Sam Dickerman will oversee it. Gutierrez’s scripting credits include Snakes On A Plane and Gothika, and he just helmed Hotel Noir. Alissa Phillips will be exec producer. The novella, which is part of the 1985 Haldeman short story collection Dealing In Futures, focuses on an anthropological expedition to a planet with sentient humanoids that goes horribly awry. Haldeman’s science fiction novels include The Forever War. This seems like the right visual tapestry for Miller, the visual effects wiz from Blur Studio who hasn’t yet directed a feature but is attached to several big-scale films that include...

'Entourage' actress Carla Gugino opens up about her girl crush on the sexy french actress and her relationship with Ari Gold. Carla Gugino, 41, has been playing sexy TV and movie characters since her breakout role as Ari Gold's rival, Amanda, in HBO's Entourage. But it turns out this sexy siren has admiration for another leading lady. HollywoodLife.com found out who at the premiere of her new movie, Hotel Noir, hosted by The Cinema Society and Grey Goose Vodka. Despite the fact that Carla was there to promote her own film, the actress couldn't stop gushing over French stunner Marion Cotillard, who stars in the movie Rust & Bone. "She's like the most gorgeous person on the planet!" Carla told us after seeing the film the night before. Carla may be showing love for her fellow performers, but she's also a sex symbol herself. Her famous back-and-forth with Jeremy Piven...

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Last Friday, reports surfaced that a Cincinnati, Ohio Fox TV anchor named Tricia Macke referred to Rachel Maddow as "an angry young man." She has since apologized, saying "my comments ... they do not reflect my firm beliefs in individual and equal rights, and they certainly do not represent the opinions or position of my employer Wxix-tv."

Ruby Rose has been training to box, and now she's in the ring. Check out her performance.

In lesbian rumors that probably aren't true, Christina Aguilera was seen "gyrating" near Vanessa Hudgens at a party, "trying to seduce her." This can't be true. I mean I gyrate toward people all the time and I'm not trying to seduce them. If I do, it's completely by accident!

Also it appears that If Raven Symone Was dating AzMarie Livingston, she is no longer. So either she...

Any kind of hardboiled film noir confection, released in 2012 with a straight face, is going to be something of a put on. Especially if its filmed digitally, which robs black-and-white (the favored presentation of film noir) of its velveteen lushness, instead replacing it with a flat, artificial haze. Still, "Hotel Noir," the latest film from writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez (who is also Carla Gugino's boyfriend, which might be his mightiest accomplishment), is a surprisingly effective, enjoyable romp. It's pretty earnest (almost too earnest) attempt at a straightforward film noir, with minor, wink-wink-nudge-nudge deviations and an impressively game cast. If given the opportunity, it might not be a bad idea to check into "Hotel Noir." Shot in 15 days on a shoestring budget of $300,000, "Hotel Noir" primarily concerns a shadowy private detective figure named Felix (played by Rufus Sewell, channeling his gravely...

Actress Carla Gugino has played her fair share of seductive dames in films like "Sin City" and "Sucker Punch," but none like the one she plays in the black-and-white noir homage, "Hotel Noir." In a music video promo for the film, exclusive to Indiewire, Gugino shows off her pipes by crooning a vampy ditty to clips from the film, all while looking stunning as always. Read More: The 11 Indies to Watch on VOD This October Set in Los Angeles circa 1958, "Hotel Noir" centers on a detective who holes up in a downtown hotel waiting for a band of killers to come and get him. As one long night turns to day, he meets various characters with haunted pasts of their own. On top of Gugino, the cast includes Danny DeVito, Rufus Sewell, Malin Akerman, Robert Forster, Rosario Dawson and Mandy Moore. The film hits VOD today. Go Here to see where to find it.

Sebastian Gutierrez (Elektra Luxx) returns behind the camera to bring us Hotel Noir, a 1950s-set black and white film noir, with an all-star cast.

With a little help from almost two thousand backers on kickstarter, the movie will be available exclusively through Cable, premiering in the Us today, 9th October.

And to give you a taste of what we have to look forward to, the first ten minutes have been released online, along with a little guide to help you with the film noir lingo.

“Los Angeles, 1958: A detective holes up in a downtown hotel waiting for killers to come and get him. As one long night turns to day he meets various characters with haunted pasts of their own, and the truth is revealed of how he ended up in this predicament.”

With a cast led by Malin Åkerman (Watchmen), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Danny DeVito (L.

"Trenchcoats. Cigarettes. Revolvers. Femme Fatales."

Journey back to a time when crime movies were populated by grifters, coppers, twists and molls, when heroes were fallible, sex was a weapon, and the only thing that was black-and-white was the film.

Next Showing: Hotel Noir debuts on VOD on Oct. 9th

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Sebastian Gutierrez is that rare director who can make a sleek-looking film while getting actors to say the strangest things in the most sincere ways. His work on Women in Trouble and Elektra Luxx proved as much, elevating B-movies into the A+ range, and now his ensemble sensibilities return with a 1958 detective story flair in Hotel Noir. In the film, the detective (Rufus Sewell) hides away in a hotel waiting for killers to find him, and it looks like he has plenty to hold his attention. Malin Ackerman is dancing and taking showers; Carla Gugino is speaking easy and being smokey; and Mandy Moore is…seducing Danny DeVito. Naturally. Plus, genre legend Robert Forster gets a nice T-bone steak of a role to chew on. Not bad at all. Check out the trailer for yourself: Release dates for the film aren’t firm, but a recent Kickstarter campaign has ensured that it’ll be on more than...

After eight-seasons on the testosterone-soaked series about fame, fortune and hangers-on in Hollywood, Entourage came to a close last year, opening up the schedules of its cast for better or for worse. Since then, Adrian Grenier's shot Goodbye World, a indie comedy that could debut next year; Kevin Dillon fronted the short-lived sitcom How to Be a Gentleman opposite It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's David Hornsby, and Kevin Connolly appeared in Sebastian Gutierrez's under-the-radar drama Hotel Noir. In short, since the series' cancellation the Entourage boys are struggling to find their groove, save for Jerry Ferrara, who landed a role in the spring hit Think Like a Man and now may join the star-stacked ensemble comedy Last Vegas. Penned by Crazy, Stupid, Love scribe Dan Fogelman and Definitely, Maybe writer-director Adam Brooks, Last Vegas stars Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, and Kevin Kline as four...

Mandy Moore stunned last night in the Weathered Stretch 3/4 Sleeve Side Ruched Dress from designer Lela Rose’s Fall 2012 collection. The actress-singer wore the dress as she attended the Clos du Bois Rouge Los Angeles launch at Chateau Marmont’s Bar Marmont in Hollywood. The ‘Hotel Noir’ actress is just one frequent wearer of the Lela Rose brand, including Emily Blunt, Eva Amurri and ‘Pretty Little Liars’ star Shay Mitchell. Lela Rose is known for combining whimsy and elegant designs with brilliant color and handcrafted details to create modern American fashion. The designs also appeal to the modern sophisticated woman as it embodies a spirit of effortless elegance. The brand [ Read More ]...