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Accoring to The Hollywood Reporter, the SF/Horror film ALTITUDE has been picked up for release by Anchor Bay Films.
“After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot (90210’s Jessica Lowndes) and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.” 
Directed by Kaare Andrews, [...]

This week, the Cinefantastique Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast scrutinizes a pair of sequels that seem to have nothing in common: SHREK FOREVER AFTER, the latest family-friend CGI fantasy from DreamWorks Animation; and SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, the latest horrifying episode in George A. Romero’s on-going zombie apocalypse, which began way back in 1968 with [...]

Here’s a trailer and ABC’s description of their upcoming series NO ORDINARY FAMILY.

The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim and Stephanie’s relationship lacks the spark it once had, and their family life now consists of balancing work and their two children, leaving little time for family [...]

The so-called “Final Chapter in the Shrek franchise may be presented in 3-D, but its execution is flat, even by the standards of Dreamworks Animation (which has always run second to Pixar in the computer-generated animation sweepstakes). The premise is serviceable, putting the familiar characters into an alternate reality that prevents them from simply replaying [...]

Y’know, people probably shouldn’t be this gleeful about issues of mortality, but in the cases of the movies being discussed in this episode, we’re kinda glad they are. This episode features interviews with Jean-Pierre Jeunet and George A. Romero, both of whom have previously addressed matters of life-and-death in their own, unique ways, and have [...]

This Saturday on BBC America DOCTOR WHO encounters the ‘Vampires of Venice’.
Here’s a synopsis and trailer:
“Desiccated corpses, terror in the canal, and the sinister House of Calvierri – the Doctor (Mat Smith) takes Amy (Karen Gillian) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) for a romantic mini-break.
But 17th Century Venice is not as it should be. The city [...]

Patrick Tatopoulos (UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS) is negotiating to direct THE COLONY, an ecologically-themed horror film about survivors living underground during the next ice age.

NOTE: The Yahoo Movies trailer appears to have been pulled — here’s one via YouTube.
Here’s the trailer  and synopsis for DreamWorks’s upcoming animated film MEGAMIND:
“Megamind is the most brilliant supervillain the world has ever known. And the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt, [...]

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that
Allison Mack, who plays Chloe Sullivan on the CW’s SMALLVILLE will NOT be back as a regular for the tenth and final season.
Mack’s character, the cousin of Lois Lane in the show’s continuty, was the only cast member that had been there since the first season, other than series lead Tom [...]

Attention all you exorcism fans! Can’t wait for the next possession-filled horror romp? Then feast your eyes on these! Below are 2 new stills from Lionsgate’s upcoming horror/thriller THE LAST EXORCISM (in theaters August 27th).

Here’s the trailer and ABC’s official description of their summer supernatural series, THE GATES:
“Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret is buried just beneath the surface [...]

Here’s a trailer and NBC’s official description of their ‘real-world’ superhero series, THE CAPE.
“THE CAPE is a one-hour drama series starring David Lyons (”ER”) as Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead.
He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife, [...]

Hollywood Life quotes series star/executive producer Tom Welling as confirming that Season 10 be the final one for the long-running CW show.
“Season 10 of SMALLVILLE will be the last season” Welling told the site.
This news has been expected, as the producers have mentioned it online, and it’s been known for two years that the star’s [...]