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Timur Bekmambetov Finally Ramping Up DUSK WATCH!!
Published 5/19/2008 by Merrick at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Merrick here... We often receive e-mails (and notice Talkbacks) wondering when, if ever, we'll see the final installment in a trilogy of films begun by Timur Bekmambetov's NIGHT WATCH. DAY WATCH, the middle film in the cycle, released last June in the States. Until now, a few interviews (and a not-particularly-fleshed-out imdb listing) identified thr project as TWILIGHT WATCH. But, little else was known of the film's status. Now comes word that DUSK WATCH (not TWILIGHT WATCH) is in motion. Screen Daily had a brief report about the new Fox International Productions shingle, with a few quotes from FIP president Sanford Panitch. Russia's Timur Bekmambetov is ...

'Twilight Watch' Now 'Dusk Watch,' and Getting Underway
Published 5/20/2008 by Eugene Novikov at Cinematical
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Remakes and SequelsAny fans of the Russian Watch (Dozor) franchise out there? Anyone? Drat. Smash hits in their home country, Night Watch and Day Watch have barely blipped on the U.S. box-office radar, with the second film failing to crack $500 grand stateside. Their failure to catch on isn't really surprising -- we like fantasy, but maybe not fantasy this goofy, surreal, and (sometimes) downright abstract. And the movies are really more about Russia than an epic battle between the forces of light and dark, anyhow. But the series is making a killing ...

‘WANTED: Comic To Screen’ Featurette
Published 5/20/2008 at Movie Blog
‘WANTED: Comic To Screen’ Featurette Wanted-Jolie-Teaser Empire Online has a cool new featurette on WANTED . The more I see from this film, the more I cannot wait for June 27th. WALL-E and Wanted both on the same day! Can we handle it?!? 25-year-old Wes ( James McAvoy ) was the most disaffected, cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly, his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow, clock-punching rut. Until he met a woman named ...