Premise: A charming young blind man signs up for a dangerous experimental procedure -- a brain surgery that may give him partial vision. While taking tests he falls hard for the lovely East Indian nurse, but she has been promised in an arranged marriage -- a promise she feels she cannot break without dishonoring her family, but when the man's brain surgery goes unexpectedly awry, the crisis effects a reunion between the two young lovers.

Genres: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Release Date: April 6th, 2007 (limited)
Distributors: Independent Distribution Partnership (IDP)

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Maverick Records will release the soundtrack to "Death Proof" - Quentin Tarantino's half of the new exploitation movie double feature Grindhouse - on April 3rd, three days before the two films hit theaters on April 6th. The second film, "Planet Terror," was directed by Robert Rodriguez. In between the two features, trailers advertising fake films, directed by Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, among others, will be shown.

"Death Proof" follows Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) as she sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna (Jordan Ladd) and Arlene (Vanessa Ferlito)...more click on heading

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Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, Jennifer Hudson, Randy Newman, Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose and James Taylor are all set to perform this year's Oscar®- nominated songs on the 79th Academy Awards show, telecast producer Laura Ziskin has announced.

Beyoncé will perform "Listen" (music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, lyric by Anne Preven), one of three Original Song nominees from the musical Dreamgirls. Also from Dreamgirls will be Hudson singing "Love You I Do" (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Siedah Garrett), and Rose, Robinson and other cast mates performing "Patience" (music by Henry Krieger and lyric by Willie Reale)...more click on heading

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Four siblings return home to their mother's house for what they think are the last few days of her life. When she hangs on, they find themselves trapped--together--for two weeks. What happens to a family when the one person who holds it together can't hold on anymore?
 
Genres: Comedy 
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min. 
Release Date: March 2nd, 2007 (limited) 
MPAA Rating: R for language, including some sexual references.

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The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 33rd Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the pack is Bryan Singer's homage to the superhero mythos Superman Returns with 10 nominations. Garnering 6 nominations each, are X-Men: The Last Stand and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, which received its nod in the restored category of Best International Film...more click on heading

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Tobey Maguire ("Spider-Man" films), Anne Hathaway and Jack Black have been tapped to be presenters at the 79th Academy Awards, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

They will join fellow actors Ben Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon as presenters...more click on heading

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Director Michael Bay says he would be interested in taking on Bad Boys III.

"I don't know. Will Smith's people called. They're fun to work with, those guys," he said. Bay added that producer Jerry Bruckheimer told him about Smith's interest.

But would he do it? "Yeah, they're great fun."

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DreamWorks has hired Carter B. Smith to helm The Ruins, a horror thriller set in the Yucatan jungles that's being produced by Stuart Cornfeld at Ben Stiller's Red Hour.

The project is based on a novel by Scott Smith about four American friends on vacation in Cancún who find themselves lost in the jungle after being persuaded by a German tourist to join his search for his missing brother...more click on heading

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Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to make a film about Milli Vanilli, the duo that rose to the top of the pop charts and fell just as quickly when they were exposed as frauds. Jeff Nathanson will write the script and direct the film. Kathleen Kennedy will produce.

Nathanson (Rush Hour 3, Catch Me If You Can) has secured the cooperation of Fabrice Morvan, as well as the estate of Rob Pilatus, who died in 1998 of a drug overdose as the pair were attempting a comeback...more click on heading

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British actor/singer Matt Marsden has booked a role in Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra. He'll play a mercenary who works with the title character in the Sylvester Stallone action movie. Filming begins on February 23 in Thailand.

Marsden has starred in Black Hawk Down and has roles in the upcoming DOA: Dead or Alive and Resident Evil: Extinction.

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Premise: A staggering range of music presented at England's annual Glastonbury Festival captures the spirit of important social changes over the last 30 years.
 
Genres: Art/Foreign, Documentary and Musical/Performing Arts 
Running Time: 2 hrs. 15 min. 
Release Date: February 23rd, 2007 (limited) 
MPAA Rating: R for nudity, drug use, language and some sexual content. 
Distributors: THINKFilm

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Warner Bros. has made a preemptive deal to tell the story of Enron's collapse, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring and producing through his Appian Way production company.

The studio is finalizing a rights deal on Conspiracy of Fools, a book by New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald. Sheldon Turner (The Longest Yard) has been set to write the script...more click on heading

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Columbia Pictures has made a deal for an untitled comedy that will be written as a star vehicle for David Spade and Chris Rock. Spade will write the script with Fred Wolf and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison will produce.

The movie is about a turf battle between three families who vie for the same camping spot in a public park over a weekend.

Spade and Wolf previously co-wrote the films Joe Dirt and Dickie Roberts. They have been working together since the latter was head writer on "Saturday Night Live" and Spade was a cast member...more click on heading

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Oscar-nominated Mark Wahlberg is much excited to work on The Departed sequel and prequel. 'Well, I enjoyed playing the character'," he said.

One of director Martin Scorsese's old friends may be lining up to join the sequel: "They're talking about bringing in De Niro to play a senator or a congressman," added Wahlberg. "You know, the corruption obviously going deeper and higher up the ranks — reaching up the political chain. So it'll be fun. And if it's a success, they're gonna do a prequel and bring everyone back... make it a trilogy."

According to the actor, screenwriter William Monahan is currently hard at work writing the sequel, and shooting could begin sometime at "the beginning of next year or end of this year."

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Walt Disney Pictures has set Hairspray helmer Adam Shankman to direct Bedtime Stories, a live-action comedy to begin production in August. Andrew Gunn will produce.

Matt Lopez's script revolves around a harried architect whose life is turned upside down when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come true. Shankman, Gibgot and Ann Marie Sanderlin are executive producers.

Shankman and his Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot are also developing a Topper remake that Shankman hopes to direct with Steve Martin starring, as well as a live-action Aladdin film being written by Bill Kelly (Enchanted).

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