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• Alec Baldwin and Danny Glover will lead the cast of Andron, a sci-fi/action film from writer/director Franceso Cinquemani. The movie follows a group of young men and women who wake up in a dark, claustrophobic maze and struggle to survive, while the rest of the world watches. Also entering the maze are Michelle Ryan (EastEnders), Skin (lead singer from the U.K. band Skunk Anansie), Jon Kortajarena (A Single Man), Gale Harold (Queer as Folk) and Leo Howard (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra). [THR]

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The Expendables 2 co-stars Randy Couture and Scott Adkins have signed on to star in Distant Shore for indie producers Joseph Nasser and Jack Nasser.

The story centers on a couple who sail into the ocean with the sole purpose of committing suicide on their boat. Their plans are interrupted when another mysterious ship arrives, causing this couple with a death wish to fight for their lives. No details were given regarding Randy Couture and Scott Adkins' characters. The story is being described as a cross between Dead Calm and The Grey.

Dominic James is directing from a screenplay by Evan Jacobs (Dv) and Dan Benamor. Jim Harvey of Studio City Pictures will be shopping the project to buyers at the Berlin International Film Festival this week.

Randy Couture is believed to be shooting this project first, before moving on to The Expendables 3 later this year.

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The Expendables star and Ufc Hall of Famer Randy Couture will star with Scott Adkins in Distant Shore, an action thriller from veteran indie producers Joseph and Jack Nasser. The Nassers’ Ngn Releasing is teaming up with Studio City Pictures to finance the pic which has a script by Dan Benamor and Evan Jacobs and has Dominic James (Die) on board as director. Berlin 2013: Julia Stiles Joins Cast of 'The First' Described as being in the vein of Dead Calm and The Grey, the story centers around a couple who sails into the ocean to commit suicide but are

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Entertainment One will be releasing a special director's cut DVD of the Dominic James helmed horror 'Die'. The flick which sees 6 strangers thrown into a deadly game of dice was penned by scribes Domenico Salvaggio and Nick Mead and stars John Pyper-Ferguson, Emily Hampshire, Caterina Murino, Elias Koteas ('Shutter Island'), Stephen McHattie ('Watchmen', 'Pontypool') and Patricia McKenzie. Check out the plot and DVD artwork below and make sure you catch it on DVD across the Us from 27 March....

Although Dominic James's Die isn't an original thriller, it sure is entertaining and well acted. Nothing less. Nothing more.

In a generic American city, six persons find themselves locked in a dark chamber.

Billionnaire Robert Moretti (Fabio Fulco) raises funds for the needy, but behind closed doors, he likes to get rough on prostitutes.

Mark Murdock (Elias Koteas) is a police detective who wants to commit suicide.

Dr. Diane Robinson (Patricia McKenzie) still can't get over her daughter's death.

Dr. Zach Emmett (Karl Prunner) unintentionally killed a patient by over-prescribing a medication. Besides being under investigation from his professional order, he's been battling depression.

Lisa (Emily Hampshire) lost a lot of dough at the casino and tried to slit her wrist while she was naked in her bathtub.

Melody Chambers (Katie Boland), a prostitute, is a addicted to love and feels that nobody loves her.

Jacob Odessa (John Pyper-Ferguson...

There is very little information on this Canadian shot film, but Die brings viewers a whole new world of horror; well maybe not completely new. The film involves six self-destructive people, who wake up behind bars. Each of their lives depends on a role of the dice and a new trailer is now available for this feature.

There is an expected 2010 release date for this film in Canada. However, there is no further expectation of territory releases, based on today's knowledge. Caramel Films co-produced this title and horror fans can definitely make comparisons between this title and the Saw franchise. Can you see other similarities to other films? Enjoy the trailer inside courtesy of Film-Book.com and QuietEarth.us.

The synopsis for the film is here:

"Six people, each of them is on the road to self-destruction. They wake up in cells in a surreal facility, without knowing how they got there or why.

For his feature film debut, Canadian actor turned director Dominic James has managed to bring together a great cast of talent from the Great White North to star in his full length feature directorial debut, a thriller titled Die.

Starring the fantastic Elias Koteas alongside Emily Hampshire, John Pyper-Ferguson and Caterina Murino, Die is a Canadian and Italian co-production that sits somewhere between Cube and 13 Tzameti. The official synopsis reads:

Six people, each of them is on the road to self-destruction. They wake up in cells in a surreal facility, without knowing how they got there or why. Are they in denial? Are they crazy? What happened? As they try to figure things out, a mysterious man forces the six abductees to participate in a disturbing experiment called the Trials. During the experiment, the unwilling participants will come to face disturbing truths about themselves and decide each others' fate in a game of dice.

The trailer of the Canadian thriller Die is already online. Its distributor, E1 Entertainment, hasn't confirmed a release date for Die.

This is what the story looks like as provided by the distributor:

Six people, each of them is on the road to self-destruction. They wake up in cells in a surreal facility, without knowing how they got there or why. Are they in denial? Are they crazy? What happened? As they try to figure things out, a mysterious man forces the six abductees to participate in a distrubing experiment called the Trials. During the experiment, the unwilling participants will come to face disturbing truths about themselves and decide each others' fate in a game of dice. As the storyline unfolds, we discover that something greater connects them all.The story of this Canadian-Italian co-production was penned by Nick Mead and Domenico Salvaggio. The film will be helmed by Canadian director Dominic James.

Remstar, a Canadian distributor, has released the teaser of the upcoming thriller Angle mort. This film directed by Dominic James and written by Martin Girard should come out in 2011.

Éric (Sébastien Huberdeau) and Stéphanie (Karine Vanasse) are two Canadian tourists who spend their winter vacation in a South American country. Besides dealing with the militaries of the country, Éric and Stéphanie also have to deal with a serial killer (Peter Miller) who roams the roads of the region they're in.

Les Films Séville, a Canadian film distributor, has released on its web site the first images of the upoming Canadian thriller Die. It should be make its theatrical debut on September 1rst, 2010.

This is what the story looks like as provided by the distributor:

Six people, each of them is on the road to self-destruction. They wake up in cells in a surreal facility, without knowing how they got there or why. Are they in denial? Are they crazy? What happened? As they try to figure things out, a mysterious man forces the six abductees to participate in a distrubing experiment called the Trials. During the experiment, the unwilling participants will come to face disturbing truths about themselves and decide each others' fate in a game of dice. As the storyline unfolds, we discover that something greater connects them all.The story of this Canadian-Italian co-production was penned by Nick Mead and Domenico Salvaggio.

Australian actress Simmone Jade McKinnon has announced that she is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. The father is believed to be McKinnon's former boyfriend, pilot and ex-cleo 'Bachelor Of The Year' Dominic James. McKinnon, who did not reveal the identity of the father herself, told New Idea: "I’ve been clucky forever and dreaming about children for the longest time, but this was a totally unexpected blessing." Talking about the child's dad, the McLeod's Daughters star said: "He knows about (more)...

Director: Jeremy Cohen Writer(s): Jeremy Cohen, Stephanie Hunt Starring: Troy Gonzales, Arsene Dupin, Gopal Bidari, Dominic James, Danny Malone, Cyril Neville As you would expect by film titled Love & Tambourines, it is a self-proclaimed postmodern essay on the topics of love and tambourines. The film alternates between “man on the street” interviews (of which the one with Tyler Womak, of the Austin band Hollywood Gossip, is the most entertaining) and the story of two close friends – Stephanie (Stephanie Hunt) and Troy (Troy Gonzales) – celebrating Valentine’s Day together. It is a highly simplistic “day in the life” concept told in a thoughtful, yet teetering between absurd and surreal, manner. The alternating between “real” and “fiction” while reminiscing about the meaning of love is nothing new to 2009 – the tactic was also used in Paper Heart (which was also written by a female lead). It would be difficult not to...