BY MGM website

- Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of New Line Cinema have jointly announced today that they have entered into the following series of agreements:

* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, “The Hobbit” and New Line will distribute in North America and MGM will distribute internationally.

Folksy Goth artist/singer Voltaire was performing at the recent NYC Anime Festival this past weekend (Dec7-9) at the Javitz Center here in New York. We managed to catch a bit of the fun performance and thought that you might like it:

in case you don't have quicktime here it is ON YOU TUBE:

BY FEARSmag

{New York, NY} - Join I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence as he screens scenes from the movie and discusses the making of this film, adapted from the Richard Matheson sci-fi novel and starring two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith. Following the discussion, Lawrence will take questions from the audience. The film’s producer and cowriter, Akiva Goldsman, will moderate the event. I Am Legend will hit theaters on December 14.

The event will take place Tuesday, December 11, 3:00 p.m., at the Apple Store in SoHo, located at 103 Prince Street, New York City.

Movies (in order of release date):

1. ZODIAC (2 March 2007)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Chloë Sevigny, and Candy Clark.
Website: www.zodiacmovie.com

2. THE HOST (9 March 2007)
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Ah-sung Ko, and Du-na Bae.
Website: www.hostmovie.com

3. FIDO (16 March 2007)
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Andrew Currie
Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray, Tim Blake Nelson, and Henry Czerny.
Website: www.fidothefilm.com

4. DISTURBIA (13 April 2007)
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Director: D.J. Caruso
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo, and Jose Pablo Cantillo.
Website: www.disturbia.com

5. BUG (25 May 2007)
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Director: William Friedkin
Stars: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins, and Brian F. O'Byrne.
Website: bugthemovie.com

6. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (25 May 2007)
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Naomie Harris, Yun-Fat Chow, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/atworldsend/

7. DAYWATCH (1 June 2007)
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Stars: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Galina Tyunina, and Anna Dubrovskaya.
Website: www.foxsearchlight.com/daywatch/

8. SWEENEY TODD (21 December 2007)
Studio: Dreamworks/Warner Bros.
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Website: www.sweeneytoddmovie.com

9. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (26 December 2007)
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier.
Website: www.paramountvantage.com/films2007/blood/

10. THE ORPHANAGE (28 December 2007)
Studio: Picturehouse
Director: J.A. Bayona
Stars: Belén Rueda, Roger Príncep, Fernando Cayo, Geraldine Chaplin
Website: www.theorphanagemovie.com

Honorable Mention:
1. Black Sheep (22 June 2007)
2. 30 Days of Night (19 October 2007)
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (11 July 2007)
4. The Mist (21 November 2007)
5. The Golden Compass (7 November 2007)

"The Golden Compass" apparently got a giant PASS from the movie going public. While being the #1 weeknd earner on the weekend, it still only pulled in a modest $26.1 million domestically and $55 million internationally.  But unfortunately the movie cost $180 million to make. Still $81.1 million in sales is still a nice pile of beans.

 Of course NEW LINE will break even plus a few bucks on the film once the theatrical run finishes and the DVD sales, as well as "on demand" sales, are tallied.

New York City - Fearsmag is busy wandering around the quickly getting packed Anime Festival being held at the NY Javitz Center this weekend (Dec. 7 -9). There is plenty to see and do. We will be posting video and images later....stay tuned.

FEARSMAG just received into our hot little hands a few sneak peeks into Guillermo Del Toro's latest and greatest movie, THE ORPHANAGE! Being huge fans of Guillermo's work, we are drooling at the prospect of another scary orphanage film like his excellent The Devil's Backbone .

Get a look here at the trailer:

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