The real Jackal is serving a life sentence in La Santé Prison in Paris for the murder of two French agents of the DST (counter-intelligence) and an alleged informant.

'Carlos' will first premiere on the Sundance Channel on October 11, then have a theatrical release in New York City On October 15.

I guess since the independent cinema industry couldn't get enough of Steven Soderbergh's epic 'Che' (Benicio Del Toro), we have this...]]> http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2158 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2157 We still don't think that The Last Exorcism is all that great, but it managed to attract horror hungry audiences to the box office - Lionsgate, I'd love to know how many Hispanics went this opening weekend; they over-index on horror films more than any other demographic.

Nevertheless, the recycled horror plots of the low-budget horror The Last Exorcism sneaked in with $21.3 million, with Takers on $21 million, but that could all change when the final figures actually arrive tomorrow. Still, given that the horror only cost $1.8 million to make, it’s already a success.

The only other new entry wasn’t really new at all, except for eight minutes of fresh footage, but Avatar’s limited re-release only managed to arrive in 12th place. Considering it’s already out on DVD, it’s not a small achievement.

In third place we find The Expendables with $9.5 million, just ahead of Eat Pray Love, which made $7 million. And bringing up the rear in the top five, The Other Guys, which clung on to its spot with $6.6 million and is about to crack...]]> http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2157 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2154 Sylvester Stallone and “The Expendables” managed to somehow beat Julia Roberts again at her own box office game. Looks like she's lost her touch a bit.

The action film, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, also beat out in its second straight week the debuts of “Vampires Suck,” “Pirahna 3D,” "Lottery Ticket," and “Nanny McPhee Returns”.

“The Expendables” has a cast that includes Jet Li, Steve Austin, and Jason Statham, with cameos by Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Here are the top five box office films:

#1 "The Expendables" ($16.5 million)
#2 "Vampires Suck" ($12.2 million)
#3 "Eat Pray Love" ($12 million)
#4 "Lottery Ticket" ($11.1 million)
#5 "The Other Guys" ($10.1 million)

The film will also star former hearthrob Joey Lawrence, who looks like he's jacked as all hell.

Havana Heat will start shooting November with a cast that includes Michael Dudikoff, mixed martial artist Heath Herring, Puerto Rican actress Zulay Henao (Fighting), Lorena Rincon, Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia Jr. and Nicolas Brown (Kites).

The film will be out sometime 2011.

We just obtained 9 new movie stills from Part 1 for your enjoyment. Below is the official synopsis followed by the stills. 

Synopsis: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a much-anticipated motion picture event to be told in two full-length parts. Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction—the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are...]]> http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2152 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 http://showbizcafe.com/en/news/2151 Actress Rooney Mara has been officially casted to play Lisbeth Salander, the lead in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of three Sony Pictures films based on the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy book series.