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Soderbergh’s ‘Knockout’ Begins Filming in Febuary

By Shannon Nystedt
MovieSet.com

Director Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming action/thriller Knockout begins filming next month in Dublin. 

The film tells the story of Mallory Kane, a freelance covert operative who is hired out by her handler to various global entities to perform jobs which governments can't authorise and heads of state would rather not know about. After a mission to rescue a hostage in Barcelona, Mallory is quickly dispatched on another to Dublin where she partners up with another operative. But the operation goes awry as Mallory is double crossed, and she must use all her skills to escape an international manhunt, make it back to the US, protect her family, and exact revenge on those that have betrayed her.

Knockout’s cast including Ewan McGregor (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds), and US mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano (Blood and Bone).

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Ray Stevenson and his Many Rough and Tough Roles!

By Shannon Nystedt
MovieSet.com

We’ve been seeing a lot of Ray Stevenson lately. He may be best known for his role as Titus Pullo in the HBO/BBC television series “Rome,” but you can see him in a plethora of BA roles including as the vigilantly Frank Castle in Punisher War Zone, the insane Vampaneze Murlaugh in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, as tough hombre and right-hand henchman Redridge in The Hughes Brothers’ post-apocalyptic action/drama The Book of Eli and later on in 2010 as Danny Greene in the crime/drama The Irishman.

But don’t think that’s the last you’ll see of Stevenson, look for him in upcoming films including The Other Guys, Thor, The Last City and in Rome a theatrical wrap-up to the critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama.

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Small-town Texas Producer With Some Big Dreams

NEWS IN TEXAS FROM THE MOVIESET WIRE…

-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

Fuselier gave a statement on projects in Texas:

“I’ll neither confirm or deny where we’re at in negotiations with ‘The Texas Producer’ other than to admit we’re up to our necks with a hit show on our hands. I’m donating a multi-national production company turn-key to anyone that downloads the application to run it. You’ll run the entire business operation through the application and we’ll be asking you to make decisions for us 80 hours a week or more. Your not voting on Hanna Montana’s new hair style, you’re running the boots on the ground and controlling all aspects of a large production outfit while we shoot 1 hour weekly edits of your progress for the masses and you watch us 24/7 on the application.

You’ll be hiring, firing, negotiating, litigating and pushing around some of the biggest names in the country while you read about the results of your combined efforts in the ‘Wall Street Journal.’ Quit wasting your time playing make-believe for .jpg pictures of toy guns and quaint stories and get on board with a company as powerful as the mafia. We’re adding our network cameras to Movieset.com so you can watch our feed from our page there until we move into our final headquarters and can deliver a working prototype of the application. If you check out some other news about ‘The Texas Producer‘, you’ll understand why we’re also keeping most of the updates on the DL for now while we wait and watch.

For now, check out our Movieset page for ‘Sleepy Jefferson Nights’ where I’m giving away ½ million dollars to 5 kids that care to stay 3 nights in a known haunted hotel with over 1000 documented sightings of supernatural activity. You’ve seen it on A&E and every ghostbuster-type documentary on TV. I’m shooting my next movie there. There’s only one place to sign up - Movieset.com. Hit up our page for the movie at movieset.com/jeffersonnights and add yourself as a fan. From there, add a bio and photo and PM ‘The Colonel’ or whatever I’m listed at there with links to anything with video content you have on-line, and a story why you think you’d be a great subject for the project. That project is looking for males and females ages 18-35 and I’d prefer if you believe in ghosts, or at least would like to believe in them. I’d like to believe we didn’t elect George Bush president as a nation, but we all have dreams.

For those of you watching ‘Sleepy Jefferson Nights‘ here on Movieset, we‘ve decided to build up the next 2 months of pre-production by featuring 1-2 10 minute interviews every week with people around this community in Police, Fire, and other general areas that are more familiar with an entire Texas community enveloped in a litany of documented supernatural activity.”

  

Pick up Pandorum on DVD January 19th, 2010!

By Shannon Nystedt
MovieSet.com

Ready for a scare?  On January 19th, 2010 pick up your copy of Pandorum on DVD and get ready to scream!

Directed by Christian Alvart, Pandorum takes place aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft as two astronauts awake from hyper sleep with no memory of who they are or where they’re going. Corporal Bower, the younger of the two, ventures deep into the spacecraft in search of answers while the other, Lt. Payton, stays behind for guidance via radio transmitter. As Bower’s search leads him deeper into the ship he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.

Pick up the DVD for special features including: Feature Audio Commentary with Producer Jeremy Bolt & Director Christian Alvart, The World of Elysium, What Happened to Nadia's Team, Flight Team Core Video, Deleted & Alternate Scenes, Theatrical Trailer and more!

Pandorum stars Ben Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand), Dennis Quaid (Legion), Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Chung Le (Fighting) and Antje Traue.

Click here to find out how to win a copy of Pandorum on DVD.