The “Avatar” star will play a Texas homicide detective who joins with a New York detective to investigate unsolved murders in the Texas bayous.

Ami Canaan Mann is set to direct the feature, to be produced by her father Michael Mann and Michael Jaffe for QED and Forward Pass Inc.

Don Ferrarone has written the screenplay, based on a true story.

QED founder Bill Block will be selling international rights at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.

CAA, which represents Michael Mann and Worthington, set up the project with QED, which is financing. QED and CAA are co-representing domestic rights.

Pre-production has already begun in Louisiana, with the project scheduled to start shooting in early April.

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Three new posters from Sam’s new blockbuster “Clash of the Titans” have been released. Pretty dramatic! What do you think?

Huge congrats to Sam, Jim, Zoe and the entire cast and crew of “Avatar” on their well-deserved 9 Oscar nominations, tied with “The Hurt Locker” for the most of any film this year!!!!

The film is nominated in the following categories:

* Best picture
* Directing
* Cinematography
* Film editing
* Art direction
* Original score
* Sound editing
* Sound mixing
* Visual effects

Tune in to watch the Oscars live on Sunday, March 7, at 8pm EST / 5pm PST to see if Avatar takes home any trophies!

IGN has posted a new Clash of the Titans trailer that features more Sam and some new scenes.

Here are the first images of Sam at the Director’s Guild of America Awards:

Kind of random, awkward little photoshoot Sam did in 2004 was just released and is in the gallery below.

We will make a massive photoshoot update and fill in all the ones we are missing soon!

According to Comingsoon.net, Miramax (the studio releasing Last Night and The Debt) is closing.

R.I.P. Miramax Films: 1979 – 2010

The writing was on the wall when Disney made this announcement, but The Wrap is reporting that today the studio will be closing the New York and Los Angeles offices of Miramax Films and 80 people will lose their jobs.

The site says that six movies awaiting distribution, including Last Night, The Debt and The Tempest, will be shelved or get a tepid release.

Founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Miramax was a leading independent movie distribution and production company before it was acquired by Disney in 1993. In 2005, the Weinsteins decided to leave the company and founded The Weinstein Company.

“I’m feeling very nostalgic right now,” Harvey Weinstein told the site yesterday. “I know the movies made on my and my brother Bob’s watch will live on as well as the fantastic films made under the direction of Daniel Battsek. Miramax has some brilliant people working within the organization and I know they will go on to do great things in the industry.”

The Weinsteins have tried to buy the name of their former company back. Disney has not responded. But Bob Iger has made it known that he would be willing to sell Miramax outright – for about $1.5 billion.

Thanks to dovescookies for the heads up.

After months of speculation, Warner Bros has decided “Clash of the Titans” will indeed be released in 3-D, and thus, the release date has been moved back one week from March 26 to April 2nd, 2010.

Since conversion costs have been falling, it will “only” cost $5 million (studio chump change, life-changing money for the rest of us) to convert each film into 3D and another $5 to supply the 3D glasses.

As a result of Clash’s shiny new 3D look, the film has been pushed back from March 26th to April 2nd where it compete against The Last Song starring Miley Cyrus, Repo Men starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too starring Janet Jackson and Tyler Perry’s Tyler Perry, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Furry Vengeance starring Brendan Fraser.

Source: Collider.com