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Wanted: A movie that is most definitely trying to cash in on Wanted.

SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE RETREAT, a lost film classic starring Emmy?? and Golden Globe?? nominee David Carradine (Kill Bill: Vol. 2) and Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead Trilogy), is being released for the first time ever as a special edition DVD on September 23 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.. A horror-western fusion about a community of vampires […]

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Legit News: Production begins previews on Sept. 16 — Peter Sarsgaard will join Kristin Scott Thomas in the Broadway transfer of Christopher Hampton’s new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull,” which begins previews Sept. 16 at the Walter Kerr Theater for an Oct. 1 opening.

Film Reviews: A timely shout-out to Blighty’s youth (given the recent escalation in teen crime) to resist the temptations of violence and revenge, urban drama “Adulthood” reps an impressive, energetic sequel to 2002’s moderate hit “Kidulthood.”

Film News: Board awards $75k in grants — The National Board of Review will award $75,000 in student grants among 10 schools in the New York tri-state area this year.

Legit News: Alums from prior productions round out cast — The stage version of “Dirty Dancing” has found the lead cast for the upcoming Chicago production, picking among alums from prior incarnations of the legit hit in London and Toronto.

Legit News: Musical sets box office records — The house may be little, but the ticket demand is big: The new tuner version of “Little House on the Prairie,” which preems this summer at Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater, broke box office records there when tickets went on sale Friday.

In Lexi Alexander’s reboot/sorta-sequel to Jonathan Hensleigh’s 2004 “The Punisher”, “War Zone” swaps a leading man and the bright, tropic daylight of Florida for the gritty, filthy alleyways and nights of New York City. Basically, Alexander is giving you Frank Castle in his natural environment. (Seriously, what was Hensleigh thinking with his version of The […]

Legit News: Bierko, Maxwell to star in adaptation — Craig Bierko (“The Music Man”) and Jan Maxwell (“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”) will topline the upcoming Broadway adaptation of 1942 film “To Be or Not to Be.”