“Elektra Luxx” is set to premiere at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas – which begins in March!

Kick-Ass will be the opening night film at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival in mid-March. The first wave of films were also announced, and include Aaron Katz’s Cold Weather, Sebastian Gutierrez’s Elektra Luxx, Hubble 3D (IMAX), Wes Orshoski and Greg Olliver’s documentary Lemmy, and James Franco’s documentary Saturday Night.

Elektra Luxx – Following the successful world premiere of Women In Trouble at SXSW 2009, writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez returns with the world premiere of its hotly anticipated sequel. The film follows a hectic day in the life of former adult film superstar Elektra Luxx as she tries to survive in the straight world. The film stars Carla Gugino in the title role, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Malin Akerman.

The South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival runs March 12 – 20, 2010 in Austin, Texas.

Galt Neiderhofer’s film The Romantics, which features stage veterans Katie Holmes and Anna Paquin, will screen out-of-competition at the Sundance FIlm Festival in Utah next month.

The film, which revolves around eight college friends who reunite for a wedding, will also feature Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody, Rebecca Lawrence, and Jeremy Strong.

Also added to the Sundance lineup is Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right. starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson.

From Theater Mania

WATCHMEN star MALIN AKERMAN is looking forward to a technological Christmas across the miles with her family in Sweden.
Work has prevented the Scandinavian star from heading home for the holidays, but she has made sure that she and her family have the latest communication devices – so they can keep in touch.
She says, “This year I’m not lucky enough that I can go home but there’s great technology nowadays, like Facebook and Skype. It’s been my only way to keep an update on everything that’s going on with my siblings and cousins over in Sweden.”
Akerman admits she’s tremendously homesick because she has wonderful memories of Christmas in Sweden.
She adds, “It’s cold and it’s beautiful. There’s this thing where everyone has these candles that almost look like a menorah, about seven of them, and everyone has them in their windows in Sweden so it’s all lit up. You walk everywhere and you just see candles in the windows. It’s absolutely beautiful and puts a sparkle to the whole city.
“Somebody in the family usually dresses up as Santa Claus. My father still lives in Sweden and we got together with my grandfather and cousins and a few years back it was my father’s turn to dress up as Santa Claus; for the younger cousins they don’t know.
“We didn’t tell anyone that I was coming home for Christmas and I dressed up as an elf and walked in with my father as Santa Claus into the living room and everyone was like, ‘Who is that elf?’ because I had a mask on and finally I pulled the mask off and my grandfather teared up because he was so excited to see me. It was a really great moment so I love that tradition that we have. I would do it again, absolutely.”

From Contact Music

The release date for the DVD and Blu-ray release of “Couples Retreat” is Tuesday, February 09, 2010!

The full specs have yet to be announced, but according to the DVD Active, there will be an alternate ending on both the DVD and BD. Exclusive to the Blu-ray version will be a digital copy of the film…

“HappyThankYouMorePlease” has been submitted to the dramatic competition for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival! The festival will run January 21-31 in Park City, Utah…

“Happythankyoumoreplease” – Directed and written by Josh Radnor, about six New Yorkers negotiating love, friendship and gratitude when they’re too old to be precocious and not yet fully adults. Stars Malin Akerman, Radnor, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Tony Hale, Pablo Schreiber, Michael Algieri.

Malin is set to star in “The Romantics” – a film that will also star Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Elijah Wood and Adam Brody! The movie is set to start filming this week in New York…

Katie Holmes has replaced Liv Tyler in the independently financed comedy “The Romantics.”

The actress has come aboard to topline and exec produce the pic, which also stars Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Jeremy Strong.

Team Todd, Plum Pictures and Benaroya Pictures are producing.

Project, which had originally been scheduled to lense in the summer, begins shooting this week in New York.

Film revolves around eight friends from college who reunite for a wedding. Holmes, fresh off her role in Miramax’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” will play Laura, the maid of honor to Anna Paquin’s Lila, the bride. Laura and Lila are best friends who both have a past with the groom (Duhamel).

Screenplay was adapted by Galt Niederhoffer from her novel; she will also direct.

Team Todd’s Jennifer and Suzanne Todd will produce alongside Plum Pictures’ Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Benaroya’s Michael Benaroya and Taylor Kephart.

From Variety

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