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BURBANK, Calif., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The official music video world premiere for Soundgarden's new single "Live to Rise," launched today. The song is from this year's highly anticipated movie, "Marvel's The Avengers," in theaters nationwide on May 4, 2012. "Live to Rise," the original song written for and appearing in the film is the first single from the Marvel Music/Hollywood Records release Avengers Assemble. The epic and cinematic video, featuring a searing live...

BURBANK, Calif., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Live to Rise," Soundgarden's first all-new song in 15 years is available as a free download on iTunes today. The promotion on iTunes kicks off with an exclusive clip, "The Face Off" from this year's highly anticipated movie, "Marvel's The Avengers." "Live to Rise," the original song written and recorded for and appearing in the film is the first single from the Marvel Music/Hollywood Records release Avengers Assemble....

NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, announced today that Marvel's The Avengers, presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures, will close its 11th edition on Saturday, April 28. Closing night will take place at Tribeca BMCC PAC and is sponsored by BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin. Honoring the spirit of the Tribeca Film Festival, the screening will allow the opportunity for Marvel's The Avengers to...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, acquired worldwide distribution rights to the horror film THE CABIN IN THE WOODS from MGM and scheduled the film to be released on April 13, 2012, it was announced today jointly by Joe Drake, President of the Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions. The company will be distributing the film in North America and the UK, with...

Summer Glau has been hired to play a recurring role on Joss Whedon's U.S. science-fiction TV series Dollhouse. Glau previously co-starred in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Whedon's Firefly. TVGuide.com said she will be featured in a few episodes during the second season of Dollhouse. Also to appear on the show are Battlestar Galactica veterans Jamie Bamber and Michael Hogan, and Alexis Denisof, who co-starred in Whedon's popular series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel,...

The team that holds the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer said it hasn't reached out to Joss Whedon as it prepares to make a new Buffy movie. Whedon wrote the 1992 film that started the iconic supernatural franchise. He also created and produced the critically acclaimed TV series that ran for seven seasons afterward, writing and directing many of the show's episodes. The Hollywood Reporter said Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment are working with the original movie's...

The U.S. TV series Dollhouse has been renewed for a second season by Fox despite struggling in the ratings, sources told The Hollywood Reporter. The unidentified sources said the fledgling series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has received an order for 13 more episodes from the Fox despite its low ratings during its initial run. While Dollhouse finished its first season with a 1.0 rating in the valuable 18-49 age demographic, the Reporter said the series has been a success...

Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford are set to star in The Cabin in the Woods, a film co-written and produced by Joss Whedon, The Hollywood Reporter said. Whedon is the creator of the iconic TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. Whedon co-wrote Cabin with Cloverfield scribe Drew Goddard, who is also directing Cabin. Jenkins, a former cast member of TV's Six Feet Under, starred in The Visitor, Burn After Reading and Step Brothers last year. Whitford is best known for his...

Hollywood's 20th Century Fox has confirmed Joss Whedon's new TV drama "Dollhouse" has been put on hold while the show's creator works out some details. Whedon is best known for creating the popular TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer,""Angel" and "Firefly.""Dollhouse" reunites him with "Buffy" and "Angel" supporting player Eliza Dushku. "I can confirm the show has shut down filming until Sept. 25 while the writers work on upcoming scripts," a representative for the studio told E! News. "Joss...

CENTURY CITY, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising and The Multiverse Network, Inc., a leading provider of virtual world development technology for Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), educational and social worlds, and business collaboration environments, today announced the development of an original "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" MMOG. The virtual world will be based on the mythology and iconography made popular by the Emmy(R) Award-winning...