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Poster for Sarah Michelle Gellar's 'Possession'

I think Sarah Michelle Gellar has a compulsion for making somewhat lame supernatural thrillers. You have to give her credit for avoiding Buffy typecasting, but she does seem to be stuck in a bit of a rut lately. Her latest, Possession has just released a new poster (you can check out the full version over at IGN). Possession is a remake of the 2002 film Jungdok (Addicted). By the looks of things, Michael Petroni's (Queen of The Damned) script might be pushing the supernatural angle just a little more than the original. The feature was directed by Swedish director Joel Bergvall, who has some experience with remakes since his original film, Den Osynlige, was reworked into the teen thriller, The Invisible.

Gellar plays Jessica, a woman who suffers the double tragedy of having her husband and her brother-in-law lapse into comas after a car accident. As if that wasn't bad enough, when her brother-in-law wakes up, he claims to be her husband. Lee Pace from TV's Pushing Daisies plays Gellar's in-law and Michael Landes (Homecoming) plays her husband Ryan. The first trailer was released back in December, and it is pretty much what you would expect. Although you have to love the visual shorthand for summing up the bad seed brother-in-law (Pace) -- he spends most of the trailer shirtless, brooding, and speeding off in a vintage car -- but hey, at least it looks like a step up from The Return. Possession is currently in post-production and is scheduled to hit theaters this March.

[via CinemaBlend]

Box Office Prediction: April Is the Cruelest Month

What up, movie peeps? First, let's see what happened with last week's predict 'em game. When the dust cleared Sunday, the final top five looked like this:

1. Disturbia - $13.5 million
2. Fracture - $11.2 million
3. Blades of Glory - $7.8 million
4. Vacancy - $7.6 million
5. Meet the Robinsons - $7.1 million

Our winner? Evilone1414, who, just like a certain movie about a teenaged peeping tom, was king of the hill for the second week in a row -- getting every pick right except for reversing the order of Vacancy and Meet the Robinsons. Evil rules! As for myself, I finished dead last ... again. Looks like this week -- the notorious Last Weekend of April, not known for its high-quality fare (last year's No. 1: RV) -- I may need the services of someone who can actually see the future. Now, who would that be?

Nicolas Cage in NextNext
What It's About: Nicolas Cage stars as a small-time clairvoyant magician and card shark who, after having a vision of L.A. being annihilated, must decide whether or not to use his power for good.
Why It Might Do Well: It's an incredibly weak field of movies this weekend, with everyone getting out of the way of the advancing Spider-Man juggernaut. Next is the only standout in terms of marketing and expectations, and Nicolas Cage is certainly a draw (just look at Ghost Rider).
Why It Might Not Do Well: Reason number one would have to be Cage's hair, which is giving Tom Hanks' unfortunate 'do in The Da Vinci Code a run for its money. Help me think of a name for this hairstyle: the Emo Phillips? Reason number two: The film's pretty generic as far as action movies go, and probably wouldn't be a blip on anyone's radar were it opening in any month other than April.
Prediction: $14 million

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Wanna See The Invisible Trailer?

A few years back I wanted to do some coverage of the L.A. Screamfest, but was unable to fly out west to attend the outpouring of genre goodness ... so one of the (very cool) festival reps sent me a handful of screener discs! It worked out great: the festival got a little extra coverage, and I got to see some pretty cool horror-type flicks. The best of the batch was easily Den Osynlige (aka The Invisible), a Swedish thriller about a young man who gets killed, but comes back as a ghost (the very next morning) and tries to determine who murdered him.

As with many fine genre films from around the world, Den Osynlige was quickly commissioned for an American remake. David S. Goyer (Blade: Trinity) is the man behind the camera this time out. The new version was written by Christine Roum and Mick Davis, the guy who wrote the original flick. (And to be fair, both movies are actually based on a novel by Mats Wahl, so I'll let you argue as to what a "remake" truly is.)

The new Invisible comes baring a lot of newcomer-type faces, although I did notice a few names like Marcia Gay Harden, Callum Keith Rennie and Chris Marquette in the cast list. Disney's Touchstone is planning to unveil The Invisible on January 26th. Oh, and here's that trailer I promised you.

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