NBC has announced the airdate for XIII – The Conspiracy. The two-part, four-hour TV movie thriller “XIII – The Conspiracy,” which stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff, Part one, Day of the Black Sun airs Sunday, February 8th, and part two All the Tears of Hell Sunday, February 15th.

I’ve added scans to the gallery from the latest issue of Empire UK. It’s a first look at Public Enemies. Thanks to Ewris at livejournal for the scans.

More at the gallery HERE.

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

BLADE star Stephen Dorff is set for the comeback of the year for vampire fans.

He is working on a new trilogy featuring his iconic character from the smash-hit movies.

Stephen played evil bloodsucker Deacon Frost in the 1998 movie which starred Wesley Snipes in the title role.

Stephen is thrilled to revive the Frost character with Blade director Stephen Norrington.

The actor told us: “It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon’s story. It’s a new trilogy the director has created. It will cool.

“We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake.”

Stephen’s new movie Felon has gone straight to DVD in the UK this week but is winning rave reviews.

He said: “It is probably the best-received movie I have ever made.

“I would rather be in a good, small film than a hit which wasn’t any good.”

Official website for the Felon has been launched at: www.sonypictures.com/movies/felon/ the site has a trailer and some photos.

The film will be available in 3 selected theaters in Los Angeles on July 18th.

Felon will be released by Sony Pictures on August 12th, pre-order your copy at amazon.

Synopsis
A loving family man with a promising future, Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff) suddenly loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society no longer apply. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murderer (Val Kilmer) and subjected to brutal beatings orchestrated by the sadistic head prison guard (Harold Perrineau), Wade soon realizes he’s in for the fight of his life and must become the toughest FELON of them all if he’s to survive the block. For what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger. And in state prison, only the strongest will survive.

DVD Features

• The Shark Tank: An Inside Look at Felon

Cast and Crew

• Stars: Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Harold Perrineau, Sam Shepard
• Director: Ric Roman Waugh
• Producer: Dan Keston, Vincent Newman, Tucker Tooley

DVD Details

• Studio: Stage 6 Films
• CC: English (US)
• Sub: English (US), French (Parisian)
• Color/B&W: Color

Source: Contact Music

Movie star STEPHEN DORFF was glad when gritty prison drama FELON was over – because he spent the entire shoot nursing bangs, scrapes and concussions.
The Backbeat star shot scenes in a working prison and the tense atmosphere onset led to over-enthusiastic fight scenes.
He explains, “I got hit a couple of times. The fights we had were so real and so frenetic and they weren’t choreographed, so it was a melee of mixed martial arts and grappling, strength and power.
“We were all just basically knocking the c**p out of people. In doing that, I bumped heads a few times. I got a concussion a couple of times. My face swelled up a little bit and I had a big knot on my head.
“But I’ve got hurt in movies where I hadn’t done anything, silly things like you’re jumping off a car as it’s moving at slow speed and you tweak your back.”

Stephen Dorff, Johnny Depp and other cast members have wrapped filming of Public Enemies in California. Official production of filming wrapped just over a week ago with Depp handing out gift bags and mementos to the cast and crew. Dorff received an antique wooden toy pistol as they drank Coronas.

New pictures here

Depp also hosted a private wrap party at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Chicago. The actor invited about 50 people – and the wine was flowing. No media were allowed at the private party. Guests included the film’s director Michael Mann, and co-star Marion Cotillard.

The $80-million film by Universal Studios was one of the largest productions to hit the Chicago area and Northwestern Indiana in recent years. The film which also stars Christian Bale, Giovanni Ribisi, and Billy Crudup, is set to be released in July 2009.

Thanks to johnny-depp.org and depp_daily

I have added a whole bunch of new photos of Stephen on the set of Public Enemies, to the gallery, including some lucky fans who got to meet him. A huge thanks and full credit goes to Nikolle, Worthington, Chad Wilkinson, and Peggy for allowing me to post their Public Enemies set photos to the gallery. Nikolle told me that Stephen was ‘Fantastic. Very nice, patient and good at playing pool.’ You can see more of Nikolle’s photos from the set here. 

Public Enemies Filming in Oshkosh Gallery

Public Enemies wrapped shooting in Oshkosh on Friday, and they are now set to start filming in Northwoods, at Little Bohemia in Manitowish Waters. For the past week, Director Michael Mann’s production company turned a large part of downtown Oshkosh into a 1930s movie set for the site of two different bank robberies. Film crews wrapped up a frantic last day of shooting in downtown Oshkosh at 6 p.m. Friday.

During the afternoon, film crews made rapid shifts from inside the bank building at 404 N. Main St. to the bank’s exterior and over to Washington Avenue. The brisk pace kept crowds struggling to keep up as vintage cars moved from set to set and the sound of guns rang out in different locations.

At 4:20 p.m. Friday, the sound of machine gun fire brought groups of people scrambling from vantage points behind the Exclusive Co., where the Main Street scenes were visible, over to Washington Avenue where additional scenes were shot in front of the Masonic Temple.

The teardown on North Main Street began first thing Saturday morning. Crews spent most of the day tearing down awnings, storefronts, signs and everything else that rewound Oshkosh to the 1930s.

Credit to thenorthwestern.

I have added 741 screencaps of the 1994 film Backbeat. It tells the story of The Beatles when they were first starting out. Stephen plays the ‘fifth Beatle’, Stuart Sutcliffe, who had only a passing interest in music and a passion for painting. It’s a story of love, music, friendship, innocence lost and legends born.

I have also added to the gallery various Photoshoots, Blood and Wine promotionals, and thanks again to Michelle for 2 new photos of Stephen on the set of Public Enemies in Columbus and Oshkosh.

And lastly, there’s a great read about Stephen filming Public Enemies here.

Backbeat screencaptures
Public Enemies filming
Photoshoots various
Blood and Wine promotional

Thanks to Johnny Depp Reads Message Board, we have a release date for Public Enemies. Rumors were going around that it would be released Christmas 2008, but it is now going to be released July 1, 2009, just in time for the Summer Blockbuster holidays!

WiscNews has reported that the movie will go back to Columbus at the end of April to shoot more scenes. The filming is set to resume in Columbus, Wisconsin on April 29, Mayor Nancy Osterhaus said Tuesday. The news came from movie location scout Adam Boor. They have been filming in the Lakeview/Chicago area and will be filming in Oshkosh, Wis and Aurora, IL, in the next two weeks.

And thanks to Public Enemies Columbus Blog I have added 2 new photos of Stephen on the set. Don’t forget to check back regularly for updates.

Public Enemies Filming