Captain Canuck is the Canadian masked crusader launched in 1975 as a comic book by writer/creator Richard Comely and, after the second issue, by fellow artist George Freeman.

No word on which Canadian actor will don head-to-toe in figure-hugging rubber to play the Captain Canuck character, but Canadian-born stars Hayden Christensen, Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling have been rumored as possible leads. Source

Thanks Abby!
While I am not 100% sure, I just don’t believe Hayden would get involved with a project like this. It just doesn’t seem like him.

Last year an independent filmmaker came forward, and principal photography starts shooting Aug. 15, the 47th anniversary of the accident. The lead role is down to Hayden Christensen , who played Anakin Skywalker in two “Star Wars” films, and Elijah Wood, best known as Frodo in the “Lord of the Rings” franchise. Having been a part of the story for so long, Sheehan said “to see it produced is beyond a dream come true.”

Sheehan’s old story to become new film-
“Hayden Lake” is the story of Sheehan’s close friend, Pete Peterson, who spent half his life living down a boating accident that left two young girls dead.

The 15-year-old son of a Spokane dentist, Peterson was cruising his dad’s boat, a Tollycraft, across Hayden Lake, just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
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My thanks to Ruth for the link.

From Mirror Images The Unknown Son is an action-based feature film by writer/director Nicholas Gyeney. The film takes a unique approach to the art of filmmaking by combining action and character drama with a gritty and documentary-style aesthetic. The Unknown Son boasts a gripping story that combines the most exciting characteristics of the best conspiracy thrillers and action films to create a film not only entertaining, but relevant to today’s social and political climate as well.

The film’s storyline involves a young man, Noah Prentice (Hayden Christensen), who is thrown into a web of mystery and intrigue as he uncovers a massive plot born inside the walls of Kaiser Global, an American financial institution. The conspiracy leads Noah to remnants of Hitler’s Third Reich aiming to finally claim the victory they failed to achieve many years ago.

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Thanks Lauren also!

Head over to Magnolia Picture’s Facebook and answer the question.
What would you do if everyone around you suddenly disappeared?? Best Answer WINS a VANISHING ON 7TH STREET poster and Magnet DVD pak. Now available on Video On-DEMAND!!
Visit the official Vanishing on 7th Street website.


For those of you in Japan it will be released Feb 05 and the Japanese Title　is “Reset” (Vanishing on 7th Street) Thanks to Takako for the info!


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For those of you who decided to watch it, what do you think? Try to hold off on the spoilers if you can. I would still like to hear your opinion. If you’re interested, I can open a movie review for it in the Fancentral section?

From: highdefdiscnews
Sony has made public their plans to bring the 2010 film “Takers” to Blu-ray Disc on January 18th, 2011. The film stars Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Jay Hernandez , Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, and Zoe Saldana. The tech specs for the release include full 1080p Hi-Def video in the 2.40:1 aspect ratio and DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound. The title is already available for PRE-ORDER over at Amazon with a $23.99 price tag. The bonus materials set to be included on the release are listed below.

-PS3 Wallpaper Theme
-BD Exclusive: movieIQ and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!
-Filmmaker and Cast Commentary
-Executing the Heist: The Making of Takers
-Take Action!
-“Yeah Ya Know (Takers)” By T.I. – Promotional Music Video
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Mike Zigomanis isn’t sure what the bigger thrill was — playing for his hometown Maple Leafs in the season opener on Thursday night, or playing on a line in minor hockey with Anakin Skywalker of Star Wars fame.

Of course, when Zigomanis was 9 and playing on a line with childhood buddy Hayden Christensen, he had no idea at the time that his skinny winger would some day become a Hollywood big shot — though he did figure that his other winger on that Markham AAA squad, current Vancouver Canucks forward Raffi Torres, would make it to the NHL.

“Raffi was definitely better than me,” said Zigomanis, with a laugh. “He was really good. I had to try to keep up with him. I just basically tried to dig out the puck and get it on his stick in the slot, that’s about it.”

Zigomanis, 29, played with Torres with teams in Markham and North York, from the time they were about 8 until about 13, and he played with Vancouver-born Christensen for a couple of seasons as well.

“He was good, better than me,” Zigomanis said of Christensen, who beat out a certain Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of Anakin Skywalker in the 2002 Star Wars flick, Attack of the Clones. “I was the weak point on the line. They carried me on their back a lot growing up.”

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Thanks Bex!

MTV.COM- The magazine also pays tribute to the top 40 Hollywood celebs under 40. “Avatar” star Sam Worthington, Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe, “Twilight” heartbreakers Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, Jaden Smith, Orlando Bloom, Shia LaBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Zoe Saldana and Hayden Christensen all make the list.

The magazine is out on newsstands now!

Honoured to be hosting Saturday’s “Jeans and Jewels” Gala for the @EvaLongoria’s Rally for Kids for Cancer.Hayden Christensen attending too.
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The Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup is ignited by the desire to help end kids’ cancer. The Rally is an exclusive two-day event designed for participants who share a passion for exotic cars, meet celebrities and raise funds for kids with cancer.

This event features a schedule of pit stops at some of the most exclusive establishments in Toronto. Rally Drivers and Celebrity Navigators are given a task, clues and trivia as they navigate their way from one pit stop to another.
“The Scavenger Cup provides participants the experience of a lifetime while giving kids the experience of life,” says Joel Hock, president of Solutions with Impact and founding director of The Rally for Kids with Cancer Foundation.


Designed for participants† who share a passion for exotic cars, exclusive access to Celebrities and raising funds for an incredible cause! This exciting event will be taking place in Toronto on September 24th – 25th, 2010 and will also continue to expand across North America throughout the year.

All participating Rally Drivers must agree to fundraise a minimum of $25,000 each to qualify and draft their Celebrity Navigator. The higher the funds raised, the better draft position earned. This event will feature several well-known Celebrities and attract huge media attention.

The Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup provides hope that one day we will celebrate the end of cancer! Read More at the official site- Rally For Kids

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It will be out in theaters either december or jan….it’s premiering at the Toronto Film Festival tonight though!

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Erin plays Luke’s (Hayden’s character) girlfriend in VO7S.

From Hollywoodreporter:
‘Takers’ overtakes ‘Exorcism’ for weekend win.

Sony’s crime thriller “Takers” has overtaken Lionsgate’s horror pic “The Last Exorcism” for box office bragging rights from the past weekend.

Final official data released Monday show “Takers” took in $20.5 million, compared with $20.4 million conjured by “Exorcism.” That gave the competing wide openers the Nos. 1 and 2 positions, respectively, among all films playing in domestic cinemas during the weekend.

The rankings were reversed from Sunday, when initial studio estimates showed “Exorcism” with $21.3 million and “Takers” posted a preliminary $21 million.

The Midnight Madness Package is $157 and available to students and seniors for $100 (prices exclude taxes and fees). Other ticket packages for the Festival are also available for purchase by cash, debit or Visa/MasterCard. Purchase online here, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,) or in person at the TIFF Box Office at 2 Carlton Street, West Mezzanine (Monday to Friday: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. The 35th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 9 to 19, 2010. Source

Vanishing on 7th Street; Brad Anderson, USA; World Premiere
“When a massive power blackout causes the population to inexplicably vanish, a small handful of survivors (Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo) band together inside a desolate tavern, struggling to survive as the darkness hones in on them. From director Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Transsiberian) comes an apocalyptic thriller with a terrifying vision of our world’s end and a story that wrestles with the nature of existence itself.”

Airing:
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Aug 24, 11:30 AM
Aug 24, 7:15 PM
Aug 26, 11:50 AM
Aug 27, 10:50 AM


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Really excited about my interviews today with Spike Lee, Chris Brown, T.I, Hayden Christensen, Pamala Grier and more Busy day….
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You’ll also have the opportunity to chat with other viewers (below) during the show. We’ll be selecting questions from viewers like you to ask the cast during our red carpet coverage so start getting creative.

Here is the time frame for tonight’s coverage:
- 6:30 – 8:00pm PST: live streaming from the red carpet
- 8:00pm PST: during screening, we’ll re-run the red carpet coverage- 9:30pm PST: live streaming from the after party
- 10:30pm PST: live streaming of the musical performances
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Here, in Africa’s poorest nation, we are witnesses to an unfolding disaster as one of the world’s fastest-growing populations is hit by catastrophic crop failure caused by a marathon drought.

Red Cross convoys are already rolling over the flat, featureless plains. In the next few weeks they will be followed by the world’s media, its roving reporters and celebrities making worldwide appeals.

Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen arrives next week. Source

Expect full coverage of the event here!

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Hayden Christensen visited the Gol de Letra Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, on the afternoon of Wednesday, May12th. The actor, known for his role in the movie “Star Wars” was in place to know the NGO, managed by former player Rai. Source

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Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor who played Anakin Skywalker, the identity of the villain Darth Vader in “Star Wars” (2005), is already in Brazil.

The actor came to Rio to attend the fashion label Lacoste is happening late on Wednesday (12) in the hall of the Hotel Copacabana Palace, in the southern Rio.

On the morning of Wednesday, he was caught photographing the view from the Fasano Hotel in Ipanema, where it is hosted. Hayden is the face of the campaign’s new fragrance of Lacoste, “Challenge”.

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Actor Hayden Christensen will not escape the basic package in its passage through Rio de Janeiro. Scaled for the parade of Lacoste, which happens on Wednesday (12) in the Hotel Copacabana Palace, the star has already booked all the tours are typical of a foreigner in the Marvelous City.

The invitation of Crown brand, Michel Lacoste, Hayden arrives in Brazil to 14h this Tuesday (11). With the day off, will visit Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf, and attend a dinner specially prepared in a traditional restaurant in Rio de Janeiro.

On his first visit to the country, it will be presented by a Brazilian national team. This time, it will not bring his girlfriend, actress Rachel Bilson. Hayden will be staying in a hotel in the south of Rio and back to Los Angeles on Thursday (13).

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The producers are Tove Christensen, Myriad’s CEO and President Kirk D’Amico, Michael Mailer and Alvaro Longoria.

The story follows a former national security expert, played by Christensen, who, while investigating the murder of his only sister and her young son, discovers that a religious sect called The Shadow of the Cross may be involved. With the help of his sister’s friend Ana, they follow the clues to a clinic in the mountains of Italy, where a terrifying secret experiment has been conducted – successfully. The results are so threatening to the foundation of the Church that they will do anything to keep it from being revealed.

“We are very pleased to have Hayden on board for this project,” said D’Amico. “His passion for the character of Joe Lassiter and the world he inhabits – of religion, politics and secret operatives – was apparent to all of us involved in the project. It is this kind of commitment that we know will lead to a compelling performance.”

Hayden Christensen will next be seen starring in John Luessenhop’s Takers opposite Matt Dillon and Zoe Saldana and Brad Anderson’s Vanishing on 7th Street opposite Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo. Hayden is involved with the (RED) campaign and recently shot a PSA for them that also features Bono, Javier Bardem, Don Cheadle, Penélope Cruz, Claire Danes, Hugh Jackman, Julianne Moore, Gabourey Sidibe, Gwen Stefani, The Jonas Brothers, among others.

Director David R. Ellis started his career as a stuntman and moved into directing, where he served as 2nd unit director on Harrison Ford’s Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His directing credits include Final Destination 2, Cellular, starring Kim Basinger and Jessica Biel, Asylum, with Sarah Roemer, Snakes on a Plane with Samuel L. Jackson and The Final Destination in 3-D, which occupied the number one spot at the box office when it was released last year.

Kevin Bernhardt wrote the screenplay to the crime-drama The Immortals starring Eric Roberts and Joe Pantoliano and the Tom Berenger thriller Fear of Flying. He wrote the adventure El Americano which will be directed by Amy Redford and Elephant White, which will star Kevin Bacon. He also wrote the screenplay for Peaceful Warrior.

The Genesis Code comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Hayden Christensen. The film is directed by David R. Ellis.

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Christensen cracks “Code”

Thesp to topline action-thriller

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

Hayden Christensen is set to topline David R. Ellis’ “The Genesis Code,” an action-thriller about genetic engineering and a religious sect known as the Shadow of the Cross.

Myriad Pictures topper Kirk D’Amico is co-producing with Tove Christensen, the actor’s brother; Michael Mailer; and Alvaro Longoria. Tove Christensen produces via his Forest Park Pictures.

Myriad, which owns worldwide rights, will sell the film at the Cannes film market, which gets under way Wednesday.

“Genesis Code” is based on John Case’s book of the same name. Scribe Kevin Bernhardt is adapting it for the bigscreen.

Storyline focuses on a former national security expert who is investigating the death of his sister and her young son. Clues lead him to a clinic in the mountains of Italy, where a terrifying secret experiment is being conducted.

Christensen, who played “Star Wars ‘ ” Anakin Skywalker, stars in John Lussenhop’s upcoming “Takers,” opposite Matt Dillon and Zoe Saldana, as well as Brad Anderson’s “Vanishing on 7th Street,” opposite Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo.

Myriad’s Cannes slate also includes 2010 Sundance audience winner “Happythankyoumoreplease”; Simon Wincer’s “The Cup,” which Brendan Gleeson has joined; “Every Day”; “Main Street”; and “Good Neighbors.”

Lacoste parades in Rio with the presence of “Darth Vader”

The French brand Lacoste launches summer 2011 collection with a parade in Rio de Janeiro on May 12. For the event, will the actor Hayden Christensen, the young Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga and that is the poster boy Challenge Lacoste perfume.

Hayden did not parade, but will be one of the hosts of the night next to the company’s chairman Michel Lacoste, son of the founder of the famous brand alligator, Rene Lacoste.

It will be the first parade in Rio, but the second in the country. In 2008, to mark the 75th anniversary of its creation, Lacoste did parade in the building of the Oca in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo.

The theme of the summer collection is “Water and air bridge wins pier with lights in blue. The color also looks more frequent in men and women, also in white, others black and yellow.

The parade held at the Copacabana Palace for 300 guests. According to the company said, through his press office, the river is a strategic city and central to its expansion plans and will place the opening of the third store’s own brand by 2012.

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The campaign, directed by renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe, features Hayden Christensen, Bono, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts, Claire Danes, Alek Wek, Iman, John Turturro…..Read More ?

America Now: City of Heartbreak and Hope
Once a thriving city, Detroit is now a shell of what it used to be

HANSEN: (Voiceover) And in a desolate area near downtown, there’s a restaurateur who’s opened a French bistro, an improbable success. The movie industry is an unexpected one. Thanks to a generous state tax break, Hollywood has been shooting scores of films in the Detroit area. Like “The Vanishing on Seventh Street,” starring Hayden Christensen of “Star Wars” fame.

(French bistro; film being shot in Detroit; Hayden Christensen)

Mr. HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN: It’s a privilege, you know. And they’ve opened up all the doors for us, and the city’s been great.

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