Mark your calendars! The World Premiere of Dalton Trumbo’s JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN, hosted by actor Ben McKenzie and director Rowan Joseph, will take place on Monday, September 22nd at 7pm at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX, prior to opening at Landmark’s Dobie Theatre on Friday the 26th.

The film is also slated for a limited release, opening at Landmark’s Shattuck Theater in Berkeley, CA on Oct. 10th, at the Quad Cinema in New York City on Oct. 26th, at GoggleWorks in Reading, PA on Nov. 7th, and at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in Los Angeles on Nov. 14th. It is expected to pick up additional dates and screens through the end of the year.

A percentage of ticket proceeds will be donated to the Fallen Patriot Fund, a non-profit group established to help families of U.S. military personnel who were killed or seriously wounded during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Click here for additional information about the premiere.

Click here to visit The Paramount Theater’s site and order tickets.

The official Facebook page for Johnny Got His Gun is now online as well. Thanks again to Wes at Greenwood Hill Productions for letting me about this.

“LAPD,” an ensemble cop drama from John Wells Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, follows a group of officers in Los Angeles. McKenzie (”The O.C.”) will play Ben, a reserved rookie cop. He is repped by WMA and Management 360. Cudlitz (”Lost”) will play John, Ben’s training officer. He is repped by APA and manager Rick Ax.

Source: hollywoodreporter.com

For those of you who don’t already know about this, the official MySpace page for Johnny Got His Gun is now online. Thanks to Wesley at Greenwood Hill Productions for emailing me about this.

I apologize for the recent lack of updates, but I’ve had a lot going on in my personal life lately and real life stuff always comes first. I hope you understand.

I uploaded some new photos of Ben at the “Mad Men” Season 2 premiere held on July 21st. Many thanks to Michal for some of the photos. Click here to view them all. Enjoy!

Ben’s little snippet is around the 1:26 marker. Thanks to Michal for the link.