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Andy & Lana Renamed 'Wachowski Starship' & No Longer Press Shy To Plug 'Cloud Atlas'
Please don't refer to them anymore as 'elusive' and 'reclusive'. And instead of the 'Wachowski Brothers' or the 'Wachowski Siblings', they now prefer to be called 'Wachowski Starship'.
From: Deadline 29/09/2012

'Looper' Opens #1 In China: First Time International Film Debut There Beats U.S.
I've learned that the Sony/TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict, and Endgame Entertainment futuristic actioner Looper which was a co-production with China's DMG Entertainment is setting records in that country.
From: Deadline 29/09/2012

Let the Right One In opens door to stage adaptation
Tomas Alfredson's acclaimed Swedish drama to show at Dundee Rep Theatre, with John Tiffany directing.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/09/2012

Death by degrees? Bela Tarr to open film academy
Calling all aspiring film-makers keen to use their skills in defence of the dignity of man.
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/09/2012

Judi Dench to star in Philomena
Stephen Frears will direct Dench in true story of a woman's search for the son she was forced to give up for adoption
From: The Guardian - Film News 28/09/2012

Daniel Radcliffe Wants To Be Igor In Paul McGuigan's new Frankenstein
Casting's not quite underway yet on Fox's Frankenstein, recently inherited by Paul McGuigan after Shawn Levy's departure. One actor, however, has already thrown his hat into the ring.
From: Empire Online 28/09/2012

Ben Kingsley Could Be Herod For Mary Mother Of Christ
Ben Kingsley isn't often evil on screen, but when he is, it's usually fun to watch. Tony Stark is set to face him as a villain in Iron Man 3 and now he's considering playing one of the nastiest Biblical troublemakers, King Herod in Mary Mother Of Christ.
From: Empire Online 28/09/2012

Millar Shepherding Fox's Marvel Movies He'll be a creative consultant
Sound the alarm! Someone has let Mark Millar near all-important movie franchises! All joking aside, it's true - the man behind Wanted, Kick-Ass and his own comics' empire (not to mention writing some great modern Marvel titles)
From: Empire Online 28/09/2012

Natalie Portman May Be Jackie Kennedy, that is. For a new drama
There's an intriguing new twist on the attempt to make a new film based on how former US first lady and fashion icon Jackie Kennedy dealt with her husband's assassination.
From: Empire Online 28/09/2012

Marc Webb Back For Spider-Sequel Andrew Garfield locked in too
Sony has lured Marc Webb back in to the fold to make the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, activating Andrew Garfield's contract to have him return and entering into talks to secure Emma Stone's services once again.
From: Empire Online 28/09/2012

World War Z Director Marc Forster Up For Disney's Imagining Nathan
Lately all the news that makes mention of director Marc Forster has been about his adaptation of Max Brooks' novel World War Z, and of that none of it's been good.
From: Cinema Blend 28/09/2012

Wes Bentley And Brit Marling Join Terence Malick-Produced Lincoln Biopic
Can't get enough of Abraham Lincoln? Good, because even though we've seen him battle vampires in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and will see him battle for the unity of the United States in Steven Spielberg's upcoming biopic Lincoln, there's still more Lincoln-centered cinema coming our way.
From: Cinema Blend 28/09/2012

Natalie Portman Sought For Jackie O Biopic
Jackie, a biopic about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has been bouncing around Hollywood for a couple years now.
From: Cinema Blend 28/09/2012

Dame Judi Dench And Steve Coogan To Co-Star In Stephen Frears' Philomena
It would seem that Stephen Frears is in the mood to do nothing but work. While is latest film, Lay The Favorite, hasn't even hit US theaters yet (following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January).
From: Cinema Blend 28/09/2012

Comic Guru Mark Millar Consults Fox
20th Century Fox has just signed on comic-book mastermind Mark Millar, to be their creative consultant on all things Marvel, a similar role enjoyed by Joss Whedon over at Marvel itself.
From: Screenrush 28/09/2012

Anonymous Content Signs New 'Dexter' Villain Ray Stevenson
The management company will represent the actor in all areas. As well as joining Anonymous Content, Ray Stevenson will continue to be repped by WME and Conway van Gelder Grant. The actor also joins Showtime's Dexter this season as crime boss Isaac Sirko.
From: Deadline 28/09/2012

Black Bear Pictures Wins Graham Moore Black List Script 'Imitation Game'
When I was covering Toronto, the big talk was all about deals for completed films.
From: Deadline 28/09/2012

Andrew Garfield And Marc Webb Sign On For Spidey Sequel Set For May 2014
Andrew Garfield will return to the role of Peter Parker and Marc Webb is set to direct as Columbia Pictures prepares to begin production on the next installment of The Amazing Spider-Man.
From: Deadline 28/09/2012

Quentin Tarantino set for cameo in Django Unchained
According to cast member Rex Linn, director liked one comedy scene so much he decided to write himself into it.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2012

Anne Hathaway to perform Cabaret songs at benefit concert
Star of forthcoming Les Misérables movie to give sneak preview of her vocal ability at one-off gig in New York.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2012

Jim Carrey on board for Dumb and Dumber sequel
Farrelly brothers say screenplay to Dumb and Dumber To is almost complete and that Carrey is set to reprise original role.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2012

Herbert Lom, Pink Panther star, dies aged 95
Actor best known for playing chief inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies has died aged 95.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2012

Thewlis Calculates The Zero Theorem For Terry Gilliam's new film
Things are moving healthily apace on Terry Gilliam's latest dip into surreal, dramatic sci-fi, The Zero Theorem. The director has been building his cast, with David Thewlis just confirmed as playing a crucial (if still unspecified) role.
From: Empire Online 27/09/2012

Nicolas Cage Takes Amicus For writer/director Richard Kelly
Despite seemingly tracking down both the money and the talent he needed to make the movie (including actor Edgar Ramirez), Richard Kelly's Corpus Christi hit a roadblock some time this year and is now back in the development garage. The writer-director is rebounding, though, setting Nicolas Cage to star in true-crime thriller Amicus.
From: Empire Online 27/09/2012

Maleficent Director Mashing Up Jurassic Park And Avatar For His Next Project
Though Robert Stromberg has won an Oscar and worked with the likes of James Cameron, Tim Burton and Paul Thomas Anderson, he's currently embarking on what's likely the biggest challenge of his career.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2012

Quentin Tarantino Reveals the Italian Influences On His Django Unchained
Lately, directors have been opening up to the press about the obscure influences that are coloring their current features. In the New York Times Magazine, Looper director Rian Johnson revealed that T.S. Eliot and Shakespeare helped shape the narrative of his current science-fiction thriller. And in the same outlet, Quentin Tarantino's peeling back the onion on his highly anticipated Django Unchained.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2012

Johnny Lewis found dead
Johnny Lewis has been found dead outside a Los Angeles home along with an elderly woman.
From: Film-News 27/09/2012

Hotel Transylvania 'a broad comedy'
Director Genndy Tartakovsky says balancing sincerity with humour was a "juggling act" in Hotel Transylvania.
From: Film-News 27/09/2012

Justin Timberlake Finds The Last Drop
According to Variety, Justin Timberlake has just signed on to star in Peter Sollett's latest picture The Last Drop.
From: Screenrush 27/09/2012

David Thewlis Is The Zero Theorem's New Addition
The Playlist announced yesterday that Terry Gilliam's new sci-fi drama The Zero Theorem is moving ahead at quite a pace with David Thewlis newly signed on to star. We know that his role will be crucial, though it remains unspecified. He will be a joining already-cast Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Thierry.
From: Screenrush 27/09/2012

Warner Bros Romancing Director Michael Hoffman For Nicholas Sparks' 'Best Of Me'
Looks like Warner Bros is getting close to the altar on another romantic film based on a Nicholas Sparks bestseller.
From: Deadline 27/09/2012

Producers Option Heroic WWII Tale 'Spy Princess'
Zafar Hai and Tabrez Noorani have made a deal to option screen rights to Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu.
From: Deadline 27/09/2012

Fox Puts In Turnaround Steve Carell-Starrer 'Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'
Here's a hot little property hitting the market. 20th Century Fox has put in turnaround its adaptation of the Judith Viorst children's book Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
From: Deadline 27/09/2012

Chinese film pulled from Tokyo film festival over row with Japan
Yim Ho's Floating City has been withdrawn from competition following mounting political tensions between China and Japan.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2012

Studio set to save Coraline director Henry Selick's Shade Maker
Laika, which worked with Selick on Coraline, is reportedly in discussions to finance his next stop-motion film after it was dropped by Disney.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2012

James McAvoy On Welcome To The Punch
Eran 'Shifty' Creevy's intriguing new London-based thriller Welcome To The Punch is careering towards the big screen like the kind of souped-up Capri the Professionals used to hoon around in.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2012

Ben Whishaw Sought For Robopocalypse
Team Robopocalypse - led by the part-man-part-android-all-directing machine that is Steven Spielberg - appears to be in full-on cast hunting mode, with Chris Hemsworth already in negotiations and Anne Hathaway mulling an offer.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2012

Fox Searching For New Apes Director
So it was rumoured, so it has - unfortunately - come to pass. Rupert Wyatt is officially off Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and 20th Century Fox production president Emma Watts is meeting with possible replacements.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2012

Looper Director Says Shakespeare, David Bowie And Harrison Ford Inspired His Story
Writing about Looper poses its own set of unique challenges. And I'm not just talking about describing the nature of the time travel that is essential to the film's plot. I'm more referencing the motivations behind primary characters played by Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt.
From: Cinema Blend 26/09/2012

Dumb And Dumber Sequel Script Almost Finished
The Dumb and Dumber sequel refuses to die. The latest news comes to us from the Farrelly Brothers' official Twitter feed, where the co-directors confirmed that the script is "almost done," while continuing to use the title Dumb and Dumber To.
From: Cinema Blend 26/09/2012

Globe on Screen season 2012 with All's Well That Ends Well in cinemas today
Globe on Screen season 2012 begins today with All's Well That Ends Well showing in cinemas across the country.
From: Film-News 26/09/2012

Festival Do Rio 2012 Gets Underway
London's heir as Olympic city, Rio de Janeiro hosts the opening of the 2012 edition of its International Film Festival with a special focus on British film.
From: Screenrush 26/09/2012

Take A First Look At Trance
There's no rest for the wicked, and not a lot for director Danny Boyle who has finished up his latest feature Trance.
From: Screenrush 26/09/2012

Daniel Bruhl Joins A Mosted Wanted Man
The rumours have now been confirmed that Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) will be joining the impressive all-star cast in Anton Corbijn's adaptation of John Le Carré's novel A Wanted Man.
From: Screenrush 26/09/2012

R.I.P. Andy Williams
Andy Williams, the crooner whose signature song "Moon River" became the title of his popular NBC variety series The Andy Williams Show in the 1960s died Tuesday in Branson, Mo. He was 84. Williams had performed in Branson at his own theater until last year, when he announced he had bladder cancer.
From: Deadline 26/09/2012

Paul Thomas Anderson On The Master No director's cut for the '50s drama
Paul Thomas Anderson's sixth film, The Master, is perhaps his most off-kilter to date.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2012

Tom Hardy Will Climb Everest As George Mallory for Doug Liman
We like to imagine that Tom Hardy saw the reports of Casey Affleck starring in a film about racing to the South Pole and thought, "I can top that! I'm going to climb EVEREST!" Whereupon he immediately had his agent cast around for a project focused on that very idea, ending up in talks for Doug Liman's new planned venture, Everest.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2012

Anne Hathaway May Battle 'Bots She's circling Robopocalypse
We know she can handle bad guys of the human variety; she proved that comprehensively in The Dark Knight Rises.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2012

Bill Murray Filming Wes Anderson's Next Movie In Germany
Wes Anderson's coming off the second-biggest hit of his career in Moonrise Kingdom, a sweet and sharply observed ode to first love that has banked $45 million to date (yet remains behind The Royal Tenenbaums in overall domestic grosses). His next project should be hotly anticipated, and yet, in true Anderson fashion, it's largely shrouded in secrecy.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2012

Carey Mulligan Eyed For Far From The Madding Crowd
Offering poignant performances in such tender adaptations as An Education, Never Let Me Go and the upcoming Great Gatsby, English ingénue Carey Mulligan has become a hotly sought actress, particularly for period piece dramas.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2012

Benedict Cumberbatch Rumored To Be Next Bond Villain
Playing the prickly protagonist on BBC's acclaimed mystery series Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch has essentially proven he can carry a movie six times over, as each episode is a self-contained and incredibly taut thriller that clocks in around the 90 minute mark.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2012

Ivan Reitman Suggests Ghostbusters Should Be Remade, Says Twins Sequel Is Just A Press Release
No matter how many times we hear about it, no matter how many updates we get from the cast and crew, I truly believe that we will never see a Ghostbusters 3.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2012

Tom Hardy To Attack Everest
According to Deadline, Tom Hardy has agreed to play George Mallory in Doug Liman's biopic Everest about the climber.
From: Screenrush 25/09/2012

Toronto: Upstart A24 Acquires Sally Potter-Directed 'Ginger & Rosa
A24 has acquired Ginger & Rosa, the Sally Potter-directed film that stars Elle Fanning.
From: Deadline 25/09/2012

Coraline Director Henry Selick's Latest Film Could Be Rescued By Laika
It's been a strangely good year for the art of stop-motion animation. While not performing too well at the box office, critics absolutely fell in love with both Pirates! A Band of Misfits and ParaNorman, and Tim Burton's Frankenweenie has gotten positive buzz from its premiere at Fantastic Fest.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2012

Waterproof monster movie gets scary writers
Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan got their big break when the screenplay for their gore-filled horror movie Feast won the interest of the Project Greenlight producers.
From: Coming Attractions 25/09/2012

Exclusive Media Acquires Stake In Millennium Entertainment
In a deal that was rumored (and denied) since Cannes, Exclusive Media has acquired a minority stake in Millennium Entertainment.
From: Deadline 25/09/2012

Barry Sonnenfeld In Talks To Direct Dwayne Johnson In Warner Bros' 'Lore'
Barry Sonnenfeld is in talks to direct Dwayne Johnson in Lore, a film based on an Ashley Wood IDW graphic novel about a secret order that defends the world against creatures thought to be mythological, but which actually exist.
From: Deadline 25/09/2012

Lone Ranger crew member dies on set
Employee on new Johnny Depp movie said to have suffered heart attack and drowned in pool he was preparing for filming.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/09/2012

Daniel Barnz Adapts Barbarian Nurseries Wood-Burning Stove of the Vanities
Nope, it's not a prequel to Conan. The Barbarian Nurseries is a humorous American novel with socio-political overtones, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hector Tobar. It's now about to get the movie treatment from Beastly director Daniel Barnz.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2012

Homeland Invades The Emmy Awards Claire Danes and co sweep up
With a new notable exceptions - hello, Homeland! - the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for US network and cable shows had some very predictable repeats. At the ceremony last night in LA, it was former winners who dominated, particularly in the comedy categories, where Modern Family won again.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2012

Clive Russell Joins Thor: The Dark World Richard Brake also set
With shooting long since underway, there is still, apparently room for two more bodies on the Thor: The Dark World set. And while they might not be megastar names, both Richard Brake and Clive Russell are solid That Guy character actors.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2012

Jake Gyllenhaal In Talks For Prisoners He's up to play a detective
Now that he's fully on board, director Denis Villeneuve is wasting no time making sure that thriller Prisoners finally makes the leap from in-development buzz project to fully functioning feature film. He's now looking to get a recent collaborator aboard, with Jake Gyllenhaal in talks.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2012

Edward Zwick Will No Longer Build The Great Wall
The Great Wall seemed like a project tailor fit for director Edward Zwick. Throughout his career the filmmaker has made movies about other races and nationalities through the eyes of white people, such as Glory and The Last Samurai, and The Great Wall is set to do the same, telling the story of how China's most famous landmark was built, but, again, through the eyes of a white guy. While that story may eventually be told, it now looks as though it will not be Zwick telling it.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Thor: The Dark World Adds Batman Begins' Richard Brake And Game Of Thrones' Clive Russell
The man who killed Batman's parents is moving over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

James Gandolfini Developing Comedy The Bone Men With Steve Carell
James Gandolfini has been in a few comedies over the course of his career, with roles in movies like Get Shorty, In The Loop, and Surviving Christmas, but they are hardly what he's known for.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre Joins White House Down And Homefront
Since playing the role of the villainous vampire Victoria in the first two Twilight films, Rachelle Lefevre has appeared in a number of feature films in addition to a couple of short-lived TV dramas.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Haywire's Gina Carano First Cast In Female Version Of The Expendables
Earlier this year Gina Carano proved in Steven Soderbergh's Haywire that she can kick just as much ass as any male action star and doing so has landed her a lead role in an upcoming project described as an all female version of The Expendables.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Tom Hardy May Star As George Mallory In Doug Liman's Everest
Edmund Hillary, with the help up Tenzing Norgay, famously became the first man to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, but one can't ignore the efforts that George Mallory made before him.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Anne Hathaway, Chris Hemsworth Up For Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse
For a while it appeared that Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse would end up on the back burner, as the director surveyed his landscape and considered other projects.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Jay Baruchel Confirms Goon Sequel Is In The Works
Grab your "official" stuffed Angus doll and get ready for this news, hockey fans! A sequel to Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg's Goon is in the works.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2012

Len Wiseman tagged to direct Mummy movie remake
Straight from the Total Recall remake, director Len Wiseman will make his next paycheck directing the reboot of Universal's The Mummy.
From: Coming Attractions 24/09/2012

Three new movies open well while Dredd splats
Three new releases were the ones that almost had a three-way tie.
From: Coming Attractions 23/09/2012

Marvel's Kevin Feige on future Hulk stand-alone movies
It's funny how audiences seem to be more excited about seeing the Hulk in his own movie after watching The Avengers than they were after his earlier stand-alone films, 2003's Hulk and 2008's The Incredible Hulk.
From: Coming Attractions 22/09/2012

Roman Polanski to direct wife in Venus in Fur film
The Pianist director has signed up to direct adaptation of David Ives's award-winning play, starring Emmanuelle Seigner.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/09/2012

Doritos offer chance to work with Transformers director Michael Bay
Competition to create advert to be screened during US Super Bowl could win aspiring film-makers role on Transformers 4.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/09/2012

Looney Tunes Will Be Back Again SNL veteran Jenny Slate on script duty
That's not all, folks. If you're a big film studio like Warner Bros., and you're sitting on a treasure trove of branded characters you can endlessly reinvent, you keep trying every chance you get.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Three New Seven Psychopaths Stills Land An exclusive look at McDonagh's latest
Seven Psychopaths is the latest from critically acclaimed playwright/director/screenwriter Martin McDonagh, reuniting with his In Bruges star Colin Farrell for a comedy thriller that's set to screen at the BFI London Film Festival this October.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Katee Sackhoff Sees Oculus With Karen Gillan in the horror pic
Though she's never quite found the cinematic role to match the impact she had as Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, Katee Sackhoff certainly isn't hurting for work. She's lined up a role in horror thriller Oculus, which already stars Doctor Who's Karen Gillan.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Polanski Plans Venus In Fur Adaptation Emmanuelle Seigner will star
Roman Polanski is once again raiding Broadway's stages for film fodder. The director - who most recently turned God Of Carnage into the film Carnage - is now targeting David Ives' Venus In Fur.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Baywatch The Movie Finds A Director Reno 911!'s Robert Ben Garant cozzies up
As well as scripting the Night At The Museum film franchise, Robert Ben Garant is the co-creator and star of the Comedy Central cop show mockumentary series, Reno 911! - and now, according to Vulture's "spies", he's set to direct the long-gestating movie adaptation of brightly-coloured beach-bound jigglefest Baywatch.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Les Mis Behind The Scenes Featurette Jackman and the gang talk songs & more
We've known for a while now that King's Speech director Tom Hooper as his Les Miserables team plumped for a different approach to movie musicals. But though the idea of gathering a cast and having them sing their performance live on each take certainly provides for a better acting experience, it's still not as easy as it looks. The new featurette, above, explains the idea.
From: Empire Online 21/09/2012

Man Of Steel's Secret Villain Revealed Through LEGO?
With Clark "Kal-El" Kent's last venture to the big screen Superman Returns proving a tent-pole that toppled hard domestically, the stakes are high for Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Stay Through The Credits In Breaking Dawn Part 2 For A Surprise
In a little over a week, Twilight fans will be able to purchase tickets for the release of the highly anticipated final installment of the feature adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire series.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Marvel Confirms They Have Plans For Thanos In Future Movies
As audiences around the word were radiating with nerdgasms over Joss Whedon's insanely entertaining superhero ensemble adventure The Avengers, a sleek post credits scene revealed the true driving force behind the carnage-dealing Chitauri forces.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Battlestar Galatica's Katee Sackhoff Signs Up For Terror In Oculus
"Mirror mirror on the wall, why did you murder my parents?" That's the strange question at the center of the upcoming supernatural horror movie from Intrepid Pictures titled Oculus.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Guillermo Del Toro Develops The Strain For TV
Guillermo del Toro has upcoming projects left, right and centre, we almost can't keep up with them all. The renowned writer/director of Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth has most recently received the green light from FX for a pilot based on his trilogy of novels The Strain, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
From: Screenrush 21/09/2012

Sly Stallone Resurrects His Hunter Adaptation
After fading into the background for much of the '00s, '80s and '90s action icon Sylvester Stallone made himself freshly relevant with his nostalgic homage to the supped up flicks of his heyday, The Expendables.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Crew Member Drowns On The Set Of The Lone Ranger
TMZ reports that a crew member working on the set of The Lone Ranger has died while prepping a water tank, possibly cleaning it.
From: Cinema Blend 21/09/2012

Universal 'removes' director of Keanu Reeves film 47 Ronin
Studio seizes control of editing samurai epic from Carl Rinsch after Keanu Reeves was not included in climactic scenes.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/09/2012

The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone To Helm Action Comedy Spy Guys
The boys of Lonely Island didn't have a great summer, with Andy Samberg's That's My Boy and Akiva Schaffer's The Watch failing to do much of anything for critics or at the box office, but now Jorma Taccone aims to turn the ship around.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2012

Boardwalk Empire Director Hired For Coast Guard Drama The Finest Hours
Tim Van Patten has made his name as one of today's biggest TV directors. After a career as an actor, he began helming episodes of different series in 1992, and went on to be a big name over at HBO, working on shows like The Wire, The Sopranos, The Pacific, Game of Thrones, Deadwood, Rome and Sex in the City and, most recently, Boardwalk Empire. After 20 years in the game, however, it would seem he's finally ready for the big screen.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2012

Parker Posey Will Be Nicole Kidman's Frenemy In Grace of Monaco
From The House of Yes to Best in Show, and even Josie and the Pussycats, there is something distinctly and deeply satisfying about watching Parker Posey play entitled bitches.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2012

Frank Grillo Joins Jason Statham And James Franco In Homefront
Frank Grillo's latest movie, End of Watch, will be in theaters this weekend, and as though he's celebrating the actor has landed a brand new part in an upcoming film. He is now in final negotiations to join the cast of Homefront, a new thriller being developed by Millennium Entertainment that already has Jason Statham and James Franco set to star.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2012

BSkyB and Warner Bros agree film deal
Broadcaster secures rights to Hollywood studio's productions in first deal since Netflix arrived in UK to compete in pay-TV market
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2012

Fifty Shades of Grey film: EL James hopes for cameo
Minor character in Fifty Shades is based on me, says author of bestselling erotic novel, as she reveals hopes for cameo in upcoming film version.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2012

France submits Untouchable for foreign language Oscar
Unlikely box-office smash chosen over Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2012

Nonso Anozie Recruited For Jack Ryan He'll be part of the thriller
Having had to deal with hungry wolves in The Grey and shouty Daenerys on Game Of Thrones, but Nonso Anozie is unbowed. He's now signed to for a role in Jack Ryan.
From: Empire Online 19/09/2012

Rachel Griffiths Will Be Saving Mr Banks Alongside Kathy Baker
Just as it kicks off shooting under the direction of John Lee Hancock, Disney has announced two new cast members for Saving Mr Banks. Step forward Rachel Griffiths and Kathy Baker.
From: Empire Online 19/09/2012

Matt Damon And Ben Affleck To Produce Race To The South Pole
Peter Glanz, who recently wrote and directed his first feature film The Longest Week, has gotten two big time names to produce his next project and a great star attached as well.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2012

Has 47 Ronin Director Carl Rinsch Been Removed From The Editing Room?
It's been said before that the upcoming movie 47 Ronin is in trouble, but now it seems that things have gotten much, much worse.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2012

Looney Tunes Are Heading Back To The Big Screen
For the first time since 2003, the Looney Tunes will be getting the feature treatment by Warner Bros.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2012

Melissa McCarthy In Talks To Join The Hangover Part III
If Bridesmaids proved one thing, it's that pre-wedding hilarity and shenanigans isn't exclusively a male specialty. Melissa McCarthy was certainly a contributing factor to the humor and success of Bridesmaids, playing Maya Rudolph's future sister-in-law Megan.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2012

Thanos returning in Avengers 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy movies
Remember that big purple-skinned guy that you saw at the end of Marvel's The Avengers movie? That was Thanos, one of the heavyweight bad guys in the Marvel Comics universe.
From: Coming Attractions 19/09/2012

Is Patrick Stewart returning to the X-Men movie universe?
20th Century Fox has already announced its intentions to release X-Men: Days of Future Past on July 18, 2014. With a hard deadline set, plans are rapidly proceeding for director Matthew Vaughn and most, if not all, of the cast from X-Men: First Class to assemble early next year on a soundstage, somewhere.
From: Coming Attractions 19/09/2012

Clint Eastwood wants to direct The Expendables 3
Clint Eastwood wants to direct 'The Expendables 3' rather than star in the forthcoming action movie.
From: Film-News 19/09/2012

Jake Gyllenhaal quiere Fifty Shades of papel gris
Jake Gyllenhaal wants to star in a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' movie and admits it is "super flattering" to be linked with the big screen adaptation of the erotic novel.
From: Film-News 19/09/2012

Jake Gyllenhaal 'thankful' for Anna Kendrick
Jake Gyllenhaal relied heavily on co-star Anna Kendrick's dancing skills while filming End of Watch.
From: Film-News 19/09/2012

Gunn Confirmed To Direct Marvel's Guardians
James Gunn has officially announced that he will be leading 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy as an addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, finally putting much internet speculation to bed.
From: Screenrush 19/09/2012

Cinema Audio Society Changes Nominations Date
The Cinema Audio Society announced today a change in the timetable for the 49th Annual CAS Awards.
From: Deadline 19/09/2012

FilmEngine Options 'Blacklisted' Script
FilmEngine has acquired Blacklisted, a script by Banipal and Benhur Ablakhad.
From: Deadline 19/09/2012

OSCARS: Scribe Robin Swicord Elected To Academy Board Of Governors
Screenwriter Robin Swicord has been elected to the Board of Governors, representing the Writers Branch, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Hawk Koch announced today.
From: Deadline 19/09/2012

Brett Ratner Backing 'Flamingo Kid' Remake At Disney
Walt Disney Pictures has set up a remake of the 1984 film The Flamingo Kid, and it will be produced by Brett Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Michael Phillips' Lighthouse Productions. Nzingha Stewart, who has directed videos by Jay-Z and 50 Cent and whose film credits include For Colored Girls, has been set to write the script. Ratner, Phillips and Juliana Maio will produce; Rat Entertainment's John Cheng is exec producer.
From: Deadline 19/09/2012

James Cameron wins Avatar copyright case
Judge rules that Elijah Schkeiban's screenplay for Bats and Butterflies was 'not substantially similar' to sci-fi blockbuster.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/09/2012

Rupert Wyatt to drop out of directing Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
British director reported to have dropped out of sci-fi sequel, citing lack of development time and scheduling pressures.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/09/2012

Del Toro Enrolls In Nutshell Studies A crime-solving drama for HBO
While other people take breaks and find hobbies, people like Guillermo del Toro seemingly aren't happy unless they're developing some new project.
From: Empire Online 18/09/2012

Peter Berg Traps M.I.C.E. For a new spy drama pilot
While some filmmakers are just beginning their journeys into TV, Peter Berg is a veteran who got his start acting there and returned a few years later to craft the likes of Friday Night Lights and the recent Prime Suspect reboot.
From: Empire Online 18/09/2012

Bill Paxton May Say All You Need Is Kill He's in talks for the new Tom Cruise pic
Less "game over," more game on! Yes, despite often dying or having serious trouble in the genre, Bill Paxton is clearly not afraid of sci-fi. He's entered talks to co-star in All You Need Is Kill for director Doug Liman.
From: Empire Online 18/09/2012

Melissa Leo Takes Prisoners She's on for the Hugh Jackman thriller
After going through years of development hell, various directors and actors attached, Aaron Guzikowski's script Prisoners finally seemed on the road to shooting earlier this year, when Incendies director Denis Villeneuve and actor Hugh Jackman signed on. The signs are still positive, as Melissa Leo is now aboard.
From: Empire Online 18/09/2012

John Carpenter's Halloween Returning To Theaters In October
As much as the Halloween franchise has been dragged around over the years, with too many bad sequels and reboots to keep track of, there's a simple magic to John Carpenter's original film, with Michael Myers stalking Jamie Lee Curtis and everything at its basics.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2012

Arbitrage Director Nicholas Jarecki Looks To Chinatown For Follow-up Inspiration
Writer-director Nicholas Jarecki broke through successfully this year with his narrative debut Arbitrage.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2012

Isla Fisher Joins The Cast Of Arrested Development
Arrested Development's new fourth season has been shooting for a while now, but Vulture has confirmed that two new fresh faces, Isla Fisher (Confessions of a Shopaholic) and Terry Crews (The Expendables), will join the rest of the regular cast, including Jason Bateman, David Cross, Portia de Rossi and Michael Cera.
From: Screenrush 18/09/2012

Robocop fans' fury over first pictures of Joel Kinnaman's 'unrobotic' suit
Unofficial shots of Joel Kinnaman in José Padilha's sci-fi remake have hit the web - and it looks like a skinny bloke in matt-black body armour has replaced the crime-fighting cyborg.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/09/2012

Silver Linings Playbook wins people's choice award at Toronto film festival
David O Russell's comedy about love and mental health, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, wins TIFF's top prize.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/09/2012

Ready For Manimal: The Movie? '80s cult TV becomes CG/live-action
Every time some new nugget of nostalgia is mined to fuel the hungry development furnace, we enjoy hauling out comparable ideas (TV shows, books etc.) that would never, ever, seriously get optioned.
From: Empire Online 17/09/2012

Philip Seymour Hoffman Grows Moss He's set to direct Ezekiel Moss
Philip Seymour Hoffman successfully turned director back in 2010 for his indie drama Jack Goes Boating. He's looking to follow that up with a little genre work, nabbing the chance to make Ezekiel Moss for Mandalay Pictures.
From: Empire Online 17/09/2012

Aimee Garcia Joins RoboCop And a new banner has emerged
It's all systems go in Toronto for the RoboCop reboot, with director Jose Padilha now on set ordering Joel Kinnaman and the rest of the cast about. A new recruit has just hopped aboard, with Aimee Garcia now part of the cast.
From: Empire Online 17/09/2012

Park Chan-wook Heads To Corsica 72 Directing the period drama
Clearly itching to step up his Western filmmaking experience after dipping his toes in the water with Stoker, respected South Korean director Park Chan-wook has lined up another potential project, signing on to make Corsica 72.
From: Empire Online 17/09/2012

Channing Tatum Would Direct Another Movie Before Magic Mike 2
All those who were writing off Channing Tatum as just another muscle-bound pretty boy have been forced to eat their words this year as Tatum dazzled in one wildly successful feature after another.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2012

Hollywood wants to make a Manimal movie
This may be a sign that the apocalypse is upon us. Sony Pictures Animation wants to mine the long-since forgotten vaults of NBC television for a possible new feature film based on the camp show Manimal.
From: Coming Attractions 17/09/2012

James Ellroy's Novel Heads Screenwards
In the past James Ellroy's novel adaptations have received notoriously mixed reviews, from the outstanding L.A. Confidential to the poorly received White Jazz, however Vincent Sieber and Clark Peterson think they are onto a winner with Blood's A Rover.
From: Screenrush 17/09/2012

Freddie Highmore Turns Psycho
In January we learnt new Universal series Bates Motel, a TV prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, got the green light from TV network A&E.
From: Screenrush 17/09/2012

James Bond stars celebrate golden anniversary
Sir Roger Moore and Britt Eckland lead 50th anniversary celebrations in tour of memorable 007 locations across Britain.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2012

The Master set to break arthouse film records in US
Movie about cult leader, likened to founder of Scientology L Ron Hubbard, could set new benchmark for independent cinema.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2012

Entourage's Turtle Signs Up For Last Vegas
After eight-seasons on the testosterone-soaked series about fame, fortune and hangers-on in Hollywood, Entourage came to a close last year, opening up the schedules of its cast for better or for worse.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2012

Toronto: 'Silver Linings', 'Seven Psychopaths' Win People's Choice Awards
David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook has been named the big winner of the BlackBerry People's Choice Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Fest Artistic Director Cameron Bailey leaked the news via Twitter as the ceremony was taking place.
From: Deadline 16/09/2012

New Line Acquires Hot New YA Title The Raven Boys
If you've visited the YA section of any major bookstore recently, you're well aware the fallout of Twilight and its immense success: a glutted section dedicated to the YA subgenre of supernatural romance.
From: Cinema Blend 15/09/2012

Michel Hazanavicius to direct Nazi-era drama starring Tom Hanks
Oscar-winning The Artist director set to take on In the Garden of Beasts, the story of a US ambassador's time in pre-war Nazi Germany.
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/09/2012

Christian Slater joins Von Trier's Nymphomaniac
The American actor will join Charlotte Gainsbourg and Shia LaBeouf in director Lars von Trier's most controversial film yet
From: The Guardian - Film News 14/09/2012

Larry David's New Film Scores Top Cast Jon Hamm, Danny McBride & more aboard
Back in May, it emerged that Larry David was working on a new, partly-improvised film with Seinfeld / Curb Your Enthusiasm writers Alec Berg, Jeff Shaffer and David Mandel and Paul director Greg Mottola.
From: Empire Online 14/09/2012

James Cameron Talks Jurassic Park His take would have been 'much nastier'
What-ifs and might-have-beens are fuel for so many cinemagoers' pub debates - Tim Burton's Superman, Del Toro's The Hobbit and so on - and now another can be added to the pile: what if James Cameron had made Jurassic Park?
From: Empire Online 14/09/2012

Universal Takes Aim At More Bourne Ted also targeted for a sequel
it's perhaps not all that shocking that Universal is more than willing to say "I love you!" to more from the pot-happy, foul-mouthed Boston bear.
From: Empire Online 14/09/2012

The Boondock Saints III Is A Possibility
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day wasn't exactly something anybody would call a "hit."
From: Cinema Blend 14/09/2012

Dead Spy Running Scores Yet Another Director
Jon Stock's fast-paced espionage novel Dead Spy Running has been bouncing around at Warner Bros. since they first bought the rights back in 2008.
From: Cinema Blend 14/09/2012

Tom Rothman Stepping Down As Chairman And CEO Of 20th Century Fox
Tom Rothman, who has served as Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position on January 1, 2013. Taking his place will be Jim Gianopulos, who will be given control over all studio operations.
From: Cinema Blend 14/09/2012

Nathan Fillion Rules Himself Out For Guardians Of The Galaxy
Between Joss Whedon being the godfather of the Marvel Studio's Phase 2 and the director of The Avengers 2 and James Gunn being set to helm Guardians of the Galaxy, there are plenty of links between Nathan Fillion and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
From: Cinema Blend 14/09/2012

James Ellroy's Blood's A Rover Heading To The Big Screen
James Ellroy is no stranger to Hollywood, having had books like L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia and Brown's Requiem previously receiving the adaptation treatment, but now it looks like another one of his novels is ready to make the jump from page to screen. VS Entertainment, which is owned by Vincent Sieber, has negotiated for and acquired the rights to Blood's A Rover, which is the most recent Ellroy story to hit the stands.
From: Cinema Blend 14/09/2012

Natalie Portman to go In the Garden of Beasts?
Natalie Portman is being lined up to star in drama 'In the Garden of Beasts', and 'The Artist' director Michel Hazanavicius is in talks to helm the movie.
From: Film-News 14/09/2012

Tom Hanks: Cloud Atlas is 'cinematic literature'
Tom Hanks loved filming Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski's complex drama 'Cloud Atlas' and says the result is beautiful "cinematic literature".
From: Film-News 14/09/2012

Winona Ryder to star in Beetlejuice sequel?
Winona Ryder is set to enter talks with Tim Burton next week about starring in a possible sequel to 1988 comedy horror movie 'Beetlejuice'.
From: Film-News 14/09/2012

300 Prequel Is Granted An Official Title
All you bloody lusty 300 fans; the time has come to announce the official title of Zack Snyder's prequel - 300: Rise of an Empire. Warner Bros. has confirmed the permanent title after dallying over other names such as plain Xerxes and too specific Battle Of Artemisium.
From: Screenrush 14/09/2012

Larry David's Movie Gets a Title
News broke back in May that Larry David was working on a new HBO movie with Greg Mottola, Alec Berg and David Mandel, and now we learn thanks to The Wrap the project has a title Clear History.
From: Screenrush 14/09/2012

OSCARS: Deadline For Documentary Feature Entries Is September 24
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Monday, September 24, 5 p.m. PT is the deadline for filmmakers to submit documentary features to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 85th Academy Awards.
From: Deadline 14/09/2012

'Love, Marilyn' TV Rights Go To HBO Documentary Films
HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. television rights to Oscar-nominated director Liz Garbus' feature documentary film LOVE, MARILYN, it was announced today. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and a Gala Screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday evening.
From: Deadline 14/09/2012

Toronto: Tayrona And Arc Team With Aim To Produce Four Animated Films
Toronto-based Tayrona Films and Arc Productions have announced they are joining in a co-production partnership to produce four animated feature films.
From: Deadline 14/09/2012

Warner Bros Sets Director Adam Wingard And Scribe Simon Barrett For 'Dead Spy Running'
Warner Bros has set Adam Wingard to direct and his partner Simon Barrett to rewrite Dead Spy Running, a fast-tracked project that is being produced by Kevin McCormick at Langley Park and McG's Wonderland Sound And Vision.
From: Deadline 14/09/2012

Harrelson: Catching Fire script is strong
Woody Harrelson is impressed with how The Hunger Games: Catching Fire screenplay turned out. The star portrays Katniss Everdeen's mentor Haymitch in the film adaption of the hugely successful book by Suzanne Collins.
From: Film-News 13/09/2012

Transformers 4 Promises Brand New Robots Can we expect dinobots come 2014?
Transformers fansite TFW2005.com recently attended the UBS Best Of Americas 2012 Conference, where Hasbro president Brian Goldner talked about the company's plans for the future - including Transformers 4 and Stretch Armstrong.
From: Empire Online 13/09/2012

Universal Wins Bidding War For Safe House Writer's Script Black Box
One of the surprise hits of 2012 is Safe House. "Surprise hit?" You might scoff, "It starred Denzel Washington!" True, but it also starred Ryan Reynolds, who lost much of his leading man appeal following flops like Green Lantern the underrated comedy The Change-up.
From: Cinema Blend 13/09/2012

To Rome With Love hits cinemas Friday
TO ROME WITH LOVE is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world's most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome's biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic encounters; and an American opera director endeavoring to put a singing mortician on stage.
From: Film-News 13/09/2012

Black Box Cracked By Universal
Air Force One is arguably the most famous American aircraft and it is about to be the star of yet another film, when David Guggenheim's script Black Box is filmed and released. Guggenheim's script has just been picked up by Universal and the writer is hot property at the moment considering the success of his film Safe House, which he is also currently working on a sequel for.
From: Screenrush 13/09/2012

Toronto: Tribeca Film Acquires Docu 'How To Make Money Selling Drugs'
Tribeca Film has acquired U.S. rights to Bert Marcus Productions' How to Make Money Selling Drugs, which had its world premiere on Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.
From: Deadline 13/09/2012

Toronto: HBO Grabs U.S. TV Rights To 'Casting By'
HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. television rights to Tom Donahue's feature documentary film CASTING BY, it was announced today. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday evening to an enthusiastic crowd and will next be screened at the New York Film Festival.
From: Deadline 13/09/2012

Obama documentary: president's team takes aim at 'nutty film'
Documentary film 2016: Obama's America has wowed at the box office but infuriated campaigners for the president's re-election.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/09/2012

Channing Tatum aims to direct Magic Mike sequel
Hollywood hunk could make directorial debut with proposed sequel to Steven Soderbergh's film about crew of male strippers.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/09/2012

McGregor Set For August: Osage County
The adaptation of Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County is attracting the sort of cast any producer would salivate over. But since one of the film version's producers is George Clooney, he's probably used to everyone taking his phone calls. The latest person to say yes is Ewan McGregor.
From: Empire Online 12/09/2012

Brad Pitt Adapting IBM & The Holocaust A true-life World War II tale
Brad Pitt enjoyed plenty of success shepherding and starring in Moneyball, so you can see why he might be looking to repeat the trick with another based-on-truth tale, albeit a slightly more controversial one.
From: Empire Online 12/09/2012

Universal Cracks Open Black Box
Air Force One is arguably America's most famous aircraft. It's been featured in numerous films, most notably that one about Air Force One starring Harrison Ford that we just can't recall the name of right now, but we know it features Air Force One somewhere
From: Empire Online 12/09/2012

The Brave Little Toaster Rides Again For a new CG/live action pic
It appears The Brave Little Toaster will have to be exceedingly courageous once more, as a company called Waterman Entertainment has bought it and plans to turn it into a live-action / CG hybrid film for, you know, kids.
From: Empire Online 12/09/2012

Transformers 4 Will Feature New Characters So That Hasbro Can Sell More Toys
One of the most common arguments against George Lucas as a filmmaker is that at some point the man lost his creative vision and then decided to make stories and characters that could be used to sell toys (a.k.a. Jar Jar Binks).
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2012

300 Prequel Gets A New Title
The 300 prequel has already gone through two names, including Xerxes and 300: Battle of Artemsia, but now it seems that they have moved things around and the project once again has a new name: 300: Rise of an Empire.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2012

Lionsgate Grabs The Rights To Junior Bender Crime Novels
Lionsgate hopes that they have found a new franchise hero for their studio, as they have just acquired film and television rights to the Junior Bender series of crime novels written by Timothy Hallinan.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2012

Harry Potter Producer Snatches Up Rights To Shadow And Bone
Mention Harry Potter and big-screen adaptation, and the bean counters at the major Hollywood studios are going to feel their pulses race.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2012

Lindsay Lohan Allegedly Tried To Fake Pneumonia To Get Out Of Scary Movie 5
Lindsay Lohan made it to Atlanta to film a cameo for Scary Movie 5, but if the latest rumors are to be believed, it's an absolute miracle she ever got to the set.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2012

Joss Whedon: Movies are like building
Joss Whedon says making a movie is like "creating a house". The writer and director of The Avengers has been promoting his adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at the Toronto International Film Festival this week.
From: Film-News 12/09/2012

Global Showbiz Briefs: Fox's Spanish-U.S. Series, Kubrick Restoration, Dinard Festival
Fox Television Studios has entered into a development deal with acclaimed Spanish writer-director Paco Plaza for the series Hamelin, a one-hour horror/thriller to air in Spain. Concurrently, Plaza will work with Fox to adapt the project in English for the U.S. market
From: Deadline 12/09/2012

Palm Springs Festival Set For January 3-14
The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), scheduled from January 3 - 14, 2013, will hold its annual star-studded Awards Gala on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
From: Deadline 12/09/2012

IFP Gotham Awards Lands Host: Mike Birbiglia
If Oscarcast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron had their hopes pinned to Mike Birbiglia as host, they're going to be mighty disappointed. The IFP Gotham Awards got there first.
From: Deadline 12/09/2012

Scientologists step up campaign against The Master
Church of Scientology reportedly planning publicity drive to undermine Paul Thomas Anderson film based on L Ron Hubbard.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/09/2012

Renée Zellweger to make Broadway debut
Bridget Jones star reported to be following up her film directing debut by appearing in stage adaption of The Hustler.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/09/2012

John Boorman Gears Up Queen & Country Caleb Landry Jones in talks
You may recall that we spoke to director John Boorman in Cannes back in May. He was there to promote his daughter's documentary Me & Me Dad.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2012

Robert Connolly Steering The Ship Killer Adapting Justin Scott's naval novel
Vengeance on the high seas! It's a subject that really doesn't feature in enough movies (probably because shooting around boats and water is expensive and difficult).
From: Empire Online 11/09/2012

Killing Them Softly Gets Pushed Back To The End Of November
While the last few months of the year are what Hollywood designates as "Oscar Season," there is one weekend that is always a total bummer: the first weekend of December.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2012

DreamWorks Plans All Of Me Remake Body swap comedy getting new life
The remake bell rang once more in Hollywood today as DreamWorks pushed ahead on a new version of Steve Martin / Lily Tomlin comedy All Of Me.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2012

Marisa Tomei And Sam Rockwell To Front Comedy Why Now
While his latest comedy effort, Seven Psychopaths, collects plenty of praise at the Toronto International Film Festival, Sam Rockwell is gearing up for his next role, opposite Marisa Tomei in the low-budget laffer Why Now.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2012

Marisa Tomei And Sam Rockwell To Front Comedy Why Now
While his latest comedy effort, Seven Psychopaths, collects plenty of praise at the Toronto International Film Festival, Sam Rockwell is gearing up for his next role, opposite Marisa Tomei in the low-budget laffer Why Now.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2012

Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing Picked Up By Lionsgate
Earlier this year Lionsgate did something great for Joss Whedon. After The Cabin in the Woods had been sitting on the shelf for months due to the MGM bankruptcy, Lionsgate came in, made a distribution deal.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2012

Nicolas Cage To Go Vigilante In I Am Wrath
We all love it when Nicolas Cage is allowed to go a little crazy. Sure, he may make some truly terrible script choices.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2012

Joss Whedon drops foreshadowing info about The Avengers 2
When you're a journalist and presented an opportunity to interview a celebrity out to promote their latest creative effort, but you know that there's a different future project they're working on that will get eyeballs to your story, you have to walk a fine line.
From: Coming Attractions 11/09/2012

Roland Emmerich Reveals The Titles Of His Independence Day Sequels
the German director also confirms that they will probably be in 3D which he says he doesn't much like and thinks is like being on shrooms!
From: Screenrush 11/09/2012

Star Trek Sequel Receives A Title
Big news today, one of our most anticipated films of next year finally has a name: Star Trek Into Darkness.
From: Screenrush 11/09/2012

Cynthia Nixon Will Play Poet Emily Dickinson
Cynthia Nixon (Sex & The City) is attached to play the leading lady in Terence Davies' newest feature A Quiet Passion - a biopic of the Emily Dickinson.
From: Screenrush 11/09/2012

Jaws shark cameraman Ron Taylor dies
Australian marine conservationist who filmed underwater shark footage for Spielberg movie dies of cancer, aged 78.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2012

Avatar 4 likely to be a prequel, James Cameron says
Avatar 2 and 3 are officially in the works, but Cameron also has plans for a fourth movie that would follow the early expeditions on Pandora.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2012

Shadow Dancer gets mixed verdict from ex-IRA infiltrators
Sean O'Callaghan says film captures 'paranoia and brutality' inside IRA, but Martin McGartland questions its authenticity.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2012

Catching Fire Starts Shooting Wanna visit the Hunger Games sequel?
With that November 22, 2013 release date a little over a year away, Francis Lawrence has kicked off shooting on Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire.
From: Empire Online 10/09/2012

Joss Whedon On Guardians Of The Galaxy 'James Gunn has a very twisted take'
As you'll likely know by now, Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon is not just the man who helped make a mint for Marvel this year and who will be overseeing the sequel.
From: Empire Online 10/09/2012

Cynthia Nixon Will Be Emily Dickinson For Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion
Riding high on the success of The Deep Blue Sea, writer-director Terence Davies has been digging into other projects, including long-cherished pic Sunset Song (now in pre-production, with its producers locking down financing) and Mother Of Sorrows.
From: Empire Online 10/09/2012

Chris Evans Reveals When Captain America: The Winter Solider Will Begin Filming
The future of Marvel Studios movies in the post-Avengers era is well underway.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2012

Stephen Lang And Danny Trejo Join Gina Carano In The Blood
As 2012 kicked off, Gina Carano kicked all kinds of ass in Steven Soderbergh's compelling spy thriller Haywire.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2012

Y: The Last Man Is Now A Priority At New Line Cinema
For those of you who have long been waiting for a movie adaptation of the acclaimed comic series Y:The Last Man, I may have some good news.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2012

David O. Russell May Reteam With Bradley Cooper On American Sniper
With rumors—and sometimes video—emerging of fiery conflicts on his sets, David O. Russell has never been considered an actor's director.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2012

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Begins Production, Win A Chance To Visit The Set
The first film in the franchise only came out six months ago, but today Lionsgate has announced that production has officially begun on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2012

Venice Jury Don't Give Top Prize To The Master!
After receiving the most unanimously glowing clutch of festival reviews we've ever seen and going into jury deliberations as not only the bookies' favourite but also the favourite of the jury.
From: Screenrush 10/09/2012

Daniel Craig Will Return As Bond
Craig has just signed on to appear two more Bond Films.
From: Screenrush 10/09/2012

Toronto: Buyers Bewitched By Rob Zombie's 'The Lords Of Salem'
Going into tonight's Midnight Madness premiere of the Rob Zombie-directed The Lords Of Salem, there are three pre-emptive bids on the table.
From: Deadline 10/09/2012

AFI Awards Set For January 11, 2013
Honorees for the 10 most outstanding films and 10 most outstanding TV shows of the year will be announced December 10 and the AFI Awards themselves are set for January 11, 2013 at a private luncheon in LA.
From: Deadline 10/09/2012

Hot Toronto Trailer: 'A Late Quartet'
The world premiere of A Late Quartet is tonight in Toronto.
From: Deadline 10/09/2012

Venice film festival demotes The Master to grant Pieta top prize
Religious allegory divided critics yet goes home with the Golden Lion, while Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed drama bags directing and acting awards.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/09/2012

Tom Wilkinson Joins Joel Edgerton Drama Felony
Aussie Actor Joel Edgerton first made waves Stateside in 2010 when the intense Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom won widespread critical acclaim that included an Oscar nod for co-star Jacki Weaver.
From: Cinema Blend 09/09/2012

Meryl Streep praises issues in new movie
Meryl Streep thinks 'Hope Springs' is the 'Blue Valentine' for her generation because of the issues it raises. Meryl Streep thinks 'Hope Springs' is the 'Blue Valentine' for her generation.
From: Film-News 09/09/2012

Toronto: 'West Of Memphis' Helmer Amy Berg Gets Diane Lane And Elizabeth Banks For 'Every Secret Thing'
Amy Berg, who had Johnny Depp and Natalie Maines on hand here to launch her latest documentary West Of Memphis, will next helm Every Secret Thing, a Nicole Holofcener-scripted drama that will star Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks.
From: Deadline 09/09/2012

Toronto: Weinstein Finds A New 'Silver Lining' For The Oscar Race At Premiere Of Latest Major Contender
As the Toronto International Film Festival maintains its intense pace the race for Oscar is clearly heating up, and after last night's rousing World.
From: Deadline 09/09/2012

Parade's End director says sexism is still rife in drama world
Directors' group to investigate after Cannes film festival snubs women for Palme d'Or prize.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/09/2012

AFI Fest Award Winner Kiss Me Getting An October DVD Release
Sensual Swedish lesbian drama Kiss Me (originally Kyss Mig) got an English name and release date over the summer, but if you didn't catch the drama, you'll be able to pretty soon.
From: Cinema Blend 08/09/2012

Toronto: Insider Says No Weinstein Company Offer On 'Place Beyond The Pines'
Just read on a rival site that The Weinstein Company is moving aggressively toward a deal after making an offer on Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond The Pines. Only problem, I'm told by sources inside The Weinstein Company.
From: Deadline 08/09/2012

Toronto: Tom Wilkinson Joins 'Felony'
Tom Wilkinson has been set to star in Felony, joining Joel Edgerton in the thriller from The Solution Entertainment Group. Noise helmer Matthew Saville will direct Edgerton's script. Solution partners Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are funding and will be exec producers. Rosemary Blight and Edgerton are producing. Project is being shopped by CAA here at Toronto.
From: Deadline 08/09/2012

Venice: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' Dominates Prizes In Scandalous Awards Ceremony
The closing of the 69th Venice Film Festival this evening was awash in scandal, and the preamble to the prizes appears to have had its share of confusion as well. Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master took the most kudos with the Silver Lion for directing and a shared best actor Volpi Cup for Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix.
From: Deadline 08/09/2012

Film stars urge Syria to free detained festival director Orwa Nyrabia
DoxBox co-founder has not been in contact with family since failing to board plane at Damascus airport two weeks ago.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/09/2012

Heard the one about Renée Zellweger directing a movie about a standup comedian?
Bridget Jones actor to direct and star in film reportedly based on experiences of real-life standup comedian Dov Davidoff.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/09/2012

Lana Wachowski opens up about transgender decision
As the Wachowski siblings prepare for their Toronto premiere of Cloud Atlas, the Hollywood director talks about her transgender struggles for the first time.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/09/2012

Vin Diesel May Be The Last Witch Hunter
You know, with Hallowe'en coming up next month, you'd think witches would already have enough to think about. But it appears they are in Hollywood's crosshairs once again.
From: Empire Online 07/09/2012

Bruce Willis On For American Assassin
Someone needs to have a talk with Bruce Willis about his bullet obsession. The man rarely seems to appear in a film without some sort of sidearm. Now entering talks to star in American Assassin won't help with that condition.
From: Empire Online 07/09/2012

Tom Felton Rings The Belle With Sam Reid in new period romance
Tom Felton has signed up for Belle, Amma Asante's 18th century romance, offering Feltonians the chance to see their man in period garb in an Jane Austen-like romance.
From: Empire Online 07/09/2012

Exorcism of Emily Rose Scribe To Adapt James Patterson's Guilty Wives
Sometimes we modern women of this fast-paced world need to blow off some serious steam.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Heather Locklear Joins Scary Movie 5 As Ashley Tisdale's Mother
With so many years having passed since the last film in the spoofish Scary Movie franchise, it should be interesting to see which horror films are worked into the plot of Scary Movie 5.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Act Of Valor Co-Director Replaces Ben Affleck On Line Of Sight
Ben Affleck is quickly becoming one of the most popular filmmakers in Hollywood. Both Gone Baby Gone and The Town were critical hits, and the filmmaker's latest movie, Argo, has some incredible buzz following its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Liam Neeson Might Kill A Mobster To Save His Son In Fair Trade
Over the past few years, Liam Neeson has become the go-to actor to play well-intentioned, older husbands and fathers forced to beat the living hell out of men, wolves and anything in between.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Al Pacino Could Play Joe Paterno In Biopic
Whether or not you're a fan of college football, you'd have to have been living snugly in a cave the past year not to know Joe Paterno.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

The Tomb Gets A Release Date, The Big Wedding And Now You See Me Get Delayed
Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Films merged as one company this year and now even their release date announcements and changes are coming together as well.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Will The Star Trek Sequel Be Titled Star Trek Into Darkness?
One of the most anticipated movies of next year may have found its title. After months of referring to J.J. Abrams' next film The Untitled Star Trek Sequel, it seems as though the official name of the project has been revealed and it is: Star Trek Into Darkness.
From: Cinema Blend 07/09/2012

Rosamund Pike Finds Hector
Variety broke the news that Rosamund Pike and Christopher Plummer have both signed to star in Hector and the Search for Happiness. Let's hope Pike doesn't grow sick of Simon Pegg while they shoot The World's End, because she will be working with him shortly after on this feature.
From: Screenrush 07/09/2012

Toronto film festival 2012 opens with host of aspiring Oscar winners
Canada's movie showcase rolls out a Hoffman debut with Maggie Smith, an Indian production of Midnight's Children and the hotly tipped Hyde Park On Hudson
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/09/2012

Paddy Considine Joins The World's End Hot Fuzz thesp back with the gang
Huzzah for quality thespians! Though he's now a big shot, award-winning director thanks to Tyrannosaur, Paddy Considine is still happy to show up for acting jobs.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2012

Daniel Craig Signs Deal For Two More Bond Movies?
With his third outing as Bond, Skyfall, looking promising and stylish, and nearly all of his non-Bond films emerging as outright disasters (sorry, Cowboys & Aliens/Dream House/The Invasion/The Golden Compass), Daniel Craig should have no reason to want to leave the James Bond franchise behind.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

Safe House follow-up is in the making
Universal is working on a follow-up to the 2012 hit film 'Safe House'. David Guggenheim wrote the original script for the movie - which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds - and is now back to the pen the as-yet-untitled continuation.
From: Film-News 06/09/2012

Jason Clarke to play Lincoln's father in The Green Blade Rises
Jason Clarke is set to star in 'The Green Blade Rises', in which he will play former US President Abraham Lincoln's father.
From: Film-News 06/09/2012

Ben Affleck's Argo to feature at BFI London Film Festival
Ben Affleck's political drama 'Argo', which he stars in and directs, will feature at the BFI London Film Festival in October.
From: Film-News 06/09/2012

Richard Linklater Finishes Before Midnight
It has been confirmed that director Richard Linklater has finished shooting Before Midnight - a sequel to the indie hits Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.
From: Screenrush 06/09/2012

The Words Helmers Set For YA Drama Break My Heart 1000 Times
Grads of the Sundance Screenwriting Lab and emerging filmmakers Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal made the leap to directing together with the dark drama The Words, which stars Bradley Cooper as a heralded writer haunted by guilt when he steals someone else's story.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

Tobey Maguire Has Been Cut Out Of And Replaced In Ang Lee's Life Of Pi
Studios are always concerned that their movies won't have enough star power to attract big audiences, but apparently the opposite is true in the case of Ang Lee's Life of Pi.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

How The Arrested Development Movie Could Make History
Here's the bad news: the Arrested Development movie, even after all the hemming and hawing and promises and hope and dreams and money in the banana stand, is still not a guarantee.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

Bachelor Party Comedy Last Vegas Set For A Late-2013 Release
The Hangover showed us just how crazy a Las Vegas bachelor party can be (and all the ways things can go wrong when someone spikes your drink).
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

The Genius Files Go To Warner Bros.
School is back in session for kids across the country, many of whose first loathsome assignment will be to pen an essay about "How I Spent My Summer Vacation.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2012

London film festival gets competitive as 2012 lineup announced
Twelve films will go head to head in formal competition for first time, and there will be 14 world premieres.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2012

Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson team up for music comedy Frank
The film, from Garage's Lenny Abrahamson, will star Fassbender as an eccentric musician and Harry Potter's Gleeson as the new bandmate in over his head.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2012

Michael Clarke Duncan tributes pour in from film world
Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks and Michael Bay, who gave Duncan his first break on Armageddon, are among those who have paid heartfelt tribute to the 'gentle giant'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2012

Read Michael Bay's Touching Tribute To Michael Clarke Duncan
The world lost one of its most charismatic character actors Monday, when Michael Clarke Duncan, the 6-foot-five-inch, 300 pound Oscar-nominee best-known for his heart wrenching turn in The Green Mile, passed away.
From: Cinema Blend 05/09/2012

Iron Man 3 Finale Might Include 40 Robo-Iron Men
Though Marvel's strict policies of secrecy mean that a lot of the big details of Iron Man 3 remain a mystery to us, a few tidbits have been leaking out as the production continues in Wilmington, North Carolina-- nothing earth-shattering.
From: Cinema Blend 05/09/2012

Ray Winstone was first choice for The Sweeney
Ray Winstone was always the first choice to portray Jack Regan in 'The Sweeney', according to director Nick Love, who says he "never thought about anybody else" portraying police officer Jack Regan in the movie.
From: Film-News 05/09/2012

John Stevenson Directing Sherlock Gnomes The Gnomeo sequel moves forward
Back in March, Elton John's Rocket Pictures, which spearheaded the original movie's development, announced that successful 'toon Gnomeo & Juliet would be getting a sequel called Sherlock Gnomes. Now it has a director, with Kung Fu Panda man John Stevenson on board.
From: Empire Online 05/09/2012

David Slade Finds Matched He'll direct the book adaptation
He may have backed out of making the Daredevil reboot for Fox because of commitments to the Hannibal TV series, but David Slade is still looking for film gigs.
From: Empire Online 05/09/2012

Linklater Completes Before Midnight Surprise! The third film has been shot
Last year, Ethan Hawke began dropping hints that he, director / co-writer Richard Linklater and co-writer / co-star Julie Delpy were seriously considering a third film to follow Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.
From: Empire Online 05/09/2012

Paul McGuigan Set For Frankenstein Working from Max Landis' script
Frankenstein's monster has made a decision. Shawn Levy baaad! Paul McGuigan gooood! Okay, so the Real Steel filmmaker hasn't been chased away with flaming torches, but he is no longer attached to direct Fox's new take on Mary Shelley's classic horror tale.
From: Empire Online 05/09/2012

Bret Easton Ellis says James Deen may star in Fifty Shades of Grey
The author has tweeted that US porn actor Deen is in the running to play kinky business magnate Christian Grey in EL James's knee-trembler.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2012

Jim Carrey to play small role in Kick-Ass 2
The creative team behind the sequel to the hit superhero comedy have hinted that the Canadian actor will play a new character, Colonel Stars.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2012

Ben Wheatley to direct A Field in England for Film4
Kill List director's next film will be a psychedelic 17th-century tale set during the English civil war.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2012

Karl Urban's intense Dredd 3D workouts
Karl Urban endured gut-busting workouts to get in shape for his new movie 'Dredd 3D'.
From: Film-News 04/09/2012

Paul Thomas Anderson On Inherent Vice
Screenrush favourite, Paul Thomas Anderson has been at Venice International Film Festival this week promoting his latest feature The Master, however he also had news on his next project an adaptation of Inherent Vice.
From: Screenrush 04/09/2012

Warners Tracks The Planet Thieves David Heyman producing novel adaptation
With Harry Potter now safely graduated from Hogwarts, Warner Bros. is continually scouring bookshelves and upcoming title lists to find possible heroic replacements.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2012

Chriqui Lands Millon Dollar Man For a new comedy with Luke Wilson
Though indie sports comedy Million Dollar Man was announced back in the thin air and heady deal-making world of Sundance back in January, the movie has faced a slow slog through the development marshes since then.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2012

Scott Derrickson Says Beware The Night A paranormal police thriller
Though he has occasionally ventured away from the horror genre, the lure of scary stuff still haunts Exorcism Of Emily Rose co-writer / director Scott Derrickson.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2012

Nate Parker Up For Oldboy Spike Lee recruits another actor
Nate Parker is definitely an actor on the rise. He's been working steadily on the big screen since 2005 and most recently worked with Spike Lee on Red Hook Summer.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2012

Warner Brothers Acquires Rights To Young Adult Novel The Planet Thieves
It takes a little bit longer to get some novels onto the big screen than others. For example, Ender's Game was published more than two decades ago, and its feature adaptation is finally set to be released next year.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2012

Spring Breakers U.S. Distribution Rights Picked Up By Annapurna Pictures
The girls are going wild in Harmony Korine's new film Spring Breakers, and Annapurna Pictures (Lawless, The Master) has acquired the U.S. rights to the movie.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2012

The Rock Thunders Off Fast 6 Set To Stop Real Life Thieves
Dwayne The Rock Johnson may have spent his career as an action star and a WWE wrestler pulling punches, but that doesn't mean he's not still capable of putting the fear of God into criminals.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2012

Scary Movie 5 Begins Production, Simon Rex Among The Returning Cast
While Anna Faris won't be returning to reprise her role as the beautiful but accident-prone Cindy Campbell for Scary Movie 5, it looks like Simon Rex will be back for the sequel. Back from the dead?
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2012

Gerard Butler's Motor City Falls Apart, For Good This Time
We've spent months writing stories about Albert Hughes's action film Motor City, and they've all fallen on pretty similar lines-- first we write about an actor who might star in the film, then we write about him leaving, then about another actor replacing him, then about that actor dropping out.
From: Cinema Blend 03/09/2012

Venice film festival: cinemas provide little shelter from the storm
For festival director Alberto Barbera's tougher, more urgent slate of pictures, the conditions could not have been more perfect
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/09/2012

Michael Bay Claims Leaked Teenage Mutant Turtles Script Was First Draft
Though still ambling through development, Michael Bay's reported reboot of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has already been causing repeated outrage across the web.
From: Cinema Blend 03/09/2012

Green Mile Actor Michael Clarke Duncan Dead At 54
After more than a month of battling the lingering effects of his sudden heart attack, Michael Clarke Duncan passed away this afternoon.
From: Cinema Blend 03/09/2012

First Clip From Great Expectations Pip meets Magwitch!
Last week Great Expectations was named as the closing film for this year's BFI London Film Festival.
From: Empire Online 03/09/2012

Exclusive: Ben Whishaw On Cloud Atlas 'It's sort of a massive experiment...'
Three directors, multiple narratives, umpteen gifted actors playing across race and gender.
From: Empire Online 03/09/2012

Bob Odenkirk Joins Nebraska Stacy Keach also on for Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne is busy gearing up to make his follow up to The Descendants - the long-gestating Nebraska - and has decided that, as Breaking Bad's Walter White knows, he'd better call Saul.
From: Empire Online 03/09/2012

The Third Hobbit Has A Name & Date Middle story is The Desolation Of Smaug
Yes, Hobbit fans, it's true. The much rumoured and now 100% rock-solid official third film in Peter Jackson's latest visit to Middle-earth does have a name
From: Empire Online 02/09/2012

Morgan Freeman to star in Lego movie
Morgan Freeman will lend his voice to a character in forthcoming movie 'Lego: The Piece Of Resistance'.
From: Film-News 02/09/2012

Leonardo DiCaprio strips off in The Wolf Of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's financial drama sees Leonardo DiCaprio snort cocaine and partake in an orgy.
From: Film-News 02/09/2012

Michael Fassbender for Jane Got A Gun?
Michael Fassbender has entered talks to star alongside Natalie Portman in western 'Jane Got A Gun'.
From: Film-News 02/09/2012

Woody Allen has limited audience
Oscar-winning director Woody Allen says he makes films for "literate" people who want "sophisticated entertainment".
From: Film-News 02/09/2012

TELLURIDE: Sony Pictures Classics Goes Where Others Don't With Strong Oscar Slate
With 5 new movies screening just on Saturday alone with many of their stars and filmmakers in tow, co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics are dominating much of the conversation and eyeballs at the 39th Telluride Film Festival.
From: Deadline 02/09/2012

Venice: 'To The Wonder' Producer Says "No Question" Olga Kurylenko "Is The Lead"
As is typical with a Terrence Malick film, there was a lot of mystery surrounding To The Wonder ahead of its Venice debut this morning.
From: Deadline 02/09/2012

Ridley Scott Resumes 'The Counselor' Monday
The filmmaker put the movie on hiatus for two weeks. He left the set of The Counselor so he could travel from London to Hollywood and handle his brother's affairs after Tony Scott's tragic death.
From: Deadline 02/09/2012

Film Legacy Of Unification Church's Moon: One Of 1980s Worst Movie Bombs
The Rev Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church died of pneumonia Monday at a cult-owned Korean hospital near his home northwest of Seoul. He was 92.
From: Deadline 02/09/2012

Martin Scorsese's 'The Departed' named best ever film remake by over 4,500 film fans
Fast-paced crime drama The Departed has topped a poll to be named the best ever movie remake.
From: Film-News 01/09/2012

The Lone Ranger close to completion
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed filming on 'The Lone Ranger' is almost complete.
From: Film-News 01/09/2012

Will Playing FDR Give Bill Murray A Second Shot At Oscar? 'Hyde Park' Hits Telluride
Awards buzz has grown around Bill Murray ever since it was announced he would be playing FDR in Focus Features' Hyde Park On Hudson. His is not the first name that comes to mind when you think of serious portrayals of U.S. Presidents.
From: Deadline 01/09/2012

VENICE: 'The Master' And Joaquin Phoenix Draw Raves: But Trailer Scenes Are Missing
A Venice Film Festival audience lined up starting at about 8 AM today to catch the first press screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.
From: Deadline 01/09/2012

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