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Harry Potter: Warner Bros trademarks Quidditch, Newt Scamander and Beedle the Bard
Glut of trademarking suggests big screen version of JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could spawn more movies in the Harry Potter universe.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/09/2013

Star Wars lightsabers finally invented
Scientists in America have 'accidentally' found a way forward to the creation of real-life weapons as used by Jedi Knights.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/09/2013

Hugh Jackman hints at Wolverine exit
Promoting new film Prisoners in San Sebastian, Hugh Jackman has confirmed his role in Chappie and suggested he may be hanging up his X-Men claws.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/09/2013

The Past picked as Iran's official Oscar entry
Drama from A Separation's Asghar Farhadi put forward despite criticism from conservatives.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/09/2013

Three Stooges film discovered in garden shed
Comedy legends' missing 1933 film restored after negative found by Australian collector.
From: The Guardian - Film News 30/09/2013

Jennifer Lawrence Joins Dumb & Dumber 2
At 23, Jennifer Lawrence has already snagged a bunch of high-notch achievements pined for by actresses all over the world.
From: Cinema Blend 30/09/2013

Joss Whedon Promises Big Things For Black Widow In Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Though Natasha "Black Widow" Romanoff wasn't beloved when she entered the Marvel live-action movies in Iron Man 2, she and her war buddy Hawkeye won audiences over in The Avengers. Hell, she could outwit the trickster god Loki, outrun The Hulk, and best Hawkeye in battle even when handicapped by her efforts not to hurt him, just put him out of commission.
From: Cinema Blend 30/09/2013

Helen Fielding Reveals Huge Shocker About Bridget Jones Book 3
Over the course of countless newspaper columns, two books and two cheeky romantic comedies, the chubby, clumsy and deeply daffy Bridget Jones has won the hearts of audiences worldwide.
From: Cinema Blend 30/09/2013

Egypt Submits 'Winter Of Discontent' To Foreign Language Oscar Race; Iran Picks 'The Past' Amid Criticism
Egypt's Winter Of Discontent has been selected by the Filmmakers Syndicate to compete for this year's Foreign Language Oscar.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

DreamWorks To Redo Japanese Cannes Entry 'Like Father, Like Son'
Deadline revealed exclusively in August that DreamWorks will remake the Japanese film Japanese film Like Father, Like Son (Soshite Chichi Ni Naru), and for some reason the trades are trumpeting it as a story a month later after the deal closed between the studio and Fuji TV.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

R.I.P. A.C. Lyles
Longtime Paramount producer A.C. Lyles has died. His assistant Pam Gibson tells the LA Times Lyles died Friday night at his Los Angeles home. He was 95. Lyles was associated with Paramount for over 85 years, beginning at the age of 10 when he handed out fliers for a Paramount-owned theater in his hometome of Jacksonville, FL.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

Kevin Reynolds Signs On For Jesus Christ Pic 'Resurrection'
LD Entertainment has committed to produce/finance Resurrection, with Kevin Reynolds directing a film about the first 40 days after the death of Jesus Christ.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

'Silver Linings Playbook' Producer Boards Brian Epstein Biopic 'The Fifth Beatle'
Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Milk, Silver Linings Playbook) is set to produce The Fifth Beatle, about the life of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

After The Fallout Between Magnolia And UTA, 'Slumdog's Dev Patel Signs With WME
Dev Patel has signed with WME. He continues to be repped by Magnolia Entertainment and Curtis Brown in the UK.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

Demian Bichir Makes Helming Debut With Eva Longoria In 'Refugio'
Deadline revealed back in April that A Better Life star Demian Bichir was moving toward his feature directing debut on the indie Refugio.
From: Deadline 30/09/2013

Bridget Jones's Diary fans aghast as Helen Fielding kills off Mr Darcy
Extracts from third volume of Bridget Jones's Diary, Mad About the Boy, reveal Bridget is now a widow.
From: The Guardian - Film News 29/09/2013

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 Dominates US Box Office
After the bleak dramatics of Prisoners won the weekend last week, America's cinemagoers were clearly ready for some bright new animation to take the family along to instead.
From: Empire Online 29/09/2013

Walton Goggins Off To Mojave
We already know that Oscar Isaac and Jason Clarke will be headed to the desert for William Monahan's new writing-directing gig Mojave. Now we'll also see Django Unchained's Walton Goggins try to keep sand out of his shoes for the drama.
From: Empire Online 29/09/2013

Hugh Jackman Set For Chappie
Hugh Jackman might be enjoying a break between projects - well sort of, since he's been hitting the promotional trail for his latest film, kidnap drama Prisoners - but he's got plenty of movies lined up and has just added another to the list. Speaking at a press conference at the Zurich Film Festival, he announced he's taken a role in Neill Blomkamp's robo-action-comedy Chappie.
From: Empire Online 29/09/2013

Bite back this Halloween and take part in a Zombie film
To celebrate all the amazing hours of community action provided by NCS graduates this summer, NCS (National Citizen Service) is giving young people across England the chance to get involved in the making of their upcoming Zombie film, 'NCS Bites Back'.
From: Film-News 29/09/2013

New comedy show The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek
The Ginge, The Geordie and The Geek has been commissioned by Janice Hadlow, Controller BBC Two and Kristian Smith, Executive Editor, BBC Comedy Commissioning, as a new six-part comedy sketch show for BBC Two after a successful pilot programme recorded earlier this year.
From: Film-News 29/09/2013

Foreign Language Oscar: Israel Submits 'Bethlehem'; Palestine Goes With 'Omar'
Among the last to do so ahead of the October 1st submission deadline, Israel and Palestine have designated their respective entries for the Foreign Language Oscar race. Israel has selected Bethlehem, Yuval Adler's debut feature that he co-wrote with Ali Waked. The movie premiered in Venice before heading to Telluride and Toronto.
From: Deadline 29/09/2013

Carrie Screenwriter Hired For Rupert Wyatt's Adaptation Of Thriller Night Film
It has been many months since we last heard about Chermin Entertainment's planned adaptation of Marisha Pessl's thriller novel Night Film, and I was starting to worry that nothing was happening with it.
From: Cinema Blend 28/09/2013

Cinderella begins principal photography in London
Walt Disney Pictures announced today that principal photography has begun at Pinewood Studios in London, on "Cinderella," Disney's first-ever live action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale.
From: Film-News 28/09/2013

Brian Blessed to host Lion Ark celebrity world premiere at Raindance
Legendary actor Brian Blessed is to host the world premiere of action-documentary Lion Ark, attended by celebrity guests at the Raindance Film Festival on Tuesday 1 October 2013.
From: Film-News 28/09/2013

R.I.P. Director William A. Graham
The Emmy-nominated TV and film helmer whose movies included Elvis vehicle Change of Habit and 1991′s Return to the Blue Lagoon died September 12 of complications from pneumonia, per the LA Times. He was 87.
From: Deadline 28/09/2013

Star Wars theme voted Britain's favourite film score
Music by John Williams beats The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and West Side Story in poll for BBC's Sound of Cinema season.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2013

Joss Whedon: 'Avengers could have been better'
The director of the third biggest film of all time calls the movie 'haphazard' and says he hopes to improve.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2013

JJ Abrams tipped to shoot parts of Star Wars: Episode VII with Imax cameras
Director rumoured to be keen on using clarity-enhancing system he successfully utilised in Star Trek Into Darkness.
From: The Guardian - Film News 27/09/2013

Paranormal Activity 5 Is Underway
As previously reported, the next instalment in the ongoing Paranoramal Activity series is this year conspicuous by its absence.
From: Empire Online 27/09/2013

Christoph Waltz In Talks To Be Tarzan's Villain
Though it seemed in April that Warner Bros. had decided to chop off the tree limb where David Yates' Tarzan perched, it would appear that the studio is pressing ahead with the film after some contemplation time. According to Variety, Christoph Waltz is now in talks to play the villain.
From: Empire Online 27/09/2013

Bryce Dallas Howard Ready To Visit Jurassic World
We hope Bryce Dallas Howard is packing a lot of dinosaur repellent in her travelling kit, because she's going to need it. She's now in talks to star in Jurassic World.
From: Empire Online 27/09/2013

Taylor Swift Joins The Cast Of The Giver, Starring Jeff Bridges And Meryl Streep
Golden girl and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has expanded her career into acting the last few years, and it seems she's rising as fast in the movie world as she did in music. It was just three years ago she made her film debut with a small role in the star-stuffed ensemble rom-com Valentine's Day, and already she's set to star in a movie opposite two of American cinema's living legends.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2013

Dumb And Dumber To Adds Rob Riggle
With production on the upcoming Dumb and Dumber To having already begun, Peter and Bobby Farrelly are putting the final touches on the film's cast, and today it's being reported that they have added one of Hollywood's more popular comedic character actors to the ensemble.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2013

French Actor-Director Danny Boon Gears Up Hollywood Debut
If you're a Francophile or just an avid fan of French comedies, you probably know the works of Dany Boon.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2013

George Clooney Refuses To Give Ben Affleck Batman Advice
The dust is still settling on the Batfleck announcement, with stars and fans still grudgingly taking sides on whether or not the casting of Ben Affleck is a great idea or a horrendous one.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2013

Rosario Dawson Joins Aaron Eckhart In Jason Blum's Exorcism Horror Incarnate
Last week, in the wake of the box office success of Blumhouse Productions' Insidious Chapter 2, microbudget feature producer extraordinaire Jason Blum announced that he would be exorcising another horror plot from someone's head and turning it into its own potential franchise.
From: Cinema Blend 27/09/2013

First World Problems in Mainstream Cinema
To celebrate the release of Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, we take a look through other films filled with middle-class angst.
From: Screenrush 27/09/2013

Hot Trailer: 'The Dead II: India'
The filmmaking Ford brothers, Howard and Jon, went to Cannes a few years back to stage a zombie invasion on the Croisette in support of their microbudget Africa-set The Dead.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Living Legend David Picker's Movie Memoir
Here's a wonderful reason to interrupt my vacation: my longtime pal David V. Picker has finally published his Hollywood memoir - Musts, Maybes And Nevers.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

James Franco Parts Ways With Longtime Manager
James Franco and his manager of almost two decades Miles Levy have split, Deadline has learned. He continues to be repped by CAA, but for now he will go without a manager and it's unclear whether he will seek another one. Franco is plenty busy with projects and is currently shooting the William Faulkner adaptation The Sound And The Fury in Mississippi. He wrote the script and is starring as well as directing.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

'Justified's Walton Goggins Joins William Monahan Pic 'Mojave'
Walton Goggins has been cast opposite Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac and Louise Bourgoin in Mojave, the Atlas Independent thriller written and being directed by William Monahan.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Resolution Inks 'Art Of The Steal' Director Jonathan Sobol
Resolution has signed Canadian filmmaker Jonathan Sobol, whose action comedy The Art Of The Steal world premiered this month in a Gala slot at the Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Paradigm Inks Toronto Helmer Aaron Wilson
Aussie-born Aaron Wilson just popped his feature debut Canopy in the Discovery sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival and now has been inked by Paradigm.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Argentina Calls On 'The German Doctor' As Foreign Language Oscar Entry
Argentina, one of the last big territories to announce its submission for the Foreign Language Oscar race, has chosen The German Doctor (Wakolda).
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Mandalay Vision Acquires Cold War Novel 'Preemptive Strike'
Mandalay Vision has acquired screen rights to the John H. Scully novel Preemptive Strike. Mandalay Vision is teaming to produce it with the author's Della Heights Productions, and they have set Paranoia and Vantage Point scribe Barry L. Levy to adapt.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

'Tom Of Finland' Helmer Dome Karukoski Signs With ICM Partners
It was a good Toronto Film Festival for Finnish helmer Dome Karukoski. His Heart Of A Lion premiered earlier this month at the fest, and during the run of the event he was tapped to make his English-language debut on Tom Of Finland.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Chernin And Rupert Wyatt Tap Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa To Adapt 'Night Film'
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has been tapped to adapt Night Film, the Marisha Pessl noir novel for Chernin Entertainment and director Rupert Wyatt.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Literary Rights Agent Dana Spector Moves From UTA To Paradigm
The internal announcement just went out at Paradigm that Dana Spector has become a Literary Rights agent there, leaving UTA where she worked in the Book Department for the last five years.
From: Deadline 27/09/2013

Jennifer Lawrence to star in new adaptation of East of Eden
Hunger Games actor will play 'psychotic monster' Cathy Ames in fresh take on Steinbeck's epic novel, directed by Gary Ross.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

RoboCop statue to guard Detroit after successful Kickstarter campaign
Crowdfunding site raises money in just six days to build 10ft bronze statue of RoboCop ahead of movie remake with Joel Kinnaman.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Original Chewbacca actor plans comeback for Star Wars Episode VII
Peter Mayhew, tall British actor who starred in original Star Wars trilogy, hopes to reprise wookiee role in JJ Abrams' sequel.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Hollywood's box office tracking system under fire
With little understanding of social media, tracking of pre-release buzz not accurate enough to predict box office takings, say industry insiders.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Anti-paparazzi bill backed by Halle Berry now California law
Measure designed to curtail threatening behaviour of photographers towards stars' children.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Lindsay Lohan criticised by Canyons director for 'turning her back' on movie
Director Paul Schrader says star refused to help promote the film as promised at its Venice premiere.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Samuel L Jackson to president Barack Obama: 'Stop trying to relate'
Django Unchained star criticises the commander-in-chief for dropping his "G"s while talking to voters and supports a Hillary Clinton run for office.
From: The Guardian - Film News 26/09/2013

Jude Law Talks Sherlock Holmes 3
In this franchise-saturated world, one series that seemed to have gone quietly into the night is Guy Ritchie's fun and footloose Sherlock Holmes.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Jennifer Lawrence Set For New East Of Eden
Back in 2009, director Tom Hooper and writer Christopher Hampton began developing a new take on John Steinbeck's novel East Of Eden, taking over from Ron Howard and Peter Attanasio, who had made their own stab in 2004.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Vince Gilligan Off To Battle Creek
With his most famous creation, Breaking Bad, about to wrap up, Vince Gilligan is considering his future. He already has one project bobbing in the development pool with Bad spin-off Better Call Saul chronicling the earlier days of Bob Odenkirk's sleazy lawyer. Yet it appears an older project may also come rushing back to the screen, as Gilligan will team up to develop Battle Creek with House creator David Shore.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Justin Long On For Kevin Smith's Horror Tusk
Despite announcing his retirement from filmmaking, Kevin Smith is in that special category of "retired" creative types who just go on creating.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Steve Zaillian Grabs Those Who Wish Me Dead
It isn't published until next year, but that hasn't stopped Fox from stepping in early and grabbing the rights to Michael Koryta's crime novel Those Who Wish Me Dead. Screenwriter and producer Steve Zaillian will be overseeing the movie version through his Film Rites banner, with his cohort Garrett Basch.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Minnie Driver Flies To Blackbird
There are two Blackbirds currently vying for your attention. One is a Hitchcockian conspiracy thriller directed by David Mamet and starring Cate Blanchett. The other is a music-biz romance coming together at Relativity, with Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life Of Bees) at the helm.
From: Empire Online 26/09/2013

Star Wars: Episode VII May Be Shot On IMAX Cameras
With the 3D trend visibly dying out, movie theaters and studios are looking for even more ways to get people to actually leave their houses to go to the movies, and thus far the hippest new thing is IMAX.
From: Cinema Blend 26/09/2013

Is Disney Bringing Nikola Tesla Into Tomorrowland, With Help From The Oatmeal?
If you've never been to The Oatmeal's website, you've been doing yourself no favors. Founder Matthew Inman is one of the cleverest guys out there, and he has several times used his cult status to do good, rather than evil, going full disclosure when mini-controversies have arisen.
From: Cinema Blend 26/09/2013

James Franco's As I Lay Dying Is Bypassing Theaters For A VOD Release
When someone attempts to direct an adaptation of a William Faulkner novel, it's a safe guess that the director is looking to make some noise during awards season.
From: Cinema Blend 26/09/2013

BAFTA unveils its inaugural breakthrough Brits list
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is delighted to announce the first ever BAFTA Breakthrough Brits, in partnership with Burberry. The 17 talented newcomers, who are making a name for themselves within film, television or games, will be celebrated at a showcase event on Monday 21 October.
From: Film-News 26/09/2013

Disney Plans Film On Chess Wiz Garry Kasparov Vs. Computer
Disney has acquired screen rights to the Matthew Charman play The Machine for Disney-based Mandeville producing partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Charman will adapt his play about the 1997 chess match between an IBM computer called Deep Blue and its designer Dr. Hsu, pitted against chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov.
From: Deadline 26/09/2013

Blue is the Warmest Colour release 'should be cancelled', says director
Abdellatif Kechiche, the director of the Cannes hit, has expressed unhappiness about the impact of negative publicity on his own reputation and his film's legacy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 25/09/2013

What Happened To Marvel's Runaways?
Way back in 2008, before even the release of the first Iron Man, Marvel began talking about a film based on its "superhero Breakfast Club" the Runaways. In 2010 Peter Sollett (Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist) was tapped as a possible director, but the rest, it seems, is silence. So what happened? According to Drew Pearce, co-writer of Iron Man 3 and author of a Runaways draft, the answer is the small matter of Avengers Assemble.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2013

Kurt Russell Confirmed For Fast & Furious 7
Though he's been linked to the film for a while now, Kurt Russell has seemed to be more of a rumour than an actual cast member of Fast & Furious 7. Now, thanks to the sterling Facebook work of Vin Diesel (who should really get a PR credit on the film), we have confirmation that he's well and truly part of the production, with the first picture of him shooting a scene with Vin and Paul Walker.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2013

Gerard Butler Wants To Be One Of The Gods Of Egypt
he pantheon for Alex Proyas' new project, Gods Of Egypt, appears to be growing by one. After playing a Spartan king in 300 and saving the President of the United States in Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler wants to become a deity in the film.
From: Empire Online 25/09/2013

ESPN Getting Its Own Social Network-Style History From Director Derek Cianfrance
Back in 2011, 20th Century Fox acquired James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales' tome Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, an oral history into the origins of the world's greatest sports network. But they let the project go into turnaround a few months ago, unable to figure how what to do with the vast amount of material.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

The Guilt Trip Director Takes On A Nick And Nora-Esque Couple In Murder Mystery
Relationships are hard on an easy day, much less on a day when caught up in a scandal like the one in Murder Mystery, the long-delayed action comedy mystery that was acquired as the second release under the newly-formed TWC-Dimension, which teamed up with Endgame Entertainment for the project.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

Jason Segel Stuck To Maple Syup Theft Comedy From Horrible Bosses' Seth Gordon
When you think of true crime stories, what comes to mind? Lurid husbands who kill their wives' friends for sexual favors? A woman who killed all seventeen of her gardeners? What about the mass theft of a country's highly lucrative export? That last one is the real one, though it sounds a little different than that.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

Joss Whedon Opens Up About Ultron, Wonder Woman, S.H.I.E.L.D. And Much More
When Joss Whedon speaks, superhero-movie nerds listen … and often treat his words as Gospel. So at some point today, if you are a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you are going to want to read over this comprehensive Whedon interview with EW.com, as it's loaded with gems about television shows both old (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and new (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), his childhood.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

Martin Scorsese's Wolf Of Wall Street May Not Be Ready This Year
When Martin Scorsese wants to take his time editing his movie, you damn well let him, even if that means losing one of your few holiday season efforts that can be both a critical and commercial success.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

Pacific Rim Now Ranks As 2013's Highest-Grossing, Live-Action Original Film
Summer 2013 - like pretty much every summer blockbuster season - was characterized by sequels, spinoffs and remakes of stories populated by familiar characters.
From: Cinema Blend 25/09/2013

Harry And Lloyd Return In First Pictures From The Set Of Dumb And Dumber To
Jim Carrey shamelessly promotes his new book as he tweets pictures of comedic duo reading it upside down.
From: Screenrush 25/09/2013

Cranston going back to comedy
Bryan Cranston is returning to How I Met Your Mother. The award-winning actor is to reprise his role as Hammond Druthers on the TV show, following the end of his programme Breaking Bad. Hammond is the loathed former boss of Ted, played by Josh Radnor, who was later demoted.
From: Film-News 25/09/2013

Kim to voice alien
Kim Kardashian is set to voice a cartoon alien on American Dad! The reality star will appear in an upcoming episode of the hit animated show as a love interest for the character Roger, reports Entertainment Weekly.
From: Film-News 25/09/2013

Foreign Language Oscar: Italy Enters 'The Great Beauty'; Spain Goes For '15 Years'
It's little surprise that Italy has selected Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty as its Foreign Language Oscar submission, but Spain's 15 Years And A Day is a slightly more obscure pick.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

Music Box Picks Up Pawel Pawlikowski's FIPRESCI Prize Winner 'Ida'
The latest drama from the director of My Summer Of Love and Last Resort is coming to North America via Music Box Films. Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida follows a young nun in 1960s Poland who's on the verge of taking her vows but discovers a dark family secret dating back to the Nazi occupation.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

'Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence, Gary Ross To Re-Team On Steinbeck's 'East Of Eden' For Universal And Brian Grazer
Universal Picture and Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer have closed a deal with the John Steinbeck estate for a new version of his seminal novel East Of Eden that will be developed as a re-team for The Hunger Games director Gary Ross and Jennifer Lawrence.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

China's Wanda & Hollywood: How Much Is Real? How Much Is Real Estate?
There's a saying I often hear when it comes to big business in China: The bigger the announcement, the less real the deal.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

Fox Acquires 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' For Film Rites
Fox has preemptively acquired the Michael Koryta thriller novel Those Who Wish Me Dead. Film Rites' Garrett Basch & Steve Zaillian will produce. The novel revolves around a teenage murder witness lost in the Montana wilderness, the twin assassins hunting him, a survival expert tasked with protecting him, and a forest fire that threatens to consume them all. Little Brown publishes the novel in May 2014.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

Codeblack Acquires Halle Berry-Starrer 'Frankie & Alice'
Lionsgate label Codeblack Films has picked up North American rights to Frankie & Alice and has set an April 4, 2014 release date.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

Scout's Honor: 'Paranormal's Christopher Landon Helming 'Boy Scouts Vs. Zombies'
Paramount Pictures has tapped Christopher Landon to direct Boy Scouts Vs. Zombies as his followup to Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, which the studio releases January 3.
From: Deadline 25/09/2013

Barry Norman and Mel Gibson lock horns over height
Film critic describes what happened when the Hollywood star challenged him over who was the taller.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/09/2013

Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster picked as Hong Kong's Oscar entry
Lavish martial arts epic joins race after being submitted by producers' association in Hong Kong.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/09/2013

Terrence Malick hits back over Voyage of Time legal action
Director responds to accusations from financiers that he failed to deliver 'much cherished' film as promised.
From: The Guardian - Film News 24/09/2013

Daniel Myrick Heads Under The Bed
Of The Blair Witch Project's two directors, we've heard more in recent years from Eduardo Sanchez than we have from Daniel Myrick. Sanchez has popped up in the immediate past with Lovely Molly and a contribution to VHS2, and has Bigfoot horror Exists in post-production.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2013

New Gravity Featurette Enters The Web's Orbit
Gravity is one of this year's most anticipated films, and Alfonso Cuaron's orbital drama is rocketing towards us with all speed.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2013

David Oyelowo Up For Star Wars Rebels
Though the focus of everyone's Star Wars interest is on Episode VII right now, the continuing small screen adventures for the sci-fi saga are still bubbling away.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2013

Daniel Radcliffe Shoots Down Freddie Mercury Rumours
There have been rumours and counter-rumours swirling around the Freddie Mercury movie since Sacha Baron Cohen exited the project back in July. His departure, born of creative differences with the surviving Queen members who own the music, has naturally led to frenzied casting speculation. But Daniel Radcliffe, the bookies' recent favourite, has been on rumour control, shooting down the idea of playing the '80s rock moustacario.
From: Empire Online 24/09/2013

Nicole Kidman's Grace Of Monaco Runs Away From Oscar Season Into 2014
Well, that was a short-lived mystery. We had been wondering for weeks why there was no actual trailer for Grace of Monaco, the biopic in which Nicole Kidman plays Princess of Monaco and Hollywood icon Grace Kelly.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2013

Fast And Furious Parody Superfast Finds Its Vin Diesel And Paul Walker
If you're like me, hearing that The Fast and The Furious franchise has inspired a parody gives you that dull ache in the back of your head when you're hungover.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2013

Game Of Thrones Beauty Natalie Dormer Puckers Up For The Girl Who Invented Kissing
You're not going to believe this, but the classic start to an age-old joke - "A girl walks into a bar …" - is about to be the launch pad for an indie drama that's rapidly filling up its casting sheet.
From: Cinema Blend 24/09/2013

Check Out Spooky New Stills From Grown Up Vampire Film, Only Lovers Left Alive
Stylish new photos suggest that Only Lovers Left Alive will be more than just Twilight for adults.
From: Screenrush 24/09/2013

Oscilloscope Acquires U.S. Rights To 'Our Day Will Come'
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Our Day Will Come, Romain Gavras' debut feature starring Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy.
From: Deadline 24/09/2013

Image Entertainment Acquires Thriller 'Odd Thomas'
Stephen Sommers wrote and directed Odd Thomas, the adaptation of the Dean Koontz New York Times bestseller that is has sparked a seven-novel series and perhaps a film franchise.
From: Deadline 24/09/2013

Gerard Butler Circling Summit's 'Gods Of Egypt'
Olympus Has Fallen star Gerard Butler is in discussions to join Game Of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Gods Of Egypt, the Summit Entertainment film to be directed by Alex Proyas.
From: Deadline 24/09/2013

Norway Submits Toronto Discovery 'I Am Yours' To Foreign Language Oscar Race
Iram Haq's first feature, Jeg Er Din (I Am Yours), screened in the Discovery section of Toronto.
From: Deadline 24/09/2013

Daniel Radcliffe aims for a new kind of magic in Freddie Mercury biopic
Harry Potter star is sought to replace Sacha Baron Cohen after the Borat actor bit the dust over alleged creative differences.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/09/2013

World of Warcraft movie: Farrell and Patton to be lead role players?
Long-gestating videogame adaptation under stewardship of Duncan Jones looking to pin down lead roles.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/09/2013

Michael Douglas wins best actor Emmy for Behind the Candelabra
Star of Liberace biopic competes for TV award after film rejected for Hollywood funding, and thanks estranged wife Catherine Zeta Jones.
From: The Guardian - Film News 23/09/2013

Copper Movie In The Pipeline
If you haven't seen Copper - and you wouldn't be alone in that - the BBC America show, the network's first original scripted series, got off to a storming start before the ratings fizzled out. It found itself cancelled after two seasons of Civil War-era dramatics in Manhattan's Five Points neighbourhood.
From: Empire Online 23/09/2013

Warcraft Movie Eyes Paula Patton And Colin Farrell For Lead Roles
Playing the lead role in a video game adaptation can be a seriously mixed bag-- just ask Timothy Olyphant, Mark Wahlberg, Til Schweiger and other stars of failed efforts-- but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of actors willing to take the gamble.
From: Cinema Blend 23/09/2013

The Giver Adaptation, Starring Jeff Bridges And Meryl Streep, Gets A Release Date
There has been talk about a film adaptation of author Lois Lowery's The Giver for almost as long as the book has been in publication, Bill Cosby purchasing the rights to the book all the way back in 1994, but only now does it actually seem like the movie is going to happen.
From: Cinema Blend 23/09/2013

Best And Worst Dressed Of The 2013 Emmys...
Take a look at the big hits and the colossal misses as we go through the fashion 'do's' and the fashion 'please dont's' of the 65th Emmy Awards.
From: Screenrush 23/09/2013

Icon Film Distribution Relaunches In UK Following Acquisition By New Sparta
After percolating for several months, Icon UK's return to distribution has finally come together. New Sparta Ltd, an investment company founded by Jerome Booth, has acquired Icon Film Distribution UK and Icon Home Entertainment UK from the Icon UK Group which pulled out of the distribution business in 2011 to focus on in-house film finance and production.
From: Deadline 23/09/2013

Paul Dano, Travis Fimmel, Anson Mount, Anton Yelchin On 'Warcraft' Short List
Here is the short list of actors going up for the other lead roles in Warcraft, the Legendary Pictures/Atlas Entertainment adaptation of the vidgame World Of Warcraft.
From: Deadline 23/09/2013

Samuel Goldwyn Acquires U.S. Rights To Mengele Thriller 'The German Doctor'
Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired U.S. rights to the Lucia Puenzo-directed thriller The German Doctor.
From: Deadline 23/09/2013

Adopt Films Takes U.S. On Israeli Thriller 'Bethlehem'
Adopt Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Yuval Adler's debut feature Bethlehem. The movie premiered in Venice before heading to Telluride and Toronto.
From: Deadline 23/09/2013

Entity leads British Horror Film Festival nominations
The British Horror Film Festival just announced their nominations for this year's awards.
From: Film-News 22/09/2013

Salvo plays at BFI London Film Festival
Winner of the 2013 Grand Prix prize at Cannes, SALVO joins the ranks of the great Italian mafia thrillers, skilfully handled by two of the most ground-breaking and up and coming directors in European cinema, offering a compelling central performance from Saleh Bakri (The Band's Visit).
From: Film-News 22/09/2013

Metro Manilla selected as UK's official submission at Oscars
It was announced today that METRO MANILA, by British filmmaker Sean Ellis, has been selected as the UK's official submission in the Best Foreign Language Film Award category for the Oscars 2014.
From: Film-News 22/09/2013

Colin Farrell & Paula Patton Eyed For Warcraft
If you follow Moon and Source Code director Duncan Jones on Twitter, you know that A) he likes a giggle and B) is preparing to kick off production work on his biggest job yet - adapting Blizzard's sprawling MMORPG Warcraft into a film. He's deep into casting now and is apparently considering Paula Patton and Colin Farrell for two of the leads.
From: Empire Online 22/09/2013

Breaking Bad Wins At The 2013 Emmys
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards happened last night across the pond and there were one or two surprising winners for a change, including some delightful recognition of solid talent (Tony Hale for Veep over Modern Family's usual nomination crowd) and victory at last for Breaking Bad. There were also one or two shockers (Jeff Daniels? Over Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston?)
From: Empire Online 22/09/2013

Ellie Kemper Finds Sex Tape
She's been best known as the ditzy Erin on The Office, but Ellie Kemper has been making her mark on the big screen for a few years now. She's scored another role, signing on to Jake Kasdan's new comedy Sex Tape.
From: Empire Online 22/09/2013

China's Wanda Group Wants Hollywood Partner For Grand Investment Plans: Report
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dalian Wanda Group wants a Hollywood studio to join a joint venture meant to build a massive studio and grow film and other media investments in the region.
From: Deadline 22/09/2013

Legendary Moving Forward With 'Warcraft;' Paula Patton, Colin Farrell In The Mix
Legendary Pictures and Atlas Entertainment are casting up Warcraft, the movie adaptation of the hit Blizzard video game World Of Warcraft that Duncan Jones will direct. I'm told that Paula Patton is negotiating for a lead role and that another lead has been offered to Colin Farrell.
From: Deadline 22/09/2013

France hails Vincent Macaigne as the new Gérard Depardieu
The face of a fresh new wave in French cinema is intriguing a public fed up with their former hero's antics.
From: The Guardian - Film News 21/09/2013

Borrowed Time's filmmakers pioneer new film distribution tools
Charming British comedy Borrowed Time starring Theo Barklem-Biggs (The Inbetweeners Movie, BBC's Silk series 2) as a hapless burgler and Phil Davis (Quadrophenia, Vera Drake, Brighton Rock) as his eccentric pensioner victim turned partner in crime is breaking new ground with its UK release.
From: Film-News 21/09/2013

WikiLeaks posts The Fifth Estate script and labels film 'irresponsible'
Alongside 'mature' screenplay for Bill Condon's film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, WikiLeaks has posted a lengthy essay seeking to undermine its accuracy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/09/2013

Cate Blanchett cooking up directorial debut with The Dinner
Australian actor currently riding high with rave reviews for Blue Jasmine is to direct adaptation of Herman Koch's 2009 bestseller.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/09/2013

Magic Mike star set for Montgomery Clift biopic
Matt Bomer confirmed to take lead in Monty Clift, while candidates canvassed to play JD Salinger in new film about the author.
From: The Guardian - Film News 20/09/2013

Disney To End Its Deal With Jerry Bruckheimer
A trend is beginning in 2013 with major studios ending long term relationships. In late June it was reported that the eight year partnership between Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures was coming to an end (the latter wound up signing a pact with Universal Pictures), and now it's been announced that Disney has terminated its first-look deal with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, bringing it to an end at the start of 2014.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2013

Keanu Reeves Teams Up With Game Of Thrones And Friday Night Lights Stars For Thriller John Wick
Mainstream audiences might have noticed a lack of Keanu Reeves at theaters following the disappointing sci-fi blockbuster The Day The Earth Stood Still.
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2013

J.J. Abrams Wants Star Wars: Episode VII To Feel 'Real'
Stop the presses, hold all my calls, cancel my appointments … turn off the Internet! J.J. Abrams said the words Star Wars in an official interview, which mean The Force is about to explode all over every geek movie site you read on an hourly basis (ours, included).
From: Cinema Blend 20/09/2013

Patina Miller Joins Hunger Games: Mockingjay
A week before it arrives in the UK, Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire will play out of competition at the Rome Film Festival. Heralding that announcement, Lionsgate have released a ream of new stills.
From: Empire Online 20/09/2013

Ange and Cara 'to team up'
Angelina Jolie has reportedly "reached out" to Cara Delevingne to discuss movie projects. The British model appears to have caught the eye of the Hollywood star. According to insiders, the pair could be lining up a big screen collaboration.
From: Film-News 20/09/2013

Toronto 2013: RADiUS-TWC Acquires Mike Myers-Directed Docu 'Supermensch'
RADiUS-TWC, the boutique label of The Weinstein Company, has acquired North American distribution rights to Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon. The documentary, which premiered September 7 at Roy Thompson Hall, marks the feature directorial debut of Mike Myers.
From: Deadline 20/09/2013

Nancy Meyers Exits UK-Set Romantic Comedy She Re-Wrote For Sony
Nancy Meyers has officially stepped off the directing assignment of the untitled script she set up earlier this year with Sony Pictures.
From: Deadline 20/09/2013

Toronto: Cinedigm Acquires Kelly Riechardt's 'Night Moves'
Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to the Kelly Reichardt-directed Night Moves, which just played Toronto, Venice and Deauville. The film, about environmentalists trying to blow up a hydroelectric dam, stars stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard. Cinedigm is eyeing a spring release.
From: Deadline 20/09/2013

Neil Marshall Set To Rewrite And Direct 'Troll Hunter' Redo
Neil Marshall has been set to rewrite and direct Troll Hunter, the remake of the Norwegian film that IMG Global is financing. The film is gearing toward an early 2014 production start, while there's still snow on the ground in the locations where they will shoot.
From: Deadline 20/09/2013

'Despicable Me' Minions Spinoff Pushed To July 10, 2015
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Minions in 3D will be released on Friday, July 10, 2015, It was originally slated for release on December 19, 2014. In addition, the release date for Illumination's Untitled Project in 3D will move from July 3, 2015 to Friday, February 12, 2016. As of now, Minions 3D has the July 10, 2015 date to itself.
From: Deadline 20/09/2013

Bryan Cranston to play blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Breaking Bad actor to star as 'Hollywood 10' member who was persecuted by Hollywood for suspected communist sympathies.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2013

Lars von Trier may return to Cannes with Nymphomaniac
Hardcore version of von Trier's sex epic could be saved for next spring debut, with softcore cut due to premiere this winter.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2013

Stephen King damns Shelley Duvall's character in film of The Shining
Promoting his sequel to The Shining, King says that Stanley Kurbick's version of Wendy Torrance is 'one of the most misogynistic characters ever put on film'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 19/09/2013

Matt Bomer To Play Montgomery Clift
Fans didn't get their wish to see him dominate 50 Shades Of Grey, so instead Matt Bomer has opted to take on a rather different icon. He'll be playing screen legend Montgomery Clift in an upcoming biopic.
From: Empire Online 19/09/2013

Help Fund Penn Jillette's Meta Psycho Thriller And Turn Him From Nice Guy To Bad Guy
Penn Jillette is the entertainer who has wowed millions with his subversive and violent magic as part of the duo Penn & Teller.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2013

Michael Bay's Ghost Recon Scores Hot Screenwriters
A few months back, Michael Bay teamed up with video game maker Ubisoft to help them develop their massively popular Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series into a movie that would hopefully prove the first in a franchise.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2013

Teresa Palmer And Luke Hemsworth Join Simon Pegg In Kill Me Three Times
As the crime-thriller Kill Me Three Times kicks off production in Perth and Western Australia the film's makers have finally opened up about its mysterious plot line, while revealing newly added cast members.
From: Cinema Blend 19/09/2013

Cate Blanchett Sets Directorial Debut: Adaptation Of Herman Koch Novel 'The Dinner'
After 20 years of great performances in front of the camera, Cate Blanchett is set to make her feature directorial debut on an adaptation of the Herman Koch novel The Dinner.
From: Deadline 19/09/2013

John Legend's Get Lifted Boards Segregated Proms Docu
He's got projects with HBO and with Showtime and now the Grammy winner is adding the Executive Producer role for Southern Rites to the list.
From: Deadline 19/09/2013

Tupac Shakur Biopic Gets New Momentum As Emmett/Furla/Oasis To Co-Finance
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films is teaming with Morgan Creek Productions to co-finance and co-produce Tupac, creating a new urgency for the long-gestating biopic on the hip hop icon Tupac Shakur.
From: Deadline 19/09/2013

'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' To Screen Out Of Competition At Rome Film Festival
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has its world premiere in London on November 11th. In a get for the Rome Film Festival, the Lionsgate pic will then travel to the Eternal City for an out-of-competition screening on November 14th.
From: Deadline 19/09/2013

Kino Lorber Acquires Juliette Binoche-Starrer 'Camille Claudel 1915′
Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. rights to Bruno Dumont's French-language period drama Camille Claudel 1915, with plans to launch it in New York on October 16 before expanding the rollout later this winter.
From: Deadline 19/09/2013

Ben Affleck on Batman criticism: 'I'm tough'
Ben Affleck remains resilient in the face of online campaigns to oust him from role of the dark knight in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/09/2013

Mark Wahlberg goes back to school with Taco Bell
The actor has explained how he finally earned his high school diploma, and how his charity has partnered with the fast food chain to encourage other adults to follow suit.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/09/2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger won't play villain in Avatar sequels, says studio
20th Century Fox has denied rumours the actor is to reunite with his Terminator director James Cameron for new films.
From: The Guardian - Film News 18/09/2013

Tropic Thunder Screenwriter Will Direct Will Ferrell And Kevin Hart In Get Hard
The last two screenwriting credits for Etan Cohen were last year's Men in Black 3 and 2008's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, but to me his best work will probably always be co-writing 2008's balls-out hilarious Tropic Thunder for Ben Stiller. His directorial debut, unfortunately, sounds like it'll be completely forgettable, despite the fact that he'll be working with two of the most popular comedians in the business.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

Lego's Ninjago Feature Lands Tron: Uprising Director Charlie Bean
I'll be the first person to admit how annoyingly negative I get whenever I'm talking about movies that are based on toy properties, with Trolls bearing the brunt of my sub-anger.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

Joss Whedon Rewrote Three Scenes Of Thor: The Dark World
While Joss Whedon's biggest responsibility in the film world right now is getting The Avengers: Age of Ultron ready for release in 2015, that's far from the only responsibility he has over at Marvel Studios.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

Garrett Hedlund Wanted To Be In Angelina Jolie's Movie So Badly He Wouldn't Take No For An Answer
Garrett Hedlund is living proof that, no matter how blank and dumb a given hunky actor may seem at first, he might deserve a second shot (call it the Channing Tatum Wait-and-See).
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

Pixar Pushes The Good Dinosaur, Leaving 2014 Completely Pixar-Free
Over the past few years, movie audiences have come to expect a new Pixar movie every year. And with each year and each exciting new release, our expectations for the next grow, making it harder and harder to impress us all.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

Bryan Cranston To Star In Jay Roach-Directed Biopic About Blacklisted Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Bryan Cranston has found yet another project to fill his schedule now that the Emmy-winning series Breaking Bad is coming to an end. Director Jay Roach is now developing a feature film about the life of Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo and according to Variety he has hired Cranston to play the lead role.
From: Cinema Blend 18/09/2013

New Clip Surfaces From Joss Whedon's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
Who's not super excited to have Agent Coulson back on our screens.
From: Screenrush 18/09/2013

Mexico Submits Cannes Winner 'Heli' For Foreign Language Oscar
Amat Escalante won the Cannes Film Festival Best Director prize this year for Heli, a stark look at the effects of crime and corruption in Mexico.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

IFC Midnight Acquires 'Almost Human'
The horror pic from writer-director Joe Begos has been been acquired by IFC Midnight following its Toronto Film Festival premiere. Almost Human stars Graham Skipper, Vanessa Leigh, and Josh Ethier in the gory sci-fi horror tale of a rural Maine town hit by a string of axe murders and alien abductions.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

Thunder Road Plans Benghazi Siege Pic Based On Book 'The Embassy House'
Thunder Road has acquired The Embassy House to use as the basis for a feature about the 2012 attack on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya which resulted in the death of four that included U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

TORONTO TOLDJA! Magnolia Confirms 'The Sacrament' Deal For Genre Label Magnet
Mike Fleming Jr broke this news from Toronto last week that Magnolia was finalizing a seven-figure deal for Ti West's contemporary found-footage thriller that played in the Vanguard sidebar.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

New Regency Collars Murder Mystery Novel 'Graveland' For Appian Way
New Regency has acquired the Alan Glynn thriller novel Graveland and set Brian Koppelman and David Levien to adapt it and direct. Appian Way partners Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran are producing. The novel is a murder mystery that begins with the discovery of a dead Wall Street investment banker, who was shot while jogging in Central Park.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

R.I.P. Richard Sarafian
Vanishing Point director Richard C. Sarafian died early this morning in Santa Monica of complications from pneumonia. He was 83.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

Osiris Launches Film Distribution Company Paragon Pictures
Osiris Entertainment has launched Paragon Pictures, a new distribution company.
From: Deadline 18/09/2013

Leonardo DiCaprio set to play Woodrow Wilson
Actor eyes graduation to president having previously played Howard Hughes and J Edgar Hoover in biopics.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/09/2013

Mark Hamill uses force of the gym to shape up for Star Wars: Episode VII
Luke Skywalker actor will be 'fighting fit' to reprise iconic role in next chapter of the space saga, says Elm Street actor friend.
From: The Guardian - Film News 17/09/2013

Lucas Black Signs On For Fast & Furious 7, 8 And 9
Back in the days before Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs, the Fast & Furious franchise existed in a state of flux when it came to its lead cast members.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Ron Howard Says The Dark Tower Adaptation Isn't Dead After All
Now that we're getting a "Batman vs. Superman" movie and a plethora of new Star Wars movies, the "Will They Ever Get Made?" conversations can officially focus on Ron Howard's nearly mythical adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Paul Greengrass Walks Away From Aaron Sorkin's The Trial Of The Chicago 7
If DreamWorks still plans to make The Trial of the Chicago 7, it's going to have to do it without Paul Greengrass at the helm.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Independence Day 2 May Not Be Ready For Summer 2015
As it stands, 2015 is set to be one of the biggest blockbuster seasons in film history, with Joss Whedon's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Zack Snyder's Batman/Superman movie, Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World, Edgar Wright's Ant-Man, and Alan Taylor's Terminator all set on the release calendar, but it turns out that Roland Emmerich's Independence Day 2 may not be part of the festivities.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Evil Dead's Fede Alvarez To Direct Dante's Inferno Video Game Adaptation
Despite the rather terrible history of big screen video game adaptations, yet another one is moving into active development, and, what's more, it has found a director.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Kelsey Grammer May Take Nicolas Cage's Rumored Role In The Expendables 3
The Expendables 3 may already be in production, but that's not stopping it from continuing to add to its ridiculous ensemble cast.
From: Cinema Blend 17/09/2013

Star Wars spinoff films to feature 'origins movies' alongside new trilogy
New Star Wars movies will include origins tales as well as standalone films featuring characters from original trilogy.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2013

Toronto film festival: 12 Years a Slave's top prize makes it Oscars favourite
Brits prove victorious in Canada, with Steve McQueen's hotly-tipped drama taking top prize, and Stephen Frears's Philomena named as runner up.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2013

Wadjda, Saudi Arabia's first female film, is country's Oscar entry
Haifaa Al Mansour's Wadjda, the first ever feature from a Saudi Arabian woman, is to be the country's official nomination for the 2014 Oscars.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2013

Colin Firth to voice Paddington Bear in animation co-starring Nicole Kidman
Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent also to feature in film produced by Weinstein brothers and David Heyman and directed by Paul King.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2013

Renoir biopic to be France's official Oscars submission
Last year's best foreign film award went to Michael Haneke's drama Amour.
From: The Guardian - Film News 16/09/2013

Blurred Lines Model Lands Key Role In Gone Girl Opposite Ben Affleck
From Neil Patrick Harris to Tyler Perry, Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck, David Fincher's been pulling some pretty surprising casting moves in his adaptation of Gillian Flynn's wildly popular (and downright addictive) crime novel Gone Girl.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

Rob Marshall's Into The Woods Heads Into Production With One Major Casting Change
The hills are alive with the sound of fairy tale musicals, as Rob Marshall's adaptation of James Lapine's Tony Award-winning stage production Into the Woods went into production last week in different areas of England.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

The Walking Dead's Laurie Holden And More Join Dumb And Dumber To
With production on Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly's Dumb and Dumber To scheduled to start production soon, the production is finally getting around to filling out the cast beyond just Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

Terminator Reboot Moves Its 2015 Release Date
With the summer of 2015 set to be one of the biggest blockbuster seasons ever, it's no surprise that the major studios have already begun tinkering with the various titles and dates on the schedule like pieces on a chess board.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

Thor: The Dark World Director Alan Taylor Discusses Asgard's New Look
Kenneth Branagh and Alan Taylor are very different kinds of directors. While the former has spent most of his career making big screen Shakespeare adaptations, the latter has been a part of some of the best modern television shows out there, from Game of Thrones to Mad Men to The Sopranos.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

Rob Lowe Joins Jason Segel And Cameron Diaz In Sex Tape
Fans of the television series Parks and Recreation - myself included - were sad to learn this summer that Rob Lowe would be leaving the show approximately halfway through the upcoming season.
From: Cinema Blend 16/09/2013

Woody Allen to receive Cecil B DeMille award at Golden Globes
Prolific film-maker in line for prestigious award for contribution to cinema says making films isn't difficult, but making good ones is.
From: The Guardian - Film News 15/09/2013

Ben Affleck's Batman to be a 'tired and weary' crimefighter, says studio
The upcoming Superman sequel Man of Steel 2 will see the Caped Crusader as jaded and experienced figure.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/09/2013

Iran reopens film guild under new president
Rebirth of House of Cinema in Tehran signals relaxation of regime's hard line on homegrown movie industry.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/09/2013

Nicole Kidman may press charges after being knocked to ground by paparazzo
Oscar-winning actor left 'furious' after collision with notorious bike-riding photographer during New York fashion week.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/09/2013

Benedict Cumberbatch: Julian Assange tried to talk me out of WikiLeaks film
Actor who plays WikiLeaks founder in The Fifth Estate says he received long email plea day before filming began.
From: The Guardian - Film News 13/09/2013

Michael Shannon Joins Andrew Garfield In 99 Homes
This summer we all got to see Michael Shannon go toe-to-toe with Henry Cavill's Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, but soon the Oscar-nominated star will find himself facing off against Spider-Man... albeit not literally.
From: Cinema Blend 13/09/2013

Mama Director To Take Over The Mummy Reboot
The upcoming reboot of the Mummy franchise found itself in stasis in late July when director Len Wiseman wound up being too busy to direct it, but now Universal Pictures seems to finally be pushing the project forward.
From: Cinema Blend 13/09/2013

The Amazing Spider-Man 2's Jamie Foxx Has His Fingers Crossed For The Sinister Six
As much as there is to enjoy in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies, one flaw that always stuck out to me was the way the big bad villain would almost always die in the end. Killing them off meant that it would be incredibly difficult to ever bring them back.
From: Cinema Blend 13/09/2013

Luca Calvani Lands Villainous Role In The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Thrillers usually live or die by their sinister villains. We adore memorable antagonists like Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber, Gary Busey's Mr. Joshua, and Anthony Hopkins' charming Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Will Luca Calvani soon join their ranks?
From: Cinema Blend 13/09/2013

JK Rowling To Write Script For Harry Potter Spin Off
New film series will be based on her Comic Relief fictional textbook Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.
From: Screenrush 13/09/2013

Harvey Weinstein extortionist sentenced to seven years
Struggling actor found guilty of plot to demand money from wealthy individuals by threatening their relatives.
From: The Guardian - Film News 12/09/2013

Ben Affleck's Batman Described As 'Tired And Weary And Seasoned'
Shortly before Zack Snyder's Man of Steel was released, screenwriter David Goyer told us that it was likely that the Batman of their new universe was probably just getting started and would even possibly be inspired by Superman to put on the cape.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2013

Olivia Thirlby Joins Josh Gad And Kevin Hart For Wedding Day Comedy
You loved her in Juno. You forgot she was in Dredd, and now the charming Olivia Thirlby is set to dazzle in the Screen Gems/Miramax comedy formerly known as Best Man Inc.
From: Cinema Blend 12/09/2013

Cinema's Most Illustrious Playboys
With the release of Ron Howard's F1 biopic Rush this week, featuring Chris Hemsworth as a champagne swigging, speed demon, we decided to look at other movie characters who liked the taste of caviar a bit too much.
From: Screenrush 12/09/2013

Jurassic Park 4 confirmed - and gets a new title
The fourth chunk of the dinosaur theme park series is on the way, as Pirates of the Caribbean 5 hits a snag.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/09/2013

Derek Jacobi reveals he came close to starring in The Silence of the Lambs
Jacobi and Daniel Day-Lewis lost out to Anthony Hopkins in the race to play Hannibal Lecter, actor writes in his autobiography.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/09/2013

Daniel Radcliffe at the Toronto film festival: 'It's not that I feel awkward, it's that I look awkward'
The former Harry Potter star arrives in Toronto with a trio of adventurous new films covering male-female friendship, gay sex and devil worship.
From: The Guardian - Film News 11/09/2013

Eli Roth Plans Another Green Inferno
It's only just made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, but Eli Roth's The Green Inferno - the first film he's directed in six years - has already earned itself a sequel. Roth will produce and "present" Beyond The Green Inferno, again in cahoots with Worldview Entertainment, with his recent Aftershock collaborator Nicholas Lopez stepping in to direct.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2013

Mortal Instruments Sequel Delayed
While the company seemed to be moving full speed ahead to build a franchise of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments book series, it would appear that Constantine Film is hitting the brakes after the first release - City Of Bones - didn't become quite the smash hit it was hoping for.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2013

Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 Sails Away From 2015
Though all seemed to be smooth sailing for a fifth outing of the Pirates Of The Caribbean crew, Dead Men Tell No Tales - Jeff Nathanson was writing the script, Kon-Tiki directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg were aboard to call the shots and Johnny Depp was set to return - the project appears to have hit a squall and now won't see cinemas in 2015.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2013

Jurassic World Roars In For 2015
Though we all worried when the fourth Jurassic Park film struck a delay and Universal announced it wouldn't make its planned 2014 release, everyone began to breathe easier when a banner announced a 2015 date. Now we know the exact release date - June 12, 2015, in the US at least - and what it will be called. Welcome, then, to Jurassic World.
From: Empire Online 11/09/2013

Spicy New Don Jon Stills Arrive
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut is a comedy that unites him with Tony Danza, Scarlett Johansson and a whole stack of pixelated porniness
From: Empire Online 11/09/2013

Locke & Key Movies Finds A Screenwriter, But Producer Robert Kurtzman Won't Say Who
There are few movies I'm looking to with the same amount of fervor that I have for the upcoming Universal feature adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's Locke & Key. It's almost as palpable as the pages the comic is printed on.
From: Cinema Blend 11/09/2013

Jason Sudeikis Signs Up To Sleeping With Other People
The ex-SNL actor will join Kirsten Dunst in Leslye Headland's follow up to Bachelorette.
From: Screenrush 11/09/2013

Toronto: Samuel L. Jackson-Starrer 'Big Game' Adds Cast
Oscar winner Jim Broadbent and Ray Stevenson (Thor, GI Joe: Retaliation) have joined the cast of action adventure pic Big Game. Samuel L. Jackson is playing the president of the United States in the film that starts shooting today.
From: Deadline 11/09/2013

Toronto: CAA Signs Palme d'Or 'Blue Is The Warmest Color' Helmer Abdellatif Kechiche
CAA has signed Abdellatif Kechiche, who is here in Toronto with Blue Is The Warmest Color.
From: Deadline 11/09/2013

Universal's 'Dracula' Retitled 'Dracula Untold'; Still Set For Oct. 3, 2014 Release
Universal's Dracula pic is now titled Dracula Untold, but its release date remains the same: Friday, October 3, 2014.
From: Deadline 11/09/2013

Toronto: APA Signs 'McCanick' Helmer Josh Waller
APA has signed Josh Waller, whose Toronto film McCanick just sold to Well Go USA. Waller is partners in SpectreVision with Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah.
From: Deadline 11/09/2013

Pablo Escobar biopic finally gets go-ahead, with John Leguizamo in lead
Actor bought his own fat suit to convince producers he was right to play the late Colombian drug lord.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2013

London Fields film shoot gets under way
Long gestating Martin Amis adaptation starts shooting, with Katy Perry promo director Matthew Cullen on board.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2013

Star Wars droid R2D2 spotted in Star Trek Into Darkness
Hardcore Star Trek fans irritated at second sighting of character from rival science-fiction franchise.
From: The Guardian - Film News 10/09/2013

Bruce Willis Turns Into A Bad Guy For Action Movie The Prince
Another day, another report that Bruce Willis has signed up for another action movie. Out of Toronto International Film Festival, Deadline is reporting that Willis has committed to star in The Prince, an action thriller penned by Ride scribes Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore. But rather than fronting the thriller as its rough and tumble hero with a winning smirk, Willis is set to play the pic's villain.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2013

Vince Vaughn Talks About His Return For Anchorman 2
Last December I was fortunate to be one of the bloggers invited to visit the set of the DreamWorks dramedy Delivery Man. There I had the chance to sit down with the movie's talkative leading man Vince Vaughn, and while he shared his thoughts on improvisation, his own acting method, and this American remake of Starbuck, he also took a moment to tell us he would be reprising his memorable role of Wes Mantooth in Anchorman: The Legend Continues. This is where the embargo on set visits can be especially vexing, when you learn a bit of news you won't be free to share for months on end.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2013

Hugh Jackman Planned A Wolverine And Spider-Man Crossover, And You'll Never Believe Why It Didn't Happen
If you're a comic book fan with a basic working knowledge of how different studios have divvied up the rights to various characters, you're aware of which crossovers are totally possible in comics but will never happen onscreen.
From: Cinema Blend 10/09/2013

Jaimie Alexander lands in London Fields
Jaimie Alexander is joining the all-star cast of supernatural murder thriller London Fields. Jaimie Alexander has joined the cast of London Fields. The Thor actress will act alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Sturgess, Amber Heard and Theo James in the screen adaptation of writer Martin Amis' 1989 novel.
From: Film-News 10/09/2013

Toronto: A24 Near Deal For Scarlett Johansson-Starrer 'Under The Skin'
In its second deal of the festival, A24 is closing U.S. rights for a bit more than $1 million on Under The Skin, the Jonathan Glazer-directed atmospheric thriller that stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien who preys on hitchhikers, who get a one-way ticket to her planet.
From: Deadline 10/09/2013

Toronto: Virgil Films Acquires Horror Pic 'Foreclosure' For VOD Release
Virgil Films acquired the U.S. rights to Foreclosure, a Richard Ledes-directed horror film that stars Michael Imperioli, best known for his work in mob sagas The Sopranos and Goodfellas.
From: Deadline 10/09/2013

Toronto: Cohen Media Group Acquires Fest Docu 'The Last Of The Unjust'
Cohen Media Group has acquired North American distribution on The Last Of The Unjust, the documentary that's playing Toronto and will follow with a New York Film Festival berth.
From: Deadline 10/09/2013

'Bachelorette' Duo Leslye Headland, Kirsten Dunst Enlist Jason Sudeikis For 'Sleeping With Other People'
Bachelorette writer-director Leslye Headland is re-teaming with Kirsten Dunst and Gary Sanchez Productions on Sleeping With Other People, a co-production between Gary Sanchez and IM Global. Jason Sudeikis, who left Saturday Night Live and starred in the summer hit We're The Millers, will play the male lead. He's separately set to reprise in Horrible Bosses 2.
From: Deadline 10/09/2013

Charlie Hunnam says Fifty Shades of Grey sex scenes 'not a problem'
Actor says early experience filming gay TV series Queer as Folk accustomed him to them.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/09/2013

Tom Hiddleston poised to fill Benedict Cumberbatch's shoes on Crimson Peak
Avengers star steps in following fellow Brit's decision not to take up mooted role in Guillermo Del Toro's gothic horror story.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/09/2013

Gemma Arterton and Tim Roth to star in revived Christopher Nolan mystery
The Keys to the Street, Nolan's shelved adaptation of Ruth Rendell's 1996 crime novel, to shoot with new director at helm.
From: The Guardian - Film News 09/09/2013

Brad Pitt Talks World War Z Sequels
Perhaps the biggest problem for World War Z's sequel is what to call it. World War Z 2? World War Zour? World War Z: Zed's Dead? Then there's possibilty of the threequel's name being World War Z 3, which doesn't even bear thinking about. And yet, it is under consideration, as Brad Pitt revealed to the press at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
From: Empire Online 09/09/2013

Naomi Watts Will Star As A Serial Killer's Wife In Errol Morris's Narrative Debut
The Toronto Film Festival is in full swing, and as the stars promote their prestigious new pictures, news is beginning to bubble to the surface.
From: Cinema Blend 09/09/2013

David Cronenberg's Shivers Is Getting A Remake
Yet another horror remake will be coming soon to theaters near you. But obligatory eye-rolling aside, this one has some promise.
From: Cinema Blend 09/09/2013

Newcomer Sophie Cookson Beats Out Emma Watson For Secret Service
While famed filmmakers like Sofia Coppola, Darren Aronofsky, and Guillermo Del Toro have been clamoring to work with Harry Potter child star turned glamorous ingénue Emma Watson, polarizing director Matthew Vaughn has just rejected the chance to work with her, favoring a much lesser known actress for his next venture.
From: Cinema Blend 09/09/2013

Ain't Them Bodies Saints Director Set To Adapt Iraq War Novel The Yellow Birds
With just one film notched into his directorial belt, David Lowery has already put himself in the same conversational space with some of the best directors in the biz. And it's not only because his debut, the Texas outlaw love story Ain't Them Bodies Saints, is getting such critical acclaim; it's because Lowery is attaching himself to a bevy of projects that almost certainly won't see completion.
From: Cinema Blend 09/09/2013

Willem Dafoe Cast In Adaptation Of The Fault In Our Stars
Spiderman actor set to play reclusive author in the adaptation of the hugely popular teenage novel.
From: Screenrush 09/09/2013

Idris: Mandela taught me sacrifice
Idris Elba learned to be patient through playing Nelson Mandela. The Wire star portrays the influential figure in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend.
From: Film-News 09/09/2013

Red Planet secures new drama, Legion
Leading UK independent production company, Red Planet Pictures, revealed today that it is developing a new, 10-part drama series for UKTV's flagship entertainment channel, Watch.
From: Film-News 09/09/2013

Toronto: Ron Howard's 'Rush' Takes Victory Lap At Emotional Fest Debut Screening
You could tell from the smiles on the faces of Universal executives that Sunday night's Toronto Film Festival.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Toronto: Tom Of Finland Getting Screen Treatment
While at the Toronto Film Festival for the world premiere of Heart Of A Lion, Helsinki-filmi has attached Dome Karukoski to direct an authorized biopic of Tom of Finland.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Toronto: Bruce Willis To Star In 'The Prince;' To Be Financed By Emmett/Furla
Bruce Willis will star in The Prince, an action thriller that will be produced and financed by Emmett/Furla Films.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Toronto: Paradigm Signs 'Beneath The Harvest Sky' Helmers Aron Gaudet And Gita Pullapilly
Paradigm has signed Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, who wrote, directed and produced Beneath The Harvest Sky. That film had it's World Premiere in Toronto last night in the Discovery section and was a Next Wave selection of the festival. Paradigm is also selling the film.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Isaiah Washington Turns It Around With 'Blackbird'
Isaiah Washington, whose run on Grey's Anatomy ended when he got caught up in a scandal in which cast mates said had used homophobic slurs, has just finished Blackbird, a film by writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk. Washington plays the sympathetic father of a talented teen singer who is gay and struggling with it in a small Southern Baptist town.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Relativity To Distribute 'King Of Cocaine'; How John Leguizamo Won Pablo Escobar Role
Relativity Media has signed on for King Of Cocaine, and the long-gestating Brad Furman-directed biopic of Medellin Cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar is finally in shape to start production in Colombia in January.
From: Deadline 09/09/2013

Steve McQueen on 12 Years a Slave: 'It's not about sugarcoating history'
Director of Oscar-tipped film compares the book on which it's based to the memoirs of Anne Frank and explains motives behind making it
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/09/2013

Colin Firth on The Railway Man: 'a whole chapter of history not taught'
Colin Firth joins screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce and the widow of the man he plays in new film The Railway Man in calling for greater understanding of the prisoners of war forced to work on the Burma railway.
From: The Guardian - Film News 08/09/2013

Emma Watson Hears Your Voice In My Head Again
There was a brief flurry of activity last year - and some excitement from Harry Potter fans at the thought of director David Yates and Hermione herself, Emma Watson teaming back up again - around the adaptation of Emma Forrest's book Your Voice In My Head. Then Yates moved on and all went quiet, but the film appears to be back on its feet with Watson still attached.
From: Empire Online 08/09/2013

Holly Hunter Joins Manglehorn
Already in contention as strangest title of 2014, David Gordon Green's latest film, Manglehorn boasts Al Pacino as the title character. The cast has expanded to include Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine and Argo's Chris Messina.
From: Empire Online 08/09/2013

Jason Bateman's Directorial Debut Bad Words Acquired By Focus Features At TIFF
With a sizable number of highly talked about releases such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave and Jason Reitman's Labor Day hitting the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend.
From: Cinema Blend 08/09/2013

Nicole Kidman May Replace Naomi Watts In Werner Herzog's Queen Of The Desert
t's been two and a half years since director Werner Herzog first began talking about his Gertrude Bell biopic Queen of the Desert, marking his first feature since 2009's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. At the time, Naomi Watts was set to take on the leading role, but the film is now going through its second major casting change, as Deadline reports Watts has exited the project and Nicole Kidman is in talks to replace her. Eye for an eye, Australian for an Australian, I guess.
From: Cinema Blend 08/09/2013

Horns Author Joe Hill Praises Daniel Radcliffe's Performance, Shares Update On Movie's Release Date
Just last week, we shared some new stills from the anticipated feature adaptation of Joe Hill's novel Horns. While the film screened this weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, the actual release date has yet to be set, contrary to what has been stated elsewhere.
From: Cinema Blend 08/09/2013

WME Signs 'Tommy Boy' Helmer Peter Segal
WME has just signed Peter Segal and his Callahan Filmworks producing partner Michael Ewing. The duo has been on the move lately. They left CAA in April to rejoin their longtime agent Adam Kanter at upstart agency Resolution.
From: Deadline 08/09/2013

Toronto: Katee Sackhoff To Star In 'Somnia'
Katee Sackhoff, here at Toronto starring in the Mike Flanagan-directed Midnight Madness Section pic Oculus, has signed on to Flanagan's next film, Somnia. That pic begins production later this fall, with Focus Features International handling international sales on the psychological horror film scripted by Flanagan and Jeff Howard.
From: Deadline 08/09/2013

Toronto: Global-Minded Monied Venture Ivanhoe Pictures Launched By Troika
There is a new monied production company getting off the ground here in Toronto. Ivanhoe Pictures has been launched by Ivanhoe Capital Corporation principal Robert Friedland, GreeneStreet president and co-founder John Penotti, and Beijing-based Ray Chen, the founder and chairman of Beijing Premiere Media Company.
From: Deadline 08/09/2013

Toronto: The Weinstein Company's Epic 'Mandela' Debuts To Standing Ovation
Not everything goes smoothly, even at as efficiently organized an event as the Toronto International Film Festival.
From: Deadline 08/09/2013

Toronto: 12 Years a Slave premieres to ecstatic reactions and Oscar lockdown
Steve McQueen's account of a free man sold into slavery wins awards buzz, a standing ovation, and praise for its director from producer/star Brad Pitt.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/09/2013

Real adventure that inspired Moby-Dick lures film directors
Two versions of shipwreck and cannibalism story behind Melville's classic are being made.
From: The Guardian - Film News 07/09/2013

Toronto: A24 Buys Tom Hardy Pic 'Locke'
A24 acquired North American rights to Steven Knight's Locke, the first deal on the ground here at Toronto.
From: Deadline 07/09/2013

Toronto: 'Oculus' Helmer Mike Flanagan In Focus Features Int'l Deal For 'Somnia'
Mike Flanagan, whose film Oculus is playing in the Midnight Madness section, has got his next film. He'll direct Somnia with production to begin later this fall.
From: Deadline 07/09/2013

Film Casting Round-Up: Jennifer Lopez Joins Thriller 'The Boy Next Door', 'Fast & Furious 7′ Adds 'Game Of Thrones' Actress
Universal Pictures is reteaming with Blumhouse Productions on The Boy Next Door, which will star Jennifer Lopez.
From: Deadline 07/09/2013

Toronto: Naomi Watts To Star In Errol Morris-Helmed 'Holland, Michigan'
Naomi Watts is in talks to star in Holland, Michigan, a thriller that will be directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris from a script by first time screenwriter Andrew Sodroski.
From: Deadline 07/09/2013

R.I.P. Character Actor Murray Gershenz
Murray Gershenz, whose credits as a character actor ranged from Todd Phillips' The Hangover to The Sarah Silverman Program, died after a heart attack on August 28. He was 91.
From: Deadline 07/09/2013

Robert Pattinson to star in James Dean biopic … as film icon's friend
Twilight actor will play photographer who helped Dean find fame, alongside rising star Dane DeHaan.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/09/2013

Beasts of the Southern Wild follow-up will be eco-kidnap 'psychotic adventure'
Oscar-nominated director Benh Zeitlin to remain in fantasy territory with an unconventional love story.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/09/2013

Benedict Cumberbatch launches defence of Julian Assange
Cumberbatch says of playing Assange in new film The Fifth Estate, 'we show his ideas and integrity and self-sacrifice'.
From: The Guardian - Film News 06/09/2013

Tommy Lee Jones To Remake The Cowboys
Tommy Lee Jones' The Homesman is only just in post-production at Luc Besson's Europacorp, but it seems that the actor/director is of a mind to stay in Western territory. Warner Bros. have just announced that Jones is now developing a remake of The Cowboys, the 1972 film that starred The Duke himself, John Wayne.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2013

Moomins To Star In First Feature Film
Given how perennially beloved they are, it's amazing that The Moomins have never starred in an original feature film before.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2013

Warner Bros. Revisit Island Of Dr Moreau
Seventeen years is a long time in Hollywood, and with the Marlon Brando / Val Kilmer version of The Island Of Dr Moreau now just a distant and surreal memory, Warner Bros. have decided to once again dust off the HG Wells classic.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2013

Ice Cube Confirmed For 22 Jump Street
We weren't really under the impression that this was ever in doubt, but with shooting imminent comes the formal announcement that Ice Cube has finalised his deal and will be returning for the 21 Jump Street sequel. He will shout another day at Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street, which this time also stars Wyatt Russell.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2013

Alan Taylor In Talks To Direct New Terminator
When we talked to Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor at the D23 event last month, he admitted he was tired after a long production and editing process. But it doesn't look like the Game Of Thrones veteran is scaling things down for his next film. If anything, he's going even bigger, entering talks to take on the new Terminator movie.
From: Empire Online 06/09/2013

Tommy Lee Jones Will Write And Direct Remake Of John Wayne's The Cowboys
Even when he's starring in a futuristic movie like Men in Black 3, you can just tell that Tommy Lee Jones wants to step out of that time period and hop back on the range. Historical dramas and westerns seem to be where Jones feels most at home.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

Joel Edgerton Resurrects Johnny Depp's Pet Project Shantaram
For better or worse, some projects just refuse to be forgotten. After years in hibernation, the Warner Bros. adaptation of Gregory David Roberts' novel/memoir Shantaram is finally back on track. According to Deadline, The Great Gatsby star Joel Edgerton is in talks to take on the lead role of Lin Ford, making it one of about a thousand potential roles we may see the actor take in the near future.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

The Sopranos' Drea De Matteo Joins Charlize Theron In Dark Places
While a lot of hot-blooded men were probably rocking on their heels waiting to see Christina Hendricks play a stripper in Gilles Paquet-Brenner's upcoming mystery thriller Dark Places, her role was recently changed once the film went into production.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

Steve Martin, Angelina Jolie And Angela Lansbury To Receive Honorary Oscars
The honorary Oscars were shoved out of the main Academy Awards broadcast a few years back, presumably to give more time to awkward montages and poorly thought-out musical numbers, but Angelina Jolie may have the power to bring the back to primetime.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

E.L. Katz's Dark Comedy Thriller Cheap Thrills Coming To VOD In January
Whenever we talk about filmmaking partnerships, it's usually on the large scale, as when Legendary Entertainment split with Warner Bros. and teamed up with NBCUniversal. But in this case, we're going more small scale with big intentions.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

Tom Hiddleston Takes Benedict Cumberbatch's Place In Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak
Benedict Cumberbatch has become one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood, but he's not the only British star who has achieved that level in recent months.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

Willem Dafoe Joins The Cast Of The Fault In Our Stars
The adaptation of John Green's bestselling novel The Fault In Our Stars already has an impressive cast of young actors and veterans, with Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Nat Wolff and Mike Birbiglia all already attached, but today the film has added another great name to its ranks: Willem Dafoe.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

21 Jump Street Sequel Reveals New Plot Details, Amber Stevens Joins The Cast
The final scene of Phil Lord and Chris Miller's 21 Jump Street flat-out told us where main characters Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) would be going in the sequel, Ice Cube's Captain Dickson informing the duo that their next undercover assignment would be at the local college.
From: Cinema Blend 06/09/2013

Homeland Actor Damian Lewis Joins Newest Astronaut Thriller Alone
Jumping on the back of recent sci-fi successes, directors Kirk Weddell and Chris Taylor have enlisted Damian Lewis, star of popular TV drama Homeland and recent Romeo and Juliet remake, to star in their upcoming space thriller Alone.
From: Screenrush 06/09/2013

UK Critics Respond To Diana, Oliver Hirschbiegel Responds To Them
In an interview in Paris the director of Diana has responded to the critical panning of his film about Diana, Princess of Wales.
From: Screenrush 06/09/2013

Hot Toronto Clip: 'The Face Of Love'
In what promises to be a moving, adult romance (remember those?) Annette Bening stars as a widow who learns to love again with an art teacher played by Ed Harris who is a near-double for the husband she lost.
From: Deadline 06/09/2013

Venice: 'Tom At The Farm', 'Philomena', 'La Belle Vie' Among Early Prize-Winners
Ahead of the main prize ceremony tomorrow night, awards are starting to trickle out here at the Venice Film Festival. The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) has given its Best Film honor to Canadian multi-hyphenate Xavier Dolan's well-received psychological thriller Tom At The Farm.
From: Deadline 06/09/2013

Toronto: Magnolia Acquires U.S. Rights To 'The Right Kind Of Wrong'
Magnolia Pictures acquired US rights to The Right Kind Of Wrong.
From: Deadline 06/09/2013

John Landis Set As EP For Elijah Wood's SpectreVision Werewolf Pic
The director of 1981′s An American Werewolf In London is getting back into the shape-shifting genre.
From: Deadline 06/09/2013

Benedict Cumberbatch set to play Amazon explorer in Lost City of Z
Cumberbatch sought for role as Percy Fawcett, the celebrated real-life adventurer who disappeared in the Brazilian jungle in the 1920s.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2013

Jack Nicholson 'retires from acting due to memory loss'
Actor apparently refusing scripts as sources say he 'can no longer remember the lines' - but he will remain a public figure.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2013

Roman Polanski says 2009 rearrest left him feeling persecuted
Media attention over rape charges was as traumatic as aftermath of wife's murder by Mansons, says director.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2013

Ian McKellen to play Sherlock Holmes in new film directed by Bill Condon
New film set in 1947 portrays a tortured, elderly Holmes haunted by an unsolved case.
From: The Guardian - Film News 05/09/2013

Will Smith Might Be In Independence Day 2 After All
Having a hard time believing that Will Smith would return for an Independence Day sequel? So are we-- but director Roland Emmerich swears it's possible, as you can see from this interview in Digital Spy.
From: Cinema Blend 05/09/2013

Director Jason Reitman Plans An Adaptation Of Quirky Novel 'Men, Women And Children'
Juno director hopes to bring to life novel dealing with the sexual pressures of high school students and their parents.
From: Screenrush 05/09/2013

Nicholson retirement rumours 'not true'
Jack Nicholson is not suffering from memory loss and has no plans to quit acting, according to a new report. Rumours swirled Wednesday the Oscar-winner was retiring from acting at the age of 76 due to a memory-related illness.
From: Film-News 05/09/2013

Toronto: Electric Entertainment Launches International Sales Arm With 'The Wannabe'
Former Global Screen exec Sonia Mehandjiyska has been tapped to head the new international sales divison at Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment.
From: Deadline 05/09/2013

Toronto: The Exchange Nabs Foreign Rights To Jay-Z Docu 'Made In America'
Ron Howard directed the concert documentary that will have its world premiere in Toronto on Saturday.
From: Deadline 05/09/2013

Toronto: Lotus Stakes 'A Hologram For The King' With Tom Hanks And Tom Tykwer
As international buyers begin to arrive in Toronto for the festival, Lotus Entertainment has staked a big one. Lotus has come on board to handle international sales for A Hologram For The King, the adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel that Tom Hanks will star in and Tom Tykwer will direct in a reteam from Cloud Atlas. Playtone and X Filme Creative Pool are producing.
From: Deadline 05/09/2013

Film Independent Sets 2013 Screenwriting Lab Fellows
Film Independent's 14th annual Screenwriting Lab, sponsored by WGA West, is a five-week program designed to help writers improve their craft and take their current scripts to the next level while learning about the industry and the craft. Robin Swicord and Jeff Stockwell return as this year's mentors, and speakers include Short Term 12's Destin Daniel Cretton and Orange Is The New Black's Sian Heder. One of the 10 screenwriters on this year's list, Edi Ibok, won the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television Screenwriting Fellowship for his script Trauma.
From: Deadline 05/09/2013

David Fincher, Fox Sets 'Gone Girl' Cast; Tyler Perry To Play Defense Attorney
20th Century Fox and director David Fincher are firming up Gone Girl, the Gillian Flynn novel that will star Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and shoots this fall. Fincher has set Tyler Perry to play Tanner Bolt, the attorney who reps Affleck's character after his wife disappears. At the same time, Fincher has set Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit and Carrie Coon to round out a cast that includes previously reported Neil Patrick Harris.
From: Deadline 05/09/2013

Pope Francis: the movie
Pontiff set for popcorn treatment as Argentinian director of The Lake House announces biopic starring The Motorcycle Diaries star Rodrigo de la Serna.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

One Direction: This is Us shows Britain's favourite film experience is 1D
The One Direction documentary took three times the business of its nearest rival, as families rushed to see it before the end of school holidays - and We're the Millers has loyal fans too.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

Fifty Shades of Grey fans launch online protest against film casting
Fans want Matt Bomer and Alexis Bledel to replace Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades of Grey film.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

Toronto film festival 2013 lineup touted as best ever
Canadian festival hopes to outshine Venice and Telluride with films including WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

Blue is the Warmest Colour actors say filming lesbian love story was 'horrible'
Adèle Exarchopolous and Léa Seydoux claim sex scene took 10 days to shoot and they were made to hit each other for an hour.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

London Film Festival announces Tom Hanks-dominated lineup
Actor will star in both the opening and closing movies of 57th BFI London Film Festival, playing captain of hijacked ship in one.
From: The Guardian - Film News 04/09/2013

Kevin MacDonald Boards Last Train To Memphis
He's currently shooting submarine treasure-hunting drama Black Sea with Jude Law, but director Kevin MacDonald has just lined up his next project. Last Train To Memphis is a biopic of Elvis Presley, coming together at Fox, with a certain Mick Jagger among its producers.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2013

New Featurette For 12 Years A Slave
Steve McQueen's latest, 12 Years A Slave, seems certain to get some awards attention in its near future after a successful critical launch at the Telluride Film Festival.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2013

Paul Greengrass Scotches Bourne 5 Rumours
As the first Brit to open the BFI London Film Festival since Kevin Macdonald in 2006, Paul Greengrass will be proudly flying the flag at the opening gala on October 9 with his true-life thriller Captain Phillips. "A tremendous honour and a real thrill," is how he described the tribute when Empire caught up with him at the festival launch.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2013

The 2013 London Film Festival Line-Up Is Announced!
We already knew that Captain Phillips will open the BFI London Film Festival 2013, and that Saving Mr. Banks will close it. But what's the filling in this Tom Hanks sandwich? Well, the full line-up has just been announced, and it looks awfully exciting.
From: Empire Online 04/09/2013

Will Batman Have A Girlfriend In Man Of Steel 2?
We're still not even sure there's room for Batman in Man of Steel 2, or Batman vs. Superman if you want to get fancy, but now apparently the Bats will be squeezing a lady friend somewhere into the story as well.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2013

The Place Beyond The Pines Director To Adapt M.L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans
As someone who has long gone through bouts of minor depression, I sometimes wish I loved more vapid forms of entertainment instead of the ones that make me feel like I've been emotionally gored.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2013

Bill Murray And Barry Levinson Team Up For Rock The Kasbah
Bill Murray has a reputation for being extremely picky when it comes to choosing scripts and projects that he wants to be a part of, so there must be something pretty special about the new Barry Levinson-directed comedy Rock The Kasbah. According to Deadline, the new film has gotten Murray sign on to star and will be looking to find international distribution at the Toronto International Film Festival.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2013

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' Jared Harris Joins The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Jared Harris has become the latest star to join the cast of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the upcoming film version of the classic spy series that his set to be directed by Guy Ritchie (with whom Harris previously worked on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The Hollywood Reporter has announced the news, but it would seem that the actor's role is being kept under wraps for now.
From: Cinema Blend 04/09/2013

Transformers: Age of Extinction Revealed To Be The Title Of Fourth Transformers Film
First teaser poster and official title of Transformers 4 seems to suggest that the franchise is going in a prehistoric direction.
From: Screenrush 04/09/2013

Sackhoff: Vin helped me bulk
The 33-year-old actress stars alongside the action hero in David Twohy's new film Riddick. In order to portray her character, Dahl, more accurately, Katee sought the help of muscleman Vin to bulk up.
From: Film-News 04/09/2013

Director: Drown in Drinking Buddies
Joe Swanberg hopes people will "dive into" Drinking Buddies. The director is the mastermind behind the comedy, which stars Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and Jake Johnson. His approach with the movie was not to give too much background to the characters, which he hoped will allow people to fully immerse themselves in the story.
From: Film-News 04/09/2013

Bill Murray to Rock the Kasbah
Bill Murray has reportedly landed a role in Barry Levinson comedy Rock the Kasbah. The 62-year-old comedy legend will star in the forthcoming feature based on the story of a "burned-out music manager", according to the Hollywood Reporter.
From: Film-News 04/09/2013

Transformers new film title revealed
"TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION" stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, TJ Miller, Han Geng and Chinese actress Li Bingbing in the fourth installment in the hit series of movies based on the best-selling Hasbro toyline. Paramount Pictures will release the film on June 27th, 2014.
From: Film-News 04/09/2013

CBS Films Acquires 'The Husband's Secret'
CBS Films has acquired screen rights to The Husband's Secret, the Liane Moriarty novel that was published in July by Amy Einhorn Books during the summer and hit the bestseller lists. The novel follows three different women whose lives are plunged into crises after one of the women opens a Pandora's Box that ties all three women together in ways no one could have suspected.
From: Deadline 04/09/2013

London Film Festival Unveils Lineup
The 57th BFI London Film Festival is screening 234 features including 22 world premieres, although many films will have already debuted at other festivals.
From: Deadline 04/09/2013

Fox Searchlight Shifts Release Date For James Gandolfini Pic 'Enough Said'
Enough Said, the Nicole Holofcener-directed comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in his second-to-last film role before his death in July, will now kick off its platform release Wednesday, September 18.
From: Deadline 04/09/2013

Live-Action 'Max Steel' Revived, Set For 2014 Release
Paramount was once set to adapt Mattel's popular Max Steel toy line into a live-action pic with Twilight's Taylor Lautner to star. Instead Mattel will now team up with Dolphin Entertainment and Open Road to bring the action figure franchise to the big screen.
From: Deadline 04/09/2013

Raindance film festival jury to include Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder could follow example of Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi by making video-link appearance.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/09/2013

Bryan Cranston says it's a bald lie he'll play Lex Luthor in Man of Steel sequel
Breaking Bad star denies involvement in Zack Snyder followup as Timothy Dalton linked with the role of Batman's butler Alfred.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/09/2013

Under the Skin serves up Venice film festival's Marmite moment
Scene where undercover Scarlett Johansson falls over in Glasgow city centre gets a mixed reaction.
From: The Guardian - Film News 03/09/2013

James Franco's Oscar Campaign: 'Consider This Sh*t'
The start of fall means the start of awards season, the time when it seems every other movie on the release schedule is begging for Oscar attention or at least an expensive "For Your Consideration" campaign to get awards voters' attention.
From: Cinema Blend 03/09/2013

Charlie Hunnan And Dakota Johnson Cast In Upcoming Fifty Shades Of Grey
Author E.L. James announces the actors due to play the leads in the upcoming film adaptation of her bestselling novel.
From: Screenrush 03/09/2013

Austin Film Festival To Honor Callie Khouri; 2013 Conference Slate Unveiled
The 20th annual Austin Film Festival has unveiled its 2013 lineup of screenwriter-focused panels and special filmmaker guests. This year's fest runs from October 24-31 and will honor Oscar-winner Callie Khouri (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) with its Distinguished Screenwriter Award.
From: Deadline 03/09/2013

QED Sets Bill Murray For Barry Levinson-Directed 'Rock The Kasbah'
Bill Murray will star in Rock The Kasbah, with Barry Levinson directing a script by Mitch Glazer. The film is being backed and produced by QED's Bill Block, Venture Forth's Jacob Pechenik and Shangri-La Entertainment's Steve Bing. They will shop the film to international distribs at Toronto.
From: Deadline 03/09/2013

Open Road Nabs U.S. Rights To 'Testament', An Unleashing Of Biblical Plagues
Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Testament, a supernatural thriller that will begin production in March, with The Butterfly Effect helmer Eric Bress directing his script. Open Road will release the Voltage Pictures-financed film in early 2015.
From: Deadline 03/09/2013

Derek Cianfrance To Direct DreamWorks Adaptation 'The Light Between Oceans'
DreamWorks Studios has tapped Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines) to helm its post-WWI set lit adaptation The Light Between Oceans.
From: Deadline 03/09/2013

Annie Awards Open Submissions
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced its call for entries today for the 41st annual Annie Awards.
From: Deadline 03/09/2013

Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki to retire following latest film
The Wind Rises, currently premiering at this year's Venice film festival, will be Japanese director's final feature.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/09/2013

50 Shades film: Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson cast
Author EL James takes to Twitter to reveal Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson set for the leads in Sam Taylor-Johnson's adaptation.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/09/2013

Terry Gilliam blames internet for the breakdown in 'real relationships'
Director's new film The Zero Theorem completes dystopian trilogy, following Brazil and Twelve Monkeys.
From: The Guardian - Film News 02/09/2013

Mike Birbiglia Takes Small Role In YA Adaptation The Fault In Our Stars
If you're a fan of young adult novels, especially the really good ones that have nothing to do with vampires or wizards or anything else, there's no bigger upcoming movie than The Fault In Our Stars, the screen adaptation of John Green's heartbreaking, funny, wonderfully written book.
From: Cinema Blend 02/09/2013

Benedict Cumberbatch Rumored For Star Wars Episode VII
Star Wars fans have been eagerly awaiting more concrete news about the anticipated Episode VII. While plenty of rumors have been circulating, including one involving a certain Sherlock star possibly joining the cast, full confirmations have been slim so far.
From: Cinema Blend 02/09/2013

The Raid: Redemption Remake Dropkicks A Screenwriter Into Place
Certain films should have deadlines attached to them, where the pre-production life can only last a certain amount of time before the project gets left alone. This is a naïve standpoint, I know.
From: Cinema Blend 02/09/2013

Charlie Hunnam Confirmed To Star In Fifty Shades Of Grey
Well, that was fast. Earlier today we shared word that Dakota Johnson was signed on to play the lead role of Anastasia Steele in the anticipated feature adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey.
From: Cinema Blend 02/09/2013

Arnold Schwarzenegger Posts Harrison Ford Pic From Expendables 3 Set
Announced in a brief flurry of tweets from Sylvester Stallone a month ago, we know that Harrison Ford will be bringing his grouchy style to the set of The Expendables 3 after Sly and co parted ways with Bruce Willis following tetchy contract negotiations.
From: Empire Online 02/09/2013

Kurt Russell Races To Fast & Furious 7
Curiouser and curiouser… Or should we say, Furiouser and Furiouser? Because word has arrived that Kurt Russell is in negotiations to join Fast & Furious 7, which is shaping up to have an interesting cast beyond the regular gang.
From: Empire Online 02/09/2013

Richard Curtis Moves Away From Movie Screenwriting
As he announced in Empire magazine last month, About Time marks Richard Curtis's directorial swansong. He's putting away the clapperboard, folding up that chair with 'R. Curtis' on the back and pursuing other creative outlets, of which he has no shortage. Surprisingly, movie screenwriting won't be one of them - at least, not in the short term.
From: Empire Online 02/09/2013

Dinobots Confirmed For Transformers 4
Confirming unofficial reports from eagle-eyed set snoopers earlier in the week, Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has told Beijing News that the Dinobots will indeed be making an appearance in Michael Bay's Transformers 4. Yes, really.
From: Empire Online 02/09/2013

Catching Fire Banner Reveals Final Victors Bound For The Quarter Quell Games
Catching Fire's newest banner and character posters rouse excitement among fans as the final victors, due to join Katniss and Peeta in the 75th Games, are revealed for the first time.
From: Screenrush 02/09/2013

Interstellar Plot Details Emerge, Or Do They?
Internet buzzing from seemingly exclusive plot details unveiled in local Canadian newspaper.
From: Screenrush 02/09/2013

Man Of Steel Challange for Wigan Warriors & Leeds Rhinos
Wigan Warriors, Leeds Rhinos, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, ISC Sport and Sky Sports have partnered for the ultimate display of human ability.
From: Film-News 02/09/2013

Telluride: Weinstein's 'Salinger' World Premieres To Strong Response On Fest's Last Day
Just as the 40th Annual Telluride Film Festival starts to wind down, The Weinstein Company which has had a comparatively low profile for most of the fest, caused a stir in offering up the World Premiere and first public screening ever of writer/director/producer Shane Salerno's riveting and stunning portrait of reclusive author J.D. Salinger, Salinger.
From: Deadline 02/09/2013

Toronto: IM Global To Launch Justin Bieber Doc 'Believe' From 'Never Say Never' Helmer
Gearing up for Toronto, IM Global chief Stuart Ford says the company is "engineering its usual full-on assault on the marketplace." Ford is currently in Venice in support of Ti West's The Sacrament and Steven Knight's Tom Hardy-starrer Locke.
From: Deadline 02/09/2013

Parkland: JFK conspiracy theories muddy the water, says director
Former journalist Peter Landesman says 'there's very little proof' behind elaborate explanations for President Kennedy's assassination.
From: The Guardian - Film News 01/09/2013

The Haunting In Connecticut 2 release UK trailer
Lionsgate are pleased to make available the official UK trailer for the only original horror film terrorising cinema audiences this halloween, The Haunting in Connecticut 2.
From: Film-News 01/09/2013

Venice: Daniel Radcliffe Fans Storm The Lido As Harry Potter Heat Lives On
The Harry Potter movie franchise may have ended in 2011, but it's still a big worldwide draw. This was especially evidenced in Venice today where a throng of teenagers "stampeded" the Lido for a glimpse of erstwhile Boy Wizard Daniel Radcliffe - and even reportedly accosted him in a bathroom.
From: Deadline 01/09/2013

Telluride: True Life Tale 'Tracks' Gets Traction In North American Premiere
Several distribution companies were checking out the acquisition title Tracks this weekend as the 40th Telluride Film Festival rolled on. But as Deadline exclusively reported The Weinstein Company had the real inside 'track' out of the Venice Film Festival premiere.
From: Deadline 01/09/2013

'Salinger' Crash-Lands At Telluride Film Fest
A plane bound from Denver to the Tellluride Film Festival with 10 passengers crash-landed today when its left-side landing gear collapsed and it skidded upon landing at the Telluride airport. Salinger documentary co-author David Shields and Weinstein PR executive Emmy Chang were reported onboard. No injuries were reported.
From: Deadline 01/09/2013

R.I.P. David Frost
Sir David Frost, the veteran broadcaster and writer, has died of a suspected heart attack while traveling aboard the Queen Elizabeth where he was delivering a speech on Saturday night, according to the BBC.
From: Deadline 01/09/2013

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