Les Miserables Shakes Up Oscar Race
Amongst awards pundits, this part of the Oscar season has always been about ticking off the few remaining boxes. The film festivals are...
Boyle, Gaye, Hutchence Biopics Planned
Musical biopics are popping up all over the place with several announced over the holiday weekend.First up, Fox Searchlight has acquired the life rights...
How Hagman’s Passing Will Affect “Dallas”
With the passing of the great Larry Hagman on Friday from cancer complications, the grim but necessary question has to be asked - how...
Matthias Schoenaerts Joins “Suite Francaise”
"Rust and Bone" and "Bullhead" star Matthias Schoenaerts is in final negotiations to join Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas in Saul Dibb's WWII...
Downton Abbey Scores A Fourth Season
ITV has officially commissioned a fourth season of its hit period drama "Downton Abbey". Filming of eight new episodes and a Christmas special for...
Live-Action “Grave of the Fireflies” Planned
Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story "Grave of the Fireflies" with plans to develop a live-action feature adaptation.Akiyuki Nosaka's...
Mendelsohn Joins Gosling’s “Monster”
Ben Mendelsohn is set to join Christina Hendricks in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut "How to Catch a Monster."Described as a dark fairytale, Hendricks plays...
Marisa Tomei Joins Marc Lawrence’s Next
Marisa Tomei is in negotiations to join Hugh Grant in the untitled Marc Lawrence rom-com project at Castle Rock Entertainment.The story centers on an...
Chevy Chase Departing “Community”
Chevy Chase and the producers of NBC's "Community" are parting ways effective immediately and by mutual agreement.Almost all thirteen episodes of the upcoming fourth...
Young Sherlock Holmes Being Remade
"The Lion King 1 1/2" writer Evan Spiliotopoulos is in talks to pen the script for a remake of "Young Sherlock Holmes" at Paramount...
Casting: Linney, Corden, De Ravin, Labine
Wikileaks FilmLaura Linney is in talks to re-team with her "Kinsey" director Bill Condon on the Wikileaks project in development at DreamWorks Pictures. ...
First Look At Sequel To Korea’s “The Host”
Bong Joon-ho's 2006 South Korean monster movie "The Host" became a cult hit all around the world, so many have been keen to see...
Kasdan, Kinberg To Pen “Star Wars” 8 & 9
Scribes Lawrence Kasdan ("The Empire Strikes Back," "Raiders of the Lost Ark") and Simon Kinberg ("Sherlock Holmes," "X-Men: Days of Future Past") have reportedly...
Posters: Catching Fire, Evil Dead, Forgives
A couple of key one-sheet premieres today including an official motion poster for the much anticipated sequel "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" due for...
Independence Day 3D Re-Release Scrapped
20th Century Fox appears to have scrapped plans for a 3D re-release of Roland Emmerich's 1996 sci-fi alien invasion epic "Independence Day."Exhibitor Relations revealed...
Trailer Updates: “Steel,” “Wolverine,” “Fast 6”
A bunch of trailer news has hit over the past 24 hours in answer to a rumor that emerged over the weekend.Along with the...
Starz’s “Boss” Axed, But May Get A TV Movie
Starz's Chicago political drama "Boss" starring Kelsey Grammer will not be getting a third season, but that doesn't mean the story is quite over...
Casting: Cranston, Dreyfuss, Meloni, Stasey
Eye of WinterBryan Cranston, Alice Eve, Logan Marshall Green, Ursula Parker and Leo Fitzpatrick are all set to star in Tze Chun's indie "Eye...
Hugh Laurie Is Blackbeard In “Crossbones”?
"House" star Hugh Laurie looks to be returning to television as he's entered negotiations to star as Blackbeard for NBC's new pirate drama "Crossbones"."Luther"...
Che Scribe Re-Writes “A Man Must Die”
Peter Buchman ("Che," "Jurassic Park III") has been hired to rewrite the political thriller "A Man Must Die" at Focus Features.Based on a true...
K-Stew Back For “Huntsman” Sequel?
It looks like Kristen Stewart rather than director Rupert Sanders is the one coming back for a "Snow White and the Huntsman" sequel.The actress...
LaBeouf Drops Out Of Hillcoat’s “999”?
Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat says it's now looking unlikely that his "Lawless" star Shia LaBeouf will be re-teaming with Hillcoat on his police thriller...
Game of Thrones S2 Disc On 2/19
HBO has announced that the second season of "Game of Thrones" is scheduled to hit DVD and Blu-ray on February 19th 2013, a little...
Claflin, Redmayne Test For “Spider-Man 2”
Four more names are under consideration for the role of Harry Osborn in Marc Webb's upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man" sequel at Sony Pictures.Douglas Booth...
Massy Tadjedin Pens, Directs “The Adults”
"Last Night" helmer and "The Jacket" scribe Massy Tadjedin has been set to write and direct a film adaptation of Alison Espach's novel "The...
Next Two Studio Ghibli Films Titled
Toho, the Japanese film distributor of legendary animation house Studio Ghibli, has acquired domain names confirming the titles of the two upcoming projects involving...
Millennium Acquires A “High Value Target”
Millennium Films has acquired Spenser Cohen's high-concept action script "High Value Target" which will serve as the scribe's directorial debut.The story chronicles Mantis, a...
Lucas Till Falls For “Kristy”
Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class," "Wolves") has joined the cast of Oliver Blackburn's psychological thriller "Kristy" at The Weinstein Company.Haley Bennett plays a college...
Almodovar Plans To Tackle Sci-Fi
Having stepped outside his comfort zone with last year's psychological horror flick "The Skin I Live In," Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar is now looking...
Insidious Sequel Set For August 2013
PRESS RELEASEFilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions announced today that they will bring "Insidious Chapter 2," the sequel to last year's hit...