Sydow, Mortimer Visit The Island
Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley have all joined the cast of the Martin Scorsese-directed mystery drama "Shutter Island" (aka. "Ashcliffe")...
Sony Picks Up New Terminator Films
Sony Pictures has acquired international distribution rights to "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" says the trades.Warner Bros. Pictures is handling North American rights for...
The 2008 Oscar Winners
A lot of minor but welcome surprises were the only thing of note at this year's 80th Annual Academy Awards. Wins actually ended...
Segal On Get Smart & Shazam
Director Peter Segal was on hand in San Francisco this weekend to talk about the film version of "Get Smart" opening this Summer. ...
Some The X-Files 2 Updates
Quite a bit of movement on "The X-Files" sequel this weekend. Initially a photo of Mulder in werewolf make-up along with a legitimate...
The Fanboys Turn On Fanboys
As previously reported, The Weinstein Company has reshot much of Kyle Newman's long-delayed comedy "Fanboys" and now it seems to have upset a lot...
Spielberg Delaying Chicago 7 Pic
On the weekend of the release of Brett Morgen's "Chicago 10" documentary, Steven Spielberg's planned narrative feature on the same subject looks to be...
Hathaway, Short Get Hoodwinked
"Heroes" starlet Hayden Panettiere will take the place of Anne Hathaway as the voice of 'Red' in the CG-animated sequel "Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs....
Lots Of New Iron Man Scoops
While it certainly doesn't match San Diego's Comic Con in terms of sheer scale, this weekend's San Francisco WonderCon is becoming another launchpad...
Universal’s Bourne, Bruno, Madness Plans
A recent Variety feature covering the future of Universal Pictures in the post-strike environment has dropped in three small but important facts worth noting.Whereas...
Juno Wins 2008 Spirit Awards
Sleeper box-office smash of the season "Juno" took home the Best Picture nod at yesterday's Spirit Awards which celebrate the best in independent filmmaking...
Lohan’s Killed Tops Razzies
The Lindsay Lohan sexual thriller "I Know Who Killed Me", a film I voted as the easily the most wretched film of last year,...
Hugo Weaving Hunts The Wolfman
Hugo Weaving will join Benicio Del Toro and Emily Blunt in Universal's upcoming "The Wolfman" remake reports Variety.The Aussie "Matrix" and "V for Vendetta"...
Dominic Monaghan Zaps To Wolverine
Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney have joined the cast of Fox's spinoff "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" says the trades.Set 17 years before the "X-Men" movies,...
David Wenham Makes Public Enemies
David Wenham and Stephen Graham have joined the cast of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" for Universal Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.An adaptation of Brian...
Fourth Final Destination Cast Revealed
Shantel VanSanten, Bobby Campo, Hayley Webb, Nick Zano, Krista Allen and Andy Fiscella are the stars of New Line's upcoming fourth "Final Destination" feature...
Sony Picks Up Emmerich’s 2012
Sony Pictures Entertainment has landed Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic spec script "2012" and has targeted a July 10th 2009 release date says the trades.The script...
Ellis To Visit Downers Grove
"American Psycho" and "The Rules of Attraction" author Bret Easton Ellis has signed on to adapt a film script from the novel "Downers Grove"...
John Hurt Tests Jarmusch’s Limits
John Hurt, Hiam Abbass, Paz de la Huerta, Alex Descas, Youki Kudoh, Jean-Francois Stevenin and Luis Tosar are all joining Jim Jarmusch's tentatively titled...
Teri Polo Lights A Beacon
Teri Polo will star in the indie paranormal thriller "The Beacon" says The Hollywood Reporter.Michael Stokes penned and will direct the story of Bryn...
Amazon Gets Into Child Kidnapping
Amazon.com will produce its first movie, "The Stolen Child," based on the fantasy novel by Keith Donahue reports Variety.Donahue's debut novel revolves around a...
Verbinski Doing An Animated Feature
Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "The Ring") will direct his first animated feature for a 2012 release says the trades.The $100 million action-adventure...
Cameron Talks Avatar Status
Director James Cameron tells AICN that he's wrapped principal photography on the highly anticipated 3D sci-fi tale "Avatar".He says most of the live action...
DiCaprio Plans Live-Action Akira Films
Anime & manga classic "Akira" is finally getting the American live-action feature film treatment at Warner Bros. Pictures says the trades.Leonardo DiCaprio and his...
Videos: Speed Racer, Coraline, Box
Yahoo! Games has a first look at the trailer for the new game based on the Wachowski brothers' "Speed Racer" movie. Matthew Fox's voiceover...
Fincher Falls Into A Black Hole
David Fincher is attached to direct the horror romance "Black Hole" for Paramount, MTV Films and Plan B Entertainment reports the trades.Based on a...
Third Toy Story Plot Details
Before Pixar and Disney became Oprah/Gail style partners, a third "Toy Story" was in the works at the Mouse House with an interesting plotline.Seems...
Hoffman & Nighy Hop On A Boat
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy are joining Kenneth Branagh, Rhys Ifans and January Jones in Universal Pictures romantic comedy "The Boat That Rocked"...
A Ridley Scott Monopoly Movie?
Universal Pictures and Hasbro announced Wednesday a six-year strategic partnership to produce at least four feature films based on some of Hasbro's best-known game...
Disney Shifts Its 2009 Schedule
Paramount and Fox did it last week, now Walt Disney Pictures is following suit with a major shake-up of its 2009 & 2010 schedule.Several...