In celebration of its 10th anniversary, BATTLE ROYALE will be converted into 3-D and re-released in Japanese theaters in November, reports VARIETY.

Cinesite, one of the leading film visual effects houses, has completed more than 280 shots on the new Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films movie, /Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time/

It's another stellar Blu-ray week with the release of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.), Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (Paramount Home Ent.) and Joe Johnston's re-imagined The Wolfman (Universal Studios Home Ent.).

This horror film is about scientists who take risks, much like its director Vincenzo Natali does with the story. The problem is these are bad scientists. I mean that in what they do and how they do it. They fool around with experiments they shouldn't… or should they. The film likes to put out these kinds of ideas, but isn't really interested in developing them. It's interested in getting to its Freudian nightmare of an ending.

Stephen Graham (PUBLIC ENEMIES) has been hired to play Capt. Jack Sparrow's sidekick in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, reports VARIETY.

MichaelBay.com has confirmed that model Rosie Huntington-Whitely has been hired as the new love interest in TRANSFORMERS 3.

Mattel continues its intergalactic adventures with the launch of its imaginative line of "Toy Story 3" toys that take the excitement and fun of the movie to infinity and beyond!

Adam Beach (FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS) has joined DreamWorks Studios and Universal's COWBOYS AND ALIENS, reports VARIETY.

DreamWorks has added Hope Davis (AMERICAN SPLENDOR), James Rebhorn (THE BOX) and Olga Fonda to the cast of REAL STEEL, reports VARIETY.

SIGGRAPH 2010, held Sunday, 25 July through Thursday, 29 July 2010, will bring approximately 25,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from around the world to Los Angeles.