New York state judge Paul Feinman has turned down all the pre-trial motions in the lawsuit filed against The Weinstein Company over the film ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Oscar-winner Javier Bardem in talks to voice the new bad guy in Universal and Illumination’s DESPICABLE ME 2, reports Heat Vision.
"Pixie Hollow Games," a new animated special featuring the voices of Disney Channel stars Brenda Song ("The Suite Life on Deck"), Jason Dolley ("Good Luck Charlie"), Tiffany Thornton ("So Random!") and Zendaya ("Shake It Up") will premiere SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 (7:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
In an effort to test the interest in premium VOD, Universal will release TOWER HEIST on VOD in Portland and Atlanta three weeks after the film is released in theaters, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Summit Ent. has picked up a spec script based on Laura Whitcomb's teen novel A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT from producer Kristin Hahn, reports Variety.
Ineffable Pictures have picked up the rights to Colleen Houck's bestselling teen tome TIGER'S CURSE, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, passed away on Oct. 6, 2011.
This film is not based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Now that we got that out of the way, we can find out what this film is really about. One could claim though that this film is based on a dozen previous boxing movies such as ROCKY and THE CHAMP.
The festival brings together everything uniquely interesting about the animation industry. Art, commerce, tattoos, the best and worst of kids cartoons, unintelligible films from Asia, alcohol, great student films and big studios walking hand in hand with little studios, agreeing they'll refrain from poaching talent except at the parties. The Ottawa festival brings together big and small, have and have not, legend and newbie together in a unique way - cozy, intimate, unpretentious, inviting.
Bill Desowitz provides an overview of his provocative conversation with the innovative John Gaeta at the inaugural Palo Alto Film Festival.
Nintendo has joined forces with top entertainment companies to provide 3D videos for the portable Nintendo 3DS system.
Fox 2000 has acquired the big screen rights to TV classic MR. ED, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Egmont Licensing and CAOZ sign a publishing and licensing deal on the new property Legends of Valhalla – Thor.
The Cartoon Art Museum, the only museum in the western United States dedicated to all forms of cartoons and comics, is delighted to host its eighth annual benefit at Pixar Animation Studios on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
Bill Desowitz gets the lowdown on crowd duplication in Moneyball from Edwin Rivera of Rhythm & Hues.
On the heels of the phenomenal success of The Lion King 3D – which will cross the $80 million mark at the domestic box office today – The Walt Disney Studios has announced limited theatrical engagements for four of its classic films for the first time in 3D.
Simba, Mufasa, Nala, Timon and Pumbaa are back and better than ever this fall when Disney’s “The Lion King” roars into theaters and homes in breathtaking 3D.
Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions jointly announced today that Academy Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky will direct the feature film Noah, with Academy Award nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) coming aboard to re-write the script by Aronofsky & Ari Handel. Aronofsky and Scott Franklin will produce the movie.
Andrew Adamson’s Strange Weather Films has picked up the rights to supernatural mystery BLACKPINE, reports Deadline.com.
Screenwriter Billy Ray and JJ Abrams have sold a top-secret mystery pitch to Paramount, reports Deadline.com.
Universal is in talks to attached CONTRABAND director Baltasar Kormakur to its adaptation of graphic novel 2 GUNS, reports Variety.
Variety's Justin Kroll tweeted this morning that the latest actress to be offered the lead in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES has passed on the Jane Austen walking dead mash-up.
M.C. Gainey, who is best known as Mr. Friendly on LOST, is in talks to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED, reports Variety.
New York Comic Con (NYCC) is proud to announce Marvel Studios, for the first time ever, will participate in this October’s NYCC.
The Walt Disney Studios today announced plans to release one of its most critically acclaimed animated films of all time, Beauty and the Beast, for the first time ever in mesmerizing Disney Blu-ray 3D for in-home viewing.
