William Monahan (THE DEPARTED) has been hired to adapted Joseph Kosinski's graphic novel OBLIVION, reported Deadline.com.
Billie Mae Richards, who voiced Rudolph in the Rankin-Bass special, has passed away in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, reports CBC.
Production Weekly tweeted that Stephen Sommers (G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA) is set to adapt Dean Koontz's ODD THOMAS series into feature films.
CAKE Entertainment has announced a restructure of its senior team to equip the company for future growth.
ICv2 has announced the ICv2 Comics & Digital Conference at New York Comic Con, a half-day event where industry executives and thought leaders will discuss the impact of the rapidly growing digital channel on the comics and graphic novel medium.
Hosted by William Shatner, the Myouterspace Contest calls the greatest talent in the creative galaxy to come forward and shine! The Contest is scheduled from September 1 until December 1, 2010 and is open to the talent of this world and beyond.
Basketball superstars Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Shaquille O’Neal and Dwyane Wade will lend their voice talents to an upcoming episode of THE CLEVELAND SHOW airing this winter on FOX.
Ottawa, Canada. — Organizers of TAC announced today that Lisa Olfman, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Portfolio Entertainment, will share the story of the company’s success in the international television industry, as a keynote speaker at this year’s TAC business forum, taking place during the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment are backing Imagine Ent.'s unprecedented adaptation of Stephen King's DARK TOWER series, which will see the property adapted as one continuing adventure over both film and television, reports Deadline.com.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Martin Freeman (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) is the leading contender to play Bilbo Baggins in THE HOBBIT films.
Kultur reports that Oscar-nominee Jeremy Renner will star alongside THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO star Noomi Rapace in HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS.
MAD MEN's Christina Hendricks has signed on to join the cast of action thriller DRIVE, reports VARIETY.
Spyglass co-heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum have signed a non-binding letter of intent to become co-chairmen and CEOs of MGM, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Robert Schwentke (RED) is set to direct Ryan Reynolds in an adaptation of R.I.P.D., reports VARIETY.
Liam Neeson has been cast in Universal's $200 million board game adaptation BATTLESHIP, reports Deadline.
Michael Caine is in talks to join the cast of JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, reports Heat Vision.
THE SOUP's Joel McHale is in talks to play Jessica Alba's husband in SPY KIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, reports Variety.
FFAF continues its Salutation to Tinselville this week with more animation conversation from the Heart of Hollywood. This week's special guest and lovably evil animator-innovator, JJ Villard, scratches the true grit of the LA animation underbelly as he devles into discussion on his films, animation career prep, dirty-dogs, the worth of the festival-hussle, the subtext of the Walk of Fame, choice Starbucks beverages, Shrek, major studio lunch-spreads, and how to charm the evil of it all.
Pamela Kleibrink Thompson pays tribute to Sande Scoredos.
Fortune Cookie, a creative collective of directors, animators, artists and editors banding together to create moving narratives for agencies and brands, has launched.
Santa Monica and NYC-based Blind has hired Reelize reps (Marci Miles and Julie Ford) to handle Midwest sales duties for the studio.
Blind is known for making the impossible seem possible with their top-notch production and post work, but they may have pulled their best trick yet in bringing veteran Art Director Steve Pacheco back to Blind after a half-decade absence.
Click 3X has added highly skilled VFX Artist, Compositor and Creative Director Theodore Maniatis to its ever-growing roster.
Seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (Up) reprises his Superman: The Animated Series/Justice League role as Granny Goodness in Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, the ninth entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original PG-13 Movies coming September 28, 2010 from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home Video.
M. Night Shyamalan has told MTV that he will be using the story for a planned UNBREAKABLE 2 film for the third film in his NIGHT CHRONICLES film series, which he is producing.
