Movie News

Latest Hollywood script deals (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:58 AM CDT Reuters - Universal Pictures has acquired a disaster project set in a super-skyscraper from writer Mike Sobel.

"Hulk" smashes DVD competitors (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:50 AM CDT Reuters - "The Incredible Hulk" has painted the home video charts green, debuting at No. 1 on all three tallies.

"Slumdog" crew took to the streets of Mumbai (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:46 AM CDT Reuters - India's film industry might be the biggest in the world, but the Hollywood producers of the Mumbai-set rags-to-rupees tale "Slumdog Millionaire" found that shooting there was hardly a walk in the Taj Mahal.

Making money in genre films getting harder (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:44 AM CDT Reuters - When they hit big, genre movies can offer some of the biggest payouts in Hollywood, as Lionsgate demonstrated during the weekend when "Saw V" continued that franchise's bloody rampage by opening to $30.5 million.

Reporters love the reporters in "Frost/Nixon" (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:41 AM CDT Reuters - Get ready to read a lot of favorable pieces about "Frost/Nixon," which opens December 5.

Hollywood has long looked overseas to make movies (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:38 AM CDT Reuters - Kirk Douglas knows all about "runaway production" to foreign locales.

Director Sam Mendes swayed by "Preacher" comic (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:00 AM CDT Reuters - "American Beauty" director Sam Mendes is bringing the popular 1990s comic "Preacher" to the big screen.

Courteney Cox playing sexy mom in "Cougar Town" (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:09 AM CDT Reuters - Courteney Cox, welcome to "Cougar Town."

Samuel L. Jackson riding "Last Dragon" remake (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:00 AM CDT Reuters - Samuel L. Jackson is taking on another heavy role.

"Mamma Mia!" top-grossing British film in U.K (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:55 AM CDT Reuters - "Mamma Mia!" has become the biggest British movie of all time at the U.K. box office, and pundits believe it's only a matter of time before the ABBA-themed musical replaces "Titanic" as the all-time champ.

Robert Downey Jr. Going the Distance With Iron Man (E! Online) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 08:39 AM CDT E! Online - Here's some Stark reality for you.

Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:25 AM CDT AP - Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers, consummating a relationship that was supposed to come together four years ago.

Tom Ford's A Single Man With Moore and Firth (E! Online) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 08:43 PM CDT E! Online - Tom Ford is finally going public with his movie plans.

Actors union opposes same-sex marriage ban (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 08:05 PM CDT AP - The Screen Actors Guild officially stands opposed to the California ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage.

Rob Pattinson: Hair Today, but Gone Tomorrow? (E! Online) Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:42 PM CDT E! Online - Say it ain't so!

Reeves' attorney chips away at paparazzo (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 07:34 PM CDT AP - A paparazzo suing Keanu Reeves told jurors Tuesday that he could not remember giving conflicting accounts of an incident involving the actor that he claims left him seriously injured.

Princes William and Harry due at 007 premiere (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:31 PM CDT AP - Agent 007 was getting a royal stamp of approval Wednesday, with Princes William and Harry due to attend the world premiere of the new James Bond thriller, "Quantum of Solace."