Director, studio at odds over release strategy (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - In principle, director Alex Steyermark doesn't object to the near-simultaneous day-and-date theater/cable/DVD release strategy pioneered by HDNet Films, the producers of his new comedy-drama "One Last Thing. . . ."
"Trek" Rediscovered by "Lost" Creator (E! Online)
April 21, 2006
E! Online - Those are
the components Paramount Pictures has assembled to revive its sputtering
Star Trek franchise.
'MI3' Director to Do Latest 'Star Trek' (AP)
April 21, 2006
AP - "Mission: Impossible III" director J.J. Abrams is going from Cruise control to warp speed. Abrams has committed to produce the 11th "Star Trek" feature film and there are plans for him to direct as well, Paramount Pictures announced Friday.
Hollywood's Glickman seeks views on indie movies (Reuters)
April 21, 2006
Reuters - For decades, the powerful Motion
Picture Association of America has worked exclusively for
Hollywood's big movie studios, but chief Dan Glickman now wants
to help independent filmmakers, in a seismic shift in thinking
from his predecessor.
At the Movies: `Silent Hill' (AP)
April 21, 2006AP - Let's start with the running time for "Silent Hill": two hours and five minutes.
Sorry, Suri: No Paternity Leave for Papa (E! Online)
April 21, 2006
E! Online - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may have held their tongues during
Suri's birth, but that didn't stop them from holding each other.
Travolta, JLo Taking 'Dallas' Film Roles (AP)
April 21, 2006
AP - Gurinder Chadha will direct John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez in a big-screen version of the prime-time soap opera "Dallas."
Actor in September 11 movie says denied entry to U.S (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - An Iraqi actor who plays a hijacker in a new film about the September 11 attacks on the United States complained on Friday he had been denied entry into the country for the movie's premiere.
Travolta, JLo to Star in 'Dallas' Movie (AP)
April 21, 2006
AP - British director Gurinder Chadha announced Friday that she would direct John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez in a big-screen version of 80s TV show "Dallas."
Actor in 9/11 film denied entry to US: report (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - An Iraqi actor who plays a hijacker in a new film about the September 11 attacks on the United States has been denied entry into the country for the movie's premiere, he told a newspaper on Friday.
Focus has "Scoop" on Allen comedy (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - "Scoop," the latest Woody Allen comedy also starring Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson, has been scooped up by Focus Features.
"Silent Hill" simply hell (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - Christophe Gans' "Silent Hill" is a feverishly overcooked nightmare movie about a woman who takes her disturbed somnambulist daughter on an outing to a burned-out city filled with ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties.
"Star Trek" franchise set for 2008 revival: report (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - More than three years after the last "Star Trek" movie crashed at the box office, the venerable sci-fi franchise is being revived by the director of the upcoming "Mission: Impossible" sequel, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.
Stars, writer join play for latest "X-Men" game (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - Activision's new "X-Men: The Official Game" is the latest example of the growing integration between Hollywood and games. It not only includes the likenesses and voices of several stars from the movie, it also brought in a screenwriter from "X-Men: The Last Stand" to make sure the game remained true to the Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Studios film.
BlackBerry off-roading with "RV" (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - The BlackBerry is not just for business anymore. Columbia Pictures is offering a free game playable on Research in Motion's iconic device as part of the promotion for "RV," the Robin Williams vehicle pulling into theaters April 28.
Garcia can't go home again -- except on film (Reuters)
April 21, 2006
Reuters - There's no place like
home. But Andy Garcia will never go there again.
'Earth' to Fraser for Jules Verne redo (Reuters)
April 21, 2006Reuters - Brendan Fraser has boarded "Journey to the Center of the Earth," a contemporary, 3-D update of the Jules Verne classic.
Brown's "Code" Is Unique (E! Online)
April 21, 2006
E! Online - The Da Vinci Code: Millions of people have read it, but
only one man wrote it.