The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the animated short films short list, whittled down from 37 films, that will advance in the voting process for the upcoming 82nd Academy Awards.
The Academy branch members will select fiv…
Update 11/22: “New Moon” has pulled in an estimated $140.7 million opening weekend, the third biggest of all time behind “The Dark Knight” and “Spider-Man 3”. The film fell 40.8% on Saturday, almost exactly the same drop-off as the first film, which …
Stephen King’s new supernatural thriller novel “Under the Dome” is becoming a limited TV series reports Variety.
DreamWorks TV has optioned the book and is looking to set it up as a cable event series. Writers are currently meeting with the studio ab…
Dustin Hoffman is looking unlikely to return in “Little Fockers”, the third installment of the “Meet the Parents” popular comedy franchise reports Entertainment Weekly.
Hoffman was said to have a brief cameo as Bernie Focker, father of Ben Stiller’s …
Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas have signed onto the film adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s short story “Bel Ami” for Redwave Films says The Hollywood Reporter.
“Ami” tells of George Duroy (“Twilight” hunk Rob Pattinson), a young journalist who …
Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) and Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) are in talks to join the new film adaptation of “Jane Eyre” for Ruby Films, BBC Films and Focus Features says Variety.
Based on Charlotte Bronte’s classic novel, th…
Idris Elba (“Obsessed,” “RocknRolla”) is set to play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard, in Kenneth Branagh’s superhero epic “Thor” for Marvel Studios reports Heat Vision.
Heimdall stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders. H…
Universal Pictures International will release Matthew Vaughn’s action comedy “Kick-Ass” in the U.K., Germany, Australia, Latin America, Austria, Switzerland and New Zealand says The Hollywood Reporter.
The plan comes from a multi-territory pact struck…
Mike White has been hired to pen the comedy “Santa Wars” for Paramount Pictures reports Variety.
The story follows rival factions that developed within a union of professional Santa Clauses who became arch enemies during a Santa Claus civil war.
The …
Producer Larry Fessenden has left the director’s chair of the upcoming remake of 2007 Spanish supernatural thriller “The Orphanage” over at reports Arrow in the Head.
Fessenden, who has been attached to direct since August, work on the English langua…
