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  • Robert Zemeckis' a Christmas Carol Movie Poster

    A new poster for Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol has hit the interwebs, courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel - about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas ghosts - arrives in theaters November 6, 2009. The film also stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Daryl Sabara and Robin Wright Penn

  • Deborah Gibson Talks Mega Shark vs Giant Octopuss Sequel?

    Yes, yes that Debbie Gibson, from "Lost in Your Eyes," is teasing us with the possibility of a sequel to Mega Shark Vs. "I haven't seen the final edit, but we did do a version that leaves the door open for a potential sequel," Gibson revealed to MTV.

  • Lindsay Lohan Joins the Other Side

    Still, you have to admire the girl for her determination to try again... and try again she will in a fantasy comedy directed by David Michaels called "The Other Side". According to Variety, Lohan joins a diverse cast that includes Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews, and Alanis Morissette.

  • Nehst Studios Aims for 'Basket'

    NEHST Studios has acquired film rights from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to the Matt Christopher sports book series, including "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers" and "The Basket Counts". Nehst signed the rights agreement with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, home to Gossip Girl and Twilight . Meistrich, who founded the Shooting Gallery, launched Nehst Studios in 2007 as a film production, financing and distribution company.

  • Terminator 5 Rights Will Be Up for Grabs

    MGM has a 30-day right of first refusal to finance and distribute the fifth "Terminator" film, a right earned through the settlement of a lawsuit between the studio and Halcyon partners Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson.

  • Martin Scorsese Directing Frank Sinatra Biopic

    Martin Scorsese has signed on to direct and produce Sinatra, a biopic of the legendary performer that Universal and Mandalay Pictures are developing. Quite frankly I'm stunned that a full motion picture biopic on the life of Frank Sinatra hasn't been made up to this point. Martin Scorsese has added yet another film to his already overfilled plat of upcoming projects, but this one actually sounds like it could be all sorts of awesome.

  • VOTD: My Favorite Movie (Star Trek vs. Star Wars)

    Long time Star Wars fans became enbittered when the prequels came out, but clearly that set of movies was intended to draw in a whole new audience. And now with the bittersweet relase of Star Trek reminds us that if approached differently the Star Wars franchise could have been SO much better. They don't have to "remake" it, but step into the future of the Star Wars timeline and do a movie based on the Legacy Comics.

  • Date Night Adds Three More

    Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis and Mark Ruffalo have joined the cast of Tina Fey and Steve Carell's upcoming comedy Date Night. Shawn Levy is directing from a script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), Simon Kinberg (Mr. Mrs. Smith) and Josh Klausner (Shrek the Third).

  • Another Jekyll and Hyde Movie Gets Greenlit?!

    Director Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) is developing a re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that will be contemporized and titled Jekyll and Hyde, report the trades. Forest Whitaker and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson are attached to play the lead roles in the classic tale about a doctor who invents a potion that unleashes his violent alter ego. Guillermo del Toro has also been developing an adaptation of the material that is said to be stick more closely to the Stevenson tale.

  • IEA: Little Gadgets Consume Gigawatts of Power

    The energy consumption from communications technologies and consumer electronics devices, including computers, mobile phones, and televisions, could be reduced by more than 50 percent through the use of energy-efficient technologies that exist today. The claim comes from "Gadgets and Gigawatts," a publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that was released Wednesday in Paris. The IEA is an international group that advises its 28 member countries, including the United States, on energy policy.

  • Kidman Waves Goodbye to Woody Allen Film - Who Should Replace Her?

    According to Variety, although she was officially signed on to star alongside Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts and Freida Pinto in Woody Allen s upcoming project, she has decided to leave the project. She says she is stepping down due to "a scheduling conflict" with Kidman's other project, Rabbit Hole, which she herself is producing with through her company Rabbit Hole Productions. Her movie stars Aaron Eckhart and is being directed by John Cameron-Mitchell and filming on the East Coast this summer, the exact same time that Allen will be shooting in London.

  • Jobs Cleared to Raze Mansion as Ive Loses Domain Name Battle

    Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has again been given the go-ahead to demolish his moldering mansion in the Woodside hills. Meanwhile, Apple design chief Jonathan Ive has lost a court battle to stop a crazed fan from using his likeness in a series of domain names. The MercuryNews is reporting that Steve Jobs can move forward with a decade-long initiative to tear down his 17,250-square-foot Spanish revival mansion in California's Woodside hills following a vote of 6 to 1 in his favor during a local council meeting on Tuesday.

  • Three More Images From Inglourious Basterds

    Three more images from Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds", which I hear the QT man is already writing a sequel/prequel to. Which seems a tad premature, but then again, he's the superstar filmmaker and I'm the guy writing this article while spilling juice on my pajamas, so I'll default to him to do what's best when it comes to his bastards. Three more looks at the WWII action movie below, including one with Brad Pitt and a big honkin knife.

  • Abel Ferrara's Jekyll With Whitaker

    Now put to the side that this modernisation is presenting the characters as black and presumably American, and take to the fore the idea of Whitaker and Jackson playing Jekyll and Hyde. Forest Whitaker playing the scientist that develops the potion that turns him into the violent creature that is Hyde, played by Curtis Jackson. Last week it was announced that Keanu Reeves would star in Nicolas Winding Refn s Jekyll, the Justin Haythe -scripted modern day retelling of The Strange Case of Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Universal Pictures.

  • Cliffhanger Reboot in the Works

    I have absolutely no idea why this is happening, but the trades are reporting that StudioCanal is teaming with Neal Moritz's L.A.-based Original Films to reboot Sylvester Stallone's 1993 action flick Cliffhanger. Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2) helmed the original, which also starred Michael Rooker, Janine Turner and John Lithgow. Moritz (Fast & Furious) is also developing an $80 million-plus remake of Escape from New York for Warner Bros.

  • The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

    There are some ideas for movies that are so far out there that you can't decide if they're sheer genius, or just plain stupid as hell is one of those concepts. I swear I read that through like 5 times and I still can't wrap my head around it. Apparently the movie will inded be live action with 3D elemants (I assume the Minotaur or at least parts of him will be the 3d elements part).

  • Another 15,000 Jobs to Go at BT

    BT Group plans to cut about 15,000 jobs, including indirect employees, this year, the company said on Thursday while announcing its fourth quarter and annual results. BT said that as part of its cost savings program, it had reduced full-time employees during the year by 5,000, while also reducing by around 10,000 the number of indirect employees working through agencies or third party contractors. The move by BT comes as its profits and revenue slide due to the global economic downturn, fierce competition, and an "unacceptable" performance by its BT Global Services unit.

  • Russell Mulcahy Takes the Bait

    Russell Mulcahy has been tapped to write and direct "Bait," a 3-D action adventure shark movie. The project, set to begin filming on Australia's Gold Coast this year, will be co-produced by Arclight Films and Australia's Limelight, Arclight managing directing Gary Hamilton announced Thursday in Cannes. Richard Stewart and Grant Bradley, both of Limelight, and Mike Gabrawy, Arclight's head of production, will serve as exec producers.

  • Earnings: Sony Records First Full-Year Loss in 14 Years

    Sony reported Thursday a loss for its fiscal year ended March 31, hit by the slowdown of the global economy, the appreciation of the yen, and a decline in the Japanese stock market. After a long period of uninterrupted growth, Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced its first full-year loss in 14 years due to a downturn in consumer spend on gadgets and the collapse of financial markets and currencies in Japan and worldwide.

  • Paul Walker to Offer Protection in Next Film

    Paul Walker in a dramatic role can be iffy, but Paul Walker in an action movie with or without fast cars is a pretty sure bet. I'm guessing there are a lot of double crosses, moles that need to be ferreted out, and your usual action-thriller plot points. The film is currently being shopped around, but with the suddenly-hot Walker attached to star, and a competent action director in West interested, it should get sold pretty quickly.