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Disney nixes 'Captain Nemo' projectThursday 19th of November 2009 11:37:04 PMLOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Disney studio has postponed indefinitely production on the adventure film Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Variety reported. The movie about how Nemo built his warship, the Nautilus, was to be directed by McG, starting in February, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said. McG's film cred... Read more |
Sony, CBS Films ink distribution dealThursday 19th of November 2009 11:02:16 PMCULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group says it has signed a three-year marketing and distribution deal with CBS Films. Under the pact, Sony Pictures will handle international theatrical distribution of CBS Films productions, as well as service worldwide distribution of the unit's films in the home entertainment marketp... Read more |
Weitz says he may direct one more filmThursday 19th of November 2009 10:37:44 PMNEW YORK, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. director Chris Weitz says the process of helming films is so exhausting he might only make one more in his career. Weitz's credits include American Pie, About a Boy, The Golden Compass and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. I can't find any intentionality in my career other than hoping to get the c... Read more |
Movie popcorn can pack on the poundsThursday 19th of November 2009 02:45:49 PMWASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A medium popcorn and soda at the Regal movie theater chain has the calories of three McDonald's Quarter Pounders and 12 pats of butter, a U.S. food group says. Jayne Hurley, a nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington said the study, published as the cover story in the December issue of Nutrition A... Read more |
Stars line up for 'People Speak' filmWednesday 18th of November 2009 02:52:02 PMLOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The soundtrack for the History Channel film The People Speak is to feature live performances by numerous music titans, Universal Music Enterprises said. Included on the soundtrack are exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Randy Newman, John Legend, Jackson Browne and Lupe Fiasco. The... Read more |
Suchet, Hershey board 'Express' TV movieWednesday 18th of November 2009 12:31:21 PMLONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- David Suchet and Barbara Hershey are set to star in a new British TV adaption of Agatha Christie's mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express, the BBC said. Suchet will reprise his role of Christie protagonist Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective he has played on television for 21 years. Express producer Karen Thruss... Read more |
Movie reveals tragedy, ambition of Brazil's LulaWednesday 18th of November 2009 12:05:44 PMby Yana Marull BRASILIA (AFP) -- The premiere of a new movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left an audience in tears -- and some critics on Wednesday predicting Oscar glory."Lula, O Filho do Brasi... Read more |
5 animated films to get Golden Globe nodTuesday 17th of November 2009 08:11:56 PMHOLLYWOOD, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- There will be five contenders for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Tuesday. Nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony are to be announced Dec. 15. The winners are to be revealed Jan. 17. Philip Berk, association president, said members voted last... Read more |
Japanese researchers film rare baby fish 'fossil'Tuesday 17th of November 2009 06:45:25 AMTOKYO (AFP) -- Japanese marine researchers said on Tuesday they had found and successfully filmed a young coelacanth -- a rare type of fish known as "a living fossil" -- in deep water off Indonesia.The creature was found on October 6 at a depth of 161 metr... Read more |
Nickelodeon to air 'iCarly' TV movieMonday 16th of November 2009 09:20:06 PMSANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Nickelodeon has announced plans to air iQuit iCarly, a new television-movie companion to its U.S. comedy series iCarly. Like the show, the film will star Miranda Cosgrove and Jennette McCurdy. iQuit iCarly is slated to premiere Dec. 5. A rift between 'iCarly' BFFs Carly Shay and Sam P... Read more |
Real-life vamps not like movie versionsMonday 16th of November 2009 03:20:06 PMATLANTA, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Atlanta-area residents who claim to be real-life vampires say don't have much sympathy for glamorous movie and TV bloodsuckers. The pouting young beauties of the Twilight Saga movies and the CW Network's Vampire Diaries have little in common with members of the 4-year-old Atlanta Vampire Alliance, whose members say they s... Read more |
Professor defines allure of vampire filmsSunday 15th of November 2009 03:51:01 PMSTOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- An English professor in Stockton, Calif., said vampire films are popular because vampires are human-like manifestations of evil. University of the Pacific Professor Amy Smith said in a news release Friday because vampires look very similar to their human prey, the fictional characters have an immediate appeal to viewer... Read more |
Disney's Princess Tiana a New Orleans hitSaturday 14th of November 2009 03:40:07 PMNEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu says The Princess and the Frog, featuring Disney's first black princess, is a welcome gift to New Orleans. The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Landrieu praised the new animated movie, whose first half hour was shown Friday as part of the Dreams Come True exhibit at the New Orlea... Read more |
Leonard takes lead at Disney WorldFriday 13th of November 2009 08:51:45 PMLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Justin Leonard overcame windy conditions Friday to fire an 8-under-par 64 and seize a two-shot lead after two rounds of the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Leonard, whose 12 PGA Tour victories include the 1997 British Open and 1998 Players Championship, birdied nine of the first 11 holes at the Palm Course on the pr... Read more |
Van Sant starts shooting film in OregonFriday 13th of November 2009 04:51:37 PMPORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Director Gus Van Sant has begun shooting his latest, as-yet-untitled film in Portland, Ore., Imagine Entertainment announced Friday. Van Sant, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard are producing the movie, starring Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryo Kase, Schuyler Fisk, and Jane Adams. The film's screenplay was... Read more |
Focus Features to release 6 films in 2010Friday 13th of November 2009 03:35:25 PMNEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Focus Features has announced plans to release at least six films in U.S. theaters next year. Next year's Focus slate follows one of the company's best years ever -- our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone, Chief Executiv... Read more |
Ryder begins work on TV movieThursday 12th of November 2009 06:50:10 PMLOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, a television movie starring Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper, has begun shooting in Toronto, CBS said Thursday. Based on the biography by William G. Borchert, the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation is about the trials and ultimate triumph of the co-founder of Al-Anon, the network ... Read more |
Jackson film passes $200M milestoneThursday 12th of November 2009 02:41:48 PMLOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Michael Jackson documentary This Is It has grossed more than $200 million worldwide, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Thursday. The film, which is comprised of footage of the pop icon rehearsing on stage shortly before his June 25 death, has earned $61 million in North America and more than $140 million internati... Read more |
Movie subtitles improve foreign speechWednesday 11th of November 2009 03:42:36 PMNIJMEGEN, Netherlands, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- People who want to improve their second-language listening should watch a movie with subtitles in the same language the characters speak, Dutch researcher say. Holger Mitterer of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and colleagues say subtitles in one's native language -- the defau... Read more |
20 films vie for animated OscarWednesday 11th of November 2009 02:36:02 PMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Twenty movies were submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards, it was announced in Los Angeles Wednesday. Oscar nominations are to be revealed Feb. 2 in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, organizers said. The winners are to be announced March 7 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood... Read more |
