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The movie business has suffered a down streak at the box office for nine straight weeks but the unlikeliest of super heroes will attempt to save the day this holiday weekend as Seth Rogen stars in the big-screen version of "The Green Hornet." Industry buzz has the Sony/Screen Gems 3-D thriller...

LOS ANGELES – James Bond finally is getting back into action. The new management at MGM, along with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced Tuesday that the 23rd film in the spy franchise will arrive in theaters Nov. 9, 2012. That will mark a four-year hiatus for Bond...

ROME – "Che bella giornata" ("What a Beautiful Day"), the new comedy from television comedian Checco Zalone, has surpassed "Avatar" for the all-time record for earnings during its first five days, raking in 18.6 million ($24.9 million). The Medusa-backed film, which earned more than 7 million...

DETROIT – Eminem is considering a return to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter says in a story published Friday that the rapper is set to star in a crime thriller entitled "Random Acts of Violence." Eminem's publicist, Dennis Dennehy confirms to The Associated Press the Grammy- and...

"Vanishing on 7th Street" serves up the End of Days as a horror thriller where those left behind stumble around in a dark, deserted city seeking light against a seemingly eternal night. Whatever one's view of Christian evangelical beliefs, from strictly a horror-film standpoint the movie needs a...

6 mins ago PARIS – US actor Robert De Niro will chair the jury of this year's Cannes film festival, which opens May 11 on the French Riviera, organisers announced Thursday. De Niro, 67, will the third American in four years to head the jury of the world's most prestigious film festival, after...

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'Fighter,' 'Kids' earns SAG Award nods LOS ANGELES, -- The casts of "Black Swan," "The Fighter" and "The Kids Are All Right" were nominated Thursday for Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble. Also mentioned in the ensemble category are "The King's Speech" and "The Social...

The owner of the eight-bedroom, five-bath property said he decided to put it up for sale after his father passed away. New York -- The mansion and four-acre estate featured in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film "The Godfather" is up for sale for a whopping $2.9 million. Owner Jim Norton said...

NEW YORK – A uniquely crafted new Springsteen concert video promises to stoke the souls of insatiable Bruce buffs. And, judging from the wild response at its big-screen premiere, film fanatics may be captivated as well. Grammy and Emmy award-winning director Thom Zimny made the film last...

With her first directorial effort underway and generating controversy over its alleged content, Angelina Jolie advises critics not to jump the gun and to "[with]hold judgment until they have seen the film." The yet-to-be-titled movie, a love story currently shooting in Hungary, focuses on a...

Starz sells off animation studio BURBANK, Calif., -- Starz Media says it reached an agreement to sell its animation studio Film Roman to a group of investors led by former Film Roman President Scott D. Greenberg. The deal was announced Tuesday by Greenberg and Starz President and Chief...

Idris Elba to play Alex Cross in film LOS ANGELES, British actor Idris Elba will play District of Columbia police detective-psychologist Alex Cross in the film adaptation of the novel "Cross," EW.com said. Morgan Freeman, 73, previously played the role of the brilliant crime-solver in...

NYC film shoot fracas injures crewman NEW YORK, A member of a film crew was recovering Sunday after what witnesses said was a bruising head-butt from an irate pedestrian at a Manhattan movie location. Steve Lafferty was treated and released at St. Luke's Hospital after his encounter with a...

Mulligan-Knightley movie to open film fest LONDON, The big-screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "Never Let Me Go" is to open this year's BFI London Film Festival, organizers said. Directed by Mark Romanek, the drama stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. The film...

IMAX plans major expansion in China BEIJING, IMAX Corp. will premiere its first non-English film in China on July 22 and plans to double the number of giant-format movie theaters in the country by 2012. The expansion would bring a total of 50 theaters to the mainland. China, the...

Scott, YouTube team up for film venture LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- The U.S. video-sharing Web site YouTube says it is teaming up with filmmakers Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald on a documentary project. The team is asking people around to world to help create "Life in a Day," which they say will...

'Make Believe' top doc at LA Film Festival LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe" was picked the best documentary at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Tweel's film follows six young magicians from Japan, South African and the United States as they prepare to compete in the...

Vatican pays tribute to 'Blues Brothers' VATICAN CITY, (UPI) -- The Vatican's official newspaper marked the 30th anniversary of the comedy musical "The Blues Brothers" by declaring it a Catholic classic. L'Osservatore Romano editor Gian Maria Vian said in the newspaper's full-page spread on...

Owen, Kidman cast in Hemingway TV film LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- Film stars Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman have been cast in an upcoming HBO film about late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway, TVGuide.com said. James Gandolfini, former star of the cable network's iconic drama "The Sopranos," is to...