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Star Wars: Episode VII to be filmed in UK - George Lucas Star Wars creator George Lucas sold his production company to Disney BBC News - Disney buys Star Wars maker Lucasfilm from George Lucas Last year Continue reading the main story Related Stories Star Wars irresistible for Abrams New...

I went to see the world premier screening of a film called Closer Apart last night. I had to tell everyone what I thought of this film. So, here goes. Here’s what the makers of the film Closer Apart have to say: “CLOSER APART is a (dark) romantic comedy written and directed by Kyle Van Dongen...

Canadians nominated for an Oscar include Quebec filmmaker Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar, nominated for best foreign film. More...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Madonna on Monday said she said she doesn't mind any criticism of her filmmaking abilities, so long as it is directed at her movie and not at herself. The pop star told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival, where she is promoting her second film "W.E.", she...

TELLURIDE, Colo (TheWrap.com) - It's official: Telluride is George Clooney's town now. Everyone else -- Glenn Close, Tilda Swinton, Jennifer Garner, the dogs, the hippies, even the Lauren and Bush clans up in the mountains -- just lives in it. The 38th annual festival may have peaked at the...

Action flick "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" opened to $13.5 million at box offices in its late night and midnight screenings in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates released on Wednesday. The 3-D film based on toys from the 1980s saw its debut night box office figures...

HONG KONG (AFP) – A Hong Kong movie billed as the world's first 3D porn film has broken the city's first-day box office record previously set by Hollywood blockbuster Avatar. "3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" notched up HK$2.8 million ($360,000) on its first day last week, outpacing director...

"Scream 4" will hit theaters on April 15 without the specter of a lawsuit hovering over the horror sequel. Distributor the Weinstein Co. has paid to settle a $3 million lawsuit filed by producer Cathy Konrad, who claimed she was booted from the fourth installment on the franchise after it was...

Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Battle: Los Angeles": Jonathan Liebesman's disaster film doesn't rely as much as others in the genre on the gleeful horror of seeing familiar landmarks burn. Instead, this West Coast version of alien invasion distinguishes itself as an urban warfare...

Jose Padilha, the director of the violent Brazilian "Elite Squad" cop movies, is in talks to direct a remake of "Robocop." The 1987 original, directed by Paul Verhoeven, featured a cop who is brought back from the brink of death in the form of a cyborg with no memories of his prior life. It...

Young British actor Nicholas Hoult continues his Hollywood ascent. Hoult, one of the stars of "X-Men First Class" and who is prepping to shoot "Jack the Giant Killer," has been cast in a film described as "Twilight" meets "Shaun of the Dead." "Warm Bodies" follows an existentially-tormented...

John Lasseter's pair of Oscars have a new friend: a lifetime achievement trophy. The Pixar and Disney animation chief received the award Friday night for his dedication to the 40-minutes-or-less medium from Shorts International, an entertainment organization which promotes, distributes...

LOS ANGELES – Helen Mirren's Elizabethan dress from "The Tempest" is covered with gold and silver zippers, all the way up to its ruffled collar. The hat that made Johnny Depp the Mad Hatter in "Alice in Wonderland" was crafted from imported Italian leather woven with gold threads, and it was...

"The King's Speech" continued its regal progress through the awards season, winning the Best Film award at the BAFTAs, as Colin Firth, who plays the film's stammering monarch, picked up Best Actor. The dramatisation of the true-life relationship between King George VI and his speech therapist...

BERLIN – For his debut as a director, Ralph Fiennes has pulled the Shakespearean tragedy "Coriolanus" into the present-day world of 24-hour news coverage of riots and politics. Fiennes takes the lead as a great but proud and flawed Roman general in the movie, which had its premiere Monday at...

-- "The King's Speech" ruled Britain's BAFTA awards Sunday, with Colin Firth taking lead-actor honors for his role as the tongue-tied title character and co-stars Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush claiming supporting-actor wins. The film, which recounts World War II monarch George VI's...

Kevin Spacey wants to introduce the moviegoing world to the human side of Wall Street bankers in his new film, "Margin Call," screening at the Berlin film festival on Friday. The debut feature film from director J.C. Chandor features Spacey as a senior investment bank...

BERLIN – A German filmmaker says a final cut of his documentary on the fate of jailed oil tycoon turned Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been stolen only days ahead of its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Cyril Tuschi says Friday's burglary into his Berlin...

PARK CITY, Utah – If you can't beat 'em, YouTube, join 'em. Long since video-sharing website YouTube became an Internet sensation, media watchers have wondered how it can take users' appetite for 2- or 3-minute videos and transform it into a hunger for full-length film and TV-style content. On...

43 mins ago NEW YORK – Despite a barrage of bad reviews and pair of Razzie nominations, "Sex and the City" star Kim Cattrall is hopeful for another installment in the TV and film franchise. The 54-year-old actress says she's glad the Razzies exist because "it keeps you honest." She hasn't been...