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Imax and China's biggest state-owned film exhibitor are teaming up to open 19 giant screen cinemas in the world's No. 2 movie market.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" outmuscled a trio of new films, as the science fiction sequel topped the box office for the second-straight week with an estimated $36 million. According to studio estimates Sunday, "Planet of the Apes" easily bested the horror thriller "The Purge: Anarchy.

Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's "Maverick" who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, has died. He was 86.

"Watchmen" and "V for Vendetta" writer calls on fans to avoid the Brett Ratner adaptation of the comic book "Hercules: The Thracian Wars."read more

Dwayne Johnson says he considers New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie "a buddy" despite making Christie take down an online video that featured the Hollywood star.

Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan are leading the charge to revive Universal's classic movie monsters. Instead of stand-alones, these movies will have interconnecting narratives ala Marvel's superhero movies. read more

To call Michel Gondry's "Mood Indigo" visually inventive is not even scratching the surface, something like characterizing Apple as a company that's had a certain amount of success.

It might be true that the very rich, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, "are different from you and me," but movies about their profligate kids tend toward dime-a-dozen sameness.

Earlier this morning the New York Film Festival (NYFF) announced David Fincher's much-anticipated thriller "Gone Girl" will be its opening night film. It will mark the film's world premiere. "Gone Girl" also marks Fincher's second NYFF premiere, following his 2010 eventual Oscar nominee, "The Social Network." READ MORE: Check Out This Beautiful Poster for the 52nd New York Film Festival Based on the beloved novel by Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl" is a mystery that tries to determine whether Nick Dunne, a seemingly perfect husband, has killed his wife Amy after she suddenly goes missing.

David Fincher's "Gone Girl" will make its world premiere as the opening night film at the 52nd New York Film Festival.

Kurt Russell confirms he has completed his final two scenes in the latest "Fast & Furious" scenes without the late Paul Walker.

He was beautiful. And he was a huge global track star. Stephan James (upcoming "Selma") will play Olympic legend Jesse Owens in Stephen Hopkins' new biopic "Race," which has been acquired for U. S. release by Focus Features. SNL star Jason Sudeikis ("We're the Millers") is joining Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of Fortune") in this true story, which begins principal photography on July 24th in Montreal and on location at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where the real-life hero faced off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy, winning a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals in 1936.

Director Josh Trank has more or less earned our trust, but there's really no getting around the fact that the Fantastic Four film franchise has been mostly underwhelming thus far -- something owing at least as much to the inherent squareness of the comics as it has to the overall miscasting and periodically inept filmmaking that marred the first two films. read more

Unless you're a heartless cretin with no patience for all things adorable, Disney's Big Hero 6 teaser piqued your interest for the feature, scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 7. And now that they're finished piquing, the studio has unleashed a full-length trailer that offers a sneak peek at what the movie offers beyond a boy and his portly robot sidekick. read more

Disney's search for an actor to play Mowgli in its live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book is over. The part has gone to 10-year-old Neel Sethi, the studio has announced on Tuesday. The most surprising part in this is that Sethi will be the only actor onscreen, which I take it to mean that there won't be other humans in the movie. Idris Elba is already on board to voice the tiger Shere Khan, with Lupita Nyong'o as Rakcha, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa, and Ben Kingsley as Bagheera. read more