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- Jessica Chastain joins Sam Worthington film
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:00 AMJessica Chastain has booked the female lead opposite Sam Worthington in "The Fields," a thriller being directed by Ami Canaan Mann.
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Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:00 AMJessica Chastain has booked the female lead opposite Sam Worthington in "The Fields," a thriller being directed by Ami Canaan Mann.
More | Talk - 'Alice' three-peats weekend win
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 12:20 PMJohnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third straight weekend.
More | Talk - 'Alice' takes Friday b.o. crown again; 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' opens strong
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 11:49 AMDisney's 3D fantasy "Alice in Wonderland" fetched $9.9 million on the day for $241.2 million in cumulative b.o. at the start of its third session.
More | Talk - Publicist Jack Hirshberg dies
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 02:37 AMJack Hirshberg, the iconic publicist who worked on dozens of films and chronicled a golden age in Hollywood, died at his home in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on March 7 after a brief illness.
More | Talk - Sony picks up 'Road to Nardo' spec
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMSony has picked up a comedy spec from Andrew Waller and Mike Gagerman to which Scot Armstrong, the writer of comedies such as "Old School" and "Semi-Pro," is attached to make his directorial debut.
More | Talk - Academy president gets into 'Hot Tub'
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMWhile serving as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Tom Sherak also has been engaged as a movie consultant.
More | Talk - Tribeca fest to screen 47 shorts
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:44 AMThe 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, running April 21-May 2 in lower Manhattan, will present 47 short films, including Joachim Back's "The New Tenants," which just won the Oscar for best live action short.
More | Talk - 'Alice' eyeing boxoffice three-peat
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 05:32 AMVIDEO: Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" should make it three wins in a row despite a trio of wide openers -- "Repo Men," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and "The Bounty Hunter" -- on Friday.
More | Talk - Christoph Waltz to direct first feature
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 07:26 AMOscar winner Christoph Waltz will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie "Up and Away," based on a script he wrote.
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- 'Legion' producer picks up action thriller
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:00 AMBold Films has acquired "Blank Slate," an action thriller spec script from Doug Cook and David Weisberg, the writing team behind "The Rock" and "Double Jeopardy."
More | Talk - 'Alice' still overseas champ
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 01:34 AMWith no significant weekend competition, Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" cruised to its third consecutive No. 1 round overseas, rounding up $47 million from 6,687 screens in 49 territories.
More | Talk - 'Alice' towers over b.o.
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 12:03 PMThree wide openers rung up less boxoffice on Friday than "Alice in Wonderland," which took in $9.9 million on its 15th day of domestic release.
More | Talk - Mr. America
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 06:31 AMEXCLUSIVE: Chris Evans has been offered the role of Captain America.
More | Talk - Jennifer Lopez goes 'Overboard'
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMEXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard," which Overbrook is producing for Columbia.
More | Talk - 'Ali' screenwriters sign with Gersh
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AM"Ali" screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson have signed with Gersh. They previously were with CAA.
More | Talk - Bedrock taps Jeff Stockwell to adapt 'Wrinkle'
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMJeff Stockwell has been hired to adapt author Madeleine L'Engle's classic time-travel head trip, "A Wrinkle in Time," for Cary Granat and his new Bedrock Studios.
More | Talk - Dallas fest to open with four features
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:55 AMTaking over all eight screens of the Angelika Film Center on April 8, the Dallas International Film Festival’s opening night will feature four films - "Bill Cunningham New York," "Multiple Sarcasms," "Nosotros Los Pobres" and "Skateland" -- plus a shorts program.
More | Talk - 'Fantasyland' bowing on SnagFilms.com
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 06:39 AMStephen Palgon’s "Fantasyland," a documentary about fantasy sports players based on the book by Sam Walker, premieres Friday on SnagFilms.com.
More | Talk - ShoWest closes on 3D, windows themes
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 07:38 AMShoWest 2010 closed Thursday with big-name stars and ever present 3D discussions.
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- Bids for MGM, Miramax underwhelm
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:00 AMTwo studio auctions had set deadlines for bids for the past weekend, but the situations drew more yawns than offers.
More | Talk - 'Alice' three-peats weekend win
Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 12:20 PMJohnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a third straight weekend.
More | Talk - 'Dragon' ship charts new course for Wal-Mart
Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 03:13 AMA 40-foot-long Viking ship is set to dock in Times Square on Monday.
More | Talk - David Bergstein film sale canceled
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 03:54 AMThe planned sale of rights to more than 800 movies that are part of the Capitol, ThinkFilm, Franchise and other film libraries scheduled for Monday has been canceled in the wake of the involuntary bankruptcy filing by a group of creditors against David Bergstein and five of the companies he controls.
More | Talk - ShoWest closes with star-filled awards gala
Friday - 03/19/2010 - 01:09 AMMovie theater operators love to hang out with celebs as much as anybody else.
More | Talk - Scribe, producer to make Cesar Chavez biopic
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMEXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter Keir Pearson and Larry Meli have optioned life rights to make a biopic about civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.
More | Talk - Jennifer Lopez goes 'Overboard'
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 11:00 AMEXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard," which Overbrook is producing for Columbia.
More | Talk - Film buyers rethinking presales
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 08:47 AMRecovering market means film buyers again are placing bets -- gingerly.
More | Talk - Polanski lawyers file appeal over misconduct
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 06:29 AMRoman Polanski's attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in his 32-year-old sex case.
More | Talk - David Bergstein sued to stop sale
Thursday - 03/18/2010 - 05:40 AMA group of 13 creditors who are owed millions of dollars by David Bergstein, including Capitol Films and ThinkFilm, have filed lawsuits to force an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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