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Mr. Kershner’s “The Empire Strikes Back,” part of the “Star Wars” chronology, earned mixed reviews but, eventually, critical praise.

"Blade" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" director Stephen Norrington tells Mania.com that he has dropped out of "The Crow" reboot he had previously been attached to.

Arthur Penn, who directed "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Miracle Worker," died after a long illness Tuesday night, his representative said.

Tod "Kip" Williams is set to direct the much-anticipated "Paranormal Activity 2" for Paramount.

Brad Bird is one of several directors, including Ruben Fleischer and Edgar Wright, rumored to be on the shortlist to step in for 'Mission: Impossible 4."

Kevin Smith, the creator of movies like Clerks, Dogma, and the upcoming Cop Out, posted a series of angry, sarcastic messages on his Twitter feed blasting Southwest Airlines for allegedly throwing him off a flight after he had already been seated and buckled in.

Paramount Pictures is making sure that another "Paranormal Activity" is in theaters by Christmas, but has hired a "Saw" veteran to make it happen.

Swiss authorities will not fight to keep Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski in jail while he battles extradition to the United States on a sex charge, they said Thursday.

A former prosecutor says he made up a story he told a film crew about advising a judge handling Roman Polanski's sex case to send the director to prison....

Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the Oscar-winning director be released from Swiss custody - the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case....