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Writer/director/producer Francesca Gregorini’s psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes has been picked up by Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment. The drama, which features Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Alfred Molina, and Frances O’Connor, will be hitting theaters later this year.   “Francesca Gregorini’s superb Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes is a [...]

Seduced and Abandoned will have its world premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival however HBO’s pulled off a preemptive strike, picking up the television rights prior to its festival debut. Directed by James Toback, the documentary was produced by Toback (Tyson, writer of Bugsy), Alec Baldwin and Michael Mailer. “When James and Alec set [...]

The cast of the Veronica Mars movie has edged up to four confirmed members. Rob Thomas just confirmed to his Kickstarter backers (and yes, I’m one of them) that Enrico Colantoni has officially signed up to reprise his role as Keith Mars.   “There was a lot of fierce competition for the role, but I [...]

Filming will take place this fall on the horror thriller Dark Summer to be directed by Paul Solet (Grace). Mike Le wrote the script and Content Film will be handling international sales at Cannes.   Ross M. Dinerstein is producing with Content’s Jamie Carmichael executive producing.   “We are excited to be working with Paul [...]

Viva Pictures has picked up the US distribution rights to Top Cat: The Movie directed by Alberto Mar. Top Cat: The Movie was financed by Ánima Estudios and has already been released in Mexico, becoming one of the country’s most successful film productions to date.   The animated movie is based on the 1960s Hanna-Barbera [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made major changes to the Oscar voting process. From this point forward, all voting members of the Academy will be able to vote in all 24 Oscar categories. This means that the rules have changed in the documentary shorts and foreign language films categories as now [...]

It’s a bit freaky and I’m thinking that if you look at it too long, you could drive yourself a little crazy. What? Obviously I’m talking about the new motion poster for Now You See Me. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco, the dramatic thriller will appear in theaters [...]

The animated film Epic from Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios will not only feature the voice of Beyoncé, it will also feature a new original song from the Grammy winning artist. Beyoncé co-wrote the new song “Rise Up” with Sia specifically for the family-friendly film and performs the tune on Epic‘s soundtrack. [...]

Stay classy, San Diego, and while you’re at it try out for a part as a background actor in the Anchorman sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Central Casting will be holding an open casting call on Saturday, May 11, 2013 but there’s a catch – you have to be a San Diego local.   [...]

Do you have questions for Hugh Jackman? Are you anxious to know more about The Wolverine? If the answer to either one of these questions is yes, then tweet your questions now using the #TheWolverine #AskHugh hashtags, or comment on The Wolverine‘s official Facebook page. Questions will be chosen to be presented to Jackman who [...]