The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games. Nominees were chosen by distinguished panels of VES members who [...]
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Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Farewell, My Queen’ to Open Berlinale
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will open at the Berlinale Palast Feb. 9 with the world premiere of the period drama “Farewell, My Queen” (“Les Adieux à la reine”), which features such international stars as Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds”), Léa[...]
Paramount Pictures Unveils 100th Anniversary Logo
Paramount Pictures has unveiled a new company logo that commemorates the studio’s 100th Anniversary in show business. The new logo can be seen in the Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” which is in theatres everywhere now.[...]
Joyful Noise Soundtrack Arrives Jan. 10
WaterTower Music announces the release of the soundtrack to Alcon Entertainment’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Joyful Noise,” which opens in theatres Jan. 13. This musically driven story brings together the sounds of gospel, pop, country, rock and R & B with[...]
‘Life with Murder’ Wins 2011 International Emmy Award
John Kastner’s “Life with Murder” is the winner of the 2011 International Emmy Award for best documentary. Produced by JS Kastner Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with CTV, “Life with Murder” is a stunning portrait of a[...]
‘Welcome to Pine Point’ Honored
National Film Board of Canada (NFB) executive producer and creative technologist Loc Dao and NFB web documentary Welcome to Pine Point were honoured at the 2011 Digi Awards ceremony in Toronto. Dao was named Canada’s top digital producer for 2011, while the NFB’s acclaimed interactive[...]
An Angel Earns Her Wings in ‘Christmas Magic’ Dec. 18
Lindy Booth (“October Road,” “The 4400”) is an angel unaware who takes on one more earthly mission and ends up earning her wings in “Christmas Magic,” a Hallmark Channel original movie world premiere Dec. 18 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C). Paul McGillion (“Finding a Family,” “Stargate: Atlanti[...]
Soundtrack for ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Sequel Due Dec. 13
WaterTower Music has announced the release of “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” with an original score by Oscar®, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight,” “[...]
Writers Hired for Animated ‘Popeye’ Movie
Sony Pictures Animation has set screenwriters Jay Scherick & David Ronn to write the screenplay for an all-new “Popeye” animated feature, based on the iconic characters of comic strip and cartoon fame. “Popeye” is the second project for Scherick and Ronn with Sony Pictur[...]
China’s Zhang Yimou to Receive APSA 2011 FIAPF Award
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations announced today that Chinese film producer and director Zhang Yimou will be the 2011 recipient of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia-Pacific region. The honor will be [...]
John Corbett, Sam Elliott to Celebrate ‘November Christmas’
The Hallmark Hall of Fame story “November Christmas” features one family’s drive to bring an ailing daughter hope and love during a traumatic time. John Corbett of “Northern Exposure” and “Sex and the City” fame stars as Tom Marks, a concerned father who along with his wife[...]
Kristy Swanson to Make ‘A Christmas Wish’
Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Herrmann (“The Gilmore Girls”), Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee Tess Harper (“No Country For Old Men”) and Kristy Swanson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) find new friendships can create holiday miracles in “A Christmas Wish,” a Hallmark Channel o[...]
Dean Cain Will Make ‘The Case for Christmas’
Dean Cain (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”) stars as an up-and-coming attorney who is representing Santa Claus and defending the magic of Christmas in one of the biggest lawsuits the world has ever seen in the world premiere of “The Case for Christmas,” a Hallmark Channel[...]
Elizabeth Berkley to Star in ‘Lucky Christmas’ for Hallmark
Elizabeth Berkley (“Saved by the Bell”) will star with Jason Gray-Stanford (“Monk”) in the world premiere of “Lucky Christmas,” a Hallmark Channel original movie premiere, on Nov. 12 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C). Holly Ceroni (Berkley) is a single mother who has been destitute when it comes to luck[...]