Busan, Republic of Korea: The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) today announced that 37 films from 19 countries and areas have been nominated in this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region’s highest accolade in film. APSA 2011 International Jury President, Nansun Shi, made the announcemen[...]
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Sony Movie Channel Launches Online Extension
Sony Movie Channel, the first U.S. multi-platform television network from Sony Pictures Television, unveiled its authenticated online service Sony Movie Channel Everywhere, making a wide variety of full-length Hollywood movies available online at no additional charge to DIRECTV and DISH Network[...]
Paramount to Host Free Advance Screenings of ‘Footloose’
Two-weeks ahead of its Oct. 14 release, Paramount Pictures will host exclusive advance screenings in 25 markets as part of “Footloose Fridays” in celebration of the nationwide opening of co-writer/director Craig Brewer’s new film. Following the screenings on Friday, Sept. 30, fans of the film [...]
Sony Pictures Amps Up Stock Footage Collection
Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Sony Pictures Stock Footage has introduced a first-of-its-kind stock footage collection featuring motion picture quality clips with custom-designed, studio-produced 5.1 soundtracks. Sony Pictures Stock Footage’s unique new “5.1 Collection” inclu[...]
Cameras Set to Roll on Star-Studded Cloud Atlas
Producers Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt announce that “Cloud Atlas” will begin filming on Sept. 16. The ambitious, independently-financed film will be co-directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski, directors/writers of the ground-breaking “Matrix” trilogy, and[...]
Canton Film Fest 2011 to Take Place Oct. 13 to 15
Cantonfilm.com, in association with the Canton Palace Theatre, will host the Canton Film Festival 2011 in downtown Canton, Ohio, on Oct. 13, 14 and 15. During this three-day Film Forward event, the public will get the chance to screen the short films of independent directors from across the country.[...]
‘The Gangster Squad’ Hits the Streets of Los Angeles
Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “The Gangster Squad,” starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Sean Penn, under the direction of Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland”). Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brookly[...]
‘The Great Gatsby’ Begins Production
Principal photography began this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “The Great Gatsby,” the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel from writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann. The filmmaker will create his own distinctive[...]
Filming Underway on Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’
Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ dramatic thriller “Argo,” directed by and starring Ben Affleck (“The Town,” “Gone Baby Gone”). The film is being produced by Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov. Based on true[...]
Paramount to Release ‘World War Z’ on Dec. 21, 2012
Paramount Pictures set a release date of Dec. 21, 2012 for “World War Z” starring Brad Pitt, with Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace”) directing. The geo-political thriller from Paramount and Skydance Productions, in association with Hemisphere Media Capital and GK Films, is a [...]
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ is 2011’s No. 1 Film
Continuing to make box office magic, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” has now become the top-grossing release of 2011 in all categories: domestic box office, international box office and worldwide box office. The announcement was made today by W[...]
Lucasfilm’s ‘Red Tails’ Will Take Flight Jan. 20, 2012
A high-flying action epic inspired by the heroic exploits of the first all African-American aerial combat unit, the Lucasfilm Ltd. production of “Red Tails” will launch Jan. 20, 2012, released by Twentieth Century Fox. Produced by Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson, the WWII actione[...]
‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Hits $1 Billion Mark
Worldwide box office receipts for “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” have hit $1 billion, Paramount Pictures has announced. To date, the third installment of the Transformers franchise, and the first shot in 3-D, has grossed $338 million in U.S. (through Monday) and $663 million internatio[...]
Bill Murray, Laura Linney to Star in ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’
Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in the historical tale “Hyde Park on Hudson,” which began filming this week in the U.K. for co-producers and co-financiers Focus Features and Film4. BAFTA-Award winner Roger Michell (Film4’s “Venus”) is directing from[...]