AP - NEW YORK (AP) Gillian Anderson says getting back into Dana Scully's character for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" was harder than she expected.
Reuters - KAPOW! The new Batman movie "The
Dark Knight" smashed the weekend record set by "Spider-Man 3"
last year, selling an estimated $155.3 million worth of tickets
during its first three days of release across the United States
and Canada, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said on Sunday.
Reuters - English filmmaker
Christopher Nolan is now the toast of Hollywood, thanks to the
record-breaking $155 million opening of "The Dark Knight." -- read full article
Reuters - The "Dark Knight" frenzy
cast a shadow over the art-house market, with fewer than the
usual number of notable expansions among limited releases. -- read full article
Reuters - Three weeks after the
expiration of their contract, the Screen Actors Guild and the
studios appear to be living on different planets. -- read full article
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) A newspaper ad placed by Hollywood studios touts their contract offer to the Screen Actors Guild as a groundbreaking deal that mirrors those already accepted by other industry unions.
AP - Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday.
Reuters - The new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" smashed the weekend
record set by "Spider-Man 3" last year, selling an estimated
$155.3 million worth of tickets during its first three days of
release across the United States and Canada, distributor Warner
Bros. Pictures said on Sunday.
Reuters - After more than a year poring over
Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the
same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking
on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare. -- read full article