Reuters - "Flash of Genius" may not be the sexiest film to debut this fall, but its true tale of the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers poses a timely question of values and ethics in the current economic crisis.
Reuters - More than 100,000 Bollywood and television workers began an indefinite strike on Wednesday, protesting irregular pay and the hiring of non-union members, a move that could delay major releases for India's festival season. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:43:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Michael Cera always seems to be pining for something: booze and a popular classmate in "Superbad"; the sly soul mate he impregnated in "Juno"; a lovely but forbidden cousin in TV's "Arrested Development."
Reuters - Blackstone Group LP and JPMorgan Chase & Co are advising and helping a consortium raise money to fund the conversion of 20,000 U.S. cinema screens to digital technology, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:16:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - An Italian love drama starring Monica Bellucci will open this year's Rome film festival, which will have a distinctly domestic flavor and feature a lighter Hollywood presence, organizers said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:34:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Film director Spike Lee has set off a storm in Italy with a movie about black American soldiers fighting alongside Italian partisans in World War Two.
Reuters - Robert Downey Jr. is to play Victorian super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in an upcoming blockbuster that studio Warner Bros. hopes will become a lucrative new franchise.
Reuters - Superman's home planet Krypton was destroyed, but his house on Earth will live on thanks to loyal fans and an online auction that raised $100,000 to restore the rotting home where the Man of Steel was created. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:56:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
E! Online - Tom Hanks is the latest to offer a tribute to the late acting legend, recalling their work together on the Chicago-based gangster film The Road to Perdition: