Reuters - The family hit "Marley & Me" exhibited both bark and bite when it debuted on home video, topping the national DVD sales and rental charts during the week ended April 5. -- read full article
Reuters - On the big screen, Seth Rogen is more often than not a crass stoner with a heart. But the actor-writer is in the process of transforming that image with such roles as an unhinged security guard in "Observe and Report," which opens Friday, and a bona fide superhero in Michel Gondry's forthcoming "The Green Hornet." -- read full article
Reuters - Kent Alterman, director of the Will Ferrell basketball comedy "Semi-Pro," is attached to direct and develop the grown-up adventure tale "Treehouse Gang." -- read full article
AP - Hugh Jackman said Wednesday that he is heartbroken his new film, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," was leaked online a month before its official release.
Reuters - In a blaze of publicity, Australian actor Hugh Jackman zoomed in by helicopter and flying fox to an event to promote the latest X-Men movie, saying he was "heartbroken" that the film had been leaked on the Internet. -- read full article
Reuters - "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" was made in 2006 but will only reach U.S. theaters on Friday in what stars Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard say is a sign of the impact of the financial crisis on independent filmmaking. -- read full article
Reuters - After a series of films on the Iraq war flopped at the box office, a biting political satire about British and U.S. officials concocting dubious evidence to justify invasion hopes that humor can do the trick. -- read full article
Reuters - The 11th Star Trek movie in 30 years had its world premiere on Tuesday, its markedly younger cast boldly going along the red carpet to a makeshift cinema in the Sydney Opera House. -- read full article
Reuters - Hollywood's largest acting union will hold a meeting of its negotiating task force on Tuesday although a spokeswoman said a report of a near deal with movie studios on a new contract was premature. -- read full article
Reuters - Fighting for its foothold in India's growing movie market, Warner Bros. has threatened to sue anybody planning to remake "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" without its permission. -- read full article
Reuters - The documentary "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama," which will air on HBO, has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group.
Reuters - Overture Films will release "Paper Heart," director Nicholas Jasenovec's faux documentary starring Michael Cera and real-life girlfriend Charlyne Yi. -- read full article
