Reuters - Sony Pictures has acquired the movie rights to "Remote Control," a spy novel by Mark Burnell, for an adaptation to be produced by James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. -- read full article
Reuters - Sixteen-year-old actress Miley Cyrus became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood on Sunday as her first nonconcert movie topped the North American box office, earning twice as much as Disney had forecast. -- read full article
Reuters - Richard Jenkins, who received an Oscar nomination for his lead performance in "The Visitor," is joining Julia Roberts in "Eat, Pray, Love," the big-screen adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir. -- read full article
Reuters - Lee Madden, who directed the cult film "Hell's Angels '69," died of complications from pneumonia on Thursday in Camarillo, Calif. He was 82. -- read full article
Reuters - "The White Tiger," the Man Booker Prize-winning novel about class tensions in contemporary India, has been optioned for a film adaptation. -- read full article
Reuters - Blake Masters, creator of the Showtime series "Brotherhood," will adapt "2 Guns," a Boom! Studios graphic novel, for the big screen. -- read full article
Reuters - Porn star Marilyn Chambers, who made waves in the 1970s by having screen sex with an African-American, has been found dead at her Los Angeles home at the age of 56, coroner's officials said on Monday. -- read full article
AP - British film producer Simon Channing Williams, who made a string of acclaimed movies with director Mike Leigh, has died, his production company said Tuesday. He was 63 and had battled cancer for several years. -- read full article
AP - In a career spanning just 15 years, Richard Amsel created illustrations for movies and television that became part of the cultural language of the 1970s and '80s.
