AP - Zhang Yimou has started shooting a remake of the Coen brothers' debut "Blood Simple," the Chinese director's first film since designing the opening and closing ceremonies of last year's Beijing Olympics, a publicist said Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:58:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Marion Cotillard says the most challenging part of playing John Dillinger's love interest in the upcoming film "Public Enemies" was developing a believable Midwestern accent.
AP - Chris Brown pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting Rihanna and the two were ordered to stay away from each other, in a deal that keeps the singer out of prison but requires him to clean up graffiti or roadside trash.
AP - The songwriter and director behind "You Light Up My Life" has been indicted on charges of raping or sexually assaulting women who answered audition ads on Craigslist.
AP - A joyless cacophony, an insistent and seemingly endless onslaught, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," director Michael Bay's follow-up to the 2007 smash "Transformers" plays more like a parody of a Bay movie.
AP - Julie White hasn't yet finished her summertime gig in the Public Theater production of "Twelfth Night" in New York's Central Park, but she already has her next theater job lined up.
AP - Despite their admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like "Rendition" and "In the Valley of Elah," or they were rather standard action pictures like "The Kingdom."
Reuters - FX has accepted "The Proposal," nabbing the TV rights to the Disney romantic comedy, which opened as No. 1 this past weekend. -- read full article
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:27:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Big-budget "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" hits U.S. movie theaters on Wednesday, aiming to recharge box offices in a summer season that has lost momentum after 2009's strong start. -- read full article
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:25:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Henry Jaglom's "Irene in Time," his 16th as writer-director, is an overly familiar female-centric therapy session shot in picturesque Santa Monica. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:35:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Jon Amiel will direct a comedy with the working title "Old Timers," a project based on a play in which two retired hitmen enjoy a night living it up before one of them faces a deadly decision. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:33:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - With tumult roiling the streets of Tehran, the filmmakers behind Iranian martyrdom drama "The Stoning of Soraya M." find themselves in a rare spot, with a new release seemingly ripped straight from the headlines. -- read full article
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:34:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News