The film director Jonathan Levine never sold marijuana in high school, though he may have inhaled some. “Possible,” he said recently, fighting a smile. “It’s possible.”
Nor did he ever trade weed for sessions with a psychiatrist, as the protagonist of his new movie, “The Wackness,” does. But in other respects “The Wackness” — Mr. Levine’s [...]

Last month, Maureen Ryan was the first to report that as many as three “Battlestar Galactica” TV films were under discussion at the Sci Fi network. She noted that “it would make sense to make more ‘Battlestar’ TV movies while the show’Â?Â?s creative team and actors are still all in one place.”
Well, too late for [...]

Sony announced Thursday that it will launch a movie download service for the PlayStation 3 this summer in the U.S. market.
The movie-themed announcement came from Kazuo Hirai, who is the head of Sony’s video game unit. Hirai said the service will be offered in Japan and Europe at later dates. Further details on the service [...]

 
Hollywood loves a good sequel, but here’s one it could do without: Another union strike just months after the town got up and running again from a devastating walkout by writers.
The contract between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires Monday, and negotiations have dragged on for weeks [...]

Read it aloud, make sure there’s a favourite bit - and don’t fall into the ‘German funk trap’. Frank Cottrell Boyce who scripted 24 Hour Party People and A Cock and Bull Story, lays down his screenwriting golden rules.
(The Guardian UK)

WALL-E
 
Director: Andrew Stanton
Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Plot: A trash-compacting robot learns there’s more to life than cleaning up the planet that humans polluted when he falls for a sleek, female droid, then sets out on an intergalactic journey to be with her
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
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Judd Apatow had a problem. The test screenings for his movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin were killing. But the jokes that were really landing were the ones featuring pot. Sophomoric, Cheech-and-Chong-y cheap yuks about weed. But funny ones. He called his old friend Garry Shandling to ask whether he should leave them in. They went with [...]

Actor David Hasselhoff says the revamped version of his hit TV show Knight Rider won’t be a success without him.
Hasselhoff, 55, says he was disappointed with the pilot episode which aired in the USA in February and says the upcoming series this autumn is doomed to fail because he doesn’t have a star role in [...]

With its Tijuana barroom brawls, house-party fights and beach punching scenes, “Big Wednesday,” the cult surf film that turns 30 this year, did a 180 from its “Beach Blanket” predecessors. And it had some killer shortboard footage of the “Sultan of Spit” Gerry Lopez, too.
But the tale of three surf pals growing up around [...]

Movie stars accustomed to polite rivalry for coveted film roles and Oscar glory are taking sides in an increasingly bitter labour dispute between Hollywood’s two actors unions.
The battle of duelling movie stars has heated up as the Screen Actors Guild enlisted 67 actors, including Jack Nicholson, Ben Stiller and Martin Sheen, to back its campaign [...]