Indie film’s easy-money era is over, but new opportunities are emerging.
 
These days, any seller hoping to land a distribution deal at a fest or market like Toronto in September realizes that only a few lucky winners will land a seven-figure minimum guarantee from a studio specialty division.
(Variety)
 

Director John Hillcoat and colleagues, in adapting the Pulitzer-winning work, have toiled to weigh hopelessness against faith.
(LA Times)

These days, “300″ director Zack Snyder is hard at work perfecting the impossible. As you read this, he is undoubtedly in some dark edit bay, unshaven and chugging a Starbucks, doing his very best to transform “Watchmen” from an unfilmable comic book into the next smash superhero movie.
(MTV)

Eleanor Coppola has never revealed the personal cost of raising her remarkable film-making family – until now. In exclusive extracts from her memoirs, she recalls the envy she felt towards her daughter Sofia, the battles with her husband Francis and the grief caused by the violent death of her eldest son.
(The Independent UK)

Today’s reality shows, far-flung competitions and exotic dramas rely on dangerous challenges. Men climb the masts of a fishing boat in violent Arctic seas, fighting their equipment. Or race through an Indian market, working out a mental puzzle while hauling heavy weights.
And that’s not even the contestants — it’s the camera department.
The jobs of […]

With the dust settled and Hollywood hindsight in sharp focus, there were clear winners at Comic-Con International, which ended last week in San Diego.
The makers of “Watchmen” are absolutely living up to the hype, while the wide-eyed “Twilight” team is just now realizing how huge the fan expectation is for its vampire romance. “The Spirit,” […]

Known for alternating between mainstream Hollywood and independent films, John Cusack says his latest movie “Shanghai” is a rare middle ground between the two genres.
Speaking at a set visit in Bangkok on Saturday, the 42-year-old star of movies like “Serendipity” and “Being John Malkovich” called “Shanghai” a unique project that combines the artistry of independent […]

It’s been 6 years since we last saw Mulder and Scully sharing screentime together. It’s been 6 years since one of the most loved TV shows of all-time went off the air. After legal battles, time conflict resolutions and a studio finally saying ‘yes’ to a project fans have been screaming for for years, The […]