How could this happen? The question springs to mind as 20th Century Fox claims it has the rights to the graphic novel on whichWarner Brothers is basing “Watchmen,” its giant superhero movie.
Peer deeper into the murk of Hollywood’s business practices, though, and the question becomes: How could it not?
The film industry was buzzing last week after […]

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

Film studio Twentieth Century Fox has applied to a Los Angeles court to block the release of Watchmen, based on the comic books written by Alan Moore.
Fox, which says it bought film rights to the series in the 1980s, has been given the go-ahead to launch an injunction against rival Warner Bros.
(BBC)
 

Production on the new Robin Hood film has been postponed indefinitely according to US trade newspaper Hollywood Reporter.
Directed by Ridley Scott Nottingham the movie is a twist on the classic tale starring Russell Crowe as the Sheriff alongside Sienna Miller as Maid Marian.
Universal Pictures cited script concerns, location logistics and a potential actors’ strike for […]

During a break on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — described to us as a “remote air force base” at an “undisclosed location” — horror franchise reviver and blockbuster director extraordinaire Michael Bay hopped on the phone to give us the scoop on the Transformers sequel, his other projects in the works, […]

Lisse Grullemans had her eye on a blue and gold striped dress by Derek Lam, but could only lust in vain. It hung outside her Boston office at Barneys New York for weeks until the costume designer from “The Proposal” came calling.
“They got it for Sandra Bullock,” Grullemans recalled. “She loved it.”
While no one’s filming […]

Have you gone on the internet in the last 36 hours? Are you a man, woman, or child who has, at one point, expressed even a passing interest in motion pictures? If so, I’d wager that 90% of you have already been forwarded the link to the beyond bad-ass trailer for the new James Bond […]

The Catholic church has finally got one back against Dan Brown, the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, by banning the use of Rome’s churches for the filming of the follow-up.
Filming of Angels & Demons, starring Tom Hanks, has been under way this month in the Italian capital, but requests to shoot scenes in […]

 
Robert Knox, an 18-year-old actor set to appear in the next Harry Potter film, was fatally stabbed outside a London pub on Saturday.
According to British media reports, the actor was part of a brawl that sent five males to the hospital, including a 21-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder after being treated for […]