There is a good reason why Guillermo del Toro is one of the most beloved directors among genre and horror fans, and it isn’t just because his body of work is so solid, many of them setting the standards for horror in whichever sub-genre he chooses to work at any given time.
For instance, del Toro’s [...]

 
A dozen striking screenwriters gathered in the bar at the Hotel Bel Air not long ago to decompress after another day on the picket line. Less than 10 feet away sat another strike-weary pair: Peter Chernin, president of the News Corporation, and Barry Meyer, chief executive of Warner Brothers.
Neither group acknowledged the other, although a [...]

 
Seemingly not content with producing some of the world’s most videogame-friendly movie franchises, Hollywood bigwig Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Top Gun, Black Hawk Down) has joined forces with MTV to launch a brand new videogame development studio.
Bruckheimer, who is also producing the Hollywood adaptation of Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, [...]

 
It was the kind of publicity event that most first-time filmmakers could only dream of. An invitation-only screening of the documentary “Nanking,” held in late October at the Tribeca Grand Hotel, conjured up an eclectic mix of attendees, including the “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon, the real estate scion Ivanka Trump and the gossip columnist [...]

 
Ronnie Screwvala is the front runner in the race to become Bollywood’s Jack Warner—the man who transformed parochial American cinema into its modern global form. Yet Screwvala is rarely picked out of a crowd in India, let alone in the United States. Still, Hollywood insiders know him well for producing the “The Namesake,” the groundbreaking [...]

 
Even with the writers strike in full effect, preproduction on the big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is ramping up. Last month Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire helmer Mike Newell signed on to direct the video game adaptation. Our friends at Collider spoke with Jerry Bruckheimer, and the producer [...]

 
Paula Wagner - a self-professed romantic who enjoys old films - is Tom Cruise’s partner in the United Artists film studio. But underneath the Midwestern charm lies a serious movie player.
Wagner is so frequently described as the most powerful woman in Hollywood that it is hard not to be utterly terrified at the prospect of [...]

Brian Grazer, one of the most successful producers in Hollywood, would seem to be a memorable guest, with his energetic manner and elaborately spiked hair. But to make sure he is not forgotten, he will often leave behind a small photo of himself in an inexpensive heart-shaped frame after attending a dinner or party, hiding [...]

Hollywood writers and the studios that produce the most popular programs on television began tightening the screws on each other Tuesday, the second day of the first industrywide strike in nearly two decades.
On the writers’ side, some prominent show runners — the writer-producers who fill multiple roles at the helm of television programs — said [...]

Director. Actor. Key Grip. Foley Mixer. Driver for Mr. Damon. Special-effects supervisor … Can’t stay in your seat till the end of the credits? That’s because moviemaking is an extreme team art form, requiring a throng of people with specialized skills to gather for a few months, often in a strange land, and spend long [...]