Kathryn Bigelow Gets Green Light for bin Laden Film

By Caitlin Peterkin at 11:30 AM on May 25, 2011

Kathryn Bigelow earned a place in Hollywood history after becoming the first female director to win an Oscar for her film The Hurt Locker in 2010. Now, she is embarking on an even bigger project....  read more

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Michael Jackson's This Is It Rakes in Over $100 Million

By Justin Jacobs at 3:00 PM on November 2, 2009

Although it was expected that Michael Jackson’s posthumous concert flick, This Is It, was going to bring in an audience still reeling and confused from MJ’s untimely passing, a $100 million gross worldwide (in just its first week, no less) is downright impressive....  read more

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Saga of He-Man Continues: A Possible Move to Columbia Pictures

By Emily Riemer at 3:00 PM on September 24, 2009

The embattled remake of the classic cartoon from the 1980s has switched directions...again. Mattel, who owns the rights to He-Man, is in talks with Columbia Pictures about taking up the fledgling live-action movie....  read more

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Spider-Man 4 Already Slated for IMAX in 2011

By Emily Riemer at 7:30 AM on September 17, 2009

With the film barely announced, the anticipated Spider-Man 4 has already been booked for IMAX showings to run concurrently with its regular theater release. In fact, it's been booked in even more IMAX theaters than its two predecessors....  read more

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Columbia Pictures to Bring Life of P.T. Barnum To Big Screen

By Caroline Klibanoff at 9:59 AM on July 17, 2009

Columbia Pictures (owned by Sony Pictures) has just purchased the rights to a pitch for a biopic chronicling the life of P.T. Barnum, creator of "The Greatest Show on Earth." The pitch came from writer Stan Chervin, who was involved with the writing the first draft of Moneyball, as well as The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Disney and J Mac for Sony. Todd Garner, who also produced Anger Management, 13 Going on 30 and Paul Blart: Mall Cop will serve as producer. Neither a director, nor a title nor a release date have yet to be named....  read more

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