Geoffrey Rush will star in the musical “Consider Yourself: The Lionel Bart Story” with Stephen Fry, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Matt Lucas, Michelle Dockery and Al Weaver. Good Universe will launch…
The Location Managers Guild of America has selected “Chef,” “Gone Girl,” “Nightcrawler,” “The Gambler” and “Wild” as nominees for its best contemporary location award. Nominees for best period…
Focus World has acquired U.S. and U.K. rights to “Cop Car,” following its Sundance premiere in the midnight section. The film is directed by Jon Watts and stars Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson…
Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” is set to leave the competition in the dust during Super Bowl weekend, eyeing at least $35 million in North American theaters in its third weekend in wide release…
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell’s Safehouse Pictures has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures and split up with Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures. During the Weed Road/Safehouse…
Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger are in negotiations to star romance-drama “This Man, This Woman,” with Isabel Coixet directing. Coixet’s “Nobody Wants the Night,” starring Juliette Binoche, is the…
In an aggressive move to tap into Chinese investors, Lionsgate is in advanced conversations with Hunan TV and Broadcast Intermediary Co Ltd. on an agreement that would carry an overall value of $1.5…
Black Bear Pictures' upcoming mining drama “Gold,” starring Matthew McConaughey and directed by Stephen Gaghan, will launch foreign sales at next week’s European Film Market in Berlin…
The Orchard has acquired digital and broadcast rights in North America for the documentary “Above and Beyond” from producer Nancy Spielberg and director Roberta Grossman. The film is set to open in…
Sony Pictures has dated its Will Smith drama “Concussion” for Christmas Day — a week after the arrival of Disney-Marvel’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Smith porrays Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic…
