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Composer Alexandre Desplat on a roll

Film News: French scorer says he cannot refuse movie offers -- And the Oscar for Most Prolific Composer of 2009 goes to: Alexandre Desplat. Source: Variety Film News | Full article | November 16, 2009, 5:05 pm

CS Video: Percy Jackson Director Chris Columbus

Filmmaker Chris Columbus has earned himself quite a solid reputation due to his involvement with many classic family films going back to the '80s when he wrote the screenplays for The Goonies and Gremlins . That rep really took off in the '90s when he started directing, helming favorites like... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

Peter Bogdanovich Helming Century

Peter Bogdanovich will write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen's best-selling novel "Turn of the Century." Set in February 2000 in the bizarre world of the newly arrived millennium, the story centers on a Manhattan power couple and their three private school-reared kids. Das Films' Sriram Das is producing... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

Blanchett, Heigl and Tamblyn Board New Projects

Three new roles for three actresses have been announced. Cate Blanchett is joining Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana in the Joe Wright-directed thriller Hanna at Focus Features. The film centers on a 14-year-old Eastern European girl who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. She... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

The Valentine's Day Loveline

At the press conference for Warner Bros.' new romantic comedy Valentine's Day , some people who attended wanted to know more than just about the movie - they needed serious relationship advice and thought they'd ask the panel of celebrities, who were in Beverly Hills promoting their new film, for... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

24 Feature Film Moving Forward

20th Century Fox's film and TV studios are teaming to finally bring hit television series "24" to the big screen, reports Variety . Billy Ray ( State of Play , Flightplan ) will write the script for the feature. Ray's pitch, which takes Jack Bauer to Europe, was a hit... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

Rachel Weisz Joins Dream House

Rachel Weisz will star alongside Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts in Universal Pictures' Dream House . The Morgan Creek production is being directed by Jim Sheridan and was written by David Loucka. Filming began Sunday in Toronto. The film is about a family that relocates into what appears to be... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

Terminator Rights Sold to Pacificor

Deadline Hollywood has learned that the Halcyon Holding Corp. has sold the "Terminator" rights not to Sony Pictures or Lionsgate, but to Santa Barbara-based hedge fun Pacificor for $29.5 million. What's interesting is that Halcyon has previously accused Pacificor of extortion, bribery, and fraud and demanded $30M in damages. Halcyon... Source: ComingSoon.net | Full article | February 9, 2010, 12:00 am

Fox Is Bringing 24 to the Bigscreen!

Kiefer Sutherland would star in the film version of the action drama. Source: MovieWeb.com headlines | Full article | February 8, 2010, 10:46 pm

Tim Robbins Boards Green Lantern

He joins Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard and Blake Lively. Source: MovieWeb.com headlines | Full article | February 8, 2010, 10:46 pm

Cate Blanchett, Amber Tamblyn and Mia Wasikowska Take Roles

The leading ladies are set for Hanna, 127 Hours and Jane Eyre, respectively. Source: MovieWeb.com headlines | Full article | February 8, 2010, 10:11 pm

Pacificor Buys Terminator Rights

Halcyon Holding Corp. made out with a cool $29.5 million. Source: MovieWeb.com headlines | Full article | February 8, 2010, 10:00 pm

Ringo Starr honored with Walk of Fame star (AP)

AP - A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 10:00 pm

Tim Robbins plays villain's dad in "Green Lantern" (Reuters)

Reuters - Tim Robbins is joining the cast of "Green Lantern," the superhero movie based on the DC Comics character. Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:58 pm

Filmmaker Tyler Perry sued over "Devil" song (Reuters)

Reuters - Tyler Perry has found himself in a bit of copyright trouble lately for allegedly incorporating portions of copyrighted gospel music in his many successful shows. Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:53 pm

Peter Bogdanovich to Direct Turn of the Century

He will also write the adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 novel. Source: MovieWeb.com headlines | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:49 pm

'Avatar' beats "Hurt Locker" in piracy stakes (Reuters)

Reuters - "Avatar" might have tied "The Hurt Locker" for most Oscar nominations last week (with nine apiece), but the sci-fi epic is winning in at least one category: The film once again was the most-pirated movie on the Internet last week, thanks to a DVD screener that leaked onto... Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:37 pm

"Louis C.K.: Hilarious" may be an acquired taste (Reuters)

Reuters - Practically nothing is off-limits for stand-up comic Louis C.K., from toilet training his kids to Hitler and the Holocaust. Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:27 pm

"Casino Jack" an overwhelming study of corruption (Reuters)

Reuters - When it came to peddling political access for exorbitant fees, Jack Abramoff was the probably the most powerful lobbyist in Washington over a decade beginning in the mid-90s. Or the most ostentatiously reckless, considering that he's currently serving out a five-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2006 to... Source: Yahoo! Movie News | Full article | February 8, 2010, 9:15 pm