Columbia Pictures News

London director, Ian Marshall Fisher has rediscovered the long lost play written by the unique collaboration of Orson Welles and Cole Porter, AROUND THE WORLD. This historical Welles and Porter partnership (Citizen Kane & Touch Of Evil meets Kiss Me, Kate & Anything Goes) is based on their take on Jules Verne's Around The World in 80 Days. AROUND THE WORLD will play a series of 'Benefit/Fundraising' performances in London's Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler's Wells, and will be unveiled to Americans for the first time in over seventy years at New York's Mint Theatre.

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) has joined all other studios in adopting the Producers Mark certification process and will begin implementing the on-screen credit on all films. The “Produced by” credit certification protects the integrity of one of the most challenging and enduring roles in feature film production, clearly verifying which individuals did the majority of the producing work on a film while also establishing an authentic seal of approval. Once a producer's work on a film is certified by the Producers Guild, the “Produced by” credit and producer's name will be followed by the distinctive mark: “p.g.a.” The announcement was made today by PGA presidents Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch.

Alfonso Cuaron's 3D space thriller GRAVITY, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, held strong this weekend, keeping the number one spot with $44.2 million. Since opening last weekend, the space epic has earned $123.4 million domestically, becoming one of October's highest-grossing films ever.

Alfonso Cuaron's 3D space thriller GRAVITY, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, is keeping its hold on the competition this weekend with $12.7 million Friday and headed toward $44 million in its second weekend, which would bring its overall fume to $124 million by Sunday, according to Deadline.

Captain Phillips has quickly become one the year's hottest films of the season. Starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, the film takes a story already known into new, uncharted waters.

IMAX Corporation, today announced that Captain Phillips will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select IMAX theatres worldwide beginning October 11.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Norbert Leo Butz, who is currently leading BIG FSH at the Neil Simon Theatre, will be out of the show tonight, October 10, due to illness. Butz revealed to BroadwayWolrd's Richard Ridge on Sunday's opening night that he was feeling 'under the weather.' Understudy Ben Crawford will step in for Butz in his absence.

A new trailer has been released for David O. Russell's upcoming AMERICAN HUSTLE, opening in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 13 before going nationwide on Christmas Day. Get a first look below!

Barkhad Abdi, a first-time actor who plays the lead pirate in CAPTAIN PHILLIPS stopped by this monring's TODAY show on NBC to chat about the film. 'No offense to Tom Hanks, in some ways, you stole this film,' anchor Matt Lauer told Abdi.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced full casting for the American premiere of Taking Care of Baby by Dennis Kelly and directed by Erica Schmidt. Joining previously announced cast members Reed Birney (Blasted, Our Leading Lady), Kristen Bush (Kin, The Common Pursuit), Tony nominee Amelia Campbell (A Streetcar Named Desire, Our Country's Good) and Margaret Colin (The Columnist, 'Gossip Girl'), are Francois Battiste (Magic/ Bird), Michael Crane (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson off-Broadway), Ethan Phillips (Golden Age) and Zach Shaffer ('Smash').

La Jolla Playhouse announces a fifth production for its 2013/14 season: the world premiere of The Tallest Tree, a new play with music written and performed by Daniel Beaty (Emergency, Through the Night), directed by Moises Kaufman (I Am My Own Wife, The Laramie Project). A co-production with Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The Tallest Tree will run in The Playhouse's Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre tonight, October 9 - November 3, 2013. The piece is produced in association with Tectonic Theater Project.

Syfy greenlights an eight episode order for Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (working title), a competition series featuring ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they will build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end inanimate creature designs to life.

In today's New York Times 'In Performance' video, Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, who portrays Edward Bloom in the new Broadway musical BIG FISH, sings the number 'Fight the Dragons,' in which he shares his love of telling stories with his young son. Jim Hershman accompanies on guitar. Check it out here!

Film executive and Broadway producer Henry Guettel died of pneumonia on October 7, 2013, in Southampton, New York, according to his wife Mary Rodgers Guettel. He was 85.

Between this year's early Jewish holidays and that darned phase-in at my son's pre-K (didn't he just go to camp ALL DAY LONG this summer?), it took until this week for my house to actually be empty between the hours of nine and three. It's finally time to start picking some shows for my kids and here's what I'm interested in for the fall:

Revlon, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has elected David L. Kennedy as Vice Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Alan Ennis, who has decided to leave the Company to pursue other interests. Mr. Kennedy is currently Vice Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors and served as a senior executive of Revlon from 2002 to 2009, including as President and CEO of Revlon from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Kennedy's appointment is effective immediately and Revlon anticipates the appointment of his successor in the near term.

THE INTERVIEW is described as 'topical comedy,' is based on a story by Goldberg, Rogen and 'The Daily Show's Dan Sterling. It follows 'a handsome talk show host (potentially Franco) and his producer (Rogen) who find themselves in way over their heads when they get involved in a plot to assassinate the prime minister of North Korea,' according to THR.

Principal photography began September 28 th, 2013 on Columbia Pictures' and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' 22 Jump Street, the sequel to the 2012 action-comedy blockbuster 21 Jump Street, which took in more than $200 million at the worldwide box office.

IMAX Corporation, today announced that Captain Phillips will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in select IMAX theatres worldwide beginning October 11.