Movies News Desk - Page 165

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Renee Zellweger is in negotiations to star alongside Daniel Craig in the Courtney Hunt-helmed courtroom drama THE WHOLE TRUTH, with a script by MATILDA's Nicholas Kazan.

Deadline writes that playwright Chris Boal has signed on to script Sony Pictures' ZORRO reboot.

Deadline reports that Martin Sheen has joined the cast of Warren Beatty's upcoming Howard Hughes movie, in which Beatty also stars as Hughes.

Anderson Digital will distribute WAR OF THE WORLDS GOLIATH theatrically in New York, Los Angeles, and top regional markets, on VOD and iTunes today, March 7th, 2014. Running Time is 85 Minutes. Rated PG-13 for fantasy war violence including some disturbing images.

To honor actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died last month from a drug overdose at the age of 46, filmmaker Caleb Slain put together a 20-minute montage of clips from his lifetime in cinema. Watch the tribute below!

The musical horror comedy film STAGE FRIGHT, starring Allie MacDonald and Douglas Smith, will hit iTunes and On Demand on April 3, followed by a theatrical release on May 9, 2014. Check out the first trailer for the movie below!

Paramount Pictures has just released its first teaser trailer for TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, featuring Mark Wahlberg. Watch it below!

Green Eyes is the directorial debut for Jack Gattanella, and has received accolades from audiences at the Queens World Film Festival (where it picked up an Audience award), and the Katra film series in New York. The film will be shown tonight, March 5th at 8:00PM.

Coming off FROZEN's Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song wins, as well as Idina Menzel's performance at the Oscars last night, BWW couldn't resist bringing you a little bit more from the big screen hit. Last month, the stars of Disney's FROZEN got together at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to perform songs from the movie. Below, watch Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana perform 'Love Is an Open Door'!

Deep City: Birth of the Miami Sound will be showing at the Olympia Theater as part of the Miami International Film Festival on March 14, 2014.

Film Movement the distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films, announces that THE IRAN JOB will be released on DVD today, March 4th.

Columbia Records has announced the release of the About Last Night soundtrack, accompanying the insightful romantic comedy starring Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall and Joy Bryant. The original motion picture soundtrack, About Last Night, was released digitally on February 11 th, 2014 with the physical release set for today, March 4, 2014. About Last Night ht theatres nationwide on Valentine's Day, February 14 th, 2014.

Actress Susan Sarandon and Filmmakers Thomas Morgan and Jonathan Bricklin announced the launch of their film company, Reframed Pictures, at the Sedona International Film festival today. Reframed Pictures mission is to create and support films that are not only entertaining, but also raise awareness about human rights and social justice issues. But Reframed Pictures plans to take awareness raising one step further by creating opportunities for action associated with each film.

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon's 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station, Blue is the Warmest Color, Short Term 12, This is Martin Bonner and 20 Feet From Stardom also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

Rob Thomas' VERONICA MARS, a project which broke records with its Kickstarter campaign last year, has now become a full-length feature film, hitting theaters and VOD/digital on March 14, 2014. The movie, starring Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring, has just revealed its first two minutes and you can watch the clip below!

LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN from Summertime Entertainment and Clarius Entertainment hits theaters on May 9, 2014. The film features the voice talents of Lea Michele (Dorothy), Jim Belushi (Lion), Dan Aykroyd (Scarecrow), Kelsey Grammer (Tin Man) and Bernadette Peters (Glinda), each giving new life to familiar Oz characters. Check out the latest trailer for the movie below!

The live-action film MALEFICENT, starring Angelina Jolie in the title role, will hit theaters on May 30, 2014. Check out new shots from the movie below!

The Madison Arts and Culture Alliance is once again sponsoring the Black Maria Film and Video Festival's screening at the Chase Room of the Madison Public Library, 39 Keep Street, Madison, NJ, today, March 1 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Tickets for the event are $10 and are available at the door. There are no advanced sales. For the 2:00 pm showing only, senior citizens who reside in Madison can attend for $5.00. The afternoon and evening programs will screen completely different films.

The Forum Theatre Arts Center announced two exciting events: a screening of Academy Award-nominated film American Hustle and Tunes & Tales From Ireland, starring The Brothers Malone.

The Museum of Modern Art has announced its film exhibitions for March 2014. Details below!