Movies News Desk - Page 192

The Los Angeles Times writes that film star Audrey Totter passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013, after suffering a stroke and congestive heart failure. She was 95.

Gravitas Ventures announced today that Cirque du Soleil will launch long-form and episodic content on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service. The content, which Gravitas exclusively distributes through their VOD (video-on-demand) partnership with Cirque du Soleil, will launch on Hulu and Hulu Plus today, December 14th as part of 'A Season of Cirque du Soleil.'

The first teaser for Christopher Nolan's upcoming film INTERSTELLAR has been revealed. Check it out below!

The Hollywood Reporter writes that All-American Rejects' frontman Tyson Ritter has been cast in the role of Gregg Allman for Randall Miller and Jody Savin's film adaptation of Gregg's memoir MY CROSS TO BEAR. The pic's working title is MIDNIGHT RIDER. Ritter joins Wyatt Russell, who is set to portray Gregg's brother Duane Allman.

Deadline reports that Matthew Settle (Gossip Girl) has signed on for Universal's horror film OUIJA. He will play 'Anthony Morris', the father of Laine Morris (Olivia Cooke). Filming began in LA this week.

Frank Miller's graphic novel series SIN CITY hasn't seen the big screen in almost ten years, but now Miller and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez are reuniting for SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR is set to hit theaters on August 22, 2014. Check out the poster art for the movie below!

In honor of Friday the 13th, Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures and Freestyle Releasing have revealed a new poster and chilling still from Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad's upcoming supernatural thriller JINN, set for release on April 4, 2014. Check them out below!

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Broadway and big screen star Bobby Cannavale talked about working with Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx on Will Gluck's ANNIE movie remake, in which he plays an advisor to Daddy Warbucks (Foxx) -- a part that will be unfamiliar to fans of the stage musical or the 1982 film.

Broadway star Idina Menzel visited THE TALK this morning, December 13, and chatted about performing in front of Barbra Streisand and playing a Disney princesses in the new animated film FROZEN. Check out her appearance below!

Hollywood, CA -- The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood located in the Historic Max Factor Building, rings in the holidays with 'Lights, Camera, 'Holly'- wood,' a unique tribute to the holidays - Hollywood Style. The holiday trees and extensive tinsel town decor are created by Dr. Christmas (Bob Pranga and Debi Staron), known as the celebrity holiday and special event designers to the stars. The exhibit will be on display through January 5, 2014.

Deadline reports that Pantelion Films (via Lionsgate and Grupo Televisa) will donate a portion of its HOURS box office proceeds to actor Paul Walker's charity, Reach Out Worldwide. Walker stars in HOURS, which hits theaters and VOD on Friday, December 16.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, FOX has nabbed the rights to Agatha Christie's MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and will welcome Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg and Mark Gordon as producers. The team is now on the hunt for writers.

The Daily Mail reports that Downton Abbey's Jim Carter and West End and screen star Imelda Staunton, who also happen to be husband and wife, will be curating a series of British film classics at the Tricycle Theatre in London, beginning January 19 with A PRIVATE FUNCTION.

The Daily Mail writes that Anne-Marie Duff, currently starring opposite Ethan Hawke in Macbeth on Broadway, will join Carey Mulligan in the upcoming film SUFFRAGETTE by Abi Morgan. Directed by Sarah Gavron, the movie will begin filming in the UK in February 2014.

Disney previously announced that for one week only, guests will have the opportunity to see Disney's upcoming 'Saving Mr. Banks, ' starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, in a state-of-the-art movie theater on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California, and then walk in Walt Disney's footsteps on a special tour of the famous lot. This limited engagement features one show daily at 7 p.m. from today, December 13th through December 19th.

Phase 4 Films announces that the company has set today's December 13, 2013 theatrical release date for THE CRASH REEL, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed documentary directed by two-time Oscar nominee Lucy Walker (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO, WASTE LAND, THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM).

Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind 'Tangled' and 'Wreck-It Ralph,' presents 'Frozen,' a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Scroll down for a peek at some of the hidden gems from other Disney animated films in FROZEN!

Two-time Academy Award–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney's “Saving Mr. Banks,” inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney's classic “Mary Poppins” made it to the screen. Click below to watch new featurettes about the music and story of 'Saving Mr. Banks'!

Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired the feature film rights to internationally acclaimed author Dr. Reza Aslan's provocative New York Times bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.

RockHouse Motion's Dr. Boom, has been announced by Sharp, THX and RED as the winning short film in Sharp's Art of Amazing 4K Film Competition. The promising film company from Geneseo, KS received recognition for its winning film at the Shot on Red Film Festival in Hollywood, California on December 5th.