Movies News Desk - Page 193

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.

Home Theater Films, under leadership of actor, writer and director, Corbin Bernsen, announces their newest feature film, Christian Mingle. This new romantic comedy will be produced in partnership with ChristianMingle.com, the world's largest and fastest-growing online Christian community by the same name.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal's upcoming horror film OUIJA has completed its cast before filming begins in LA this week. Bianca Santos (The Fosters), Erin Moriarty (Red Widow), Ana Coto and Vivis Colombetti (Paranormal Activity 2) have signed on for the movie, directed by Stiles White.

'I am strong. I am invincible, I am woman ...' -- Those immortal words sung by Helen Reddy could very well have been describing Women In Film co-founder, Nancy Malone, who will among many honorees at the annual New York Women in Film & Television Muse Awards tonight, December 12, 2013.

Sundance Institute today announced that the newly restored Hoop Dreams (1994) will screen in the From the Collection program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 20 years after the film made its world premiere at the 1994 Festival. The recently completed restoration represents the collaborative effort of Sundance Institute, UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Academy Film Archive and Kartemquin Films. Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx and subject Arthur Agee are expected to participate in an extended Q&A immediately following the January 20 screening. The 2014 Festival will be January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Deadline reports that Laura Dern has signed on for Ramin Bahrani's 99 HOMES. She will star opposite Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon.

SAVING MR. BANKS' Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson joined legendary stars on the red carpet last night in Burbank, California for the premiere of their highly anticipated film, hitting theaters on December 20th. 'Mary Poppins' actors Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews joined 'Banks' cast members Paul Giamatti, Colin Farrell and Bradley Whitford and many more at the event held at Walt Disney Studios. Click below to watch a clip of the stars singing 'Let's Go Fly A Kite' at the premiere!

The Hollywood Reporter writes that DIRECTV has cast stage and TV star Jenna Fischer (The Office, Reasons To Be Happy), Broadway's Judith Light (The Assembled Parties) and Richard Kind (The Big Knife), as well as Frederick Weller (Plain Sight) and Louisa Krause (Young Adult) in the first of playwright and screenwriter Neil LaBute's 10X10 short film series.

Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The 2014 Short Film program is comprised of 66 short films selected from a record 8,161 submissions (59 more than for the 2013 Festival).

BLOOD BROTHER, presented by Libby Kirwin Real Estate in partnership with AIDS Care Ocean State, will be screened tonight, December 11 at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street, Newport at 7:00 PM.

Sasha Alexander, star of the TNT original drama 'Rizzoli & Isles,' and Clark Gregg, star of the ABC series 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' will reveal the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations today, Dec. 11 at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.