Movies News Desk - Page 194

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.

The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival made a triumphant return to Williamsburg for its unforgettable second annual event this past weekend. The exclusive three-day gathering screened a total of 37 feature films and shorts and welcomed the arrivals of highly acclaimed filmmakers, distinguished guests and enthusiastic fans to the prestigious IndieScreen theater. Awards were presented to several of the films which were adapted or inspired from the impressive works of Philip K. Dick. The mission of the festival's second year was marked by tremendous crowds, all of whom were entertained by the creative and captivating stories based on the legacy of one of the most pivotal and significant fixtures of science fiction.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today released the list of entries for the EE British Academy Film Awards. 275 films have been entered this year for consideration by over 6,500 BAFTA members; Round One voting opens on Wednesday 11 December. The full list of nominations will be announced on Wednesday 8 January 2014 at 7.30am.

Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' JUPITER ASCENDING, an original science fiction epic adventure from filmmakers Lana and Andy Wachowski, stars Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis. The film just released its first trailer, and you can check it out below!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jason Momoa is in talks to join Zack Snyder's untitled, upcoming MAN OF STEEL sequel, featuring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, and the just-cast Gal Godot as Wonder Woman.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Tom Cruise is returning to his role as 'Jack Reacher' for another film in what could become a new movie franchise. This movie will be based on the novel NEVER GO BACK by Lee Child. Paramount and Skydance Productions will return to develop the film, which is on the hunt for a writer.

Deadline writes that actor-director Dexter Fletcher will helm GK films and Sony Pictures' upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic. As BWW previously reported, Ben Whishaw is still being eyed to star as the iconic Queen frontman.

According to Deadline, Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica) is the latest actor to sign on for Universal and Focus Features' FIFTY SHADES OF GREY film adaptation. FIFTY SHADES will star Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey alongside Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, with Rennie cast as Steele's stepfather 'Ray Steele'.

Eleanor Parker, who played 'Baroness Elsa Schrader' in the 1966 film The Sound of Music starring Julie Andrews, passed away today, December 9, 2013. She was 91.

Bette Midler will be portraying another Hollywood icon after her turn as Sue Mengers in I'LL EAT YOU LAST on Broadway and in LA. According to Deadline, Midler will star in HBO Films' upcoming Mae West biopic, directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist) from a script by Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots).

Breaking Glass Pictures is excited to announce today's December 10th DVD release of Unhung Hero, the world's first cockumentary! Director Brian Spitz follows the story of Patrick Moote from the beginning of his infamy as he travels the globe seeking answers about what lies between every man's legs.