Movies News Desk - Page 75

The Writers Guild of America, East will honor Norman Lear with the Evelyn F. Burkey Award at the 67th annual Writers Guild Awards in New York City tonight, February 14, 2014. Bill Moyers will present Lear with the Burkey Award, which recognizes a person or organization whose contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers.

According to the Daily Mail, another British superstar named Emma could be joining the cast of Disney's new live-action version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Emma Thompson is in negotiations to play 'Mrs. Potts' opposite Emma Watson as 'Belle'.

Spike Lee's DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS, written by Bill Gunn and Lee and starring Zaraah Abrahams, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Rami Malek, and Elvis Nolasco, will hit theaters today, February 13 and will be available on VOD on January 13, 2015.

MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) announced that two-time Golden Globe(®) nominee, Ewan McGregor, will narrate Humpback Whales, an underwater 3D adventure documentary for IMAX and other giant-screen theaters

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing White Rabbit in select theaters and on VOD today, February 13, 2015.

Watch the new trailer for Guy Ritchie's THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. -- out in the UK on August 14th, 2015 -- below!

The official trailer for writer-director Cameron Crowe's ALOHA, starring THE ELEPHANT MAN's Bradley Cooper, film star Rachel McAdams and CABARET's Emma Stone, has just been released. Check it out below!

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Jeff Bridges will star in THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN, adapted from Claire Messud's novel and helmed by Lake Bell for Imagine Entertainment.

According to Deadline, Adam Shankman has been tapped to helm O'LUCKY DAY, an upcoming comedy movie starring Game of Thrones and stage star Peter Dinklage.

The San Diego Film Festival, produced by the San Diego Film Foundation, announced today that submissions are now being accepted for the Qualcomm Ultra HD 4K Mobile Challenge, a digital film competition to showcase the capabilities of the technology.

Arriving from all over the Eastern Bloc, the men who loiter around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris are scraping by however they can, forming gangs for support and protection, ever fearful of being caught by the police and deported. When the middle-aged, bourgeois Daniel played by Olivier Rabourdi approaches a boyishly handsome Ukrainian who calls himself Marek for a date, he learns the young man is willing to do anything for some cash. What Daniel intends only as sex-for-hire begets a home invasion and then an unexpectedly profound relationship. The drastically different circumstances of the two men's lives reveal hidden facets of the city they share.

Switzerland's official entry for Foreign Language Film for the 72nd Golden Globe and the 87th Academy Awards, Director Stefan Haupt's (Sagrada - The Mystery of Creation) critically-acclaimed, award-winning gay drama THE CIRCLE (DER KREIS) debuts across all digital platforms including iTunes and WolfeOnDemand beginning March 3, before making its debut on DVD March 31 from Wolfe Video.

The Consulate General of Saint Lucia in New York announced the premiere of 'ASCENSION...I am not my Mother,' an independent film written and produced by Saint Lucian Demedrius Charles. Part of a month-long celebration commemorating Saint Lucia's 36th anniversary of independence, the premiere is scheduled for Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 6:00PM at the Taipei Economic and Culture Center, located at 1 E 42nd Street, Manhattan, New York. This distinguished event will also feature NIGHT JAZMIN Perfumes V.I.P giveaways from NIGHT JAZMIN PRODUCTIONS.

A journalist in Iran endures an unthinkable ordeal when he is falsely accused of spying in Rosewater, a political thriller coming to Digital HD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand today, February 10, 2015

It is with great joy that SPACELAB9 announces the coming of The LEGO Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Double LP! Scheduled to hit store shelves throughout the U.S. today, February 10th, THE DOUBLE LP set is lavishly packaged in a full color gatefold jacket with an eight page, 12' x 12' full color booklet featuring images from the hit film as well as exclusive liner notes by celebrated composer and DEVO founding member Mark Mothersbaugh.

Director Niki Caro, Kevin Costner, and fellow cast members all attended MCFARLAND, USA's screening as the closing event of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theater last night. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Women in Horror Month's PSA for a Massive Blood Drive launches this week, and features a new short film Ripe N' Bloody from award-winning Canadian filmmaker Patricia Chica and executive producer Tara Kurtz, along with eight other notable women directors. As part of an annual awareness drive, the Soska Twins (American Mary, See No Evil 2) invite some of the savviest women in film to contribute their creativity to an incredibly good cause: Women in Horror's PSA for a Massive Blood Drive. Since donating blood is something many people find off-putting and terrifying, the Women in Horror use humor, innovation and provocative imagery in a PSA that encourages viewers to face their fears and donate to the cause.

According to the Associated Press, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon are looking for ways to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their Oscar-winning film THELMA & LOUISE.

According to Deadline, HOMELAND's Morena Baccarin, ARROW's Jessica De Gouw, VIKINGS' Sarah Greene, TEEN WOLF's Crystal Reed, THE RED BAND SOCIETY's Rebecca Rittenhouse and ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK's Taylor Schilling are all under consideration for the X-MEN spinoff DEADPOOL.

Deadline writes that Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to join the film adaptation of MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, directed by Tim Burton.