Movies News Desk - Page 84

American Sniper, the newest film from legendary director Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released into domestic IMAX theatres today, Jan.16, 2015

Gravitas Ventures will release 'Appropriate Behavior' theatrically and on VOD today, January 16th.

An additional five cities have joined the massive national campaign by African American business leaders to raise funds for free student admission to the Golden Globe-winning film 'SELMA,' expanding the unprecedented movement to a total of 13 cities, nationwide.

Variety reports that Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel are set to topline The Weinstein Company's LION, an adaptation of Saroo Brierley's book A LONG WAY HOME. Garth Davis directs.

According to Deadline, BREAKING BAD's Dean Norris has signed on for Billy Ray's crime thriller THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, a remake of Argentina's Oscar-winning 2009 film.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that the release of Oscar winner Ron Howard's IN THE HEART OF THE SEA has been moved to December 11, 2015.

Award-winning star of stage and screen Neil Patrick Harris will host the 87th Oscars. This will be Harrison's first time hosting the ceremony. The show will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the Oscars will also be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. Check out a brand-new promo shot with the producers below!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, BIRDMAN Golden Globe winner Michael Keaton is in negotiations to lead THE FOUNDER, helmed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel.

Deadline just posted an exclusive clip from Michael Larnell's CRONIES, produced by Spike Lee. Check it out below!

NewFilmmakers is a unique Screening Series that gives new filmmakers the opportunity to screen their films in New York, Los Angeles, and online. On Thursday, January 22nd, NewFilmmakers presents the Special Program with DAYS OF GRAY, a Short Film Program, and the new feature 27. Scroll down for details!

According to Deadline, stage and screen vet John Lithgow will star opposite Ben Affleck in Gavin O'Connor's upcoming film THE ACCOUNTANT.

Shout! Factory Kids and Studio Movie Grill invite families and kids to discover the enchanting story of a little bee named Maya and join her on an exciting voyage of fantastical fun and self-discovery when “Maya the Bee Movie” debuts in select U.S. theaters for a limited engagement beginning March 8, 2015.

The 25th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival (January 15-February 8, 2015) opens on Thursday with the Florida Premiere of ABOVE AND BEYOND and producer Nancy Spielberg. The Opening Night Screening will be held at 7 pm tonight, January 15 at the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion.

Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron previously announced that actor Chris Pine, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and directors Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams, today, January 15, will announce the nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at a special two-part live news conference at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Legend states that events come in threes -- a phenomenon in its truest form for The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival as it embarks on a third year honoring the literary world's most nuanced and visionary author, Philip K. Dick. The highly anticipated four-day experience from this weekend, January 15-18, 2015 will screen at three distinguished locations including The Cervantes Institute, Tribeca Cinemas and The Producer's Club and features a slate of innovative features and shorts which capture the distinctive boldness of the the genre and brings forth the most riveting moments of science fiction cinema ever to grace the big screen.

According to Deadline, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT's Jason Bateman will lead Joel Edgerton's first project as director.

Variety writes that Brad Pitt is among a star-studded cast for his company Plan B and Paramount's upcoming big screen adaptation of Michael Lewis's book 'THE BIG SHORT'.

Michael Keaton received a Golden Globe Award last night for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in BIRDMAN. During his emotional acceptance speech, the actor spoke fondly of his son, Sean Douglas, Keaton's child with his late wife, Caroline Williams. Now Keaton's sister, Joyce Douglas, has revealed more about Keaton's family life in an interview with ET. See what she had to say below!

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rodrigo Santoro is in talks to play Jesus Christ in MGM and Paramount's upcoming BEN-HUR remake, starring Jack Huston and helmed by Timur Bekmambetov.

Broadway veteran and Tony Award-winner Nikki M. James is using her star power to help raise funds for Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY), which empowers trauma survivors through drama therapy.