Matt Reeves News

The Public Theater announced today that THE LIBRARY, a world premiere drama written by award-winning writer Scott Z. Burns and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, has been added to The Public's 2014 spring season. THE LIBRARY, featuring Chloe Grace Moretz, will run in The Public's Newman Theater from Tuesday, March 25 through Sunday, April 27; with an official press opening on Tuesday, April 15. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Deadline reports that 20th Century Fox just announced a new release date for the upcoming third installment of THE PLANET OF THE APES franchise. It will now hit theaters on July 29, 2016.

Deadline reports that Matt Reeves has locked in a deal to return as director for the third installment of the PLANET OF THE APES franchise. The second film, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, is set to hit theaters on July 11, 2014.

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) today announced that Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing several Dolby Atmos titles in a broad range of genres, including action, animation, and comedy with The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Rio 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.

Twentieth Century Fox announced that principal photography is underway on DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2013 International Emmy Founders Award to renowned film and television Creator/Writer/Director J.J. Abrams.

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today that award-winning television and film producer and director J.J. Abrams will be honored with the 2013 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television.

In his new book Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema? (2012, Verso), critic J. Hoberman suggests that the advent of digital technology has led to the displacement of the medium of film-and the very relationship between movies and reality. In conjunction with the publication of this new collection, Museum of the Moving Image will present Film After Film, an exhibition and screening series inspired by the book. The exhibit launches on August 25, 2012, with Pat O'Neill's Decay of Fiction, Chris Marker's Immemory, and Joe Swanberg's LOLin the Museum's Bartos Screening Room and gallery area, and expands on September 15 with the film series and the installation of Phil Solomon's monumental new work American Falls (2010) in the third-floor gallery.

Tuacahn's production of Disney's "Aladdin" premiered Monday, June 4, starring Dan Domenech as Aladdin, Haley Carlucci as Princess Jasmine, Edward Juvier as Genie, and Michael G. Hawkins as Jafar. The production runs alternately with Marc Shaiman's "Hairspray" at Tuacahn Amphitheatre, an outdoor performance space nestled in a verdant valley, and surrounded by towering red rock cliffs, until October 19. We have a first look at the production photos below.

Tuacahn's production of Disney's "Aladdin," which premiered Monday, June 4, starring Dan Domenech as Aladdin, Haley Carlucci as Princess Jasmine, Edward Juvier as Genie, and Michael G. Hawkins as Jafar, has recently released the show's official artworks, featuring its lead actors. The production runs alternately with Marc Shaiman's "Hairspray" at Tuacahn Amphitheatre, an outdoor performance space nestled in a verdant valley, and surrounded by towering red rock cliffs, until October 19.

Casting has been announced for the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, hosted by Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters. The New York One-Minute Play Festival will take place Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street), the Off-Broadway home of Primary Stages. Seating is extremely limited.

Casting has been announced for the Fifth Annual New York One-Minute Play Festival, hosted by Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters. The New York One-Minute Play Festival will take place Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street), the Off-Broadway home of Primary Stages. Seating is extremely limited.

The awards season has begun as the Gotham Film Awards have just announced their 2010 nominees.

The awards season has begun as the Gotham Film Awards have just announced their 2010 nominees.

The awards season has begun as the Gotham Film Awards have just announced their 2010 nominees.

The haunting and provocative new vampire thriller 'Let Me In' will be shown at an exclusive New York preview screening followed by a discussion with director Matt Reeves and actress Chloë Grace Moretz. Presented by Museum of the Moving Image, the program will take place on Thursday, September 30, 7:00 p.m. at SVA Theater, 333 West 23 Street, Manhattan. The discussion with Reeves and Moritz will be moderated by Chief Curator David Schwartz.

Hugh Jackman has dropped his lead role in 'Avon Man' to start shooting the sequel to 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' reports Deadline. The film 'Avon Man' was originally scheduled to begin shooting in the spring of 2010, but filming was pushed back to October to accommodate Jackman's schedule. Although Jackman will no longer be appearing in the film, he will remain attached to 'Avon Man' as a producer along with John Palermo and Gary Forster, and plans to help find a new male lead for the film.