Ben Stiller Stars In Noah Baumbach's New Untitled Project, Production Underway in LA
by Eddie Varley
- Apr 2, 2009
Production began last week in Los Angeles on the untitled film starring Ben Stiller for writer/director Noah Baumbach, an Academy Award nominee for his original screenplay of The Squid and the Whale (which he also directed). Scott Rudin, an Academy Award winner as producer of No Country for Old Men, and Jennifer Jason Leigh are producing the movie, to which Focus Features holds worldwide rights. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
MAMMA MIA! Film Propels Universal Pictures to Studio's Biggest Year Ever
by Robert Diamond
- Jan 1, 2009
Universal Pictures recorded its biggest year ever for the second year in a row with global theatrical grosses totaling $2.834 billion for 2008. Universal's domestic box-office tally of $1.12 billion outpaced the record it previously set in 2007, which was $1.099 billion.
Jackman as 'Harry' in Elfman and Yazbek's Broadway Bound HOUDINI?
by Eddie Varley
- Nov 26, 2008
Fox News is reporting that the talk of the AUSTRALIA movie premiere the other night was the exciting 'news' that the film's star, Hugh Jackman, is all set to 'reappear' on Broadway in original musical, HOUDINI in the spring of 2010.