Warner Brothers News

According to Variety, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen have officially entered talks to join Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA remake.

On Friday, February 15, CEO/President, RICHARD HUMPHREY, will launch THE RIDE'S Award-winning 2013 Spring Season with his most spectacular offering to date.

Liza Minnelli and the cast of CABARET are featured in the new doucmentary CABARET: THE MUSICAL THAT CHANGED MUSICALS. The film is included as part of the 40th anniversary Blu-ray release available from Warner Brothers beginning tomorrow, February 5th. Click here to get a first look!

Showcasing one of the most powerful and unique voices in modern popular music, NCM Fathom Events and Warner Bros. Records will present 'JOSH GROBAN LIVE: All That Echoes.' Broadcasting the superstar singer's new album release event to select movie theaters nationwide today, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m.

Today we are talking to a tremendously successful recording artist and performer who has won the hearts of millions with his five best-selling studio albums and chart-topping songs, as well as with his copious concert appearances and theatrical endeavors - the charming and immensely gifted Josh Groban. Analyzing all aspects of this evening's Fathom live concert event - available to view in select cities nationwide at 7:30 PM - Groban and I shine a light on what we can expect from the unprecedented concert showcase (including a live Q&A) as well as what songs culled from his vast oeuvre we can anticipate enjoying. Also, Groban opens up about the inspiration, song selection process, recording and refining of his new album, ALL THAT ECHOES, and shares stories and insights into his previous efforts, as well. Plus, Groban shares his enthusiasm for CHESS and recounts backstage stories of his participation in two legendary presentations of the iconic 1980s rock opera - including cast-mates like Idina Menzel, Kerry Ellis, Adam Pascal, Sutton Foster, Raul Esparza and many more - and reveals his desire to pursue doing the show again in the future. Additionally, Groban and I discuss his appearances on GLEE and THE OFFICE, the possibility of a Broadway show in the near future, his affection for the music of Stephen Sondheim and much, much more in this career-spanning chat!

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced that a package of nominated live action and animated shorts from this year's EE British Academy Film Awards will screen in UK cinemas from April 2013.

Warner Brothers has aquired the rights to James Renner's novel THE MAN FROM PRIMROSE LANE - and has enlisted Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper to star, Deadline has announced.

Television talk show Queen Ellen DeGeneres has received an honorific flyover at her Warner Brothers Studios for her birthday.

Teen actress Jordan Van Vranken is hosting her third Annual Bowl-A-Thon Sunday, January 20th to raise money to support kids with cancer, specifically the children housed at Memphis' Ronald McDonald House who are being treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Jordan created the Bowl-A-Thon event as a way to help raise additional funds and allow her Los Angeles-based friends and fellow actors to participate in this worth-while cause.

The Humphrey Bogart Estate and writer/director Steve Anderson are pleased to announce that the thriller THIS LAST LONELY PLACE , which filmed November-December 2012 in and around Los Angeles, has now wrapped principal photography. The project was fully financed through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration makes its way to Segerstrom Center for the Arts today, January 13 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The all- star ensemble will perform classic jazz and original compositions by critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning artists: bassist and musical director Christian McBride, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, saxophonist Chris Potter, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Benny Green and drummer Lewis Nash.

Tonight, Jan. 12, 2013 at 8pm and Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 at 2pm, the Warner Theatre will welcome the irrepressible Moses Pendleton and the dazzling dancer-illusionists of Momix when they debut their newest show, Alchemia.

Showcasing one of the most powerful and unique voices in modern popular music, NCM Fathom Events and Warner Bros. Records will present 'JOSH GROBAN LIVE: All That Echoes.' Broadcasting the superstar singer's new album release event to select movie theaters nationwide on Monday, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT and tape delayed at 7:30 p.m. MT/PT, this intimate one-night event will feature Groban as he performs hits from his 12-year career, highlighted by exclusive selections from his new album, 'All That Echoes.'

Everyone's favorite vampire slayer from the late 1990s is eyeing a return to television. TVLine.com reports that Sarah Michelle Gellar, who shot to fame on Joss Whedon's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, is poised to star in an upcoming, unnamed sitcom for 20th Century Fox.

Downton Abbey is the most highly anticipated and critically acclaimed television drama of 2013. And CPTV is giving you a special sneak peak. Kick off the new year with Edwardian elegance as CPTV hosts a special reception and preview screening event of Masterpiece's Downton Abbey tonight, January 5 at the historic Warner Theatre in Torrington, Connecticut. This event is part of CPTV's year-long 50th Anniversary celebration.

Direct from its sold-out World Premiere at Barrington Stage Company, Dr. Ruth, All The Way will be directed by Julianne Boyd co-founder and Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC). TheaterWorks' production will be a revised version of BSC's production starring stage, film and television actress Debra Jo Rupp (Kitty Forman on That 70's Show). Dr. Ruth, All the Way will run May 31st through July 7th, 2013.