Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews to Voice Animated Characters in Studio's First 3-D Animated Comedy Chris Meledandri Produces First Title Under His New Illumination Entertainment Production Company UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Pictures announced today principal voice talent for its inaugural 3-D CGI feature, "Despicable Me," the studio's first film from billion-dollar animation producer Chris Meledandri ("Ice Age" franchise, "Robots," "Horton Hears a Who!"). Meledandri will produce through his new Universal Pictures-based ... Read More

Trailer and Synopsis Below [flv:BoyInTheStripedPajamas_Trailer1_Website.flv 525 400] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Schmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by ... Read More

Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Fred Ward Co-Star in Film to Be Released in Spring 2009 CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Image Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISK), a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of filmed entertainment programming in North America, announced today that it has acquired all U.S. rights to the film “Management” starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn and Woody ... Read More

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Weinstein Company (TWC) is pleased to announce that principal photography has commenced on the film version of the Tony Award winning musical, "Nine," directed by Academy Award nominated director Rob Marshall ("Memoirs of a Geisha," "Chicago"). Heading the stellar cast are Academy Award winners Daniel Day-Lewis ("There Will Be Blood," "My Left Foot"), Nicole Kidman ("The Hours"), Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose"), Judi Dench ("Shakespeare in Love"), and Sophia Loren ("Two Women"); Academy Award ... Read More

Twentieth Century Fox Enlists IMAX 3D to Complete Format Menu for Moviegoers LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that they have reached agreement on material terms to release the highly anticipated 3D motion picture Avatar in IMAX(R)3D simultaneously with the motion picture's premiere in conventional 3D theatres on December 18, 2009. Avatar is directed and written by Academy Award Winner James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, ... Read More

DreamWorks Animation Taps into IMAX's New Digital Locations LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) today announced that the studio's highly anticipated fall movie, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, will open domestically on November 7, 2008 in a record 130 IMAX(R) theatres, including 35 new locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection system, in conjunction with the film's nationwide release. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the second of five DreamWorks Animation films slated for release ... Read More

With only three weeks left until teens around the world hit the theatres, Summit Entertainment has issued a new 5 x 7 movie posters plus five character posters of the stars from TWILIGHT. TWILIGHT will debut in theatres November 21, 2008. TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother ... Read More

After signing a four-picture deal with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr. is set to play his role as Iron Man/Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers. The deal retroactively includes the first Iron Man movie. The 43-year-old New Yorker will be reunited with director Jon Favreau and newcomer to the superhero franchise Don Cheadle in The Avengers, Marvel Studios' film that will feature the appearances of Iron Man, Captain American, Hulk, Wasp, Giant Man, Hawkeye and Thor. Jon ... Read More

TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2008 – Warner Bros. Pictures’ latest film “RocknRolla,” will be released in theatres across Canada on Friday October 31, 2008. RocknRolla” made its North American debut as the opening night Special Presentation screening at the 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival this past September to wide acclaim. From Guy Ritchie, the writer/director of the acclaimed films “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,” comes “RocknRolla,” a story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll. “RocknRolla” starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Chris ... Read More

Martin Sheen and Roseanne Barr Endorse Cindy Sheehan For Congress SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sean Penn, a San Francisco resident, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning actor and director, and star of the film "Milk," a biopic of the life and assassination of San Francisco supervisor and gay rights leader Harvey Milk, will escort activist and San Francisco Congressional Candidate Cindy Sheehan to the film's San Francisco release at the Castro theater tonight. Like Sheehan, Penn is a long-time critic of ... Read More