Disney on track with sci-fi film 'The Runner'

2011-03-09 14:34:36

Disney has picked up "The Runner," a sci-fi adventure project from the developer of NBC's recent "Knight Rider" reboot. Marc Forster ("Quantum of Solace") is attached to direct.

'Mars Needs Moms' needs stronger story

2011-03-09 14:32:55

Robert Zemeckis' performance capture system, which turns life-action into animation, gets quite a workout in Disney's "Mars Needs Moms," which opens on Friday.

'Black Death' a treat for medieval history buffs

2011-03-09 14:32:32

You can't quarrel with that title, "Black Death." The film is black all right, pitch black, and death is everywhere.

'Tomb Raider' o get reboot without Angelina Jolie

2011-03-09 14:31:27

Lara Croft, the feisty heroine of one of the biggest video games from the 1990s, is once again getting the movie treatment.

Mia Wasikowska travels from 'Alice' to 'Jane Eyre'

2011-03-09 09:58:42

Even with having a remarkable name and being the face of last year's "Alice In Wonderland," actress Mia Wasikowska may not be familiar to many movie fans.

Film premiere of 'Girl Walks Into A Bar' in Hollywood

2011-03-08 16:18:06

Actress Rosario Dawson poses at the premiere of her film "Girl Walks Into A Bar" in Hollywood, California March 7, 2011.

Film premiere of 'Red Riding Hood' at Mann's Chinese theatre in Hollywood

2011-03-08 15:34:46

Cast member Amanda Seyfried poses at the premiere of "Red Riding Hood" at the Mann's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California March 7, 2011.

Pirates happy to rip off 'big movie companies'

2011-03-08 15:11:35

You've heard of Big Oil and Big Tobacco. Welcome to Big Movies.

Black 'Thor' actor blasts race debate over casting

2011-03-08 15:11:07

When Kenneth Branagh cast Idris Elba as Heimdall in the upcoming summer movie "Thor," some fanboys furiously insisted it was wrong for a black man to play a Nordic god often described as "the whitest of the gods."

Bond star Craig in drag for Women's Day film

2011-03-08 13:40:39

James Bond actor Daniel Craig has dressed in drag for a short film about sexual equality made to coincide with International Women's Day on Tuesday.

Tribeca unveils competition films for 2011 festival

2011-03-08 13:40:31

The Tribeca film festival on Monday unveiled 44 films in its narrative feature and documentary competitions that will vie for awards, audiences and distribution deals at this year's festival.

Clooney film finishes Cincinnati-area scenes

2011-03-07 14:20:24

Hometown hero George Clooney and the cast and crew of "Ides of March" have finished filming in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky areas and are moving on to Detroit.