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Chronicle tops box office over Woman in Black.

Despite leading the way on Friday, The Woman in Black grossed an estimated $21 million and ended the Super Bowl box office weekend in second position over Fox's Chronicle with $22 million. Since these are Friday-Sunday estimated figures, fi ...Read news article.

Plenty of casting news this week kept the fan base excited for writer/director Fede Alvarez's reboot of the cult classic THE EVIL DEAD. First, Variety confirmed that Red Riding Hood star Shiloh Fernandez joined the film as the leader of the group of teens battling the beyond-the-grave beasties in an ...Read news article.

Director Joss Whedon received most of the questions in the recent THE AVENGERS Global Fan Chat via Twitter and answered them all in his trademark, smart-aleck manner. When asked if the movie draws from a classic Avengers comic or is more of an “ultimate-ized” combination story, Whedon summed up the ...Read news article.

Horror fans, or perhaps a combination of horror and Harry Potter-groomed Daniel Radcliffe fans, came out in sizable numbers Friday to watch the CBS Films release THE WOMAN IN BLACK, the first new title in years from the longstanding London-based, genre producer Hammer Films. According to the latest ...Read news article.

English was the second language for Ben Gazzara but that didn't stop the son of Sicilian immigrants in New York from joining the Actor's Studio and pursuing an acting career on-stage in acclaimed productions of A Hatful of Rain and in the role of Brick in the original Broadway production of Cat on a ...Read news article.

Director John Carney made musical stars out of his romantic leads Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova in his 2006 art-house smash Once and he looked to put the spotlight on the singing talents of the bombshell actress Scarlett Johansson in his upcoming musical Can a Song Save Your Life? Judd Apatow sig ...Read news article.

Fans of Sacha Baron Cohen and his outrageous comedies Borat and Bruno got extra excited this week with Paramount Pictures unleashing the Super Bowl movie trailer (with a special poke at NBC) for his upcoming comedy THE DICTATOR as well as a digital site of The Dictator’s fictional homeland, the Repu ...Read news article.

Fans who’ve been following development of Brian Henson's comic drama THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS, an adult take on a Sesame Street world where humans and puppets co-exist, received exciting news today with Variety reporting extended talks with Katherine Heigl to play the lead. Heigl looked to replace one- ...Read news article.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued to get ready for its 84th Academy Awards Feb. 26 by announcing another Oscar telecast presenter today. Cameron Diaz did not receive any Oscar nominations for her 2011 releases The Green Hornet or Bad Teacher but she’ll enjoy her share of the ...Read news article.

Lots of stories this week in the Hollywood trades on script problems on the third installment in the popular Bridget Jones' Diary franchise with reports of Hugh Grant exiting the project due to its production delays. Looking to squelch the franchise-in-crisis rumors, London-based Working Title Films ...Read news article.