Dave McNary

Lionsgate has tapped Noah Oppenheim ("The Maze Runner") to adapt Veronica Roth's "Allegiant" for its third film in the " Divergent " franchise. Lionsgate decided in April to make two...

Dennis Kim has departed Jeff Berg 's Resolution , less than a year after the agency tapped Kim to launch a TV literary department. Kim has joined Todd Hoffman's recently...

Kate Lyn Sheil ("House of Cards") will join Guy Pearce, Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in the sci-fi movie "Equals." Producers are Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Ann Ruark, and Jay...

Robert Redford has come on board to play Dan Rather and Cate Blanchett will portray producer Mary Mapes in political drama "Truth." James Vanderbilt, who wrote Zodiac" and both "The...

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is going for "The Bronze," acquiring the comedy starring Melissa Rauch ("The Big Bang Theory"). Stephanie Langhoff is producing and Jay and Mark Duplass are exec...

With awards season approaching, New Regency has hired industry veterans Jeff Elefterion and Heta Paarte to run the domestic and international marketing departments respectively. Elefterion will serve as the domestic...

With four months to go before Christopher Nolan 's sci-fi drama " Interstellar " comes to theaters, the director has peered hopefully into the future of cinema. He forecasts major...

Lionsgate has set the world premiere of "The Expendables 3" -- which has one of the most massive action star casts in memory -- for Aug. 4 in London. The...

Young-adult specialist Alloy Entertainment is developing a movie version of K.L. Going's "King of the Screwups." Alloy's president Leslie Morgenstein and Cheryl Dolins are on board to produce the project....

The AMC theater chain is seeing strong revenue gains as it starts converting about a third of its 5,000 U.S. auditoriums to fully reclining seats. It's part of a $600...