Dave McNary

Key foreign territories have been sold for " Time is Illmatic ," the hip-hop documentary that opened the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Submarine Entertainment has closed deals at...

DreamWorks' Cold War project -- with Steven Spielberg directing and Tom Hanks starring -- is heating up with Joel and Ethan Coen on board to write the script. Marc Platt...

Sundance Institute will present the Sundance Next Fest summer festival on Aug. 7-10 in Los Angeles. The event -- headquartered at the Theatre at Ace Hotel -- offers feature and...

"Absolutely Anything," a sci-fi farce combining Simon Pegg and Kate Beckinsale with members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, has racked up strong sales at Cannes. The film, currently in post-production...

Helena Bonham Carter will star in World War I drama "The Guns of August," portraying her real-life step-great grandmother Margot Asquith. "The Guns of August," based on the Barbara W....

Phase 4 films has acquired North American distribution rights to the thriller "Ask Me Anything," starring Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome"). Producers are Lauren Avinoam, Nicolas Emiliani, and Lauren Hogarth....

Dean Devlin 's Electric Entertainment has secured $50 million in a combination of corporate and production credit facilities from First Republic Bank. The coin will be used to continue Electric's...

The Weinstein Company has closed a $12 million deal for worldwide rights for "Lion," a movie based on Saroo Brierley's book "A Long Way Home." Production will start in August...

The American Film Institute is awarding honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees to screenwriter Robert Towne and actress Cicely Tyson. The honors, which recognize their "contributions of distinction to the...

Action specialist Renny Harlin is in talks to direct Jackie Chan's action-comedy "Skiptrace," replacing Sam Fell. Seann William Scott and Fan Bingbing remain on board the project, in which Chan...