Dave McNary

Connie Britton has replaced Sharon Stone in Lionsgate's action comedy film "American Ultra," which recently began shooting in New Orleans. Lionsgate acquired U.S. distribution rights in March for $7 million...

Two years after its merger, SAG-AFTRA has launched a new logo in partnership with global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale. The new logo depicts a figure standing in a forward-looking pose,...

Quentin Tarantino has taken a second swing at Gawker Media, accusing the media company of direct copyright infringement of his leaked script for " The Hateful Eight ." In a...

The Writers Guild of America East has reached its first contract with Sharp Entertainment, covering writer-producers for reality shows " Doomsday Preppers ," " Man vs. Food " and "Bad...

Pantelion has acquired U.S. distribution rights to " Cantinflas ," the Spanish-language biopic about the iconic Mexican film actor and set an Aug. 29 release date. The company has also...

Felicity Jones has joined Silver Pictures' action thriller " Autobahn " alongside Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. "Autobahn" starts production Monday, with lead financing by IM Global and...

The American Film Institute has selected documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney ("The Armstrong Lie") as its AFI Docs Charles Guggenheim honoree. The honor will be presented June 20 at the National...

Hollywood's most closely watched lottery is just five weeks away. Producers will soon learn which films and TV shows will be awarded this year's coveted state tax credits . The...

In a pre-Cannes move, Christopher Plummer has come on board the thriller "Remember" with Atom Egoyan directing. Martin Landau, Dean Norris, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Lieven and Gunter Lamprecht will also...

New Line is going on " The Craziest OkCupid Date Ever ," buying the movie rights to Clare Benson's tale of a three-week date. "Jeff and I traveled to eight...