Dave McNary

DreamWorks Animation shares have slid sharply after the company took a $57 million impairment charge against earnings due to disappointing box office results for " Mr. Peabody and Sherman ."...

Entertainment industry supporters of improving California's film-TV tax credit are planning a June 14 rally at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel. The campaign is aimed at pressuring state legislators to sweeten...

Members of the Writers Guild of America have ratified a new three-year master contract a day before the current deal expires. The terms of the contract, which were ratified by...

In a pre-Cannes move, Thomas Jane is on board to star as a war veteran in the indie thriller "Standoff." Producers are Goldrush Entertainment's Eric Gozlan and Lee Clay of...

Following her directing of Sundance comedy " Obvious Child ," Gillian Robespierre has been tapped to helm an untitled divorce comedy for OddLot Entertainment. Robespierre will also co-write the script...

Seven month after announcing a $300 million co-financing deal, Warner Bros. has signed a first-look deal with Brett Ratner and James Packer's RatPac Entertainment. The pact gives Warner Bros. 32...

Cinedigm Corp. has allied with veteran producer Marco Weber 's Rapid Eye Film in a distribution-production output deal for North America encompassing 15 films. Rapid Eye will produce, co-produce or...

British actor Eddie Redmayne will star in Working Title's romance drama "The Danish Girl," a film inspired by one of the first men to undergo a sex-change operation. The project...

Sony Pictures has set sci-fi adventure " Pixels " for release on May 15, 2015 -- when it will open against Warner Bros.' "Mad Max: Fury Road" and Universal's "Pitch...

Former top Sony Pictures publicist Steve Elzer is launching Elzer and Associates as a boutique PR firm offering strategic communications counsel. Elzer, who left the Sony senior VP slot late...