Dave McNary

In a per-Berlin move, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is in negotiations to reunite with Bruce Willis in the Philadelphia-based thriller "Labor Of Love." The project will be financed by Emmett/Furla/Oasis...

The Telluride Film Festival will not change its approach toward offering premieres -- despite growing pushback from the organizers of the Toronto and Venice festivals. Julie Huntsinger, Telluride's exec director,...

The Writers Guild of America will launch contract negotiations with the studios on Feb. 3 on a new master contract -- three months prior to the May 1 expiration of...

The Toronto Film Festival has tightened the rules for its premieres during the first four days of this year's festival -- insisting that Toronto titles cannot be shown first at...

"Austin and Ally" star Laura Marano has been cast as the lead in the upcoming indie comedy movie "A Sort of Homecoming." Producers are Marcus Brown, Lynn Reed and Yvette...

The Exchange has acquired international sales rights to Jenny Slate's "Obvious Child," a week after the comedy sold at Sundance. The Exchange will begin selling the title to international buyers...

Emily Mortimer and Julianne Nicholson have come on board to play mothers in the indie coming of age comedy "Ten Thousand Saints" opposite Asa Butterfield , Hailee Steinfeld and Ethan...

Akiva Goldsman has come on board to work on the script for Lionsgate 's "Insurgent," the sequel to its upcoming "Divergent." Brian Duffield worked on the initial script for "Insurgent,"...

Martin Scorsese says the 2008 collapse of the financial industry drove him to make "The Wolf of Wall Street." "The film came out of frustration over the unregulated financial world,"...

Lionsgate 's launch of "I, Frankenstein" was clinging to life at about $3 million for Friday and appeared heading for a $10 million weekend at the U.S. box office. The...