Dave McNary

In a pre-Toronto festival move, Richard Gere has signed to star in indie drama "Franny," re-teaming with " Arbitrage " producer Treehouse Pictures. Production will start in October, with QED...

Mexican director Luis Mandoki has boarded Vietnam War indie drama "The Don Dawson Story" with plans to start lensing early next year. Laura Brownson of Dandelion Films is producing with...

Touting its performance at the box office, Open Road Films has announced that its lenders have agreed to extend the company's $100 million revolving credit facility for five years through...

The need for speed dominated the Aug. 26 premiere of Warner Bros. "Getaway" with a black Shelby Cobra parked outside the Regency in Westwood Village. "What is more American than...

MGM and Sony have released a new trailer replete with special effects for their remake of "Carrie," with Chloe Grace Moretz starring as the bullied teen girl. "What if you...

Gael Garcia Bernal is heading for the desert, starring in the Spanish-language film "Desierto" with "Gravity" co-writer Jonas Cuaron directing. Alfonso Cuaron , Alex Garcia, Lucas Akoskin are producing the...

Locking in an awards-season push, Entertainment One has set a Nov. 1 U.S. opening for " Diana ," the Princess Diana movie starring Naomi Watts , from Embankment Films and...

Lionsgate has released the first trailer for "Divergent," highlighting star Shailene Woodley's initiation into the Dauntless faction. Woodley and co-star Theo James introduced the footage during MTV's Video Music Awards...

The Writers Guild of America has amped up its battle with NBC's documentary-reality operation Peacock Prods., taking its unionization case to Comcast/NBCU topper Stephen Burke. The guild has been attempting...

China Lion has acquired North American rights to Ziyi Zhang's "My Lucky Star" and will release the Chinese-language comedy Sept. 20 in North America day-and-date with Mainland China. The film,...