Jon M. Chu is in early talks to direct The Weinstein Co.’s movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights," which won the 2008 Tony Award for best musical. Chu has a pai…
BBC Worldwide North America has acquired U.S. rights to the musical thriller “London Road,” starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman and Anita Dobson. The film, directed by Rufus Norris…
DreamWorks has hired Krysty Wilson-Cairns to write the screenplay for its adaptation of Gay Talese's “The Voyeur's Motel” with Sam Mendes directing and producing. Steven Spielber…
Staffers at Minnesota Public Radio have voted to join performers union SAG-AFTRA, with 39 voting yes and 17 voting no, along with 18 challenges. The new bargaining unit will cover employees …
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers have reached a deal for a new three-year successor agreement to their master …
The Weinstein Company is in development on a movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights,” which won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical. Miranda is prod…
Disney has acquired the feature film rights to Tony Cliff’s graphic novel series “Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant.” The studio is developing a live-action film with…
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories and Bold Films are bringing Jo Nesbo’s crime novel “The Son” to the big screen. “Sicario” director Denis Villeneuve is atta…
The Orchard has acquired all North American rights to Julia Hart's directorial debut “Miss Stevens,” starring Lily Rabe in the title role. Rabe (“American Horror Story̶…
Disney has released the first trailer for its live-action “Beauty and the Beast” with just a glimpse of Emma Watson as Belle arriving at the Beast’s castle, saying “H…
Brenda Chapman, who directed the Academy Award-winning animated film “Brave,” will make her live-action directing debut in “Come Away,” a prequel to “Alice in W…
Tom Hooper will direct and produce a movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats” for Universal and Working Title. Producers are Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner for …
Lionsgate has moved its “My Little Pony” movie forward from November 3, 2017, to Oct. 6, 2017, and dated Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” for a July 15 limited laun…
Rachel Leigh Cook, Paz De La Huerta, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe and Finn Whitrock are starring in a modern-day movie adaptation of William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night’s Dre…
Disney has given the Lupita Nyong’o chess drama “Queen of Katwe” an awards-season release date with a limited launch on Sept. 23, followed by a Sept. 30 expansion. “Q…
Momentum Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to the coming of age drama-comedy “Hard Sell,” starring Kristin Chenoweth, Katrina Bowden and Skyler Gisondo…
Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Cross Creek Pictures are teaming with writer Tony Kushner to develop medical research drama “He Wanted the Moon.” The project is a co-production with…
Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star in an untitled musical comedy for Universal. The studio outbid rivals in acquiring an untitled pitch for the project, based on an original i…
Fox has cast Megan Mullally in the Bryan Cranston-James Franco comedy “Why Him?” to portray the wife of Cranston’s character. John Hamburg is directing from a script he co-…
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president of the United States. The below-the-line union, which has about 125,000 members, cited …
Thanks to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Disney’s total domestic gross for 2015 has passed the $2 billion milestone for the first time. Disney’s previous domestic re…
Barbra Streisand will direct the historical drama “Catherine the Great” with casting under way. The gig will be Streisand’s fourth following "Yentl," "The Prince of Tides" …
Broad Green Pictures is developing a movie about iconic playwright Tennessee Williams, based on John Lahr’s book “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.” Willi…
The screenplay for “Annie Hall” has been named the funniest screenplay in voting by the members of the Writers Guild of America. The script by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman t…
Michael Stevens, the longtime writer-producer of the annual Kennedy Center Honors, has died. He was 48. The Directors Guild of America announced Stevens’ death on its website Tuesday. …