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• Company’s first feature film gets premiere
  The film stars a host of well-known television actors, including former The Bill stars, Tony Scannell and Graham Cole, who played in Aladdin at Norwich’s Theatre Royal earlier this year, Louis Selwyn, of Coronation Street, and Katie Manning of Doctor Who …
• David Goyer On Justice League Plans
  The LexCorp [logos were] in the script but the Wayne one… I was like, ‘Oh that’s cool.’ But Zack [Snyder] and I are big fanboys in that regard in the way that Chris [Nolan] isn’t. I mean we can cite certain covers or artists or things like that …
• Film night at community farm
  THE next film to be shown at River Bourne Community Farm will be For Whom the Bell Tolls next Thursday (June 27) at 7pm. The 1943 film, certified PG and adapted from the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway, is set in the Spanish Civil War and tells …
• James Franco wants to raise $500,000 for film project
  James Franco has added another string to his bow: fund raising. The polymathic actor, filmmaker and artist wants to turn his book of short stories, Palo Alto, into three films, and is asking for donations to raise the $500,000 necessary.
• Matt Adcock’s film review: Man Of Steel
  Man of Steel is that film… This big budget Dark Knight- influenced Superman reboot carries the hopes and dreams of all DC comic book fans on its muscled shoulders. If this falters, the chances are we will never see a full blown Justice League film with …
• Movie News: Jennifer Lopez to Star in Chilean Miner Drama 'The 33'
  Jennifer Lopez to Star in Chilean Miner Drama ‘The 33′ Jennifer Lopez has signed on to join Antonio Banderas in the Chilean miner film The 33, based on the true story of the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued after being trapped for 69 days in 2010.
• Russell Crowe honoured at Taormina Film Festival
  Russell Crowe has been honoured at the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Italy. The first day of the festival was dedicated to the Oscar-winning actor before he was presented with the Arte Award in front of an audience at the Ancient Theatre in Sicily.
• Jackie Chan lines up new film roles
  Jackie Chan has been signed up to make two more films for Chinese studio Huayi Brothers. The star will take lead roles in a New York-set action thriller and a film shot in the vast deserts of rural China, says The Hollywood Reporter. Jackie has been signed …
• 'Veronica Mars' movie adds 'Breaking Bad' actress Krysten Ritter
  Ritter played Gia Goodwin in eight episodes of the cult US TV show between 2005-6 and has since appeared in Breaking Bad, as Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend … campaign to raise the $2 million (£1.3 million) production budget.

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• The Greatest Football Movie Ever – First Round
  NFL.com is going to determine The Greatest Football Movie Ever over the next few weeks. Check out our bracket of the finest football flicks of all time and check in every Friday to see who made it to the next round. On Friday, June 21, we’ll …
• University professor's eyesight improves from watching a film in 3D
  After enjoying the Scorsese flick, the movie fan with poor depth perception returned the glasses but walked away with something more important – his sight. Sight tests for his ability to see in stereo had dramatically improved, something the …
• New Princess Diana movie features iconic Sunday Mirror front page
  Canadian Cas Anvar plays Dodi. Two-time Oscar winner Naomi, 44, said she’s dreading the reaction to her portrayal of Diana. She said: “It’s very difficult to play someone who had such a deep impact and left such a lasting memory on the public.
• Shanghai opens star-packed film festival
  Such censorship is one of the reasons why Shanghai’s film festival lags behind others in the Asian region, which screen movies with more edgy content. “They (Shanghai organisers) do encounter quite a lot of challenges in terms of picking the controversial …
• Bringing the silver screen to life: Photographer returns to iconic film locations to create unique now-and-then shot
  If it sometimes feels like you’re on a film set in New York then as these images show it’s with good reason. They form part of an on-going art project by New York based journalist Christopher Moloney that matches black and white scenes from famous movies …
• Krysten Ritter confirmed for 'Veronica Mars' movie
  Krysten Ritter has been confirmed to star in the … in the Veronica Mars movie!!! It’s gonna be very juicy Marshmallows!!!!! AAAHHHH!!!! (sic)” Ritter continued: “Veronica Mars has a special place in my heart because it was my first big acting job

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• Stuke explains Father's Day film
  Press Association – Neil Stuke wants to make more men aware of prostate cancer Neil Stuke has said men need to catch up with women in getting themselves regularly tested for cancer. The Silk star has co-produced and stars in new short film Father’s Day …
• Backup singers take centre stage in new documentary film
  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger appear in the new film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” but only to shine the spotlight on the unsung backup singers who make them sound even better. Opening in New York and Los Angeles on Friday and …
• Movie News: 'Man of Steel' Opens to Stellar $21 Million Thursday Night
  and Legendary Pictures’ much-anticipated Man of Steel opened to $21 million in select runs before opening everywhere in North America … the 2013 Champs-Elysees Film Festival Thursday night in Paris, where she and husband-to-be part something Olivier …
• Movie News: Can Superheroes Save Hollywood Box Office?; Matt Damon in Sci-Fi Epic 'Elysium'
  Can Superheroes Save the Hollywood Box Office? Can Superman Beat Iron Man? Warner Bros. sure hopes so. The studio’s $225 million Superman reboot ‘Man of Steel” will open in 4,207 theaters this weekend and is expected to be the blockbuster of the summer.
• Dark 'Man of Steel' groomed to reboot Superman film franchise
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Man of Steel,” the latest iteration of the Superman series, lands on the big screen on Friday with the hopes that the dark, action-heavy film can revive the classic comic book superhero as a Hollywood franchise. But director Zack …
• Joss Whedon shoots Shakespeare home movie
  Not so much – we’d had friends put a play on there that about 110 people came to see. My wife designed the house to be a place for the arts. I knew that I would film it the moment I set foot in it. She is the architect who was there from the studs up …
• Public wins right to film all council meetings
  The department said that the public had expressed concern in a wide range of cases at the lack of access to the workings of local government, even citing popular TV programme Grand Designs. “Viewers have been perplexed at cameras being stopped from …
• Steven Spielberg predicts film industry 'meltdown'
  The director of E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler’s List and Lincoln … Lincolns will go away and they’re going to be on television. You’re talking about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas can’t get their movie into a theatre.
• Teacher suspended for showing gory horror film Saw to 11-year-old pupils in France
  Mr Clément only showed the class 20 minutes of the film, but one pupil arrived home looking distinctly uncomfortable, according to a separate report on the French news site The Local. ‘He returned from school on Monday evening, visibly in some discomfort …

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• Hollywood Stars In Anti-Nuclear Campaign Film
  Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have joined forces in a video calling on world leaders to rid the planet of nuclear weapons. Michael Douglas helped recruit fellow actors such as Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon to take part in the two-minute …
• Tulisa movie hoax claims denied by 'The Sun'
  The Sun on Sunday has denied claims that it tricked Tulisa Contostavlos into starring in a fake movie. The former X Factor judge was recently reported by the Sunday People to have been the subject of a hoax movie deal, in which she was flown around the …
• Teacher suspended for showing gory horror film Saw to 11-year-old pupils in France
  A maths teacher in France has been suspended after it emerged he had shown the horror film Saw to a class of 11-year-old pupils. The ‘torture porn’ film follows a masked killer who forces his victims to perform horrifying violence on themselves and others …
• Will Smith film After Earth dazzles UK box office
  Will Smith’s latest film After Earth has debuted at the top of the UK box office despite its poor reception in the US. The sci-fi movie, also starring his son, Jaden, made £2.2m from 291 cinemas between Friday and Sunday. The Hangover Part III earned £1 …
• Star Wars film to focus on twins? (From News Shopper)
  JJ Abrams’ new Star Wars movie is rumoured to be about Han Solo and Princess Leia’s twin children. Production on Episode VII is due to start next year, and although little is known about the eagerly anticipated movie the rumour mill is already in overdrive.
• Teen invites three friends to bake cupcakes and watch a movie… but THREE HUNDRED turn up and trash home when word gets out on Facebook
  A small movie night between friends turned into a wild party when word got out on Facebook and more than 300 teenagers arrived and trashed the home. The high school students inflicted tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage after descending on the …
• Man of Steel film receives largely positive response
  Reviews of Man of Steel, the eagerly anticipated “reboot” of the Superman franchise, have been largely favourable, with some reservations. The film, directed by 300′s Zack Snyder and starring British actor Henry Cavill as the superhero, opens in UK cinemas …

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• Film unit driven out of Bengal?
  “We had asked them to stall the shoot for a day and hold a meeting … “No one is giving us a clear idea on how to settle the dispute. We are just being asked to have a meeting at the federation office. But for that, we’ll end up spending …
• J.J. Abrams Has Never Shot A Movie Digitally
  Star Trek Into Darkness has been one of the big hits of the summer as Abrams continued the story of James Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise. He is set to stay with science fiction as he will direct Star Wars VII, which is due to start filming early next …
• Movie News Pop: Kevin Hart, Josh Gad to Star in Comedy for Screen Gems, Miramax
  Kevin Hart, Josh Gad to Star in Comedy for Screen Gems, Miramax Seth Rogen Disses His Movie With Barbra Streisand, Says The Guilt Trip Is for “Airplanes Only” Millennium Acquires Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Charlie Countryman’
• Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens embraced new film role with drinking sessions with fellow Summer cast
  IN his latest role the TV favourite’s character joins forces with a wild group of creative bohemians, prompting Stevens to take to the local boozer. DOWNTON Abbey star Dan Stevens admitted he and the cast of his new film Summer In February truly embraced …
• Film is better quality than digital, says next Star Wars director
  R2D2 probably thinks digital is better… JJ Abrams hates your smartphone A Star Wars film a year from 2015 until the end of time, promises Disney $11 million X-Wing Kickstarter counters Death Star JJ Abrams has insisted that digital should not replace …
• 'Star Trek's JJ Abrams: 'I haven't shot a film in digital'
  “I have not yet shot a movie digitally,” he said at the Produced By Conference. “Film is the thing I am most comfortable with. If film were to go away – and digital is challenging it – then the standard for the highest, best quality would go away.
• ‘Kill Harry’ nut in Jesus porn film
  A MUSLIM convert who wanted to murder Prince Harry tried to make a sick porn film about JESUS, it has been revealed. Serial conman Mark Townley — who changed his name to Ashraf Islam — set out to shoot the tawdry flick as one in a long line of dodgy …
• Movie News Wrap Up: Luke Cage Fan-Film, ‘Interstellar’ Casting & More
  Chevy Chase is returning for Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and he’s bringing his Community co-star Gillian Jacobs with him. Chase will reprise his role as the sage-like repairman who explained the hot tub’s time-traveling abilities in the first film.
• Superman becomes a brand superhero as film tops charts of product tie-ins
  but now Superman has found another green symbol he actually enjoys – the dollar. The latest reboot of the Superman film franchise, Man of Steel, opens in cinemas this week and promises to be one of the summer’s blockbusters. But, unknown to the fans …

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• Film legends join a growing chorus against National Media Museum closure (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
  One of Britain’s legendary leading actors and major international film star John Hurt has told of his distress and sadness at the threatened closure of the National Media Museum. Mr Hurt, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Bradford …
• Ministry bans ‘Chinatown' movie
  The movie Bui Doi Cho Lon (Chinatown) by Vietnamese-American director Charlie Nguyen has been banned from distribution and screening in Viet Nam because the film is “too violent” and misrepresented HCM City’s Chinatown. The decision announced yesterday by …
• Archie 'Zombie' movie for the big screen
  has closed all deals with Archie Comics announcing a live-action film based … Jason Moore (“Pitch Perfect”) has signed on to direct while Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (“Glee”) is penning the script. The movie is rumoured to have horror elements to it as …
• FILM FRIDAY: Doctor who OK'd 'Cuckoo's Nest' hospital use dies
  Family members say Dr. Dean Brooks had been in declining health for several weeks when he died May 30 at a retirement home in Salem. He was 96. Brooks’ daughter Dennie Brooks says the film’s producers had been turned down by all the other mental …
• Tim Minchin to write score for new Australian DreamWorks film
  Comedian, writer and composer Tim Minchin will be lending his musical skills to a new animated film from DreamWorks, the studio behind Shrek and Madagascar … the Olivier Award-winning West End and Broadway show which is in the running for 12 Tony …
• Lindsay Lohan movie 'The Canyons' to debut at Venice Film Festival
  Lindsay Lohan’s new movie The Canyons is set to debut at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Written by American Psycho novelist Bret Easton Ellis and directed by American Gigolo director Paul Schrader, the erotic thriller also features adult film star James …
• Esther Williams, swimming champion turned movie star who dubbed herself the 'million-dollar mermaid', dies at 91
  She also played a small role in A Guy Named Joe before Bathing Beauty in … that would have made sense to me. But to ask me to act was sheer insanity.’ She finally agreed to visit MGM boss Louis B. Mayer, and recalled that she took the job after her …
• From Sightseers to Civil War: Ben Wheatley directs his fourth film in three years (in a field in Guildford)
  Inspired by Paul Verhoeven, who started out shooting Dutch military training exercises, he began to follow the … It’s a very earthy film; every bodily function is represented. There’s a gun battle with muskets which is quite spectacular.

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• Editor of the Muppets movie 'abused female staff and told one woman to choose between being a mom and working'
  The editor of the Oscar-winning Muppets movie was a sexist who singled out female staff for abuse and told one woman she should not be a working mother, according to claims in a new lawsuit. The film’s assistant editor Cecilia Hyoun is suing …
• From Sightseers to Civil War: Ben Wheatley directs his fourth film in three years in a field in Guildford
  His grisly caravan murder spree Sightseers was the surprise, award-winning hit of last year. Now, with the unfortunate holidaymakers barely cold in their graves, Ben Wheatley is back in cinemas with a psychedelic period drama set during the English Civil War.
• Suicide bid Fry film to be screened (From News Shopper)
  A documentary showing Stephen Fry confronting anti-gay campaigners will be screened later this year, after it was revealed he tried to kill himself while filming it. The actor and writer was saved when his producer on the film, which sees him travel to …
• FILM: The Hangover Part III (15)
  THE film franchise, which is an uproarious anthem to men behaving badly, speaks loud and clear to successive generations who have woken bleary-eyed and struggled to piece together fragmented memories of the night before. Part III opens with Alan (Zach …
• Film producer facing jail after roping Peter O'Toole and Daryl Hannah into making a B movie using £1.5million fleeced from taxpayers
  Brigitte Nielsen, Kerry Washington, Jeff Fahey, Steve Guttenberg and Bill Mosley also starred in the movie. The VAT repayment claims were made between January 2009 and September 2011 on the basis of false or imaginary invoices, said prosecutor …
• Stewart linked to Guantanamo film
  Kristen Stewart has signed up to star in a Guantanamo-based film called Camp X-Ray. Deadline reports that the Twilight actress will play a young soldier who joins the Army to escape her hometown but discovers that she isn’t doing a tour of Iraq as she …
• Jiah Khan 'wanted to quit film industry before suicide'
  She had a conversation with her mother saying this entire film industry thing wasn’t working out and that … Mahesh Bhatt, who reportedly came to the residence on hearing the news, told press that the actress had been extremely unhappy for the past …
• Karen Gillan cast in Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy film
  Former Doctor Who actress Karen Gillan has landed a role in Marvel’s upcoming superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy. The 25-year-old will play the lead female villain in the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Benicio Del Toro is also said to have …

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• Hrithik Roshan film still needs female lead
  Hrithik Roshan’s latest film Shuddhi is still in need of a female lead, the project’s director has confirmed. The romantic drama sees Roshan working again with Agneepath’s Karan Malhotra. The filmmaker told Business of Cinema: “We have not finalised …
• Movie review: The Great Gatsby (12A)
  F SCOTT FITZGERALD’S best-loved novel has long been called unfilmable, having defeated at least four movie makers since it was published in 1925. The good news is that Baz ­Luhrmann’s adaptation may be the best yet. The bad news is that this isn’t …
• Movie news week ending 6/2
  We had a busy week in the world of movies. The future in the super hero movies has been busy this week releasing some inside looks and information to upcoming movies. The Amazing Spider-man 2 is once again in the news, releasing yet some more on-set photos.
• Movie News Wrap Up: ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Inherent Vice,’ Studio Shake-Ups & More
  Madden joins a cast … Iron Man 3 fans living outside of China, Marvel plans to release the footage exclusive to that region in a short film called ‘The Prologue.’ The blockbuster partnership between Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. might come …
• Projectionist rolls credits on 50-year film career
  Cinemas are as popular as ever but projection of 35mm film stock has almost completely disappeared in recent years, with the rise of digital projection. Projectionist Barney McCue has decided now is a good time to roll the end credits on a …
• Valleys film Svengali wins nomination for Edinburgh Film Festival prize ahead of world premiere later this month
  “I met Mick Jones from The Clash recently – who was a lovely man – and he was telling me how much he loved … Svengali will be shown as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 21 and 22, and gets a full national release later …
• The striking similarities between Will Smith's new film After Earth and the teachings of SCIENTOLOGY as it tanks at box office and is panned by critics
  Through Scientology, one is supposed to ‘rid oneself of your fears’….Besides the film’s dialogue and its direct similarities to Scientology … whereas Kitai is a ‘misguided theatan,’ struggling to escape his fear. It is only as Kitai learns to overcome …

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• The striking similarities between Will Smith's new film After Earth and the teachings of SCIENTOLOGY as it tanks at box office and is panned by critics
  Critics are claiming that After Earth, the new action film starring father and son team Will and Jaden Smith, which had meager earnings at the box office, bears striking similarities to the teachings of Scientology. The film opened to poor …
• Green film festival comes to Clapham Picturehouse
  The winners will be announced at the closing night on June 8. Clapham Picturehouse, Clapham High Street; Solar Taxi, June 2, 4pm; Big Boys Gone Bananas, June 6, 9pm; Peak, June 8, 6pm; £10.50 each; picturehouses.co.uk.
• SKorea's gay film maker in news over wedding plans
  Kim Jho said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “We want (South Korea) to enter the stage of starting discussions on” same-sex marriage. Online news outlets carried photos of the boyish-looking 48-year-old kissing his curly-haired …
• Video: Porn film accidentally aired during Greek TV news report
  Greek news viewers received a shock this week when a pornographic film was accidentally aired during a live TV report. After months of economic doom and gloom in the recession hit Eurozone country, the viewing audience would no doubt have welcomed …
• Legendary, China Film teaming on big-money flicks
  HONG KONG—Legendary Entertainment, maker of the “The Hangover” franchise, is teaming with state-owned China Film Group to produce more global blockbusters as the Hollywood studio expands into the rapidly growing but tightly controlled Chinese …
• Liberace film watched by 2.4 million in US
  The Nielsen Company said it was the HBO network’s biggest audience for one of its original movies since medical drama Something the Lord Made in 2004. A further 1.1 million people tuned in for a repeat of the film that aired immediately after Sunday’s …
• Watch out Garfield! Internet sensation Tardar Sauce the grumpy cat set to star in her own Hollywood movie
  Hollywood producer Todd Garner plans to make a film featuring the permanently unhappy feline in which she will be given the power of speech in a family-orientated comedy. Garner, who has worked on the Adam Sandler comedy ‘Jack and Jill,’ said: ‘This …
• Movie News – Will Reese Witherspoon Play Hillary Rodham Clinton in 'Rodham'?
  Movie News – US actress Reese Witherspoon … the role of Hillary in a new film about the early years of the former First Lady’s life titled ‘Rodham’. Other Hollywood actresses who are also looking to play a young Hillary Rodham Clinton are Jessica …

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• Mission Beckham: Tom Cruise promises to make him a film idol
  A source said: “David has always wanted to be an action film star, and Tom promised him … as they watched the game. Cruise, 50, and his son Connor sat in the row in front. The actor has become close friends with the Beckhams. In 2007, along with …
• Liberace film watched by 2.4 million in US
  starring Michael Douglas as flamboyant pianist Liberace, was seen by 2.4 million people in the US. The Nielsen Company said it was the HBO network’s biggest audience for one of its original movies since medical drama Something the Lord Made in 2004.
• Grumpy Cat the movie. It'll be rubbish
  There’s no doubting Grumpy Cat’s star power: The official website attracts more than 1.5 million visitors a month; the official Facebook page has more than 930,000 likes and a weekly reach of more than 2 million; the official YouTube Channel has over …
• Movie review: The Great Gatsby
  GALLERY: On the Gatsby red carpet in Sydney Gatsby opens with box office bang Authors family praise new adaptation Inside The Graet Gatsby, with Baz Luhrmann MOVIE REVIEW … The man clearly has money to burn, but no-one in New York knows where he or …
• Film: What’s scarier than a shark? A shark tornado!
  It’s easy to see the logic behind Sharknado, a new film being touted to distributors at the Cannes film market: why have one just outlandish threat, when you can have two? Starring the, er, consistent actress Tara Reid, the strapline “Enough said …
• Star names for Edinburgh Film Fest (From Chelmsford Weekly News)
  Harry Potter favourite Emma Watson, Doctor Who star Karen Gillan, Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer and Guy Pearce are among the star names whose films will appear at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival will open with the …
• Skyfall's Sam Mendes tipped to direct next Bond film
  SKYFALL director Sam Mendes has been tipped to take on the next Bond film – just weeks after he dismissed the idea. The Brit film-maker was behind the most successful Bond movie ever, which premiered last year and went on to gross more than £100million …
• Bling Ring and We Steal Secrets to be shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival
  six international premieres and 10 European premieres. The Battle of the Sexes, a film about the the 1973 male-female tennis match at Wimbledon between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, will get its world premiere, while Hawking, a documentary about …
• Killing Kennedy: Rob Lowe to play assassinated American President JFK in 50th anniversary movie
  American actor Rob Lowe will portray slain American President John F. Kennedy in a television movie. Killing Kennedy, based on a book by TV news commentator Bill O’Reilly and author Martin Dugard, will take the form of a “factual drama” and will premiere …