Movies

Marianne Gambelli spent years trying to sell ads on NBC to sundry advertisers. Now she has moved to the other side of the haggling table. Independent ad-buying shop Horizon Media said it had hired Gambelli, who until recently was head of ad sales for the NBC broadcast network, as its executive veep and chief investment officer.... Read more »

Barry Levinson has come on board to direct an untitled love story, set in Shanghai and Leningrad, with Shanghai Film Group financing and Mike Medavoy, Rafaella De Laurentiis and Edward McGurn producing. Production will start in February in Shanghai with Shanghai Film Group fully financing the project, with a budget in the $40 million to... Read more »

Trailer for Get Lucky. Brothers Lucky (Luke Treadaway) and Raphael (T J Ramini) have always lived on the wrong side of the law. When a job goes very wrong and Lucky finds himself in debt to local heavies, Sebastian (Craig Fairbrass) and Mr. Kramer (Terry Stone), Lucky is forced to join his wayward brother on the biggest heist of their careers. While Raphael concocts a plan to rob the casino of the most powerful crime-lord in town, Mr. Zigic (James Cosmo), and with the help of Zigic's own unwitting employees Niko (Marak Ovarek) and Eli (Jason Maza), Lucky is distracted by the girl of his dreams, femme fatale Bridgett (Emily Atack), who may not be all that she seems. With betrayals and twists of fate, it seems everyone has an ulterior motive -- the question is, who can the brothers trust on the most important night of their lives? Filed Under: Get Lucky Tags: Universal Pictures, Action, Crime, Luke Treadaway, Emily Atack, Craig Fairbrass, James Cosmo, Terry Stone, T.J. Ramini, Marek Oravec, Jason Maza, Rebecca Ferdinando

DKC is ramping up its West Coast presence, tapping senior v.p. Jenn DeMartino to lead the PR agency’s Los Angeles office, and added Noah Gold and Marina Beck to the team. “Following our third consecutive year of double digit growth – due in part to the success of our new offices in LA, Chicago and... Read more »

The rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which J.K. Rowling donated to benefit English PEN and the Lumos Foundation, was auctioned at Sotheby's on Tuesday and brought it over 150,000 pounds ($228,000). A few photos of the first edition, which contains 43 pages of personal annotations by Rowling, about new 22 illustrations and 1100 words of original content, was released a few days ago, and can be seen here. Quote: J.K. Rowling: I wrote the book... in snatched hours, in clattering caf?s or in the dead of night. For me, the story of how I wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is written invisibly on every page, legible only to me. Sixteen years after it was published, the memories are as vivid as ever as I turn these pages. The Associated Press reported that a private buyer purchased the first edition book via phone on Tuesday in London. Two thirds of the money made from the purchase (100,000 pounds) will go towards English Pen, an organisation that promotes the "freedom to read and write," while the final third will go to Rowling's personal charity, the Lumos Foundation. Lumos was founded by Rowling and works to support the eight million children in institutions worldwide to regain their right to a family life and to end the institutionalisation of children. For those hopeful fans wondering, there are restrictions on how the purchased book may be displayed by the owner (if they choose to at all), as noted on English PEN's site. More information on that can be read here.

Its been a long time since my last Blogathon, many people reading this will have read or taken part in A Life in Movies, My Movie Year or Desert Island DVDs. Like my first blogathon “Desert Island DVDs” my latest idea takes an existing idea and applying it movies. Some of you, like me will be old enough to remember mix tapes. For those that aren’t, there was time not that long ago where they were commonplace. Put simply a mixtape is a collection of songs on a compact audio cassette. In practice they were, or indeed are so much more than that. Compiled for one’s own pleasure or to give to someone else, a mixtape is an art form in itself, they certainly says something about the compiler. Mixtapes are most relevant when shared, to give someone a collection of songs, some they will know, others they don’t but will come to love is a true gift. The best mixes are of songs that are completely unconnected but fit together perfectly. So how does this translate to movies? The idea behind Mixtape Movies is to compile a list of movies that fit together. There are no hard and fast rules but here are my guidelines: A selection of movies with no direct connection (star, director, source material) but that fit together or compliment each other. Around six movies, five plus one wildcard (a movie that doesn’t quite fit but still belongs). An idea on format: A paragraph explaining the theme of the mix, a list of the selected movies with an image, poster or trailer. You may also chose to write a sentence or two on each individual film. If you want to get creative design some cover art. Unlike previous Blogathons the mixtapes are not definitive personal lists, they are just small expressions of creativity in linking the movies. Therefore participants are welcome to submit numerous mixtapes if they wish. I will post a homepage with a link to all participants on 22nd June. Anyone wishing to join in send me an email: fandangogroovers@gmail.com please include this link to the homepage on an Mixtape posts: http://wp.me/prVbF-2T4 To give you an idea of what i have planned I will post a Mixtape Movies each week until the 22nd.

Dread and Cassadega director Anthony DiBlasi brought a new sales trailer to the Cannes film market for his new film The Missionary and we have a look at the goodies for you right here! Dig it! The flick tells the tale of a single mother who turns on the romance with a Mormon missionary. Too bad for him that she eventually decides to go back to her ex-husband and from there said missionary loses it and all sorts of evil deeds ensue along with a heaping helping of general lunacy. You know... the good stuff! PoileyWood Entertainment produces the screenplay by Bruce Wood & Scott Poiley. Dawn Olivieri, Mitch Ryan, Kip Pardue and J LaRose star! VISIT THE EVILSHOP @ AMAZON! Got news? Click here to submit it! Go crazy in the comments section below!

Leonardo DiCaprio and Fox have tapped "Shutter Island" author Dennis Lehane to pen the script for World War II drama "Travis McGee."

Laurence Haddon, who appeared onstage and in TV shows including “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” died in May 10, in Santa Monica from complications associated with Lewy Body Disease. He was 90. Born in Philadelphia, he attended Syracuse U. After Pearl Harbor he left college to train on the Pennsylvania School Ship and then served in... Read more »

Gael Garcia Bernal and Mia Maestro have joined the cast of Argentinian helmer-scribe Pablo Aguero’s “Evita” (working title), chronicling the odyssey of Eva Peron’s embalmed corpse around Europe from 1952 to its burial in Argentina 25 years later.