POPULAR MOVIE NEWS

• "Twilight" studio working on "Dracula" remake

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 9:53 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After exploring the romantic angst of vampires in "Twilight," Summit Entertainment is developing an action-oriented take on the most famous of the fanged: Dracula. Full Story »

• Review: Eastwood continues streak with `Invictus'

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 8:01 pm ET
  AP

  "Invictus" is a sports film that is more about what's happening in the stands than on the playing field. Full Story »

• Despite debt, it's show business as usual at Dubai film gala

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 12:01 pm ET
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  DUBAI (AFP) - Despite an alarming debt crisis, Dubai is rolling out the red carpet with its usual splendour for movie stars as the Gulf state's sixth annual film festival kicks off on Wednesday. Full Story »

• Robin Williams to return for "Happy Feet" sequel

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 11:33 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their roles as lead voices in "Happy Feet 2." Full Story »

• `Blind Side' goes on offense with $20M weekend

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:04 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES - "The Blind Side" took over the top spot at the box office with a $20 million weekend, while "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" slipped to second place with $15.4 million. Full Story »

• Louisiana film tax credit rules approved

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 7:57 am ET

  BATON ROUGE, La. - The rules governing Louisiana's film tax credit program are formally in place, after getting approval from the Legislature's tax committees. Full Story »

• Silver screen beckons for Daly

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:24 am ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters) - His turbulent life has already been played out in newspapers, magazines and television networks around the world but American golfer John Daly now wants to be the subject of a Hollywood movie. Full Story »

• Al Pacino set to play Shylock in NY's Central Park

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 12:48 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Al Pacino meets William Shakespeare next summer in New York City's Central Park. Full Story »

• New film "Oceans" gives fish-eye view of sea life

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 12:44 pm ET

  PARIS (Reuters) - New French film "Oceans" not only allows viewers to swim among the fish, but opens a window on underwater lives filled with emotion and fraught with danger. Full Story »

• Obama salutes jazz great Brubeck at Kennedy Center

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 12:12 pm ET
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  WASHINGTON - Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck. Full Story »

• New film revives memories of Mandela's rugby moment

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 6:27 am ET
  AFP

  JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - When South Africa won the 1995 rugby World Cup just after apartheid, the new president Nelson Mandela donned a jersey and won over a sceptical white population in a symbol of unity for the young democracy. Full Story »

• Docu on screenwriting headed for theaters

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 10:05 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - First Run Features has acquired North American theatrical rights to Peter Hanson's "Tales From the Script," a documentary that details the lives and work of dozens of Hollywood screenwriters. Full Story »

• Quaid announces system to prevent medicine errors

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:16 am ET

  LAS VEGAS - Actor Dennis Quaid is helping launch a national program to help prevent medication errors like the one that hurt his newborn twins in 2007. Full Story »

• Jack Black gets animated with movie project

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 2:11 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jack Black, who provided the lead voice in DreamWorks Animation's' "Kung Fu Panda," is once again heading into the land of animation. Full Story »

• Romania: Briton sentenced in filmmaker's death

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 10:33 am ET

  BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu. Full Story »

• "Nutcracker" reimagined as action movie

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 2:51 am ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - New Line has picked up a pitch from Darren Lemke, the writer behind the studio's Bryan Singer-directed project "Jack the Giant Killer," that reimagines the classic tale of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" as an action-adventure movie. Full Story »

• Ken Follett novel shot in Hungary

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 8:47 am ET
  AP

  FOT, Hungary - Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century. Full Story »

• "Blind Side" tackles top spot at movie box offices

  Reuters – Sun Dec 6, 7:46 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Football film "The Blind Side" tackled the top spot at North American box offices with $20.4 million in ticket sales for a rare climb up the charts in its third week, according to studio estimates on Sunday.