Steve McQueen's movie about American slavery is following in the footsteps of numerous Academy Awards winners, including "Slumdog Millionaire." | Read More
While sales boomed and an irate blogger called 911 to complain about cell phone usage during a screening, the event boasted one of its strongest lineups in years. | Read More
"Doctor Who" veteran Billie Piper joins the cast, which includes Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green, in the thriller series executive produced by Sam Mendes. | Read More
Tomkins will look for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships at the production giant owned by German media giant Bertelsmann's RTL Group. | Read More
Analysts say the move could be a prelude to a combination with Vivendi's telecom arm SFR amid rising French and U.S. cable industry deal chatter. | Read More
Completion bond firm Film Finances has been involved in such South African features as " Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" and Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi film "Chappie." | Read More
Michael Del Nin of Time Warner and Christoph Mainusch, a Turner Broadcasting adviser, are new joint chief executives at Central European TV Net. | Read More
Christina Ricci stars as an impassioned American teaching Shakespeare to indigenous Australian teens in this drama from writer-director Sarah Spillane. | Read More
The adaptation of Zakhar Prilepin's novel "Vosmerka" by Russian director Alexey Uchitel stars Alexey Mantsigyn, Artur Smolyaninov and Vilma Kutavichute. | Read More
Comedian Billy Connolly has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease, according to a statement posted on his website. Connolly is set to star in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again. He recently appeared in Quartet and lent his voice to Disney-Pixar's Brave. He's famous in the U.K. for his stand-up comedy and initially achieved fame as a folk musician. | Read More