The Weinstein Co movie won 5 British Independent Film Awards at the ceremony in London’s East End tonight, including Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush), and Best Screenplay. Micro-budget sci-film Monsters won 3 awards: Best Director (Gareth(…)

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Polanski’s thriller won Best European Film, while Polanski picked up Best Director and shared the screenwriting award with co-author Robert Harris. Ewan McGregor won Best Actor, while production design and music were also honored. In an interview this weekend, Harris said the Swiss authorities were so understanding about Polanski’s need to finish(…)

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Claire Danes is in talks for the female lead in Showtime’s drama pilot Homeland. The psychological thriller, from former 24 executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon,Michael Cuesta (Dexter) is directing Homeland, which is produced by Fox 21. Based on the Israeli format Hatufim aka Prisoners of War, it tells the story of an U.S.(…)

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TNT Cancels Cop Drama ‘Dark Blue’

TNT made it official today — Dark Blue will not be returning for a third season. The series starring Dylan McDermott and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Horizon TV never found its footing and its renewal after the first season came as somewhat of a surprise, especially after TNT picked up(…)

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Roman Polanski’s thriller has been nominated for 7 European Film Awards including best European film, director, actor (Ewan McGregor), screenwriter, editor, production design and composer. Other leading nominees are Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon with 5 nods and Semih Kaplanoğlu’s Honey with 3. This year’s European Film Awards will take

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NBC Cancels ‘Undercovers’

NBC is ending the run of what was once one its most promising new series of the season with the decision that it will not order any more new episodes of the series “Undercovers.”
The show had been highly anticipated because it came from the executive producer J. J. Abrams of “Lost” –(…)

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Leonardo DiCaprio is taking a trip through time to the late 1800s to play a serial killer in The Devil In The White City.

Based on the non-fiction novel of the same name, the story follows architect Daniel H. Burnham and Dr H. H. Holmes, the latter of whom is a(…)

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Matthew Weiner’s Directorial Debut You Are Here

Matthew Weiner is with his directorial debut film, You Are Here with Jack Black, Matt Dillon and Renee Zellweger all attached to star.Last year, when it was announced that You Are Here had been postponed, Brad Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Jennifer Aniston were attached. That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

It’s(…)

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The “Avatar” and “Titanic” director told the New York Times that the project is in development at Sony.

“It’s a subject that’s always fascinated me,” Cameron said. “So yeah, I’ve been talking to them about it, but no decisions have been made.”

As for his possible leading lady, Cameron said Jolie would be perfect for the(…)

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Piranha 3D Sequel for Dimension Films

Deadline reports the creative team behind the Project Greenlight featured film Feast will be sharpening the teeth of the aptly titled sequel Piranha 3DD (just like boobs!). John Gulager will direct the bloody underwater romp form a script by writing duo Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan.

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