Film News Archives: Page 5

Peer Impact Sings Agreement with EMI (March 3, 2005): Wurld Media, Inc.

Batmania Hits Toy Fair (March 2, 2005): Warner Bros.

Fandango to Sell Tickets on IMDB.com (February 28, 2005): Fandango, a movie ticketing service, has introduced ticketing on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.

New Line and Walden Media to Film Hoot (February 28, 2005): New Line Cinema has partnered with production companies Walden Media and the Kennedy/Marshall Company to produce a feature adaptation of the popular Carl Hiaasen children's novel Hoot.

Offutt Named Senior VP Viacom Consumer Products (February 27, 2005): Brian Offutt has been named Senior Vice President, Nickelodeon & ViacomConsumer Products.

MGM Appoints Daniel Taylor as President (February 27, 2005): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

CSMGI to Develop Low Budget Films (February 27, 2005): Consolidated Sports Media Group Inc.

Online Video Viewing Becoming More Common (February 27, 2005): The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has announced the results of its Online Video Viewing Study.

Barbie Fairytopia DVD in Development (February 26, 2005): Mainframe Entertainment, a CG animation production company in Canada, and Mattel, Inc.

ShoPro and Viz to Merge (February 26, 2005): ShoPro Entertainment Inc.

Richard Bessler Leaving Viacom in March (February 23, 2005): Viacom Inc.

Ringo Starr Becomes Super Hero (February 23, 2005): Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment has forged a joint venture partnership with Ringo Starr to create and launch an original entertainment franchise.

Jorgen Klubien Joins Vinton Studios (February 23, 2005): Renowned director, screenwriter, storyboard artist, designer, and animator Jorgen Klubien has been named a Director of Story for Feature Film at Vinton Studios it was announced by Vinton Studios CEO Jeff Farnath.

David Yates to Direct Fifth Potter Film (February 18, 2005): British television helmer David Yates has been signed to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film adaptation of J.

Publishing Industry Soundbytes 12-28-04 (December 28, 2004): People · William Safire will publish his final column as a New York Times Op-Ed columnist on January 24, 2005.

Tom Hanks Takes Lead in Da Vinci Code Film (December 10, 2004): Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks has been cast in the lead role of the famed symbologist Robert Langdon in Columbia Pictures' upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown's bestselling thriller The Da Vinci Code.

New Line Buys Rights to Bestselling Relationship Book (December 3, 2004): New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to the bestselling nonfiction book He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth To Understanding Guys and has struck a deal with authors Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo to adapt the book into a feature screenplay, it was announced by New Line production president Toby Emmerich.

Nick Cassavetes to Direct Iron Man (December 3, 2004): New Line Cinema and Marvel Studios, a division of Marvel Enterprises, have signed Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook, John Q) to direct the big screen adaptation of Iron Man, based on the Marvel Super Hero.

New Line Acquires Rights to Marquez Novel (November 29, 2004): New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novel Love in the Time of Cholera from producer Scott Steindorff and has hired Oscar-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) to pen the feature film adaptation.

Publishing Industry Soundbytes 11-19-04 (November 19, 2004): People · Stamats Communications' business-to-business media operating unit Stamats Business Media has named Rob Fixmer to the position of editor-in-chief for ARCHI-TECH magazine.