Reports are circulating that Sony may be in talks of a possible merger with in the next year. This from Forbes- “Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures could merge with Sony Pictures, Universal Studios or another movie studio amid a wave of consolidation in the industry over the next few months, veteran investor Mario Gabelli said in [...]

Paramount is shifting it’s focus to franchise films & more control over it’s slate in hopes to generate profits. Investors were particularly pleased with the success of Star Trek although Paramount remains in the red with losses of $123 million in the first quarter of 2009 alone. “We weren’t in control of our release slate [...]

FIGHTING PACKS A PUNCH, TOO BAD YOUR FUN IS WHAT TAKES THE BLOW Do you like movies without interesting characters, and barely any story to speak of? If so Fighting starring Channing Tatum is the perfect movie for you. The fight scenes aren’t even very good albeit except one. This one will just leave you [...]

Warner Brother has picked up a script for a movie about legendary Greek hero Odysseus written by Ann Peacock. Jonathan Liebesman is said to be directing. The story focuses on Odysseus returning home from 2 decades of fighting in the Trojan Wars and reminding us why it’s best not piss off a god unless your [...]

New Regency and 20th Century Fox will team to turn classic TV show Father Knows Best into a feature film. A rights deal has been completed and Chad and Dara Creasey will pen the script. The film will center around a modern day dad who uses parenting techniques that his traditional father disapproves of, he [...]

John Doe himself a.k.a Kevin Spacey is going to not only star in but produce the upcoming indie comedy Father of Invention. Trent Cooper will direct using a script he wrote along with Jonathan Krane & Nichole Beattie. The story centers around a humble inventor who turns into an egotistical billionaire that loses it all [...]

New Regency has bought the rights to Freedom Formula: Ghost of Wasteland. Michael Finch has been hired to write the script. The comic centers around a futuristic world where fighter jets are obsolete and have been replaced with pilots fighting in exo-suits. The main character is a superior racer who discovers his blood can change [...]

Sasha Baron Cohen showed off footage of his latest movie Bruno at the South By Southwest film festival. Fewer than 300 people were granted the privilege of viewing 22 minutes of the film. Baron Cohen appeared on the screen between certain scenes in order to introduce each segment. The movie is his follow up to [...]