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27 December 2011 10:08 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Director Sally Potter (Orlando) is rounding out the cast for her 60s anti-nuke flick and has tabbed American bombshell, Christina Hendricks to join the production.  According to The Daily Mail, Hendricks will be joining Elle Fanning (Super 8), Alice Englert, and Alessandro Nivola (Inventing the Abbotts) when filming begins in February.  Annette Bening is rumored for a part as well.

Bomb seems to be appropriately titled as the film takes place in 1960s London during the height of the anti-war movement and the sexual revolution. »

- Kerry Fleming

13 June 2011 8:27 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Breast cancer has claimed the life of producer Laura Ziskin,who died Sunday at 61 years. Ms. Ziskin was well liked in a tough business. Some of her many accomplishments included being the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone in 2002. And then again, in 2007, Ziskin produced the first .green. Oscar ceremony. Most importantly, after her breast cancer diagnosis in 2004, she worked to create the Stand Up to Cancer initiative that network television supported, along with the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Ms. Ziskin was named president of Fox 2000 Pictures back in 1994, releasing Courage Under Fire, One Fine Day, Inventing the Abbotts, Volcano, Soul Food, Never Been Kissed, Fight Club, Anywhere but Here, Anna and the »

- April MacIntyre

13 June 2011 7:30 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

[1] Film producer and studio executive Laura Ziskin died [2] Sunday, succumbing to a seven-year battle with breast cancer. As one of Hollywood's most notable producers, Ziskin was a driving force behind films as varied and notable as Pretty Woman, Hero, As Good as It Gets, and the Spider-Man films. In addition, she was a vocal advocate for cancer research, co-founding Stand Up to Cancer in 2008. Ziskin was 61. Ziskin's long career began upon her graduation from USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 1973, when she took a job working for producer Jon Peters. She moved on to become a producer in the '80s. One of her first notable credits was Murphy's Romance in 1984, for she and partner Sally Field created the production company Fogwood Films. The film won James Garner an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1990, she produced one of the biggest films of her career -- Pretty Woman, still considered »

- Angie Han

7 June 2011 9:14 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »

Trevor Hogg chats with visual effects supervisors Dan Glass and Bryan Hirota about the creation of Terrence Malick's latest, The Tree of Life...

Considered by many to be an enigma because of his reclusive nature and the long gaps between his films, American director Terrence Malick returns to the big screen with The Tree of Life (2011). Partly autobiographical, the story revolves around a boy growing up in the 1950s American Midwest whose relationship with his strict father and nurturing mother haunts him into adulthood. Featuring a cast of Brad Pitt (Se7en), Sean Penn (Mystic River), Jessica Chastain (Jolene), Joanna Going (Inventing the Abbotts), Jackson Hurst (The Mist), Fiona Shaw (Fracture), Crystal Mantecon (The Waiter), and Tamara Jolaine (Tough Love), the drama ignited worldwide curiosity when word came out that it included footage involving the formation of the universe. Could this be the resurrection of the mysterious project Q which »

- flickeringmyth

26 March 2011 9:30 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »

Entertainment One will release the action comedy heist movie The Con Artist on DVD on June 14.

Rebecca Romijn helps Rossif Sutherland see the future in The Con Artist.

When ex-con Vince (Rossif Sutherland, Timeline) is forced back into stealing cars by a vicious crime boss (Donald Sutherland, The Mechanic), he finds solace wielding sculptures out of discarded auto parts. But after a sexy and calculating art dealer (Rebecca Romijn, TV’s Ugly Betty) discovers his talent, Vince finds himself torn between the art world and a criminal lifestyle.

Directed by noted casting director Risa Bramon Garcia (who directed the minor cult title 200 Cigarettes in 1999 when she was casting such films as Twister, Inventing the Abbotts, Speed 2 and Dead Presidents), the 2010 film is premiering on DVD.

In addition to the father-and-son team of Donald and Rossif Sutherland, The Con Artist also stars Sarah Roemer (Disturbia) and Russell Peters (Source Code)

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- Laurence

5 items from 2011