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30 April 2013 6:02 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Lightning Entertainment, the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company, has acquired international rights to the hit South by Southwest Film Festival comedy, Gus, starring Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Gone Baby Gone) Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen, Silent Hill) and Michael Weston (Fox’s “House,” HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning.

The film, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival to rave reviews in March, marks the feature film debut of Jessie McCormack, who directed from her own script.

McCormack is also a producer alongside Kathryn Himoff, Kevin Fitzmaurice Comer and Erik Van Wyck. The film is executive produced by Richard N. Gladstein (Finding Neverland, The Cider House Rules, The Bourne Identity). The deal was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment’s Joseph Dickstein and ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers. ICM Partners represents Monaghan and Mitchell and is also »

- Michelle McCue

4 March 2013 6:42 PM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

"Yippee ki-yay, motherf****r!"

Legendary action movie icon Bruce Willis can currently be seen on the big screen in his fifth go-round as John McClane, the perpetually "wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time," in A Good Day to Die Hard. In his 28-year career as an actor, Willis has starred in more than 60 movies — five last year alone — playing such diverse characters as a time travelling hitman, a deep-sea oil driller (in space), a taxicab driver (in space), a dead child psychologist, an honorable boxer with a killer hook, an assassin named "Mr. Goodkat," a professional gambler named "Dink," and a charming killer named "The Tulip." Some of his movies have become classics, while others...not so much, but they all boast one thing: Willis himself, a bonafide movie star the likes of which are rarely seen in Hollywood anymore. Pour yourself a refreshing glass of Seagram's Golden Wine Cooler, »

- BrentJS Sprecher

15 February 2013 12:30 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Talk about counter-programming: Bruce Willis returns the theaters this long Valentine's Day weekend as New York cop John McClane in a fifth A Good Day to Die Hard, the fifth in the John McClane series. After living free and dying hard back in 2007, Willis took a vacation the way McClane would, that is, he didn't. Since then he's starred in Surrogates, Looper, Moonrise Kingdom, Red and its upcoming sequel. We have a feeling that's the way Bruce likes it. While McClane is constantly griping about being on vacation (we counted at least three times in A Good Day) he's certainly much more at home with car chases, chasing baddies and making wisecracks, even in Mother Russia. He even gets to Yippee ki-yay »

8 February 2013 4:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Over the last few days we’ve been running an interview with producer Todd Lieberman, who- alongside producing partner David Hoberman – has been responsible for producing films as diverse as The Fighter, The Proposal, Surrogates and The Muppets.

Earlier this week we ran the first two parts: where Lieberman spoke about his career as a producer, and discussed the quirks of working with Muppets. In the final part of the interview, Lieberman turns the tables on me – quizzing me on movies I’ve liked over the last twelve months, which then led to us geeking off about Django Unchained and Silver Linings Playbook, then moving on to his taste in movies, and which films he would have liked to have been involved with.

Todd Lieberman: So what movies have you seen that you like this year?

HeyUGuys: I was about to ask you the same thing. I saw Django Unchained the other day. »

- Ben Mortimer

6 February 2013 4:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Even amongst hardcore film fans Todd Lieberman isn’t a household name, but he probably should be. The Oscar  nominated producer of The Fighter, his career started at Summit, where he was instrumental in getting Memento into production, as well as in the first film in the American Pie franchise. Since 2004 he’s been producing movies at Mandeville Films, alongside business partner David Hoberman; making movies as diverse as The Fighter, The Muppets and forthcoming zombie rom-com, Warm Bodies.

Right now Lieberman is in the UK, overseeing work on The Muppets… Again!, and a few days before the cameras rolled on Kermit and co, Lieberman took time out of his busy day to speak to us about his career, his eclectic taste in movies, and of course working with the Muppets (again).

We’ve broken the interview down into three parts, and will be running one a day until Friday. »

- Ben Mortimer

7 January 2013 7:20 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Deception

When and Where: Mondays at 10 on NBC, beginning January 7th

What’s the deal: The mysterious death of a childhood friend, who also happens to be a modern-day wealthy socialite, causes Detective Joanna Locasto, played by Californication’s Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Saw V) to go back undercover as a guest of the family she grew up with, as a servant’s daughter, to find out the truth. The cast for this includes Alias’ Victor Garber, The O.C. and Damages’ Tate Donovan, and Breakout Kings’ Laz Alonso. This series replaces the apocalyptic drama Revolution on NBC’s schedule during the latter’s extended hiatus and is created by Liz Heldens, who wrote for Friday Night Lights as well as the Us version of Prime Suspect.

1600 Penn

When and Where: Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC, beginning January 10th

What’s the deal: This traditional sitcom follows a dysfunctional family, »

- Deepayan Sengupta

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