- Hong Kong festival to honour Bollywood legend
- Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan will be getting a lifetime accolade from the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
- Cameron, studio ponder Avatar re-release
- Director James Cameron confirms he's in talks with Fox for a re-release of his 3-D sci-fi blockbuster Avatar with additional scenes.
- NFB premieres music doc on YouTube's rental site
- The National Film Board is launching a new documentar about klezmer hip-hop artist Socalled on a new YouTube video rental website.
- Disney shuts down technical facility, cuts 450 jobs
- The Walt Disney Co. is continuing its program of cuts by shutting down a motion-capture 3-D facility in San Francisco, resulting in 450 jobs lost.
- Corey Haim's prescription linked to drug ring
- Actor Corey Haim had a fraudulent prescription when he died that was linked to a major drug ring, authorities say.
- Da Vinci gets action film treatment
- Painter and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci will be the main character in a new action thriller film produced by Warner Bros.
- Film futures contract to allow box office bets
- Beginning next month, movie lovers will be able to bet on the box office of a film through a futures contract issued by New York broker Cantor Fitzgerald.
- Global film ticket sales rose 7.6% in 2009
- Global movie ticket sales climbed 7.6 per cent in 2009 to $29.9 billion, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
- Shrek to take final bow at Tribeca
- Shrek Forever After, the final instalment of the Shrek movie series, will open this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
- De Niro tackles role of football great Lombardi
- Robert De Niro will portray NFL football legend Vince Lombardi, who took the Green Bay Packers to two Super Bowl victories, in a new biopic by ESPN Films.
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