Archive for the 'Films' Category

Former Paramount home entertainment chief Eric Doctorow has turned to Emile Hirsch and Netflix to help launch Random Media, his new company that releases movies for the home entertainment market. Doctorow has hired former Netflix executive Rob Williams to acquire films for his new company, which distributes those films through partner Cinedigm. Williams has now […]

A trailer has been released for the film “Around The Block”. The movie will be premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival in September – you can see screening times at tiff.net!

Interview with Christina Ricci (Vexy) for The Smurfs 2.

This summer is getting a little blue with The Smurfs 2 arriving in theaters in late July. But this time the blue crew finds their female companion Smurfette (Katy Perry) kidnapped by Gargamel’s (Hank Azaria) new creation The Naughties (Christina Ricci and JB Smoove), who try to turn her into one of them. Plus, they […]

Long before Amanda Knox, Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, there was another young American woman on a trial for murder that became a media spectacle. I’ve learned exclusively that Christina Ricci has been tapped to play Lizzie Borden in a Lifetime original movie about the woman tried and acquitted in the 1892 ax murders of […]

U.K. based sales banner Moviehouse Entertainment is looking to draw up deal memos with foreign buyers for former studio animation division high flier Frank Gladstone’s The Hero of Color City. Featuring the voices of Christina Ricci (Mermaids), Rosie Perez (Do The Right Thing) and Craig Ferguson (How To Train Your Dragon), the project is now […]

Christina Ricci is in talks to star in the indie thriller Unmasked. Geoffrey Sax (White Noise, Frankie & Alice) is onboard to helm the film, which was written by first-time scribe Peter Scott Vicaire. The script was discovered on Inkip.com and optioned by Sean Thomas, producer of the upcoming A Single Shot starring William H. […]