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Brad Grey stays put at Paramount [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: CEO to remain with studio through 2014 -- Brad Grey has reupped as chairman and CEO of Paramount through 2014.

WGA announces screenplay noms [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: 'Milk,' 'Vicky,' 'Wrestler' in the running -- The WGA has tapped Joel and Ethan Coen for “Burn After Reading,” Dustin Lance Black for “Milk,” Woody Allen for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” Tom McCarthy for “The Visitor” and Robert Siegel for “The Wrestler” as nominees for its best original screenplay award.

Image Awards unveil nominations [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: NAACP honors to be handed out on Feb. 12 -- The NAACP has named “Cadillac Records,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Miracle at St. Anna,” “Seven Pounds” and “Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" as best pic contenders for its 40th annual Image Awards.

Welsh agency boosts local films [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: FAW puts $2.6 milllion into projects -- The Film Agency of Wales invested $2.6 million (£1.7 million) in local pics last year, its first in operation.

'Watchmen' fate goes to federal judge [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Fox, WB forego jury trial on legal tussle -- Fox and Warner Bros. have decided to forego a jury trial in their legal tussle over which studio has distribution rights to "Watchmen" and agreed to let a federal judge decide the case on Jan. 20.

Palm Springs rolls out red carpet [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Eastwood receives career achievement award -- The world economy is in dire straits, but you sure wouldn't know it from the red carpet at the 20th-annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala.

Berlin Panorama nabs 'Garapa' [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Julie Delpy's 'Countess' also picked -- New works by Jose Padilha, who won the Golden Bear last year with “The Elite Squad,” Julie Delpy and cult filmmaker Ulli Lommel are among the films selected for the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section this year, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Rotterdam festival favors new talent [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Event picks 14 first, second films for award -- Fourteen first and second features compete for the VPRO Tiger Awards at this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam. The three winners of the fest's top honor will be announced Jan. 30.

BAFTA unveils foreign film shortlist [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Nominations include two animated films -- The noms for the foreign-language pic BAFTA have gone to German terrorist thriller “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Italian mafia drama “Gomorrah,” French family drama “I’ve Loved You So Long,” and innovative animated pics “Persepolis” and “Waltz With Bashir.”

Hedlund to star in 'Tron' sequel [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: Credits include 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Troy' -- Disney has inked Garrett Hedlund to star in "Tron" its sequel to the pioneering 1982 computer-graphics action pic of the same name. Hedlund's credits include "Friday Night Lights," "Four Brothers" and "Troy."

Deakins nabs two ASC nominations [-->full article]
Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Film News: 'Reader,' 'Revolutionary' on award shortlist -- For the second year in a row, the American Society of Cinematographers has given two feature nominations to Roger Deakins, this time for “Revolutionary Road” and “The Reader.”

Richard Lorber launches Alive Mind [-->full article]
Tue, 6 Jan 2009
Film News: Production co. to focus on documentaries -- Richard Lorber, who formerly headed specialty distribs Fox Lorber and Wellspring, has launched a company called Alive Mind.

Mickey Rourke joins 'Expendables' [-->full article]
Tue, 6 Jan 2009
Film News: Actor added to cast of Stallone's action film -- Mickey Rourke has joined the ranks of "The Expendables," joining the ensemble of the Sylvester Stallone-directed action adventure for Nu Image/Millennium Films.

NASA embarks on 3-D movie mission [-->full article]
Tue, 6 Jan 2009
Film News: Shatner, Pine lend voices to 'Quantum Quest' -- "Quantum Quest," the independently financed 3-D animated film being made in conjunction with NASA, has assembled its voice cast, which will include a pair of Captain Kirks and a pair of Darth Vaders.

McG to direct Disney's 'Nemo' [-->full article]
Tue, 6 Jan 2009
Film News: '20,000 Leagues' being fast tracked by studio -- Disney has set McG to direct "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo," a family film that is being fast tracked by the studio.