Read more movie deal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20256/movie-deal.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67427/stars-bomb-at-the-box-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHollywood executives are scratching their heads over why so many mega-wattage stars are failing to fill movie houses. A record number of usual box-office successes like Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks came up short, in some cases not even attracting enough viewers for producers to break...http://www.newser.com/story/67427/stars-bomb-at-the-box-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 3:29:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65524/seuss-lorax-slated-to-be-3d-movie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDr Suess' green-themed story The Lorax is becoming the first of his works to get the 3D treatment, Variety reports. Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment plan to release the animated picture in 2012, on what would have been the author's 108th birthday. His 1971 book told the story of a...http://www.newser.com/story/65524/seuss-lorax-slated-to-be-3d-movie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 5:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64411/bridget-jones-3-in-the-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBridget Jones and her oversized underwear are coming back for a third movie, Variety reports, with Renée Zellweger set to reprise the title character. Cate Blanchett is also on board for Indian Summer , expected to be based on Bridget Jones’ Diary author Helen Fielding’s columns for a British newspaper. This...http://www.newser.com/story/64411/bridget-jones-3-in-the-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 9:30:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63548/levi-shops-palin-tell-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLevi Johnston is poised to strike it big with a book about the Palins and a possible feature film role alongside an ex–Miss Oregon, he tells New York . His hulking bodyguard/publicist, Tank Jones, says Levi is still shopping the book. As for Levi's rumored TV effort, it won't be a...http://www.newser.com/story/63548/levi-shops-palin-tell-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 15:38:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59529/mlks-kids-bicker-over-spielberg-biopic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sale of the movie rights to Martin Luther King Jr.'s life has revived the feud among his three surviving children, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Martin Luther King III and Bernice King say their brother Dexter—chief executive of the King estate—only informed them of the plans for...http://www.newser.com/story/59529/mlks-kids-bicker-over-spielberg-biopic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 7:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56658/credit-crunch-saps-funding-for-indie-films.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndependent film producers are losing a once-reliable source of funding, the sale of foreign-distribution rights. Traditionally, the demand for American movies has been so high that producers can sell the rights to distribute the film—in many cases, even before it’s finished—in order to cover costs. But the credit...http://www.newser.com/story/56658/credit-crunch-saps-funding-for-indie-films.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36095/facebook-the-movie-its-in-the-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook is going Hollywood, PC World reports. West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin has signed on with Sony to pen a movie about the social networking site’s founding. The movie will probably focus on Mark Zuckerberg’s initial work while at Harvard. But Sorkin may have some research to do first: “My...http://www.newser.com/story/36095/facebook-the-movie-its-in-the-works.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 18:35:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31450/friends-clique-ready-for-flick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInspired by Sex and the City's wild silver-screen success, all six cast members—including holdout Jennifer Aniston—are on board to reunite for the big-screen adaptation of the hit sitcom “Friends,” the Daily Mail reports. Produced by Warner Brothers, Friends: The Movie would get under way within the next 18...http://www.newser.com/story/31450/friends-clique-ready-for-flick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Jul 2008 10:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28087/gyllenhaal-lands-lead-in-prince-of-persia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJake Gyllenhaal has scored the lead in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , a Jerry Bruckheimer adaptation of the popular video game, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In the blockbuster fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play a 6th century Persian prince who, along with a feisty princess played by up-and-comer...http://www.newser.com/story/28087/gyllenhaal-lands-lead-in-prince-of-persia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 May 2008 11:54:04 CDT