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Tomb Raider set to return

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

'Tomb Raider' is coming back to the big screen.

Pinewood to invest in British film industry

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The film studio Pinewood Shepperton hopes to grab a share of the profits of successful British movies, such as The King's Speech, by investing in small budget British films.

Pinewood to invest millions in British films

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Small-budget film-makers will soon roll cameras alongside producers of blockbuster movies after studios giant Pinewood Shepperton revealed plans to invest millions of pounds in British films.

Robert De Niro confirms ninth Scorsese movie

Monday, 7 March 2011

Robert De Niro has confirmed he will team up with Martin Scorsese for 'The Irishman'.

Exhibit A, m'lud, a helmet for a stormtrooper

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Man who created stormtrooper helmets is taken to Supreme Court by George Lucas

Blade Runner: Time to replicate the replicants...

Friday, 4 March 2011

Tom Peck: As Hollywood banks on sequels, Warner is planning to make Blade Runner 2.

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Firth rejects 'cleaned-up' version of film

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Colin Firth has revealed he opposes plans to release an edited version of The King's Speech, which won four Oscars at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.

Hollywood screen siren Jane Russell dies

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Jane Russell, the busty brunette who shot to fame as the sexy star of 1941 Western The Outlaw, has died.

Coronation of Firth and 'The Kings Speech' at Oscars

Monday, 28 February 2011

Guy Adams in Los Angeles: The film made for a paltry nine million pounds won four Oscars, including Best Picture.

The full list of Oscar Winners

Monday, 28 February 2011

Following is a compete list of winners at the 83rd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood.

The Oscars: Years to remember - and to forget

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Jonathan Romney picks the best and worst Oscar decisions and presents his guide to 2011.

Oscar ceremony running-order leaked

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Guy Adams: The Deadline Hollywood blog published a series of "spoilers," including a blow-by-blow run-down of what will occur during the show.

The Last Airbender and Sex and the City 2 'win' at Razzies worst film awards

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Action flick "The Last Airbender" and comedy "Sex and the City 2" earned the wrath of Razzie voters on Saturday in the annual Oscar spoof that spotlights Hollywood's worst performances.

Sport on Film: Glove story packs a punch but Ward won't win top award

Sunday, 27 February 2011

The Fighter could have been a contender for an Academy Award this evening, if there hadn't been so many other boxing movies jabbing away at the judges in the last dozen years – Million Dollar Baby, Ali, Hurricane, Cinderella Man. It's like the sport itself, where a proliferation of world title fights has rather devalued the meaning of being a champion. The lords of the ring may have to settle for an Oscar de la Hoya rather than the real thing.

Hollywood's favourite brand triumphs again

Friday, 25 February 2011

Adam Sherwin: For the third year, Apple products have secured more appearances in box-office films than any other brand.

Great expectations for adaptation of 'best un-produced script'

Friday, 25 February 2011

Rob Sharp: For years a proposed film adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations by one of Britain's best-loved authors languished in production limbo.

Oscars' gold seal of approval

Friday, 25 February 2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled revamped envelopes, which will be opened on Sunday to reveal this year's Oscar winners.

No more booze as 'Withnail' pub is demolished

Thursday, 24 February 2011

It was used as the backdrop for one of the most recognisable scenes in the cult film Withnail and I. Now The Mother Black Cap, where the characters played by Richard E Grant and Paul McGann were accused of being "perfumed ponces", has been knocked down to make way for flats.

The £15,000 cancer film set for Oscar glory

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Jonathan Brown: A young British writer whose teenage cancer inspired his idea for a short film will be celebrating his birthday by attending the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday.

Film-makers 'betrayed' by developer of historic studios, says Parker

Monday, 21 February 2011

Promises of a fitting memorial to Hitchcock were a 'total sham'

Bieber fever? Get over it! Meet the new kids on the block

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Paul Bignell and Karina Whalley: The Canadian teen star is about to be eclipsed by a fresh batch of pop pixies.

Madame Tussaud to figure in biopic

Friday, 18 February 2011

The life of Marie Tussaud, who founded the string of museums which bear her name, is to be the subject of a film.

Woman behind King's Speech won't be at Oscars

Friday, 18 February 2011

The theatre agent who discovered the script for The King's Speech and was instrumental in casting one of its lead actors will not attend this month's Academy Awards, where the film is expected to sweep the board.

Farewell, Pete

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Stars including Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Gambon, Sue Johnstone and Kevin Spacey attend a memorial service for Pete Postlethwaite in London yesterday

Producers star Kenneth Mars dies

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Kenneth Mars, a Mel Brooks collaborator who played a Hitler-worshipping playwright in The Producers and an earnest police inspector with a malfunctioning artificial arm in Young Frankenstein, has died at 75.