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AP – Encouraged by the reception of its Hindi animated movie, Disney is shooting a new adventure film in the southern Indian dialect of Telugu as it deepens its localization drive in the populous country.
AP – Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.
AP – The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
AP – Actress Reese Witherspoon says her “Legally Blonde” character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation’s capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
Reuters – Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.
Reuters – Jason Segel and Ed Helms are starring in “Jeff Who Lives at Home,” a stoner comedy chronicling a day in the life of two brothers.
Reuters – In the slasher-thriller “Slice,” a cop-turned-convict tracks down a serial killer by delving into his own troubled childhood memories.
Reuters – If start-up Media Derivatives and broker dealer Cantor Fitzgerald have their way, investors may soon be able to place bets on the box office showing of summer blockbuster “Iron Man 2.”
Reuters – The end-of-the-world drama “2012″ debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.
Reuters – Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation’s No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years.
Reuters – And then there were two — box office trading exchanges, that is.
AP – Corey Haim’s story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.
Reuters – The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April’s event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
AP – Mexico has implemented a new program subsidizing filmmakers in a bid to attract more cinema business to the country.
Reuters – While James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic “Avatar” took the box office by storm instantly, the road to success will be much longer for Best Buy Co Inc, which is making a big bet on 3D televisions this year.
Reuters – They conjured box office magic with their “Bourne” spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller “Green Zone” debuts on Friday.
AP – 3-D BOOM: 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009.
Reuters – Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on Wednesday.
Reuters – Media Derivatives Inc expects to be the first U.S. exchange to get regulatory approval to offer futures on film box office receipts, the privately owned company said Wednesday.
AP – The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
Reuters – Fox is bumping Oliver Stone’s Wall Street sequel to the fall.
AP – In “Remember Me,” Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from “Twilight,” apparently in search of his “Five Easy Pieces” or “Rebel Without a Cause.”
Reuters – Imax Corp agreed to form a joint venture with a South Korean theater exhibitor to operate up to 15 new theaters in the country as the giant-screen movie operator seeks to expand its presence in Asia.
Reuters – After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia.
AFP – France awarded one of its highest artistic honours on Tuesday to the Japanese screen star and film maker Takeshi Kitano, director of bizarre and violent cult movies such as “Battle Royale”.