SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 15 (UPI) -- U.K. actor Theo James is to co-star with Shailene Woodley in "Divergent," a futuristic action film based on Veronica Roth's novel, Summit Entertainment said.
ATLANTA, March 15 (UPI) -- Actors Josh Lawson and Greg Kinnear have joined the cast of the film "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," now shooting in Atlanta, Deadline.com said Friday.
LOS ANGELES, March 14 (UPI) -- Colin Trevorrow is to direct and Steven Spielberg to executive produce the next installment in the "Jurassic Park" film franchise, The Hollywood Reporter said.
LOS ANGELES, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Anna Kendrick and British filmmaker Edgar Wright have broken up after dating for four years, multiple sources told Us Weekly.
TEHRAN, March 13 (UPI) -- A French lawyer says she is helping Iranian officials sue filmmakers behind what they regard as anti-Iran propaganda films such as "Argo," CNN reported.
LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- Triple Oscar-winner Meryl Streep will encourage people to get screened for colon cancer in public service announcements to air this month on U.S. television.
LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- New Zealand-born filmmaker Peter Jackson will offer a sneak peek of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" online this month, Warner Bros. said.
LOS ANGELES, March 12 (UPI) -- Shauna Robertson, Edward Norton's fiancee, is to give birth to their first child, a source close to the Hollywood actor told UsMagazine.com.
CANNES, France, March 12 (UPI) -- Baz Luhrmann's screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel "The Great Gatsby" is to open the Cannes Film Festival in France, officials announced.
LOS ANGELES, March 11 (UPI) -- "Breaking Dawn, Part 2," the final installment in the "Twilight" vampire romance saga, is the top-selling DVD in the United States, Rentrak announced Monday.
LAS VEGAS, March 11 (UPI) -- Steve Carell says the outrageous magician he plays in the new comedy "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" may seem out of place everywhere -- except Las Vegas.
LOS ANGELES, March 10 (UPI) -- "Oz The Great and Powerful," starring James Franco and Mila Kunis, swept the weekend box office with $80.278,million in receipts.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 10 (UPI) -- A famous Afghan actor, Nazar Mohammad Majnonyar Helmandi, was killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Tina Fey may be an award-winning actress, writer and producer now, but she recently recalled a summer job she had as a teen serving cheese steaks at a Pennsylvania pool club so her mother could swim for free.
NEW YORK, March 9 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage says he was once in talks with DreamWorks Animation to play the grumpy green ogre in the "Shrek" film franchise, but the role didn't suit him.
LOS ANGELES, March 9 (UPI) -- New Jersey-born writer-director Kevin Smith says he has started writing "Clerks III" and expects it will be "the best film I'll ever make."
NEW YORK, March 8 (UPI) -- James Franco said on "The Colbert Report" this week he plans to make his Broadway debut in a staging of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men."
HOLLYWOOD, March 8 (UPI) -- Writer/director Christopher Nolan's film "Interstellar" will be co-produced and distributed by Hollywood's Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.
LONDON, March 8 (UPI) -- British film star Michael Caine has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London accolade, an honor dating back to 1237, the BBC reported.
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- Mitchell Kapner is writing the screenplay for a sequel to presumptive 3D blockbuster "Oz the Great and Powerful," The Hollywood Reporter said.
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Mark Ruffalo said on Twitter he won't reprise his role of the Hulk until the superhero ensemble picture, "The Avengers 2," which is due out in 2015.
LOS ANGELES, March 7 (UPI) -- "Star Wars" creator George Lucas says Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are in talks to star in a seventh installment of the Hollywood franchise.
LOS ANGELES, March 7 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Demi Moore is requesting spousal support from her soon-to-be-ex-husband, actor-producer Ashton Kutcher, TMZ said Thursday.
PALM BEACH, Fla., March 6 (UPI) -- Actress Carrie Fisher has confirmed to Florida's Palm Beach Illustrated she will appear in the upcoming seventh "Star Wars" picture.
LOS ANGELES, March 6 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has sentenced troubled actor Edward Furlong to 180 days in jail for violating his probation, records show.
Kentucky Derby winning jockey Joel Rosario, and his mount Orb, both enjoy a quick bath after winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 2013. UPI/Mark Abraham
