LOS ANGELES, May 9 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Warner Bros. studio has announced it is closing its specialty film units Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- In a familiar Hollywood story, the producer of Oscar contender "The Painted Veil" is ticked off over the film's final cut.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. had its most profitable year ever in 2005 but this year the California studio could lose more than $120 million due to film flops.

LOS ANGELES, July 11 (UPI) -- Movie industry insiders say Warner Bros. Pictures will not consider a Superman sequel unless "Superman Returns" tops $200,000 million in the United States.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Author James Frey's confession that he made up parts of his best-seller "A Million Little Pieces" has Warner Bros. reconsidering plans to make a film version.

HOLLYWOOD, June 23 (UPI) -- Paramount reportedly has a deal with Brad Pitt, giving the filmmaker first crack at theatrical motion pictures developed at Pitt's Plan B.

LOS ANGELES, March 24 (UPI) -- M. Night Shyamalan will write and direct his next film for Warner Bros. Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter said Thursday. Shyamalan has made his last four pictures for The Walt Disney Co. -- including his breakout hit "The Sixth Sense" and the blockbuster "

HOLLYWOOD, March 1 (UPI) -- Actor/director Clint Eastwood is lending his raspy voice and craggy face, as well as his financial backing, to the videogame version of "Dirty Harry."