UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- Executives from Universal Pictures and Hasbro Tuesday announced plans to release "Stretch Armstrong," a Hollywood movie based on the action figure, in 2011.

LONDON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Representatives for New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe and British director Ridley Scott deny reports saying the frequent collaborators aren't getting along.

LOS ANGELES , June 16 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. reportedly is in talks to star in the genre-mixing flick "Cowboys & Aliens," tentatively scheduled for a 2010 release.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The producers behind "Angels & Demons" are trying to finalize their shooting script before the Oct. 31 expiration of the Writers Guild of America contract.

HOLLYWOOD, July 13 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures won't have to imagine life without Imagine Entertainment for another five years, as the two Hollywood giants renewed their agreement.

LOS ANGELES, June 25 (UPI) -- Hollywood heavyweight Brett Ratner has been tapped to direct "Playboy," a long-planned movie about Hugh Hefner's life at the center of the sexual revolution.

LOS ANGELES, June 9 (UPI) -- Hollywood Democrats are reportedly returning to Hillary Clinton after a flirtation with her fellow U.S. senator and presidential campaign rival, Barack Obama.

HOLLYWOOD, June 4 (UPI) -- Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of the Hollywood adaptation of the Tony award-nominated play "Frost/Nixon." The play is based on a series of televised interviews that David Frost had with former President Nixon in 1977.

LOS ANGELES, April 14 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Times named a new editorial page editor to replace the man who resigned over the paper's decision not to run a guest-edited special section.