Movies

Los Angeles, July 22: Sam Raimi, admired for directing the “Spiderman” series, has agreed to direct a mega budget movie, which will be an adaptation of the popular online fantasy game “World of Warcraft”.

Cannes, May 20: Robert Pattison of the ‘Twilight’ fame confirmed that there will be a fourth movie in the famous vampire series, while he was rubbing shoulders with the industry bigwigs at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.

Los Angeles, May 18: Although the new thriller “Angels & Demons” did a good business during the week, earning a whopping $152 million through ticket sales, it failed to match the success of “The Da Vinci Code”.

By Andy Goldberg

Los Angeles, April 26: Hollywood's conventional wisdom is that recessions are good for the film business because especially in hard times people will spend a relative pittance at the cinema to escape the economic blues.

Mumbai, April 20: Slumdog Millionaire’s child actor Rubina Ali, after her brief brush with fame, was put up for sale by her father.

Los Angeles, April 13: “Hannah Montana: The Movie” had all it takes to be a smashing hit. Propped up by the 16-year-old queen of teenage girls, Miley Cyrus, the producers of the movie laughed all the way to the bank as it garnered $34 million in ticket sales at theaters in the U.S. and Canada over the Easter weekend.

Washington, April 9 -- "Piyalir Password," the first Bengali film shot entirely in the United States, is all set to be screened in seven US cities to create awareness about the plight of individuals with developmental disabilities in India.

London, April 4 -- Thousands of buyers of the DVD of Oscar winning "Slumdog Millionaire" are furious with the content missing from the discs, compared to what was advertised on the packaging.

Washington, April 3 -- US lawmakers Thursday approved a $3.5-trillion budget outline for 2010 that closely mirrors President Barack Obama's priorities for the country.

It seems that Xbox owners won't be the only die-hard gamers streaming movies from Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX).