Jason Blum

"Identity Thief" has stolen back the top spot at the weekend box office, taking in an estimated $14.1 million to trump new releases "Snitch" and "Dark Skies," according to an estimate from distributor Universal Pictures. Co-financed by Universal and...

With the Oscars telecast airing on Sunday, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest weekend of the year. There won't be as much to celebrate at the box office, however, as two new films are expected to have lackluster debuts. "Snitch," an action film...

In the new horror film “Sinister,” Ethan Hawke plays a struggling true-crime novelist named Ellison Oswalt, a writer who, in ......

Sometimes, if you go looking for magic, you may find it. Then the problem is -- what do you do with it next? On Tuesday, Feb. 7, ABC premieres "The River," a drama series starring Bruce Greenwood ("Star Trek," "John From Cincinnati") as Emmet Cole, a...

In the fourth Sundance Film Festival deal for sales agent Josh Braun, LD Distribution has bought the girl-power fright film "Black Rock" for more than $1 million with a planned national theatrical release, according to people close to the deal. LD, a...

Seven months after dropping a movie project based on the board game "Ouija" over concerns about its proposed budget of about $150 million, Universal Pictures is again planning to make the picture -- but at a much reduced cost....

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ABC on Tuesday announced its 2011-12 prime time schedule that includes 13 new shows, seven of which will premiere this fall. Among the new entries is "Pan Am," adrama about pilots and flight attendants set in the 1960s (everyone seems to be creating their...

You may remember John Horn's name from our Comic-Con International coverage, he led our team of reporters in San Diego while I took a year off from the expo so I could sit on a beach in Hawaii with my......

Producer Jason Blum spent nearly two years bringing the ultra-low-budget thriller 'Paranormal Activity' to theaters. 'It finally feels,' he says, 'like we're entering the third act.' When Blum saw long lines snaking around the ArcLight Hollywood last...

John Horn writes on the Company Town blog that "Paranormal Activity" has seized the attention of young horror fans in a big way and reminds some people of a box-office haunting from a decade ago. Here's an excerpt with links......