Angels & Demons (movie)

Hollywood could be back on its feet as early as Monday. The major studios and the Writers Guild of America are putting the finishing touches on a deal that could bring an end to the costly walkout. Today the two sides are expected to finalize a three-...

Talks between Hollywood writers and studios imploded Friday, dashing hopes of an imminent resolution to a five-week-old strike that has upended the entertainment industry. The impasse is the latest turn in what has become one of the most tumultuous and...

Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole had been riding all day, chasing bad guys across the chaparral in the western "Appaloosa." As actors Viggo Mortensen (who was playing Hitch) and Ed Harris (Cole) sat around a campfire filming a scene on the Galisteo, N.M.,...

J.J. Abrams' revamp of the "Star Trek" franchise has been moved off its Christmas 2008 release. According to the media reports, the Paramount produced Muppet Babies version of "Star Trek" will now open on May 8, 2009. According to the industry trade...

"Angels & Demons," Sony's sequel to the blockbuster "Da Vinci Code," is the first high profile movie casualty of the writers strike. Although Akiva Goldman rushed his adaptation of the Dan Brown novel to beat the Nov. 1 WGA deadline, the studio didn't...

Already long delayed, the Johnny Depp vehicle "Shantaram" has been put on hold due to the writers strike. According to Variety, also going on hold is Rob Marshall's big screen version of the Tony-winning "Nine." Mira Nair was set to direct "Shantaram,"...

SO the 82-voting members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. have punted. They're either unable or unwilling to designate any sort of Oscar front-runner. Instead, the group has nominated as many as 12 films for either best film, drama or comedy, for...

LOS ANGELES, March 15, 2007 – The Los Angeles Times announced today the launch of a quarterly guest editor program for Current, the Sunday edition commentary section. Brian Grazer, Oscar® and Emmy®-winning writer-producer, has been chosen to oversee the...

Columbia has set a February start date for the "Da Vinci Code" sequel "Angels & Demons," which assumes the film will have a shootable script. According to Variety, screenwriter Akiva Goldsman is huddling with producers Brian Grazer and John Calley,...

"It's pencil down until midnight on Halloween," says Akiva Goldsman, an Oscar-winning writer-producer. That's his current schedule as he tries to finish his latest draft of "Angels and Demons," the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code," before the Writers Guild...

The Italian Catholic Church has refused to grant permission for "Angels & Demons" to film in two churches in Rome. Why are we not surprised? "Angels & Demons" is the follow-up to the blockbuster success of "The Da Vinci Code" and stars Tom Hanks and...

Universal is scrambling for a new A-list star after Brad Pitt pulled out of the studio's political drama "State of Play." The Kevin Macdonald-directed adaptation of the critically acclaimed British miniseries was supposed to begin production on...