Front Page: Wild Bunch to handle international sales for BBC pic -- Paramount Pictures U.K. has snapped up U.K. distribution rights to Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough starrer "Shadow Dancer."
Front Page: 84th Academy Awards set for Feb. 26, 2012 -- The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced its key dates for 84th Academy Awards including the date of the show which will be held on Feb. 26 at the Kodak Theater.
Front Page: High hopes for upcoming franchise projects -- As the "Twilight" franchise draws to an end, Summit will need some eternal vampire blood to keep in the game.
Front Page: Pricey project sets up one-stop nightlife spot -- Brit company Punchdrunk' environmental, film-noir dance retelling of "Macbeth" mashes up elements of theater, installation art and nightlife in a way that's difficult to sum up for potential ticketbuyers.
Front Page: Firth film rakes in over $19 million during the week -- Awards success translated to cash at the overseas box office for the week of March 4-6, as "The King's Speech" reigned supreme with $19.4 million -- its best weekend to date, and its first since the Oscarcast.
Front Page: Producers and marketers take cues from focus groups -- For many Broadway producers, market research is the thing you do when you stand at the back of the house and gauge an audience's reactions to a show.
Front Page: Popular composers face difficulty in musical theater -- "Hair." "Rent." "Jesus Christ Super-star." Each in the landmark trio of original Broadway rock musicals has one thing in common: They weren't written by composers with rock 'n' roll cred.
Front Page: London preps to gain visual effects business -- Of all the magic performed by Harry Potter in the past decade, the growth charm cast upon the U.K.'s visual effects sector has been among the most dramatic.
Front Page: Average cost cracks the $8 mark -- Movie ticket prices have resumed their inexorable climb, with the average cost of a ducat cracking the $8 mark for the first time in the fourth quarter, according to the National Assn. of Theater Owners.
Front Page: HRTS moderator trashes Golden Globes, tweaks Nick -- As a one-time member of the TV Academy's Board of Governors, "Rescue Me" exec producer Peter Tolan made a case for tossing out the org's Emmy voting process.