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'The Adjustment Bureau' Lawsuit Re-Filed

April 24th, 2012 8:40am EDT
The Adjustment Bureau
The trustees of Philip K. Dick's estate have re-launched their legal battle with the producers of Matt Damon thriller The Adjustment Bureau, two months after the initial lawsuit was dropped.

The late author's executors claim the estate is owed money from the 2011 adaptation of the writer's sci-fi story, Adjustment Team, and filed a lawsuit last year targeting director George Nolfi, producer Michael Hackett, Media Rights Capitol and its subsidiaries.

The case was dropped in February after a judge threw out key parts of the suit, but representatives of the Philip K. Dick Testamentary Trus...
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Colin Farrell Offers $25,000 Reward For Missing Belt?

September 9th, 2011 8:40am EDT
Colin Farrell
Actor Colin Farrell Is Offering A $25,000 Reward For His Lucky Belt After It Went Missing, According To A U.K. Report.

The leather accessory was a gift from his dad Eamon Farrell, a former soccer star who played for Ireland's Shamrock Rovers Football Club.

It is said to have been stolen a few weeks ago and the Minority Report star is desperate to get it back, according to Britain's The Sun.

A source tells the newspaper, "Colin has had this lucky leather belt for so long he just can't bear to get rid of it. The thing is literally coming apart at the seams."

"The belt has undergone nu...
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Spotlight On Films In Which Technology Has Gone Awry: Our Grim Future Awaits

September 23rd, 2009 12:43pm EDT
Surrogates
As we look forward to the future, we are hopeful that technology and the overall standard of living will continue to improve. Many films set in the distant or even in the more immediate future paint it as a grim place where our dependence on technology has blinded us to our own humanity.

We are reminded that technology yields great power and that great power can corrupt our souls. Films portraying this version of our future are meant to provoke commentary about the ethical dilemmas the characters face and to help steer humanity in a more thoughtful direction.

With the movie "Surroga...
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Everything Geeky: The E3 Breakdown

June 8th, 2009 12:14pm EDT
E3
Last week was one of the most exciting times for video game fans, and the forums were buzzing with the squeals of excited fanboys (and girls!). Listen, no matter what changes E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) has gone through in the past, it is still the number one place for the game industry to shine. Companies shell out their money in huge ways and they save all their biggest announcements for this week.

Oh what I'd give to be in Los Angeles! For us sad sacks who couldn't get into the convention, which is now mostly just for media and creators, the news kept flying out on Twitter, ...
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The 'That Guy' Encyclopedia, Letters L Through Z

May 29th, 2008 10:45am EDT
Danny Trejo
Throughout cinematic history, there has been a plethora of actors that, for some reason or another, never become a household name. So here is a cheat sheet of sorts, a brief encyclopedia on "That Guy." Part Two: Letters L-Z. If you missed the first installment, you can check it out here.

Stubborn General or Muslim, Harry Lennix

Lennix played Lock, the unbelieving general in Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions. He appeared in short bursts in TV shows such as Diagnosis Murder and ER before a longer stay on Commander in Chief. He played a Moor in Titus and a Muslim in 24. He is currently s...
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Colin Farrell And Ewan McGregor Star In 'Cassandra's Dream,' Now On DVD

May 28th, 2008 8:30pm EDT
Cassandra
Every dream has a price in Cassandra's Dream, debuting on DVD May 27 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company. In Academy Award® winner Woody Allen's third consecutive film set in contemporary London, following Match Point and Scoop, the acclaimed writer/director attempts to show just how far people will go to make their dreams come true. Colin Farrell (Miami Vice, Minority Report) and Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor (Star Wars films, Moulin Rouge) star as two brothers who find themselves desperate to better their troubled lives.

Named for a boat that the brothers pick up...
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Samantha Morton's Stalker Cleared

March 30th, 2008 5:30pm EDT
Samantha Morton
A man has been cleared of harassing actress Samantha Morton - but ordered to stay away from the star. Noel Watts, 42, was said to have imagined a "fantasy relationship" with the Minority Report star, after becoming infatuated with her when he began dating one of her friends in the 1990s.

During the trial, Morton told the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court how Watts bombarded her agent with "angry" letters, calls and texts declaring his love for her.

Watts escaped the harassment charge, because Morton only ever received one text message. However, he was given a restraining orde...
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The Five Best & Worst Movies Starring Tom Cruise

March 4th, 2008 2:00pm EST
Cruise in Mission Impossible 2
The inherent problem with writing a piece on Tom Cruise's best and worst films stems from the realization that there are very few bad movies in his repertoire. In fact, he is one of the few actors in which his name defines the movie as opposed to the movie defining him.

For example, when people see a movie starring Tom Cruise they often say, "We are going to see the new Tom Cruise movie." How many times has the statement been overheard, "I am going to see the new Daniel Day-Lewis movie?" And that guy just won an Oscar.

When developing a ranking of the best and worst movies of His...
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Samantha Morton's Stalker Jailed

February 3rd, 2008 9:45am EST
Samantha Morton
A British man accused of stalking actress Samantha Morton has pleaded not guilty to two counts of harassment. Noel Watts, 42, was said to have imagined a "fantasy relationship" with the Minority Report star, after becoming infatuated with her when he began dating one of her friends in the 1990s.

He had previously been handed a harassment order after bombarding Morton with telephone calls and text messages in 2004, and he attempted to contact the Golden Globe winner again in December. He was arrested in January after breaking into the office of Morton's agent.

Appearing in London's...
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Alanis Morissette Lands A Movie Role

November 1st, 2007 3:43pm EDT
Alanis Morissette
American singer Alanis Morissette has landed a role in upcoming movie Radio Free Albemuth. Morissette will play a young cancer sufferer in the movie adaptation of a novel by Philip K Dick, the science-fiction writer behind box office hits Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall.

The 33-year-old says, "I feel blessed to portray Sylvia and to be part of this story being told in film."

-Check out Alanis Morissette's Filmography

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)
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Tom Cruise Wins MOMI Honor

July 11th, 2007 9:49am EDT
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is set to be honored at New York City's Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in November. The Minority Report star, 45, follows in the footsteps of former honorees Sidney Lumet, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Julia Roberts and James Stewart.

MOMI director Rochelle Slovin said they chose Cruise for his outstanding 27-year film career, which started with Endless Love in 1981.

Slovin says, "Tom Cruise is one of the premier American actors of his generation. Working with the great directors of our time - (including) Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubri...
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Gamebox 1.0 Comes To DVD April 10

April 4th, 2007 1:00am EDT
Gamebox 1.0
Charlie Nash is an expert video game tester whose life has become unbearable after the tragic shooting of his girlfriend Kate. Finding no comfort in his friends or job, Charlie loses himself in video games. After receiving a mysterious test game in the mail, he immerses himself in its amazingly realiztic, 3-D fantasy universe. However, Charlie soon learns this virtual world is very real, as he's plunged into a perilous, life-and-death battle against the game from which there is little chance of escape - or survival. In this pulse-pounding, effects-packed, sci-fi thriller, the only way o...
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Steven Spielberg Was Stunned Paramount Cut Ties With Tom Cruise

August 25th, 2006 9:30am EDT
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg insists he had no prior knowledge of Paramount's decision to end their partnership with Tom Cruise, declaring he was stunned by the news. Spielberg's Dreamworks company is owned by Paramount Pictures and has directed Cruise in Minority Report and War Of The Worlds.

Spielberg also owns the talent firm Creative Artists Agency, which represents Cruise. When the chairman of Viacom (Paramount's parent company) Sumner Redstone announced the studios would not be renewing Cruise's 14-year production deal due to his "recent conduct," internet gossips claimed Spielberg was awar...
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Tom Cruise Hits Back at Paramount

August 23rd, 2006 8:41am EDT
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise and his business partner Paula Wagner have hit back at "offensive" Paramount Pictures after the studio failed to renew its producing contract with the actor, blaming his controversial off-screen behavior.

The star's company Cruise/Wagner Productions worked with the studio for 14 years, jointly producing blockbusters such as War Of The Worlds, Minority Report and the Mission: Impossible movies. On Tuesday, the chairman of Viacom - Paramount's parent company - Sumner Redstone announced the deal was not being renewed.

Redstone told the Wall Street Journal, "His recent co...
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Samantha Morton Will Tie The Knot

May 19th, 2006 10:17am EDT
Samantha Morton
Minority Report star Samantha Morton is getting married. The British actress - who is best friends with Kate Moss - accepted fiance Harry Holm's proposal when he asked her to marry him last Saturday. Morton said: "We're over the moon. We're very much in love and looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together."

The couple were in Paris, France celebrating her 29 th birthday at the time. They are expected to tie the knot in September. Johnny Borrell - the frontman of British rock group Razorlight - has been named as best man.

Meanwhile the actress has signed up to play c...
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Paramount Buys DreamWorks, Acquires Entire Live-Action Library

December 12th, 2005 2:43pm EST
Gladiator
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc., has signed a definitive agreement to purchase DreamWorks SKG for $1.6 billion in cash and assumption of debt. Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will acquire the entire DreamWorks live-action library, which includes 59 films including such titles as Gladiator and American Beauty, both of which were winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

In addition, Paramount is acquiring rights to such acclaimed Steven Spielberg-directed blockbusters as War of the Worlds, Catch Me If You Can, Saving Private Ryan, and Minority Report, along ...
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