ThinkFilm Elects to Distribute 'Nixon'
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Indie distributor ThinkFilm sealed a deal Monday to acquire the Sean Penn-Naomi Watts starrer "The Assassination of Richard Nixon" two weeks before the film is slated to make its North American premiere Sept. 13 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Lionsgate has picked up  U.S. rights to "Butterfly on a Wheel," a thriller starring  Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello.
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Rivals claim credit for âThe Secret,â a DVD and book that promote the power of wishful thinking.
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Ellen Page's pre-"Juno"  star turn in the unconventional split-screen drama "The Tracey  Fragments" will hit U.S. theaters this May via ThinkFilm.
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LONDON  - Twentieth Century Fox is rolling with the Stones after snapping up distribution rights on Tuesday for Britain, Australia and New Zealand to Martin Scorsese's documentary on the Rolling Stones.
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From Broadway to books to movies, Richard Nixon continues to be a fascinatingâand unlikelyâsource of artistic inspiration.
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LOS ANGELES--Filmmaker Michael Moore and distributors behind &quot;Fahrenheit 9/11&quot; have clinched last-minute deals to bring his anti-Bush documentary to pay-per-view television and the Internet on the eve of the US presidential election.
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"The Queen," a superbly acted  reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused  by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to  land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
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The controversial British film "Death  of a President," a fictional documentary showing the  assassination of President George W. Bush, had its first public  showing on Sunday, receiving mild applause from an audience  that seemed more interested in how it was made than why.
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"Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's documentary lambasting President Bush and the war in Iraq will be released on DVD on Oct. 5, its distributor said on Monday.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - Coming soon to a movie   screen near you: prayers, politics and a feature-length film,   united in an effort to mobilize religious groups around global   warming concerns in time for the U.S. midterm election.
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The popularity of political films may signal a change in the way Americans choose to be informed.
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Film studio Twentieth Century Fox, a  unit of News Corp., on Wednesday announced its first eight  movie titles that it will publish on the new DVD format called  Blu-ray and which will be on sale by November.
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LOS ANGELES  - Newmarket Films set itself an unusual challenge when it decided to release the controversial faux investigative documentary "Death of a President" just six weeks after acquiring the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival last month.
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NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-view company has decided not to show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that included a showing of his documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," which is sharply critical of President Bush.    The company, iN DEMAND, said Friday that its decision is due to "legitimate business and legal concerns." A spokesman would not elaborate...
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Film studio Twentieth Century Fox, a   unit of News Corp. NWS.N, on Thursday announced its first   eight movie titles that it will publish on the new DVD format   called Blu-ray and which will be on sale by November.
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"The Queen," a superbly acted   reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused   by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to   land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.