The movie-rental service Netflix Inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with Hollywood studios with which it partners for DVD and Internet distribution. The financial impact on the company will be small, and only four out of about 400 employees are losing their jobs. (Associated Press) Read Full Story

There was a time when Zack Snyder could walk through the Comic-Con convention of comic book devotees, picking through Watchmen graphic stories undisturbed like any other geek. No more. Snyder has become a member of the convention’s nerd royalty: a small corps of filmmakers who have won the grudging respect of this often haughty crowd. (USA Today) Read Full Story

“Batman has no limits,” says Bruce Wayne to his manservant, Alfred, early in “The Dark Knight,” and the accountants at Warner Brothers, which released the movie, are likely to agree. I’m not so sure. “The Dark Knight,” praised by critics for its somber themes and grand ambitions, has proven to be a mighty box office force in a summer already dominated by superheroes of various kinds. But any comic book fan knows that a hero at the height of his powers is a few panels removed from mortal... Read Full Story

Will Smith is officially Hollywood’s topped paid actor, after Forbes magazine revealed this years top ten paid actors. The rapper-turned TV actor-turned Hollywood hero, who is often cited as Hollywood’s hardest working actor is the first to have had eight straight box office smashes raking in over $100 million each. (Tale Tela) Read Full Story

Intel and DreamWorks Animation SKG have formed a strategic alliance to work together on 3-D filmmaking technology, the companies said Tuesday. The fruits of their collaboration will first be seen in the animated film “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which is scheduled for domestic release March 27, 2009. DreamWorks has said that all of its feature films will be in 3-D starting next year. (Information Week) Read Full Story

  It’s a tough life for actors — you spend years developing your craft, going out on auditions, hoping to one day get that big break. Then the big break happens, and suddenly you find yourself getting typecast for the rest of your career. The threat of pigeonholing is one that every successful thespian faces, and perhaps none more so than the ones who do science-fiction television. For every “Star Trek” regular who gets to do Shakespeare, there’s a dozen more who find it difficult to find... Read Full Story

All the worries about a lousy housing market, sky-high gasoline prices and job losses should make this a natural time for Americans to grab the remote and seek solace in front of the television set. As TV executives prepare for the 2008-09 broadcast season, they can only hope audiences will be looking for an extra dose of escapism. (Reuters) Read Full Story

Rob Cohen has been battling mummies and dragon emperors from the director’s chair as of late!   He took some time during the press day for the film with the IESB and a group of journalists to talk about his experience taking up the franchise! Plus he weighs in on a few other projects he may have in the pipeline!  (IESB) Read Full Story

It’s been 6 years since we last saw Mulder and Scully sharing screentime together. It’s been 6 years since one of the most loved TV shows of all-time went off the air. After legal battles, time conflict resolutions and a studio finally saying ‘yes’ to a project fans have been screaming for for years, The X-Files is finally back in everyone’s life on July 25th. Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly and Amanda Peet, The X-Files is being classified as a supernatural thriller... Read Full Story

During a break on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — described to us as a “remote air force base” at an “undisclosed location” — horror franchise reviver and blockbuster director extraordinaire Michael Bay hopped on the phone to give us the scoop on the Transformers sequel, his other projects in the works, and his reaction to that Dark Knight script circling the Internet with his name on it… (EW) Read Full Story