Entertainment

Jerry Rothwell ("Deep Water") is to direct a feature documentary about the Canada-originating environmental group Greenpeace from Insight Production Company and Met Film, it was announced at MIPTV.

Summit Entertainment is in negotiations to acquire feature film rights to “Homelanders,” a young-adult book series by Andrew Klavan.

Delroy Lindo has been tapped for a lead role on Fox's drama pilot "Ride-Along."

A slew of baby-themed movies, including "Life As We Know It," are making their way to theaters. Why has Hollywood become obsessed with infants?

"Miss Guided" creator Caroline Williams has inked a sizable two-script deal with Warner Bros. Television.

A concept prototype of a 3D camera built by Sony and co-developed with Discovery was unveiled Sunday during the Digital Cinema Summit at the National Association of Broadcasters convention.

When Conan O'Brien kicks off his U.S. comedy tour Monday night, the most important critics to impress will be the owners of Fox stations.

The top Comcast executives behind the cable giant's play for NBC Universal got a big raise in compensation for 2009.

A movie project about Pompeii that Roman Polanski was set to direct two years ago is being re-imagined as a miniseries by a partnership that includes Sony Pictures TV, Scott Free and German producer Tandem.

"Clash of the Titans' " second straight weekend in the top int'l boxoffice spot pushed its overseas gross total to $118.7 million.

Emerging from a recession-battered global TV market, buyers and sellers will convene on the Riviera this week to talk co-production, formats and low-cost production at the TV sales market MIPTV.

"Designing Women" actress Dixie Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, has died. She was 70.

Ben Silverman is going back to his career roots as an international reality formats specialist as he heads to Cannes under his new banner, Electus.

Friday night at the multiplex looked a lot like Thursday night on NBC with Fox’s "Date Night," starring Steve Carell of "The Office" and Tina Fey of "30 Rock," slightly ahead of a fairly crowded pack of contenders.

Fox and Universal have both struck a deal with Netflix that will give the by-mail DVD service rights to stream more titles, plus cheaper DVDs, with the trade-off being it will have to wait 28 days before renting new releases.

Locked in a battle with activist shareholder Carl Icahn, Lionsgate on Friday said a proxy advisory firm, Glass Lewis & Co., is recommending that investors vote in favor of the company's proposed poison pill defense.

"How to Better Market a Film Opening" might be the sequel to 3-D film "How to Train Your Dragon" if critics have their way.

CBS is looking to replace another departing veteran daytime drama with a revival of a classic game show.

The Writers Guild of America, East, AFL-CIO and ABC have reached a tentative deal for a new three-year contract for ABC TV and radio news employees in New York and Washington.

MTV has renewed freshman reality series "The Buried Life" for a second season.