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More than a year after its formation, Paramount Home Entertainment's ambitious direct-to-video initiative has a branded name, concrete production and release plans and a series of senior management appointments.

Deluxe Digital Studios has responded to increasing market requirements to move content around quickly.

The third time must have been more charmed than anybody realized, if Kirk's really tempted to buy MGM a fourth time.

James McAvoy and Emily Blunt might soon discover the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- if you're a garden gnome in love.

The sci-fi saturation of the film biz shows little sign of letup. The latest project is a Phoenix Pictures feature based on a Robert Heinlein novela and written and directed by Alex Proyas.

Tom Cruise is developing an interest in comic book movies, setting up "Sleeper" at Warner Bros. with Sam Raimi.

Michael Emanuel has ordered up his human buffet.

Penelope Cruz will receive a Gotham Award Tribute at the 18th annual Gotham Awards.

U.S. directors Rod Lurie, Neil Burger, Jodie Markell and Gavin O'Connor were among those snaring world premieres Tuesday as the Toronto International Film Festival finalized its lineup.

Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for "The Hobbit" and its companion film has ended.

Writer Adam Stone is in a race to stop the release of Universal's "Death Race."

IndiePix Studios, the production arm of Web-based distributor IndiePix, has invested $700,000 in its first slate of five films.

Moviegoers who can't resist singing along to "Dancing Queen" are in luck.

Matt Umbarger of Irvine, Calif., took the first place award, worth $10,000, in the 10th annual Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition for his screenplay "The Terminals."

Film composer Lalo Schifrin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival.

Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are going into the light. The "Boogeyman" scribes are rolling out more children's nightmares for MGM's planned remake of "Poltergeist."

Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are going into the light. The "Boogeyman" scribes are rolling out more children's nightmares for MGM's planned remake of "Poltergeist."

Actor John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are conjuring up a rewrite of "Burt Dickenson, Most Powerful Magician on the Planet Earth."

Veteran motion picture technologist and Oscar winner Gary Demos is bringing his expertise to restoration business Lowry Digital.

Anne V. Coates -- editor of David Lean's epic "Lawrence of Arabia" -- will be recognized at next month's Edit 11: The Filmmaker's Festival with the event's highest award, Festival Honors.