
According to Vegas and online odds-makers, Los Angeles is heavily favored to be selected by the U.S. Olympic Organizing Committee to represent the U.S. bid for the for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The bottom line is that L.A. has the facilities, Hollywood, and weather that make for the secret sauce of profitability for international events.
by Chriss W. Street23 Dec 2014, 11:43 AM PST0

In a wide-ranging interview with Moviefone published over the weekend, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson slammed the current state of Hollywood movies, saying they are too “franchise-driven” and that he’d like to make smaller films
by Daniel Nussbaum22 Dec 2014, 3:18 PM PST0

Did Darren Aronofsky’s anti-God “Noah” scare faith-based moviegoers away from giving Ridley Scott’s $185 million “Exodus: Gods and Kings” a chance at box office success? According to Deadline, one box office expert thinks so, “I think Noah poisoned the well,
by John Nolte22 Dec 2014, 8:59 AM PST0

Almost unquestionably the greatest film ever made – well, definitely a lot funnier than Citizen Kane, Battleship Potemkin or The Seventh Seal – is Team America. I like its can-do all-American spirit. I like the puppet sex scenes. I like
by James Delingpole19 Dec 2014, 5:36 AM PST0

With Sony’s decision to pull the Seth Rogen/James Franco starrer The Interview from circulation following a brutal hack attack by the North Korean regime, Hollywood finds its list of acceptable villains growing shorter and shorter. Not only did Sony pull
by Ben Shapiro18 Dec 2014, 4:35 PM PST0

AUSTIN, Texas — After Sony Pictures Entertainment cancelled the release of their movie The Interview, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema had announced plans to swap the film with a free showing of Team America: World Police, released by Paramount Pictures in 2004, but now Paramount is ordering
by Sarah Rumpf18 Dec 2014, 1:24 PM PST0

The Sony surrender was striking for how quickly it happened, and how completely. After the studio’s private emails were leaked, and after a shadowy terrorist threat invoked 9/11, the company pulled The Interview from release on Christmas Day. In the entire
by Joel B. Pollak18 Dec 2014, 6:08 AM PST0