Red Flag Releasing has acquired Michael Brown's documentary High Ground. The indie distributor plans a late summer release.

Gerard Butler is back.

The actor recently completed a "successful course of treatment" for substance-abuse issues "and has returned home in good health," a spokesperson confirmed to People. The news comes just three weeks after Butler checked himself into the Betty Ford clinic, since he had developed a reliance on prescription painkillers following a serious surfing injury.

Swedish actor Fares Fares has been cast in Kathryn Bigelow's forthcoming film about Navy SEAL Team Six’s take-down of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden.

The untitled film from The Hurt Locker director and writer Mark Boal has a Dec. 19 release date. Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures is financing.

Martha Stephens' Pilgrim Song will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March. The drama will screen as one of the eight films in the narrative competition.

The Hollywood Reporter here exclusively previews the poster art for the film.

Sacha Baron Cohen, responding to the Academy's unwillingness to let him appear on the Oscars red carpet at his character from the upcoming comedy The Dictator, has posted a video message online.

"While I applaud the Academy for taking away my right to free speech, I warn you that if you do not lift your sanctions, and give me my tickets back by 12pm Sunday, you will face unimaginable consequences!"

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Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Alison Klayman's documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. The IFC Films sister division plans a summer theatrical release to coincide with Weiwei's first trip outside of China since his detention.