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  1. Cannes: Melbourne's Movie Market Secures Four More Years

    9:00 pm PDT 5/21/2013
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    A part of the Melbourne International Film Festival, the market gets part of a $5.1 million state government support package from the Australian state government of Victoria. READ MORE

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  2. Appeals Court Revives Ex-QB's Lawsuit Over 'NCAA Football' Game

    2:39 pm PDT 5/21/2013
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    In an important appeal that divided Hollywood, the Third Circuit sides with the likeness rights of celebrities over protections afforded by the First Amendment. (SAG 1, MPAA 0) READ MORE

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  3. Cannes: Weinstein Co. Picks Up Reeves-Witherspoon Space Romance 'Passengers'

    11:43 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    The project was developed by Reeves and Stephen Hamel at their Company Films and will be the feature directorial debut of TV helmer Brian Kirk. READ MORE

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  4. Hollywood Docket: Digital Music Class Action; Aereokiller Settlement; Snoop Lion Lawsuit

    11:32 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    A roundup of entertainment law news including why a judge won't dismiss copyright claims against Apple and Google. READ MORE

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  5. Cannes: Metrodome Takes Lukas Moodysson's 'We Are the Best!'

    6:36 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    Moodysson's adaptation of his wife Coco's graphic novel is the story of three outsiders living in 1980s Stockholm. READ MORE

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  6. Cannes: 'In a Better World,' 'Girl With Dragon Tattoo' Producers Unite for Viking Epic

    6:00 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    “The Long Ships,” based on the novel by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, follows the life of 10th-century Norseman Red Orm. READ MORE

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  7. Cannes: U.K.'s Rainmark Films Partners With Germany's Beta for Nordic Crime Thriller

    4:26 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    The producers behind HBO's "Game of Thrones" and "Into The Storm" have inked a deal for of Derek B. Miller’s "Norwegian By Night." READ MORE

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  8. KKR Exits Australia's Seven West Media; Tim Worner Promoted to Seven West CEO

    4:15 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. comes to the end of its investment period after a seven year partnership. READ MORE

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  9. Cannes: U.K. to Get 'Sake-Bombed'

    2:26 am PDT 5/21/2013
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    Culture-clash comedy penned by Jeff Mizushima sells to Third Window Films. READ MORE

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  10. Eminem's Music Publisher Suing Facebook (Exclusive)

    4:17 pm PDT 5/20/2013
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    Rather than pulling down an advertisement that allegedly incorporated an Eminem song, the defendant's lawyers attacked hip-hop legend Dr. Dre for stealing from Michael Jackson. READ MORE

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  11. WGA Sets 'Fashion Police' Rally at E! Headquarters

    3:52 pm PDT 5/20/2013
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    The action supports the month-old strike and is part of a larger strategy to unionize unscripted programming. READ MORE

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  12. TiVo Loses Less Money Than Predicted

    3:48 pm PDT 5/20/2013
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    The DVR pioneer records a $10.3 million loss on $82.6 million in revenue while adding an impressive number of subscribers. READ MORE

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  13. Warner Bros. Wraps 'Smallville' Lawsuit By Settling with Writers

    3:30 pm PDT 5/20/2013
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    Miles Millar and Alfred Gough had claimed millions of dollars in damages over the way WBTV handled financials on the long-running Superman series. READ MORE

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  14. Cannes: Monterey Media Secures U.S. Passage for 'The Citizen'

    3:00 pm PDT 5/20/2013
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    Sam Kadi marks his directorial debut with the project about an Arab immigrant who arrives in NYC on Sept. 10, 2001 having a won a green card in the lottery. READ MORE

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  15. Cannes: Exclusive Media Inks Equity Slate Deal

    9:19 am PDT 5/20/2013
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    The company strikes deal with U.K.-based entrepreneur and technology guru Toby Moores and film industry veteran Wendy Rutland. READ MORE

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  16. Cannes: Sci-Fi Horror Tale 'Human Race' Sells for Germany, Australia, Japan

    7:19 am PDT 5/20/2013
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    XLrator picked up U.S. rights to Paul Hough's feature, in which 80 people are forced to engage in a race to the death. READ MORE

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  17. Tumblr Founder Calls Yahoo Purchase 'Awesome,' Drops F-Bomb

    6:45 am PDT 5/20/2013
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    Meanwhile, Marissa Mayer officially announces the $1.1 billion acquisition, promising "not to screw it up." READ MORE

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  18. Cannes: Atlas Takes On Colm Meaney-starrer 'A Belfast Story'

    5:49 am PDT 5/20/2013
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    Atlas' Cannes slate also includes "Jamesy Boy" with Mary-Louise Parker and "Road to Palamo" with "Conan" star Jason Momoa. READ MORE

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  19. Cannes: Germany's Studio 100 Launches Film Division

    1:12 am PDT 5/20/2013
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    The first project from the group will be a feature film version of classic children's cartoon Maya the Bee. READ MORE

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  20. Cannes: Kurt Russell, Peter Sarsgaard to Star in 'Bone Tomahawk' (Exclusive)

    9:00 pm PDT 5/19/2013
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    Novelist, screenwriter and cinematographer S. Craig Zahler will make his directorial debut with the film which stars Jennifer Carpenter and Timothy Olyphant; Magnolia takes U.S. rights. READ MORE

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