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Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies (AP)
July 31, 2010AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," died Saturday at age 96.
Movie tax cuts 'help struggling California economy' (AFP)
July 31, 2010
AFP - A year-old program granting movie studios tax breaks for filming in California has saved jobs and should yield two billion dollars in direct spending, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.
Fincher's Social Network , Taymor's Tempest Anchor 48th NY Film Fest
July 31, 2010The Film Society of Lincoln Center have selected David Fincher's The Social Network to kick off the 48th Annual New York Film Festival on September 24, and Julie Taymor's adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest , starring Helen Mirren to act as its "Centerpiece Selection," playing on October 2.
Liam Neeson Won't Be Playing Spielberg's Lincoln
July 31, 2010For many years, Liam Neeson was attached to star in Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln biopic, which would reteam Neeson with the filmmaker who helped take him to an Oscar nomination for his role in Schindler's List . The casting seemed perfect because the resemblance is uncanny and Neeson is one of the most respected actors in the industry, but it now looks like the project will have to look for another star. Neeson told the site Digital Spy recently he's no longer attached to the project essentially because it's been taking too long since his name was first mentioned.
Robert Rodriguez in Talks for Deadpool ?
July 31, 2010The rumors have been bubbling under for the past few weeks about whether director Robert Rodriguez ( Sin City ) might be called upon to direct Deadpool , the planned spin-off from last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds reprising the role of the "Merc with a Mouth" he played in that movie.
SDCC: Let Me In Interviews
July 31, 2010At last week's Comic-Con in San Diego, ShockTillYouDrop.com got a chance to talk to Let Me In writer/director Matt Reeves and star Chloe Moretz. You can read the two interviews here and here , respectively.
Terrence Howard to join `Law & Order: Los Angeles' (AP)
July 31, 2010
AP - "Law & Order: Los Angeles" is getting another big-name prosecutor.
Gibson's ex-girlfriend urges him `tell the truth' (AP)
July 31, 2010
AP - Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend says she's the victim of a "smear campaign" and never tried to extort money from the Oscar-winning star.
Disney selling Miramax to investors for $660M (AP)
July 31, 2010
AP - The Walt Disney Co. is selling Miramax Films to a group of investors for $660 million, marking a new phase for a studio that helped launch the career of Quentin Tarantino and push independent movies into the mainstream.
Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market (Reuters)
July 31, 2010Reuters - Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this week to 2,000 spectators at the Sarajevo film festival, where he had shopped around his script as an unknown three years before.
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