Earlier today, I had the chance to speak with the extremely talented actor John Hawkes, who was promoting the Blu-ray release of Roadracers. After talking about why he turned down The Governor role on The Walking Dead, I asked him about a movie project I am very much looking ...

AP - As the movie business rapidly makes the switch to digital technology, historic movie houses like the Palace Theatre in Buffalo, N.Y., are scrambling to raise funds to pay for the change.

Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid are in early negotiations to take on lead roles in Danny Schechter, Switch. Ty Burrell, John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey have all signed on already.The project is an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel. The story follows Mickey Dawson (Jennifer Aniston) and her crooked real ...

Deadline reports that Jennifer Aniston and Dennis Quaid are in talks to join Ty Burrell, John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey in writer/director Dan Schechter's Switch . The site says that "Aniston is in talks to play Mickey Dawson, and Quaid to play her crooked real ...

Modern Family star Ty Burrell has joined the cast of Switch, writer-director Daniel Schechter's prequel to Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown.We first reported on this project last week, when John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) joined the cast. The story is set 15 years before the events of Jackie ...

Actors John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) have signed on to star in Switch, a prequel to the Elmore Leonard adaptation Jackie Brown.Robert De Niro starred as the ex-con Louis Gara in Jackie Brown, with Samuel L. Jackson starring as the low-rent arms dealer Ordell ...

Famously played on the big screen by Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro in 1997's Jackie Brown , the characters Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara first appeared in the 1978 Elmore Leonard novel The Switch . Now, Variety reports that that novel's adaptation is ...

Reuters - Veteran Hollywood Talent Manager Pat O'Brien has been convicted of violating the Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act of 2009, for charging advanced fees to parents of aspiring child actors.

Universal Pictures has picked up the spec script Bait and Switch from screenwriter Matthew J. O'Neil, which is being eyed as a starring vehicle for Mark Wahlberg.No details were given on the story, except that it will be an action-comedy. Mark Wahlberg will produce Bait and Switch along with ...

Variety reports that Universal Pictures has acquired Matthew J. O'Neill's spec script Bait and Switch , which may star Mark Wahlberg. The actor is producing the project with Scott Stuber, John Jacobs and Stephen Levinson. Zac Unterman will executive produce. The trade says that the storyline for the action ...

Thomas Robinson talks about playing Sebastian alongside Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman in The SwitchThe Switch, which stars Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 15. One of the other stars of the movie is Thomas Robinson, who makes his feature debut in ...

Reuters - "Funny People" actress Leslie Mann has been cast in the Universal comedy "The Change-Up."