The $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc was in jeopardy on Tuesday, with banks increasingly reluctant to provide financing, a source familiar with the situation said.
Ian McKellen (“X-Men”), who played Gandalf the wizard in the three Lord of the Rings movies, posted on his personal blog that he is interested in reprising the role in the Peter Jackson produced “The Hobbit” trilogy now in development.
Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) will finally give himself completely over to the dark side when The CW Network’s “Smallville” returns with new episodes later this month, thus sealing his fate as Superman’s number one arch nemesis for years to come in the famous mythos.
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Special Edition),” from Buena Vista Home Entertainment topped the list of the Top 5 video sellers this past week.
Colin Ferguson, who stars as Sheriff Jack Carter on the SCI FI Channel original series Eureka, said in a recent interview with SCI FI Wire that fans are in for some major surprises when the show returns for its third season.
Russian independent production company Central Partnership is moving into animation with a $1 million stake in a 3-D cartoon take on “Romeo and Juliet,” according to Variety. The film, titled “Peregrine” tells the story of Mitya, a falcon adopted at birth by a family of pigeons.
DreamWorks has made a preemptive six-figure acquisition of “Imaginary Friends,” a fantasy adventure script by first-timers Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz.
77 year old Leonard Nimoy suffered a minor injury to his nose after taking a fall on the darkened set during a shoot of the next Star Trek feature film directed by J.J. Abrams. While no official word has come from Paramount or the Nimoy camp, others on the scene said the iconic actor/director/photographer is doing fine.
Lucy Lawless told iF Magazine in an interview that fans of the “Battlestar Galactica” series will not be disappointed with the series finale episode of the show and it will leave them eager to see how it all got started with the upcoming prequel series “Caprica.”
The great Richard Widmark passed away at the age of 93. Widmark starred in such landmark films as “Panic in the Streets,” “Judgment at Nuremberg,” “The Alamo” and so many more. He was one of Hollywood’s most prolific actors, producers and directors, a real icon of American Cinema.
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