Andy Serkis, the actor behind the creature Gollum in Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be appearing in the director's new movie, a remake of the classic film King Kong, due out Christmas 2005. Read more...

Chinese director Zhang Yimou's 2002 epic movie Hero has topped the US box office chart this weekend. The film stars Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming and Donnie Yen. Read more...

Mina Nair, director of Monsoon Wedding, has been offered to direct the fifth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, slated for 2006. Read more...

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the last film in the Star Wars movie saga due out next year, has been planned for reshooting. Actors Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels and Jimmy Smits are scheduled for the reshoots. Read more...

Exorcist: The Beginning, the prequel to the 1973 horror classic, topped the US box-office chart for this weekend by 18.2 million. However, critics and fans bashed the film, calling it horrifyingly bad. Read more...

Casting has been announced for Memoirs of a Geisha, which will be produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Rob Marshall. Chinese star Zhang Ziyi will play the main character, the geisha Sayuri, while Gong Li will star as her rival Hatsumomo. Michelle Yeoh will portray Zhang's mentor Mameha, and last but not least, Oscar-nominated Ken Watanabe from The Last Samurai will play a high-powered executive. Read more...

There's still a long time 'til the Oscars, but Columbia is already working hard to make Oscar judges pay attention to their summer mega-blockbuster sequel Spider-Man 2 (review). Columbia has sent free tickets for the movie to the judges with a note saying "we encourage you to visit a theater and appreciate the movie as the filmmakers intended it to be seen -- on the big screen.". Read more...