Dark Knight Rises

France’s Mars Films has picked up all French speaking rights to William H. Macy‘s directorial debut, Rudderless, which Radiant Films is selling internationally. Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman star. The music drama is currently shooting. Ryan Gosling‘s directorial debut How To Catch A Monster is being handled internationally by Sierra/Affinity which has sealed deals in 20 territories. Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith and Rob Zabrecky star in the modern fantasy-drama, based on a script by Gosling. Warner Bros. acquired U.S. rights to the project last week. It’s also now gone to Entertainment One in Australia/New Zealand, the UK and Canada as well as selling in France, Latin America, Thailand, Turkey and elsewhere. Snowfort Pictures and MPI’s Dark Sky Films have started production on Starry Eyes, the Hollywood-set occult tale from Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch. Snowfort Pictures is producing, while MPI will handle international sales. Newcomer Alex Essoe stars in the horror movie that’s a contemporary take on pics like Rosemary’s Baby. Amanda Fuller, Fabianne Therese, Pat Healy, Shane Coffey, Marc Senter, Nick Simmons and Noah Segan star. Travis Stevens produces. Exec producers are John Jarzemensky, Aaron Koontz, Giles Daoust and Gena Wilbur. The initial round ... Read More »

GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.