Recent Movie News
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders have worked out a budget agreement that will allow for a small income tax cut, twice as much money for film credits and $130 million to prefund school employees' retiree health care.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car.
CANNES, France (AP) — Fifty-five years after its publication, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is finally burning on the big screen.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State film industry officials are steaming after two television ads shot recently for the New Mexico departments of tourism and transportation were produced by California-based directors.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe.
Depp is in New Mexico, shooting the film adaptation of "The Lone Ranger." He plays "Ranger" sidekick Tonto in the film.
THE NEWS: Digital Domain Media Group, an American special effects company behind "Transformers" and the Tupac Shakur hologram, is setting up a studio in Abu Dhabi.
A slate of movies are opening this weekend, but few in Hollywood are talking about them. The main conversation is revolving around a very different set of films, many of which won't be released in this country for months -- if at all.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A company producing a new Jennifer Aniston movie has opened offices in Wilmington.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A psychological thriller that Wayfare Entertainment hopes to film in Alaska has a name and director, but the company has yet to make a commitment to shooting the film in the state.

