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Strand bringing "Time" to screens (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to British filmmaker Terence Davies' autobiographical documentary "Of Time and the City."

Samuel Goldwyn to release blues musical (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed domestic rights to the 1930s-era blues musical "Dark Streets," which features the first film score from B.B. King.

Bollywood film depicts terror threat in Mumbai (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism.

"Ghostbusters" scares up "Office" writers (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Who's Sony going to call to pen its reboot of "Ghostbusters?"

Director Pellington offered "Solace" (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Director Mark Pellington, whose feature credits include "Henry Poole Is Here" and the concert film "U2 3D," will take the helm of "Solace," a mystery thriller for New Line.

Washington, Hughes brothers on same page for "Book" (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Denzel Washington will star in the post-apocalyptic drama "The Book of Eli" for directing duo Allen and Albert Hughes, whose features include "Dead Presidents" and "From Hell."

Toronto film festival gets off to a romantic start (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - The curtain rose on the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night with romance "Passchendaele" playing to a packed theater and starting a 10-day parade of films and stars at one of the world's top movie gatherings.

Michael Moore to release free documentary on Web (Reuters)

September 5, 2008

Reuters - Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore will release his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical rollout, he said on Thursday.