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Exclusives: New exec to head up film production -- Veteran exec and producer Bruna Papandrea has joined Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Films as head of film production, part of the banner's move to ramp up production of mid-budget features.

Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced today that it had completed its criminal inquiry and handed a file to the Crown Prosecution service, which will now evaluate whether there is enough evidence to bring charges and whether a trial would be in the public interest.The focus of the IPCC inquiry was on an officer in the Met's territorial support group (TSG) caught on film striking Tomlinson with a baton and shoving him to the ground near the Bank of England on 1 April. Moments later he collapsed and died of internal bleeding.Central to the evidence being considered by the director of public prosecutions is a video of the attack, which was shot by a New York hedge fund manager and broadcast by the Guardian. The footage triggered the criminal inquiry by the IPCC, and a wholesale review of national pol

Lineup includes world premieres by Egoyan, Mehta and Nadda

Film News: Wright talks 'entertainment designer' at Siggraph -- NEW ORLEANS -- In his Siggraph day-two keynote address, 'Spore' creator Will Wright laid out the beginnings of a 'unified theory of entertainment' and challenged the gathering to look toward a future where different forms of entertainment are created by a single 'entertainment designer.'

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman, who this year showed the world his song-and-dance prowess as host of the Oscars, will get his wish to star in a movie musical when he plays showman P.T. Barnum in an upcoming film.

Here's your first look at the film adaptation of Tucker Max's book.

Library and Archives Canada has begun construction on a new storage facility for Canada's film heritage.

THE Australian Film Institute launched its awards season with a black-tie dinner in Melbourne on Saturday.

Business News: Expectations hit high despite recent drop in rev -- With two of its own films under its belt, Marvel Entertainment is starting to look a little less like a comicbook publisher and more like DreamWorks Animation or the old Pixar.

AFTER making several films in which whole cities or worlds are destroyed, Roland Emmerich may be viewed as assuaging his guilt with his latest offering.