Brad Pitt has left a Universal Pictures thriller set to begin filming this year. The film, "State of Play," was to star Pitt as a political consultant-turned-journalist who helps investigate the death of a congressman's mistress.

The Hollywood writers strike against major studios will cost at least $US21 million ($24 million) a day in television production spending alone and idle 10,000 workers if it lasts much longer, experts say.

Jackie Chan negotiates with the “Rush Hour” series director Brett Ratner to start up a movie company that will produce Hollywood films shot on location in China.

Columbia Pictures says it has postponed production on Angels and Demons, a prequel to its box office hit The Da Vinci Code starring Tom Hanks.

With the worst Hollywood labour crisis in 20 years headed for its third week, striking screenwriters and major studios have agreed to renew contract talks, offering the first glimmer of hope their deadlock can be broken.

The best-selling political thriller about a British prime minister modeled on Tony Blair will find its film adaptation – and the director will be Roman Polanski, the book's publisher said Thursday.

Last-minute talks to avert a strike by Hollywood screenwriters have failed to reach a resolution. The 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who are demanding a share of the cash film and television studios bring in from DVDs and online distribution of shows, walked out this afternoon.

Hollywood's screen writers' union has announced an indefinite strike, a move likely to see popular shows yanked off air in the US film and television industry's biggest crisis in decades.

The Australian film industry showed a lot of promise in the late 1990s. A decade-long run of quirky, low budget movies brought our distinctly offbeat humour to global audiences.

The annual Moscow International Film Festival, first held in 1935, is the world's second-oldest film festival. In terms of seniority, it trails only the Venice Film Festival.