OWN Acquires Network Television Rights To Mandela:Long Walk To Freedom From The Weinstein Company

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network officially announced yesterday that it has secured the network television rights to Mandela:Long Walk to Freedom, the critically acclaimed film from the Weinstein Company, and it’s based on the 1995 book Long Walk to Freedom and former South African President Nelson Mandela, starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris. The film is based on Mandela’s early life, …

The Hobbit:The Desolation Of Smaug Has Owned The Box Office For Three Consecutive Weeks

With the Christmas weekend and the best time for movies, It was the medieval revenge, The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug which maintained its top spot for the third straight weekend. It earned an estimated $29.9 million, losing just 5 percent of last weekend’s business. With Frozen closing at an estimated $28.8 million. The top new film to hit the screens …

Robert De Niro To Be The Male Lead In Gambling Man

The Folks behind Borsalino Films (whose only other project seems to be something called “Nazi Zombies”) have announced they’ve got the rights to the book “Gambling Man” by Gary Green and are hoping to cast De Niro for the lead. The announcement read: “The plot line will be nothing short of epic, like the book, pulling no punches as it …