Rent It THE FILMWith all the grief Hollywood receives (however justified) for reimagining their horror classics, it appears those bad habits are spreading across the globe. The clumsily titled "Nature's Grave" (wow) is a remake of the 1978 Australian shocker

Highly Recommended The Show:When I attended Anime Boston a couple of months ago FUNimation was touting Romeo x Juliet like you wouldn't believe. Their vendors booth was full of promotional material for the show and they had even hired cosplayers

The New York International Latino Film Festival, which runs from July 27 to Aug. 2, will kick off with Peter Bratt's "The Mission," starring Benjamin Bratt; include a tribute to John Leguizamo; and conclude with John Cotten's Mexican crime drama

BBC Films and David Thompson's Origin Pictures have secured film rights to the forthcoming London-set novel "Ordinary Thunderstorms," from thriller-writer William Boyd, the parties said Wednesday.

Submissions are being accepted for the 17th annual Diversity Awards, which will be held Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. The deadline is July 24.

Stephen Eich has been named executive director of the Pasadena Playhouse. Stepping into the new post July 1, he will work with artistic director Sheldon Epps and will manage all business and administrative functions of the theater.

Model/actress Sarah Bradford has been cast in Ken Kushner's horror film "When The Devil Comes," which is currently shooting in New York City as well as in upstate New York and Long Island.

Rooftop Films and the International Film Festival Rotterdam are joining forces to present two films, Edwin's "Blind Pig Wants to Fly," and Eugenio Polgovsky's "Los Herederos," from IFFR 2009 in Rooftop's Summer Series, which runs every weekend through Sept. 20

Ella Lemhagen's "Patrik, Age 1.5" won the audience award for best feature and Dee Mosbacher and Fawn Yacker's "Training Rules" took the audience prize for best documentary at Frameline33, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, which concluded Sunday, with

New York City has exhausted its budget for tax incentives for film and TV productions as of Tuesday, city officials announced Wednesday just ahead of the July 4 weekend.

Phase 4 Films, the new theatrical, DVD and television distribution company founded by former Peace Arch Home Entertainment president Berry Meyerowitz, has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to Lori Petty's "The Poker House."

Deluxe Digital Media, a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has acquired the assets of audio postproduction facility Chace Audio.

Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids."

Even as Hollywood studios increasingly aim at the broadest possible audience, a few companies are experimenting with the opposite approach in these summer months and beyond: They're making smart, quirky movies for a sophisticated young audience.

The Code," a direct-to-video thriller from First Look Studios, is the No. 1 rental for the week ending June 28, according to Home Media Magazine's market research department.

Karl Malden, who vaulted to movie prominence by winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor in "A Streetcar Named Desire," died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Annie," has died. He was 75.

Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are Hollywood's biggest female moneymakers, according to a Forbes ranking.

In Gigantic Digital Cinema's first venture with an established distributor, First Run Features' "Bliss" will be released online as a streaming download at giganticdigital.com day-and-date with its opening at New York's Cinema Village on Aug. 7.