Taken" writer Robert Mark Kamen and "Get Smart" producer Atlas Entertainment are collaborating on "The Lord's Day," an action thriller that's been set up at Sony.

Jean Prewitt, president and CEO of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, and Jonathan Wolf, executive vp and American Film Market managing director, have renewed their contracts through 2012.

Little is known about Bollywood -- India's counterpart to Hollywood -- by the vast majority of Americans. But Belisa Balaban and Ted Skillman, the executive producers behind IFC's "Bollywood Hero" three-night musical miniseries that debuts at 10 p.m. on August

The stars of the cult TV show "Mystery Science Theater 3000" are reuniting for a one-night, nationwide in-theatre event, "RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space," on Aug. 20.

Ingram Entertainment senior vp Bob Geistman has been re-elected to a sixth term as chairman of the Entertainment Merchants Assn.

Blu-ray Discs are showing some real clout. The action hit "Watchmen," from Warner Home Video, shot to the top of the national home video sales and rental charts its first week in stores, with 36% of its total unit sales

Amanda Palmer, head of entertainment for Al Jazeera English, has been named executive director of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Doha, Qatar.

Russell Crowe is in final negotiations to star in writer-director Paul Haggis' next film, "The Next Three Days," for Lionsgate.

A new, 4K restoration of "The Wizard of Oz" will screen digitally Monday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' series "Hollywood's Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939."

Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival, which runs through Sunday in Traverse City, Michigan, is featuring a "Salute to Norway," consisting of four Norwegian films, including the festival opener, Erik Poppe's "Troubled Water" (De usynlige).

ESPN announced eight additional documentary films for its "30 for 30" film project, including deals with Morgan Freeman, Frank Marshall and Spike Jonze.

Tron Legacy" director Joseph Kosinski is developing "Oblivion," based on his own concept, as a feature for Radical Pictures.

Jeremy Renner, who has earned raves for his performance in "The Hurt Locker," is in negotiations to join "The Town," a romantic crime thriller from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures that Ben Affleck is directing.

Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and Carter Jenkins have joined the all-star cast of New Line's romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," being directed by Garry Marshall.

Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have been recruited to join Columbia's "Battle: Los Angeles."

Animal Logic has picked up film rights to IDW Publishing's graphic novel "Night Mary," a mystery/horror comic created by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer.

Tracey Edmonds is producing "Trust in Her," a feature written by Stelio Savante and Nick Efteriades, for her Our Stories Films shingle.

Jay Russell is attached to direct the fantasy comedy "Duncan" for Ben Kingsley's SBK Pictures.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a program devoted to animator and visual effects artist Adam Beckett entitled "Infinite Animation: The Work of Adam Beckett," on Aug. 17 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.