Frank Darabont, Oscar-nominated director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, has announced that he will shoot his next flick, the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen, entirely in Philly. According to a statement from the Greater Philadelphia Film Office,...

Frank Darabont’s next film, Law Abiding Citizen, will be shot entirely on location this fall in Philadelphia. The story centers on a string of murders taking place across the city being masterminded by psycopathic genius who is locked behind bars. Gerard Butler will...

Feverpitch Pictures, producer of “Just Add Water” and “The Speed of Life,” said Wednesday it will be a tenant in a planned film-production studio in Norristown, Pa. It will be part of Norristown Studios, a 280,000-square-foot site that will include eight sound studios...

According to http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_production_newlisting.html]My Entertainment World Law Abiding Citizen "may" be filming in Philadephia this Fall. Their site currently reads: LAW ABIDING CITIZEN - Fall, 2008 - Philadelphia, PA; Details...

The Film Department has partnered with Downtown Music Publishing to form film music company TFD Music. Downtown Music will serve as the worldwide administrator for TFD music copyrights and master recordings, and will offer music supervision and soundtrack consulting...

[b]GB.Net Note: Law Abiding Citizen is an independent film that has received a SAG waiver. Filming will go forward regardless of a SAG strike.[/b] Unless a Screen Actors Guild strike gets in the way, there's word Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gerard Butler may be in town...

[i]Host of market titles bought by Dutch distributor[/i] AMSTERDAM -- RCV Entertainment, part of the Canadian-based Entertainment One Group, has picked up some of the hot Cannes market titles. RCV will release the new Mel Gibson thriller "Edge of Darkness," as well as...

(What's this?)Catherine Zeta Bones, oops Jones, looks like a slip of the woman she used to be on the set of her latest movie Rebound in New York. The Welsh actress - and mother of two - needs an urgent delivery of cupcakes or maybe even pies. In those skinny jeans,...

South Korean buyer CM Entertainment has snapped up two films from LA-based production and sales company The Film Department - serial killer thriller Law Abiding Citizen and rom-com The Rebound. "A lot of buyers from our territory were interested. Thrillers are the...

It was stuck in THE MIST for Matt but you can finally find out what Frank Darabont is directing next! This completely missed my radar last week and I’ve only found out about it now because of a brief blurb in an MTV article - of all places. The news broke last week...

Ooooh so no updates today with the ‘usual’ stuff, so I thought I drop a quick note about the script I just got done reading (haven’t analyzed it yet) but it’s Gerard Butler’s (300, Phantom of the Opera) new picture Law Abiding Citizen by Kurt Wimmer. I gotta say, it...

Entertainment One, the fast growing Canadian media group, has announced recently bought Benelux distributor RCV Entertainment has closed distribution deals on some of the most anticipated projects on this years market. RCV's managing directors Jan A. Kouwenhoven and...

In the initial batch of posters from Cannes, we gave you a first look at everything from Nic Cage’s “Bad Lieutenant” to Mariah Carey’s “Tennessee.” Now we’ve got the next round. Below, check out Frank Darabont and Gerard Butler’s “Law Abiding Citizen,” *** <img...

Frank Darabont will direct the thriller Law Abiding Citizen starring Gerard Butler for The Film Department, which is selling international rights here. Production is set to begin on August 18 in Detroit on the low-$40m range story of a criminal mastermind who controls...

Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) will direct the thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" starring Gerard Butler for The Film Department, which is selling international rights here. Production is set to begin on August 18th in Detroit on the low $40 million...

You can't keep Frank Darabont out of the joint. The director has just signed on to a new film, Law Abiding Citizen, and like The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption, prison features heavily into the story. This time it's a criminal mastermind who is behind bars but...

[i]New Line Intl.'s exit creates opportunity for indies[/i] As the international film community gets ready to head to the south of France next week, a seismic shift and a few other movements are realigning the balance of power among the major film sales companies. New...

If there is an actors strike, at least one indie film company won't be affected. The Film Department said Wednesday that it has inked completion agreements with SAG for nine pictures that are gearing up for production in the spring and summer. The announcement comes...

Actors are used to working for scale on indies. Now they're just glad they'll be working. The Screen Actors Guild sealed an interim deal with independent film producers on Wednesday that ensures its members will be able to finish some upcoming features even if the...

[i]Guild aims to pact with indies[/i] After two days of contract negotiations with the majors, the Screen Actors Guild is looking to put some pressure on the studios by signing interim deals with indie feature producers that would allow actors to continue working on...

The Film Department, the indie production outfit run by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker, has won a bidding war for "Galahad," a revisionist King Arthur spec from newcomer Ryan Condal. Gill and the company's Robert Katz will produce with Energy Entertainment's Brooklyn...