Warner Bros. Articles

Production on Akira has been shut down. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the problems have to do with the film's casting and budget, the latter currently at $90 million. So, does that mean it was useless to bitch and complain when white actors were considered for a role that some felt belonged only to ethnic Japanese? Maybe not. Not that Warner Bros. will be necessarily [...]

Author Susan Orlean, whose book The Orchid Thief became — more or less — director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's all but unwatchable Adaptation (Meryl Streep played Orlean), has another book out, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, published last September. Today, Deadline's Mike Fleming wrote a piece in which he explains that Orlean "discovered that the true Best Actor winner in [...]

Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Shortly after Christmas, Warner Bros. will be pulling a Disney. According to MTV.com, all the Harry Potter movies will be removed from stores on December 29 — a mere 45 days or so following the November 11 DVD/Blu-ray release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Also becoming unavailable is the eight-film collectors [...]

Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. TV have reached an agreement. As per an official statement released by the studio, “Warner Bros. TV, Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen have resolved their dispute to the parties’ mutual satisfaction. The pending lawsuit and arbitration will be dismissed as to all parties. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality over the terms of the settlement.” Sheen was fired from [...]