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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Warner Bros.</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/warner-bros/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>AKIRA Movie Shut Down, Kristen Stewart In or Out?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/akira-movie-kristen-stewart-garrett-hedlund/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/akira-movie-kristen-stewart-garrett-hedlund/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:37:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36471</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/akira-movie-kristen-stewart-garrett-hedlund/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rin Tin Tin the First Actual Best Actor Academy Award Winner? Think Again</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:05:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36433</guid> <description><![CDATA[Author Susan Orlean, whose book The Orchid Thief became &#8212; more or less &#8212; 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 &#34;discovered that the true Best Actor winner in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/rin-tin-tin-the-first-best-actor-academy-award-winner-emil-jannings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HARRY POTTER DVDs to Be Removed from Stores</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-dvds-removed-stores-warner-bros/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-dvds-removed-stores-warner-bros/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35547</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/harry-potter-dvds-removed-stores-warner-bros/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. TV Settle TWO AND A HALF MEN Lawsuit</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-two-and-a-half-men-warner-bros-lawsuit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-two-and-a-half-men-warner-bros-lawsuit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:27:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>D. Zhea</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35252</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-two-and-a-half-men-warner-bros-lawsuit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sybil Jason Dead at 83: Warner Bros.&#039; Answer to Shirley Temple in the &#039;30s</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sybil-jason-obit-shirley-temple-warner-bros/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sybil-jason-obit-shirley-temple-warner-bros/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:13:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27634</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sybil Jason, Warner Bros.' answer to Shirley Temple, died Tuesday, August 23, according to film researcher and author Scott O'Brien. She was 83. Born Sybil Jacobson on November 23, 1927, in Cape Town, South Africa, while still a small child she moved to Britain with her parents. Thanks to her uncle Harry Jacobson, reportedly a London orchestra leader and pianist to highly popular entertainer Gracie [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sybil-jason-obit-shirley-temple-warner-bros/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joan Blondell Q&amp;A with Biographer Matthew Kennedy: Warner Bros. Years, Rare THE BLUE VEIL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-warner-bros-the-blue-veil/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-warner-bros-the-blue-veil/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:22:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27625</guid> <description><![CDATA[JOAN BLONDELL: A LIFE BETWEEN TAKES: Introduction to Q&#038;A with Joan Blondell biographer Matthew Kennedy Why Joan Blondell? Actually, this book idea originally came from Joan's son, Norman Powell, who is a director and producer. I was writing a biography of the director Edmund Goulding a few years back, and Norman interviewed me for a documentary he was making on Old Hollywood. When we were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joan-blondell-warner-bros-the-blue-veil/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann Dvorak Pt.3: SCARFACE, Warner Bros. Leading Lady, But Never a Star</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-scarface-warner-bros-star/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-scarface-warner-bros-star/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:37:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27555</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann Dvorak, Rudy Vallee, Sweet Music Ann Dvorak Pt.2: Film Career, Private Life Ann Dvorak's best-remembered film is probably the 1932 Scarface, starring Paul Muni, directed by Howard Hawks, produced by Howard Hughes, and released by United Artists. What was that experience like for her? Making Scarface must have been a very exciting experience for Ann. I don't think a lot of people realize this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-scarface-warner-bros-star/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ann Dvorak Pt.2: Film Career, Private Life</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-film-career-private-life/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-film-career-private-life/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:32:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27554</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann Dvorak, Lee Bowman in Leslie Fenton's Stronger Than Desire Ann Dvorak Q&#038;A with Biographer Christina Rice Pt.1 What sort of approach are you going for in your book? Are you focusing mostly on Ann Dvorak's film work or on her private life &#8212; or both? Have you found many people who actually knew Dvorak? I am focusing on both Ann's professional work and her [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-film-career-private-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Linda Blair&#039;s Oscar Chances Nuked</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mercedes-mccambridge-the-exorcist-demon-voice/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mercedes-mccambridge-the-exorcist-demon-voice/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:56:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26759</guid> <description><![CDATA[Linda Blair in William Friedkin's The Exorcist Natalie Portman Dance-Double Controversy Predecessor: Linda Blair's THE EXORCIST Voice and Body Doubles Considering all the work Mercedes McCambridge put into The Exorcist, it's hard to believe she would have refused credit for it. In any case, Warner Bros. finally gave her on-screen credit after more prints of the film were released to theaters. Even so, McCambridge was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mercedes-mccambridge-the-exorcist-demon-voice/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Natalie Portman Dance-Double Controversy Predecessor: THE EXORCIST&#039;s Linda Blair-Mercedes McCambridge Demon Voice</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/natalie-portman-linda-blair-the-exorcist-mercedes-mccambridge/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/natalie-portman-linda-blair-the-exorcist-mercedes-mccambridge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:34:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26758</guid> <description><![CDATA[Linda Blair's face, Mercedes McCambridge's voice in William Friedkin's The Exorcist Much like Natalie Portman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy issue had a predecessor &#8212; in the Ingrid Bergman-Roberto Rossellini affair back in 1950 &#8212; something similar to the Portman-Sarah Lane-Black Swan Best Actress Academy Award controversy took place several decades ago, but with radically different results. &#34;Having reaped a huge financial success with The Exorcist, Director William [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/natalie-portman-linda-blair-the-exorcist-mercedes-mccambridge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Olivia de Havilland Vs. Warner Bros. Lawsuit</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:22:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26620</guid> <description><![CDATA[Olivia de Havilland in William Wyler's The Heiress Long Before Charlie Sheen, Olivia de Havilland Sued Warner Bros. in Landmark Case: Part I of article about de Havilland Lawsuit Against WB In 1943, as part of a deal that had landed David O. Selznick contract player Ingrid Bergman the lead in Casablanca, Warner Bros. loaned out Olivia de Havilland to the independent producer, who, incidentally, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Long Before Charlie Sheen, Olivia de Havilland Sued Warner Bros. in Landmark Case</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:19:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26619</guid> <description><![CDATA[Olivia de Havilland No matter how widely publicized Charlie Sheen's $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre after Sheen was fired from the television show, it doesn't seem at all probable that the Platoon and Wall Street star will make history like Olivia de Havilland did back in the mid-1940s. Even if his case ever makes it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-olivia-de-havilland-warner-bros-lawsuit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charlie Sheen&#039;s $100m Lawsuit Against Warner Bros., Chuck Lorre</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-lawsuit-warner-bros-chuck-lorre/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-lawsuit-warner-bros-chuck-lorre/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:47:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26615</guid> <description><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (top); Sheen with Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Two and a Half Men (bottom) By now, the whole world knows that Charlie Sheen, son of veteran actor Martin Sheen, and the star of Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Platoon and Wall Street, has filed a $100-million lawsuit against Warner Bros., the studio that curtly fired Sheen a few days ago [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-sheen-lawsuit-warner-bros-chuck-lorre/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Warner Bros. to Buy HARRY POTTER, THE DARK KNIGHT British Studio</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/warner-bros-leavesden-studios-harry-potter-the-dark-knight/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/warner-bros-leavesden-studios-harry-potter-the-dark-knight/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:42:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25490</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; For an undisclosed amount, Warner Bros. has announced plans to buy Leavesden Studios, the UK facilities where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and the other Harry Potter movies, and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and Inception were made. Additionally, Warner Bros. should invest 100 million pounds to expand the British studio, located about 40 kilometers northwest of London.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/warner-bros-leavesden-studios-harry-potter-the-dark-knight/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bette Davis&#039; DARK VICTORY Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dark-victory-bette-davis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dark-victory-bette-davis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:34:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13250</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Bette Davis vehicle and 1939 Best Picture nominee Dark Victory will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Beginning at 7 p.m., the feature will be preceded by the fifth [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dark-victory-bette-davis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jane Bryan</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:12:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10041</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jane Bryan, who played ingenues in several Warner Bros. productions of the late 1930s, died on April 8 at her home in Pebble Beach, California, following a long illness. She was 90. The Los Angeles-born (on June 11, 1918) Jane O'Brien had her name changed to Jane Bryan after landing a Warners contract in the mid '30s. Bryan's most notable role at the studio was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Greenwald/David O. Russell Iraq War Documentaries</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/soldiers-pay-uncovered-double-bill/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/soldiers-pay-uncovered-double-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:33:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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