Saving Mr Banks trailer hits web – with Tom Hanks starring as Walt Disney The making-of-Mary Poppins movie features Emma Thompson as author PL Travers and Colin Farrell as her real-life father
Ben Affleck in line for David Fincher’s Gone Girl adaptation Actor to star as Nick, who becomes a suspect in his wife's disappearance, in film of Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel
Johnny Depp to play another eccentric: art dealer Charlie Mortdecai Actor in talks for role of character who 'must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks' to recover Nazi treasure
Akira: the future-Tokyo story that brought anime west The cult 1988 anime taught western film-makers new ideas in storytelling, and helped cartoons grow up, writes Phil Hoad
Hobbit profits at centre of The Butler title row, says Harvey Weinstein Spat over film's title rights escalates as Harvey Weinstein accuses Warner Bros of bullying on morning TV
Disney to make live action Jungle Book Studio to return Rudyard Kipling's tale to big screen – at same time as Warner Bros plans rival adaptation
Charlie Kaufman ‘perfect’ to adapt Slaughterhouse-Five for screen Director Guillermo del Toro wants the screenwriter to work on his film of Kurt Vonnegut's novel
Activists call for Ender’s Game boycott over author’s anti-gay views US group Geeks Out launches 'Skip Ender's Game' website, citing novelist Orson Scott Card's opposition to gay marriage
Steven Spielberg eyes Grapes of Wrath Director poised to produce new film adaptation of John Steinbeck novel for DreamWorks, according to reports
Fantastic Mr Fox recap: Wes Anderson reworking well worth another look Roald Dahl's vulpine classic is transformed into an Ocean's Eleven-style heist caper. Weirdly, it works
Keira Knightley to star in The Other Typist British actor will produce and take leading role in adaptation of Suzanne Rindell's jazz-age novel
The Counselor: first trailer for new Ridley Scott film released Watch Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem in new thriller based on Cormac McCarthy's debut screenplay
Jim Carrey condemns violence in his own movie Kick-Ass 2 Actor, who filmed role one month before Newtown shootings, tweeted that 'now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence'
Fifty Shades of Grey the movie – could it maybe, just maybe, be good? Mathilda Gregory: With Sam Taylor-Johnson directing, an artist who knows a thing about female desire, the film of the hit book could surprise us all