Mira Nair’s 9/11 drama to open Venice film festival
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on Mohsin Hamid's novel and starring Riz Ahmed and Kiefer Sutherland, will screen out of competition at the 69th Venice film festival next month
Open thread: which films are better than the books they are based on?
John Burke: Tell us which movies, if any, have improved on their literary source material. Plus, your views on the latest releases
Peter Jackson in talks for third Hobbit film
Director tells Comic-Con audience he is considering splitting the second Hobbit film into two parts
Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for new role
Harry Potter star will return to fantasy in supernatural thriller directed by Alexandre Aja, based on the novel by Joe Hill
Tarzan returns: from Edwardian swinger to hunky ecowarrior
Edgar Rice Burroughs's lord of the jungle has been through many incarnations in print and on screen in 100 years. What is the secret of his survival?
Why Hunger Games 3 will kill one Mockingjay with two stones
Ben Child: The final instalment in Suzanne Collins's sci-fi trilogy is by far the series' weakest book – so why stretch it out over two films?
Hunger Games finale Mockingjay to be released in two parts
The third book in Suzanne Collins's trilogy will be released as Part 1 and Part 2, in 2014 and 2015 respectively
Fifty Shades of Grey film ties up Social Network team
The production team behind The Social Network are to work on the film version of EL James's erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey
Total Recall review – gym built Schwarzenegger stands the test of time
Paul Verhoeven’s film still looks great as the first adaptation of Philip K Dick’s story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
Twilight Saga reboot denied by studio
Lionsgate says it has no plans to continue lucrative series after final instalment hits cinemas later this year
Joe Cornish to direct adaptation of sci-fi novel Snow Crash
British film-maker to follow up 2011's acclaimed Attack the Block with dystopian tale set in a US governed by corporations
Could Bret Easton Ellis bring Fifty Shades of Grey to fruition?
Easton Ellis is teasing Twitter with ideas on casting, directors and screenwriters (himself) for the adaptation of EL James's erotic novels. Is he serious, asks Ben Child
Bring on the blood-spattered bodies – the Tories are in power
David Barnett: Perhaps it's only natural that horror's rise in popularity – in film as well as books – tends to mirror that of the Conservative party
Hammer, Kitsch and Hedlund tipped for Hunger Games sequel
As Robert Pattinson rules himself out of key role in Suzanne Collins's Catching Fire, Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch and Garrett Hedlund are the new names in the running
Frederick E Smith obituary
Prolific novelist best known for 633 Squadron, his book that was turned into a classic second world war film in 1964