'Goodfellas' director Martin Scorsese and the movie's star Robert De Niro are returning to the murky underworld of the New York mob for a new gangster film.

Jessica Alba is returning to work after giving birth to baby daughter Honor - to play a mathematics genius in a new movie

The first two 'Godfather' movies have been restored and are returning to the big screen.

Bond film bosses have turned down the chance to adapt the latest 007 book for the big screen.

Jennifer Lopez has signed up to play a professional thief in her first movie role since becoming a new mother.

'Robocop' is returning to the big screen - 15 years after the cyborg crimefighter handed over his badge and gun.

Actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright and members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie, were arrested during a bar fight, police said today.

Generous George Clooney has donated $25,000 (€16,849) to an Actors Fund cash drive aimed at helping those struggling financially because of the striking Hollywood writers.

The rich and famous of Hollywood could not avoid southern California’s devastating fires.

THERE is a war in the world of film reviewing as leading trade magazines broke the traditional film industry embargo on publishing reviews early, and jumped the gun with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Actor Sean Connery has pulled out of his latest movie, prompting speculation the Scottish star may be ready to retire.

A month after stalled contract renewal talks led the actors voicing The Simpsons to stop work, both the cast and Fox TV are getting more “D’oh!”

Leonardo DiCaprio is mulling his next project now he has finished filming Martin Scorsese’s film biography of Howard Hughes, The Aviator.

One of the most sought-after male roles in the next year will be that of business tycoon Richard Branson in the film adaptation of his autobiography, Losing My Virginity.

Pop Idol winner Will Young will have the chance to measure himself against his international counterparts in World Idol, a two-part television special to be filmed in London and featuring Idol winners from 10 other countries.

Little House On The Prairie is making a return to television as a six-hour mini-series.

A film about the life of fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanksi is being developed by xXx director Rob Cohen.

The Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal is in talks to play the leading role in Goal! A planned trilogy of films about a young footballer’s rise to stardom.

Mike Tyson has reportedly been meeting with television executives about the possibility of starring in an unscripted series in which he would travel the country meeting a wide range of people.

Toby Stephens, who played the villain in the most recent James Bond film Die Another Day, will step back in time to portray an autocratic 19th Century British officer based in India in a Bollywood epic planned for later this year.

The new St Trinian’s film in the works at Ealing Studios will not be a remake of the 1950s comedies but more a “modern reworking” of them inspired by the original Ronald Searle cartoons, according to Daily Variety.

The classic 1973 horror film The Exorcist is at the centre of a legal tussle over profits from a re-release of the film.

A cast of young British actors is being hired by producer Dino De Laurentiis for a new adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccioo’s ribald 14th century classic The Decameron, reports Daily Variety.

Colin Farrell is to play an Italian immigrant in Ask The Dust, a film based on a book written in 1939.

Comedy series Father Ted is being re-made for American television viewers.

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has expanded his empire by going into the film production business.

Television’s first prime time reality dating series featuring gay men goes on the air in American this summer.

The Australian actress Cate Blanchett, star of a new film about the life of Veronica Guerin, will next star as the children’s author Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter.

Michael Douglas is to produce and star in a fact-based film, Tragic Indifference, about a lawsuit that was filed over accidents involving some Sports Utility Vehicles.

Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones could doubtlessly have called upon the services of any of the film world’s top movers and shakers.

Patrick Wilson, who received Tony nominations for his stage work in Oklahoma! and The Full Monty, is the first actor to be cast in the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

The 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, which starred Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson is riding again.

With America on the brink of war it seems only fitting that the 1960s anti-war musical Hair is about to undergo a facelift and receive a new lease on life.

Writer-director Blake Edwards is to remake his 1979 film hit 10, which made international stars out of Dudley Moore and Bo Derek.

Director Wolfgang Petersen has denied reports that his epic adventure Troy is likely to be delayed or postponed by war in the Middle East.

Goldie Hawn is finding writing to be a more profitable career than acting.

Michael Jackson has invested part of his fortune in a bid to become a film mogul, it was reported.

Singer Rosemary Clooney has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital as she battles lung cancer.

Author Terry Pratchett has signed a deal to have three of his fantasy novels turned into animated films, it was reported today.