Latino Review says that a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 mystery-thriller is in the works.

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IESB has posted some interesting rumors about DC Entertainment’s upcoming slate. The site says it’s all still unconfirmed, but these items could potentially be part of the announcements that the studio is expected to make soon.

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Actor Brittany Murphy was suffering from severe anemia that made her vulnerable to the pneumonia that killed her, according to an autopsy report.

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Séverin Blanchet, a French filmmaker who helped set up a studio for young Afghan directors, was killed Friday in a bomb attack in Kabul. He was 66.

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Vulture is reporting that “The Twilight Saga” star Taylor Lautner has dropped out of Mattel’s Max Steel so that he can concentrate on Hasbro’s Stretch Armstrong instead.

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Singer Bob Dylan and director Clint Eastwood are among 19 U.S. artists honoured with the National Medal of Arts.

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ComingSoon.net talks with Rebecca Camissa, the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Which Way Home , which looks at the perilous journey made by young children trying to get into this country from South America by illegally riding on the train across Mexico.

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China’s largest film studio, state-owned China Film Group, has confirmed plans to list on the domestic stock market by year-end.

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Director James Cameron continues promoting Panasonic 3D television sets in North America, due to hit the market this year, by concentrating on converting his own Lightstorm Entertainment film product into 3D.

“I believe 3D is how we will experience movies, gaming and computing in the near future,” said the Avatar director.

“3D is not something you watch. It’s a reality you feel you could step into.”

There is no agreement yet to bring the format to all standard sets, but a deal to make the viewing experience mainstream is close to completion by the industry group that created Blu-ray.

Lightstorm Entertainment’s 3D conversion of Titanic should be ready by 2011, along with a 3D conversion of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

T2 3-D: Battle Across Time, an attraction at Universal Studios since 1996, is a ‘mini-sequel’ to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, reuniting director Cameron with Arnold Schwarzenegger as ‘The Terminator’, Linda Hamilton as ‘Sarah Connor’, Edward Furlong as ‘John Connor’ and Robert Patrick as the ‘T-1000.’

The show is presented in two parts, including a pre-show where a ‘Cyberdyne Systems’ company hostess shows guests a video presentation of Cyberdyne’s innovations and the main show, where live performers interact with a 3D film.

“…Flash forward to the future to the chilling, machine-controlled world of the ‘Terminator’. Inside ‘Cyberdyne Systems Corporation’, you’ll witness the unveiling of the new Terminator robots – that is, until you’re caught in the crosshairs of a live, human rebel strike that’ll have you ducking for cover…”

“We are certainly interested in exploring the opportunity to re-release some of Lightstorm’s past films in 3D,” Lightstorm partner Jon Landau said.

“I don’t think it’s too far into the future. We’re pretty far down the road…”

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Toronto’s York University reports they have raised over $1.4 million in funding, including $436,000 from the Ontario Media Development Corporation, for 3D FLIC, a 2-year project in association with major film partners to explore 3D film production.

Prof. Ali Kazimi will lead a team working with Cinespace Film Studios, 3D Camera Company, Starz Animation, Toronto and Saw VII Production Canada, in association with the Canadian Film Centre, to develop 3D film projects in conjunction with psychologists @ York’s Centre for Vision Research.

Purpose of the study is to create superior post-production technologies for 3D films, lensed in Ontario…

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