World Screen

BURBANK: Among those slated to compete in the new ABC competition series Skating with the Stars are Olympic skier Jonny Moseley and rockstar Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe fame. The cast also includes Rebecca Budig, from the daytime soap All …

PARIS: Terranoa’s Green, which won the Golden Panda and the Natural History Museum Environment Award at the Wildscreen Film Festival, has been sold into a number of territories, including Japan and Canada. The film retraces the fate of one of …

LOS ANGELES: As part of a reorganization plan that was last week approved by its lenders, MGM today filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and will continue normal business operations throughout the …

LONDON: Vertigo Films and Novel Entertainment have begun principal photography on the all-new 3D live-action movie based on the property Horrid Henry. Horrid Henry: The Movie is set for release in summer 2011, with shooting to take place in London …

NEW YORK: As a result of charges related to its debt redemption, net profit at Time Warner in the third quarter fell by 21 percent to $522 million, on revenues that were up 2 percent to $6.4 billion. The fall in …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network’s first original CGI movie, Firebreather, is to debut in the U.S. on November 24, before heading to international territories starting in the first quarter of 2011. The movie is based on the comic book series by Phil …

PREMIUM: Hallmark will commission 24 movies this year and increase that to 26 next year, according to Barbara Fisher, the senior VP of original programming for Hallmark Channels. "TV movies were our entrée into original programming,” says Fisher. “It’s still …

HONG KONG: AsiaSat executive chairman Peter Jackson has been recognized for his commitment to the development of Asia’s pay-TV and communications industries with the Lifetime Contribution Award, presented during the CASBAA Charity Ball. Jackson stepped down from the CASBAA board …

MONTREAL: Subscribers of the Bell Fibe TV service can now access CTV’s prime-time programming, including The Mentalist and Grey’s Anatomy, on demand at no extra charge. The majority of CTV on-demand programming are also available in HD. Available to consumers …

SANTA MONICA: The 2010 American Film Market (AFM) has a total of 427 films to be screened at the market, of which 43 are world premieres, 306 are market premieres and 21 are to be presented in 3D. Overall, exhibitors …