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Alien lizards set to invade ABC in 'V' Front Page: '4400's' Scott Peters to write sci-fi adaptation -- "V," the 1980s miniseries about alien lizards visiting Earth, will invade primetime once again.

'Scarecrows,' 'Naked' top Pusan Front Page: Films win top prizes at Korean festival -- The 13th Pusan International Film Festival wrapped on Friday with top prizes from its New Currents competition section shared between Korea's "Land of Scarecrows" and Japan's "Naked of Defenses."

Bana gets 'Armored' for Millennium Front Page: F. Gary Gary in talks to direct heist remake -- Millennium Films is plotting a remake of 2004 French heist drama "Le Convoyeur," and the studio is negotiating with Eric Bana to star and F. Gary Gray to direct.

Box Office News»

New movies crowd box office Weekend B.O.: 'Body of Lies,' 'Express,' others opening wide -- Another four movies open wide on Friday — Warner Bros.’ Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe CIA actioner "Body of Lies," directed by Ridley Scott; Universal sports biopic "The Express"; Sony/Screen Gems’ horror title "Quarantine"; and Fox-Walden family film "City of Ember."

'Chihuahua' is top dog at box office Weekend B.O.: 'Religulous' off to an impressive start -- The weekend box office had something for everyone as Disney family pic "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" yapped its way to a $29 million bow, while Lionsgate’s irreverent Bill Maher docu "Religulous" and Sony Pictures Classics’ "Rachel Getting Married" got off to impressive starts on the specialty side.

'Chihuahua' leads box office pack Weekend B.O.: Disney film nets $7.8 million Friday -- In a Friday crowded with seven new wide releases, Disney's pooch pic "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" barked the loudest, generating an estimated $7.8 million at 3,215 theaters.

Film Reviews»

City of Ember Film Reviews: A fabulously designed underground metropolis proves more involving than the teenagers running through its streets in "City of Ember," a good-looking but no more than serviceable adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's 2003 novel.

Nightmare Detective 2 (Akumu tantei 2) Film Reviews: Commercial constraints are cast aside as "Nightmare Detective 2" seeks to draw auds hooked by the J-horror franchise into the more psychologically disturbing world of Japanese cult director Shinya Tsukamoto.

Apology of an Economic Hit Man Film Reviews: A fierce assertion of decades-long U.S. rogue government criminality isn't ruined by the awful decision to include awkwardly noirish re-enactments in "Apology of an Economic Hit Man."