'Bridesmaids' Most Popular VOD Title Ever

February 8, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 day ago

Universal's comedy "Bridesmaids" has 4.8 million video on demand rentals in a little more than four months.

  

'Chronicle,' 'Woman in Black' Shatter Box Office Expectations on Friday

February 4, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 5 days ago

"Chronicle" and "Woman in Black" are turning the traditionally weak Superbowl weekend into something worth watching

  

Tony Oller Offered Starring Role in 'Vigilandia' (Exclusive)

February 3, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 6 days ago

Tony Oller will star opposite Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey in the sci-fi thriller "Vigilandia"

  

Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane to Star in 'Vigilandia' (Exclusive)

January 31, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 week ago

Max Burkholder and Adelaide Kane join Ethan Hawke in Universal's sci-fi thriller "Vigilandia"

  

Samantha Barks to Play Eponine in 'Les Miserables'

January 31, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 week ago

Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing "Les Miserables," surprised Samantha Barks with the news during curtain call of the musical "Oliver!"

  

Edgar Bronfman Vows to Fight Universal-EMI Merger 'Tooth and Nail'

January 31, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

On his last day as chairman of Warner Music Group, Edgar Bronfman Jr. knocks the 'hubris' of a competitor

  

'Stretch Armstrong' Lives -- but Where's Taylor Lautner?

January 30, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity will co-produce the film with Hasbro; no cast set yet

  

Comcast-NBCU: The Strange Bedfellows at Year One

January 30, 2012 By Fred Schruers 1 week ago

Some laughed when old-school cable company sat down to play with content. Now, despite some costly ratings and box-office woes, the shareholders are laughing all the way to the bank

  

Universal Evacuates 200 -- Fire Department Investigates Funky Smell (Updated)

January 25, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 weeks ago

Employees emptied the Wasserman Building on Lankershim Boulevard for around three hours while firefighters invested the odor

  

Aaron Tveit to Play Enjolras in 'Les Miserables'

January 18, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 3 weeks ago

The "Gossip Girl" actor joins Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried star in Universal's musical

  

Imagine Entertainment Lays Off Staff After Universal Cuts (Exclusive)

January 12, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

Cuts come in the wake of the company's much-reduced deal with Universal and tepid movies like "Tower Heist" and "Cowboys & Aliens"

  

Ethan Hawke Starring in Futuristic Thriller 'Vigilandia' for Universal

January 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 weeks ago

"Negotiator" writer James DeMonaco will direct the low-budget film

  

Universal Buys Alien Invasion Pitch From F. Scott Frazier (Exclusive)

January 12, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 4 weeks ago

Chris Morgan's Strike Entertainment brought the hot writer's action project to Universal

  

Universal Unveils 100th Anniversary Logo, Plans to Restore Classic Films

January 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 weeks ago

"Jaws," "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Out of Africa" are among the movies getting a touch-up as part of the celebration

  

Report Card 2011: Universal Rebounded, But Still Had Too Many Misses

December 18, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 7 weeks ago

Studio crossed the $1B mark domestically and crawled out of the market-share cellar. Executives insist they'll make another big leap in 2012

  

Universal Nabs Young-Adult Novel 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone'

December 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 8 weeks ago

The fantasy centers on a young girl who becomes embroiled in a fight between angels and devils

  

'Ouija' Gets a Different Spirit From 'Buffy' Writer Marti Noxon

November 30, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 10 weeks ago

Noxon is taking the seance-game adaptation from bombastic epic to scary

  

Tom Hanks, Universal Option Bestseller 'In the Garden of Beasts'

November 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 10 weeks ago

The non-fiction book centers on an American diplomat in Nazi Germany

  

Google Unveils New Music Service, Courts Indie Artists

November 16, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 12 weeks ago

A new store to compete with iTunes, bolstered by Google-Plus integration

  

Ron Meyer: Universal Will Redesign Logo, Restore Films for 100th Anniversary

November 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 12 weeks ago

Meyer says plans for the centennial celebration will be unveiled in January, but in a company-wide email he provides some clues

  

Blumhouse, Gold Circle Combine Forces, Form Angle Films

November 1, 2011 By Brent Lang 14 weeks ago

Paul Brooks’ Gold Circle Films and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions will have a first-look distribution deal with Universal

  

Universal Makes Original 'Johnny English' Available to Foreign Facebook Users

October 18, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 16 weeks ago

It's the first time Universal has made its Facebook Social Cinema application available overseas

  

Friday Box Office: 'Footloose' Soft-Shoes Its Way to Disappointing $5.4M

October 15, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 16 weeks ago

Paramount dance-movie remake only on pace for around $15M; Universal's "Thing" frozen at around $9M

  

Universal Nabs 'Crime of the Century;' Chris Morgan to Produce

October 13, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 17 weeks ago

Dan Trachtenberg will direct the sci-fi heist film, which Daniel Kunka is writing

  

Johnny Depp to Produce, Possibly Star in Dr. Seuss Biopic for Universal

October 7, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 17 weeks ago

Illumination Entertainment and Depp's Infinitum Nihil are developing the project

  

Cinemark Threatens to Yank 'Tower Heist' If Universal Goes Early VOD

October 6, 2011 By Brent Lang 18 weeks ago

The third largest theater chain says it will pull the film if it is made available to Comcast subscribers 3 weeks after its debut

  

Universal Tests Early VOD 'Heist' 3 Weeks After Movie Hits Theaters

October 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 18 weeks ago

Renting the Eddie Murphy action-comedy "Tower Heist" will reportedly cost $60, but test will be limited to Atlanta and Portland, Ore.

  

Jim Watters Stepping Down as Universal's President of Operations

September 29, 2011 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

The 35-year studio veteran will retire at the end of the year

  

Universal Forges 3-Year Distribution Deal With Cross Creek

September 28, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 19 weeks ago

The studio will release at least six Cross Creek movies under the pact

  

Universal Brings Back Original Writers For 'Wanted 2'

September 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 19 weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Brandt and Derek Haas will pen the sequel to their 2008 hit

  

Universal Ups Peter Kujawski to EVP, Worldwide Acquisitions

September 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

The Focus Features executive will re-locate to Los Angeles and oversee a small team

  

Universal Sets Up Yet Another 'Scarface'

September 21, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 20 weeks ago

The studio plans a new interpretation of the gangster story already made famous by Paul Muni and Al Pacino