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Word is spreading that the Sony Pictures film Singularity is in disarray and that it’s related to Roland Emmerich’s disappointment over the studio’s release of the his Shakespeare film Anonymous. That is being denied both by the studio and by sources close to the filmmaker. I’m told that they’ve added the top…

Sony Pictures has rethought its approach to the October 28 opening of the Roland Emmerich-directed Anonymous, which originally was planned as a wide release. Instead, the studio is taking a platform approach and debuting in 250 theaters the drama that suggests William Shakespeare didn’t write all those plays — it was…

The 55th BFI London Film Festival has set its slate for the 16-day festival that runs Oct. 12-27. It’s composed mostly of the high-profile films that will have made their debuts at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals. The festival previously announced Fernando Meirelles’ 360 as its opener, and…