Acclaimed writer/directors Anna Boden Ryan Fleck’s new film It’s Kind of a Funny Story begins production in New York City this week. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the project, which it is co-financing with Wayfare Entertainment

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Production Begins on It’s Kind of a Funny Story

The Playlist is reporting that Paul Greengrass, who directed both The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum , has exited the fourth “Bourne” movie in development at Universal Pictures. Two scripts were turned in for the project – a first one by George Nolfi and a second by Josh Zemuter. The site says that no one likes Nolfi’s version, but that Greengrass was not consulted by the studio in the hiring of Zemuter.

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Director Paul Greengrass Exits Fourth Bourne

MTV talked to Ryan Reynolds about starring in the Martin Campbell-directed comic book adaptation Green Lantern .

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Reynolds Says Green Lantern is Not a Labored Origin Story

MTV and 20th Century Fox are partnering on an unprecedented livestream event to give fans a unique and interactive look into James Cameron’s epic adventure Avatar . Presented by LG Mobile Phones, “Avatar Live” will stream in high-definition (HD) simultaneously on MTV.com and Facebook on December 3, 2009 at 3:00pm ET/ 12:00pm PT and followed by an all new “Behind the Screen” Avatar -themed episode on MTV in December. Produced by MTV News, the livestream event in HD will present exclusive footage and give fans the chance to engage live with Cameron and two of the film’s stars, Sam Worthington and Zoë Saldana

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Interactive Avatar Live is Coming

Syfy has picked up 13 episodes of “Haven,” a thriller based on Stephen King’s novella “The Colorado Kid,” reports Variety . The project marks the first to be produced for Syfy outlets around the globe (except Canada and Scandinavia).

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Syfy Picks Up Stephen King’s Colorado Kid

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that Michael Jackson’s This Is It will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 26th. The full press release: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment offers music lovers a backstage pass to witness the King of Pop plan and create what would have been his electrifying and triumphant return to the stage when MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP this January 26, 2010. After breaking box office records around the world, MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT will dazzle on Blu-ray and DVD

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Michael Jackson’s This Is It Coming to Blu-ray and DVD Jan. 26

Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan has long been known as one of the top dramatic directors thanks to his early movies My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father as well as his most personal movie, In America , the three of them having collectively garnered him six Academy Awards nominations. Sheridan’s last movie teamed him with rapper 50 Cent for the biopic Get Rich or Die Tryin’ , and it must have seemed very much like a departure, but the director’s latest, a remake of Susanne Bier’s Brothers , returns Sheridan to more familiar (and familial) territory

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CS Video: Jim Sheridan on Brothers

ComingSoon.net talked exclusively with Anna Kendrick (”The Twilight Saga”) about Up in the Air aboard a special private American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles! During the flight, we were also treated to an in-flight screening of the Jason Reitman-directed film and a live performance by Sad Brad Smith, whose song “Help Yourself” is featured in the movie. You can watch the interview with Kendrick using the player below! Opening in limited theaters on Dec. 4 before expanding on Dec.

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Exclusive: Up in the Air with Anna Kendrick

ComingSoon.net talked exclusively with Anna Kendrick (”The Twilight Saga”) about Up in the Air aboard a special private American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles! During the flight, we were also treated to an in-flight screening of the Jason Reitman-directed film and a live performance by Sad Brad Smith, whose song “Help Yourself” is featured in the movie. You can watch the interview with Kendrick using the player below! Opening in limited theaters on Dec. 4 before expanding on Dec.

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Exclusive: Up in the Air with Anna Kendrick

Variety has just kicked off their Awards Season series of actor-on-actor profiles , where one actor talks about how impressed or amazed they were by another actor this year.

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Awards Season Profiles: Bradley Cooper Praises Sam Rockwell