June 19, 2013

Alcon to Bring Broadway’s ‘Memphis’ to the Big Screen

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*Alcon has acquired rights to the Tony Award-winning musical “Memphis” and will bring it to the big screen, likely through Warner Bros, where Alcon is based, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Mark Gordon and Molly Smith are producing the film, which revolves around the relationship between a white radio DJ [...]




Eddie Murphy to Voice Film Version of Hong Kong Phooey

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*Eddie Murphy is taking on another popular animated character. The comedian, already cemented as the voice of Donkey in the four “Shrek” movies, has signed on to voice Hong Kong Phooey, in a film of the same name based. Folks of a certain age already know the character from the 1970s Hanna-Barbera animated TV series [...]