reported by Cal Gervais, CyberScreenwriter.com

Screenmancer CEO Quendrith Johnson today unveiled a full slate of movie-related news and interviews, "creating a cultural destination on the web that exists to add depth to the current white sugar of information, as known as 'celebrity gossip' out there."

New items include WGA Past President Del Reisman, who gives a rare glimpse into the founding of one of the entertainment industry's most important unions. Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, a musician/professor and best-selling author, offers a snapshot of his book "This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of human Obsession," citing the groundbreaking score of "Bonnie & Clyde" in setting a sound/mood juxtaposition trend that is now a movie standard. ScriptSavvy.com founder Donna White discusses her "Adventures in Screenwriting," from the perspective of a filmmaker and screenwriter.

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reported by Robert James, CyberScreenwriter.com

Hungry for fame? For the first time, Heinz is spinning the bottle on consumers and giving them a chance to create their own TV commercials that celebrate their love affair with the thick, rich taste of America?s favorite ketchup. One grand prize winner will receive $57,000 and a well-earned place in the 130-year history of a bona fide cultural icon, when the winning commercial airs on national TV in September.

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reported by Peter Hillstrand, CyberScreenwriter.com

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the feature film "The Deal," a romantic comedy currently in production in Capetown, South Africa, starring high-profile actors William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Elliot Gould and LL Cool J, as the Company continues to expand its portfolio of film, television and DVD productions for lucrative international and domestic distribution. A 2008 theatrical release is planned by Peace Arch.

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Lionsgate has forged two major partnerships in the faith-based entertainment genre. The Company has reached a distribution agreement with publisher Thomas Nelson, Inc., making Thomas Nelson the exclusive distributor of Lionsgate product in the Christian retail market. The largest Christian publisher and the sixth largest overall publisher in the world, Thomas Nelson is expanding its DVD distribution business through the deal.

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HandHeld Entertainment has expanded its existing agreement with Fun Little Movies (FLM), a leading provider and distributor of mobile entertainment and short comedy films.

As a result of the modified agreement, HandHeld can now stream hundreds of FLM?s short comedy videos on the HandHeld Entertainment network of Web sites, including ZVUE.com?, Putfile.com?, YourDailyMedia.com?, UnOriginal.co.uk?, FunMansion.com? and Dorks.com?.

reported by David Hillsboro, CyberScreenwriter.com

China film industry is forecasted to grow from generating $250 million in box office profits in 2005 to reach close to $900 million by 2010 and almost $2 billion by 2015. Furthermore, China will follow a steep upward trend to overtake the U.S. film industry, currently the dominant global market leader, by sometime in 2050.

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reported by Samuel Grigsby, CyberScreenwriter.com

Filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures? and Village Roadshow Pictures? comedy ?Get Smart,?starring Steve Carell (?The 40-Year-Old Virgin?) and Anne Hathaway (?The Devil Wears Prada?). The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.

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reported by Barbara A. Schloman, Cyberscreenwriter.com

Scripts are rolling in, but Michael Meltzer and Zoobody.com are not finished searching for the next feature horror film. If you have the script, here is the opportunity to have your movie made, but the search ends on Friday the 13th, April 2007. By logging onto and signing up for zoobody.com people can submit their script for this contest utilizing the revolutionary website.

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reported by Dan Sperling, CyberScreenwriter.com

DreamWorks Animation has acquired writers Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons' superhero send-up "Master Mind," which was brought to the company by Lara Breay at Red Hour Films, the production entity of producing partners Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld. Red Hour will collaborate with DreamWorks Animation in developing and producing the project.

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reported by Brian Scott, CyberScreenwriter.com

According to US Content Providers: The New Deal , published by Research and Markets: 2006 will go down in history as a seminal year when the main Hollywood players are finally adopting broadband as a mainstream distribution platform, sometimes simultaneously with DVD.

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