Guardian Unlimited Film News

Murder-themed thriller Disturbia remained No 1 in the US at the weekend, while outside America Wild Hogs held first place.

The ashes of Star Trek actor James Doohan were shot into space at the weekend.

Sparta's musclebound supermen will slug it out with Johnny Depp's buccaneers at the MTV movie awards.

Plus: Ron Howard to take Frost/Nixon to the big screen; Steve McQueen's Ferrari to be auctioned.

Jodie Foster courts controversy by starring as the Third Reich's genius of screen propaganda.

A council has overruled the British Board of Film Classification by allowing under-18s to see Shane Meadows' film This Is England.

A film producer who lied to get a European Union grant of almost £2m was jailed for four and a half years yesterday.

Obituary: Aide to President Lyndon Johnson, he became a legendary Hollywood lobbyist.

Plus: X-Men spin-off Magneto confirmed; Grant accepts damages from newspaper group over 'flirt' allegations.

Indian judge issues warrants for Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty for contravening obscenity laws by kissing at an Aids awareness event.

Hugh Grant has been arrested over an allegation that he assaulted a paparazzi photographer with a tub of baked beans.

Casino Royale and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest have joined the UK's top 10 highest ever grossing films.

The murder thriller Disturbia scared off the competition at the US box-office, while outside America the middle-aged bikers of Wild Hogs zoomed to No 1.

Plus: Coen brothers take on A Serious Man; Douglas enters the courtroom; Kathy Bates steps onto Mendes' Revolutionary Road.

Sam Mendes is to direct a movie version of the classic George Eliot novel.