CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Michel Gondry is in negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures' The Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen and Stephen Chow, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures.

NEW YORK, Dec.

By Tim Walker The London Film Festival just gets better. In a year when Cannes and Venice disappointed, the BFI is offering us Bond, Bush, the best of British, and a choice selection of documentary and world cinema.

By Steven Rea Last year's Toronto International Film Festival launched more than a few exceptionally good, and, as things turned out, Oscar- contending titles: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,""Eastern Promises,""Juno,""Michael Clayton,""No Country for Old Me" and "Persepolis" among them.

Sony Pictures Classics says it has purchased the U.S. rights to Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York, from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.