U.S. actor Josh Lucas has been cast in Possible Side Effects, a new Showtime pilot, the cable television network said Wednesday. The pilot was written, executive produced and is to be directed by Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins, however, Robbins will not be appearing in it.

By Michael Janusonis With the General Assembly still mulling changes in the state's film tax credit program and producers spooked by the potential of a strike by the Screen Actors Guild at the end of next month, the pace of film production in the state has slowed considerably.

Josh Lucas and Lena Headey will begin filming Tell-Tale, a loose contemporary update of Edgar Allan Poe's classic The Tell-Tale Heart, Monday on locations in Burrillville and Providence.

By Arthur Spiegelman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hit an iceberg and sink. Get battered by a perfect storm and sink. Get sideswiped by a white whale and sink. Sometimes there's nothing like a big ship going down to grab an audience's attention. Or so a nervous Hollywood hopes.

By Gina Keating LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new movie that opened on Friday pays tribute to a band of reluctant heroes -- the college coach and team that created a sea change in American perceptions of the ability of black basketball players.