AWN Headline News

GoFish Corp. announced the upcoming launch of its latest Internet series, HIDDEN CELEBRITY WEBCAM. The interactive program, sponsored by the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, will premiere on the GoFish Network May 17, 2007.

HIDDEN CELEBRITY WEBCAM is created by Icebox. The animated parody gives audiences a voyeur's glimpse into the most private -- and unwittingly embarrassing -- moments of some of Hollywood's most notorious celebrities as imagined by series creator, Nell Scovell.

New Line Cinema has hired FINAL DESTINATION scribe Eric Bress to pen THE ALCHEMYST, which is screen adaptation of Michael Scott's YA fantasy book series, THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says. Mark Burnett (TV's SURVIVOR) is the producer.

In THE ALCHEMYST, which is the first book in the series, two teenage twins get wrapped up with legendary alchemist Nicholas Flamel after he loses a book containing secrets that could end humanity if they falls into the wrong hands.

Despite a 61.5% slide from its record-breaking opening, SPIDER-MAN 3 still led the box office in its sophomore outing for the weekend period ended May 13, 2007. With $58.1M, SPIDER-MAN 3 (boasting impressive vfx from Sony Pictures Imageworks) has now brought home $240.2M for Sony. Debuting in second place with $9.8M was Fox Atomic's 28 WEEKS LATER (with gritty vfx from Rising Sun Pictures, Animal Logic, Lip Sync, The Senate, The Mill, Rushes, Framestore CFC, DNA, Chocolate Lab, Prime Focus and Rainmaker). Bowing in the third spot was Universal's GEORGIA RULE with $6.7M.

Thirty-three students from 16 colleges and universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 34th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Their films will now be screened for and judged by Academy members, who will vote to select the winners. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards, along with accompanying cash prizes of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000, may be presented in each of four categories. Winning filmmakers will participate in a week of industry-related and social activities, culminating in the awards ceremony on June 9, 2007.

The deadline for entry into SIGGRAPH 2007 FJORG! (pronounced FORGE), a new international computer graphics animation competition sponsored by DreamWorks Animation, is fast approaching. The competition will be held at SIGGRAPH 2007, the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques held Aug. 5-9, 2007, at the San Diego Convention Center.

Dutch producer John De Mol is resurrecting the legendary British horror studio Hammer Film Prods. Mol's private equity company Cyrte Investments has bought the rights to the approximately 300 Hammer library titles for $50 million. Former Liberty Global execs Simon Oakes and Marc Schipper have been hired to run the new Hammer Studios.

SUPERMAN RETURNS and HEROES conquered the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films' 33rd Saturn Awards, which was held at the Universal Hilton on May 10, 2007.

SUPERMAN flew home with the Best Fantasy Film as well as Best Direction (Bryan Singer), Best Writing (Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty), Best Actor (Brandon Routh) and Best Music (John Ottman).

On the TV side, HEROES took home Best Network TV Series, while Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere won Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively.