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Web Exclusive: Writers Sternin and Ventimilia also scripted Fox's 'Rio' -- Warner Bros. is heading back to Jellystone Park, moving ahead on development of "Yogi Bear" sequel.

Web Exclusive: 'Bridesmaids' outruns 'Thor' at Friday box office -- Disney's ''Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' took first last night, bowing to $35 million domestically, $4.7 million of which came from select midnight screenings.

Web Exclusive: Helmer aims to paint portrait of emotions -- Marta Esteban's Impossible Films is making "A Gun in Each Hand," an adult comedy that presents eight portraits of men in their 40s, all with identity crises, to be helmed by Catalan auteur Cesc Gay ("Fiction," "VOS").

Web Exclusive: Big-budget pics stir up attention in Cannes market -- German minimajor Constantin Film has snapped up German rights to sci-fi pic "Ender's Game" and Jason Statham starrer "Parker" in Cannes.

Web Exclusive: Pic expected to begin production in winter -- Crime Scene Pictures partners Adam Ripp and Rob Paris are set to produce helmer Joe Lynch's action thriller, "Everly."

Web Exclusive: Offers for remake rights also on the table -- Films Sans Frontieres has closed all rights to France on Santiago Segura's "Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis."

Web Exclusive: Tunisian docu ends 11-year absence from Cannes -- Tunisian director Mourad Ben Cheikh started shooting his timely documentary "No More Fear" -- which unspools in Cannes as a special screening on Friday -- on Jan. 14, the day President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.

Web Exclusive: Screenplay complete on Cinefondation Atelier selection -- Mexico's Mamut Cine and France's Cine-Sud Promotion are linking to produce helmer Celso Garcia's "The Thin Yellow Line."

Web Exclusive: 'Tree' towers over quirky Cannes lineup -- Justin Chang: We're past the midpoint of the fest, and with four days and several hotly anticipated titles still to screen, it's a bit premature to assess whether this will go down as a great festival or a so-so one.

Web Exclusive: 'Conquest' producer heads to the Yukon -- Producer Eric Altmayer ("The Conquest") is developing "Gold in the Snow" an English-lingo adventure.

Web Exclusive: 'King's Speech' director joins 14 others -- Tom Hooper has been appointed to the British Film Institute's board of governors.

Web Exclusive: 'Bridesmaids' a strong second with $22.4 mil -- Paramount continued its domestic winning streak with "Thor" posting an estimated soph sesh take of $34.5 million

Web Exclusive: Fifth in 'Furious' franchise wins the day with $33 mil -- Universal's "Fast Five" sped to first Friday night with $33.2 million from 3,643 locations.

Web Exclusive: Helmer Julie Rubio demonstrates an unsteady hand with shaping scenes, perfs and dialogue.

Web Exclusive: Toon tops holiday frame with $26.8 mil -- In what was expected to be a tight race between "Rio" and "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family," 20th Century Fox's 3D animated pic managed to hang on to the domestic B.O.'s top spot with an estimated $26.8 million, showing the expected strength of families at the multiplexes during Easter weekend.