Andy Serkis Movie Updates

Bleecker Street and Participant Media have nabbed North American rights to Breathe.

Plot details are being kept secret, but the actor will play a character called the Colonel.

Andy Serkis is stepping into shoes initially filled by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who fell off the project due to scheduling conflicts.

Serkis' The Imaginarium banner will produce The Bone Season adaptation with Chernin Entertainment.

The Gollum actor and second-unit director of The Hobbit talks with THR about his first film from his London-based performance-capture studio, The Imaginarium.

After a three-film Lord of the Rings series, New Line, MGM and Warner Bros. will return to Middle Earth for another trilogy.

Superhero debuts April 17 on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon and Vudu, then splashes down at Tribeca before a limited theatrical roll-out commences May 4 in Seattle.

So who did the studio lock in first? No, it wasn’t James Franco or Freida Pinto. The studio just closed what I’m told is a healthy seven-figure deal for Andy Serkis to reprise his role as lead ape Caesar. Serkis had only signed on for one movie, so his reps had leverage in ensuring that he come back to continue leading the ape t ...