And the Murphy wave just gets higher with "Open," his new HBO pilot starring Wes Bentley ("The Hunger Games"). Co-written by Murphy with Lauren Gussis, "Open" follows the life of "handsome, arrogant" ...

Yet regional funding in Germany is still of great interest for even large U.S. studios, as demonstrated by the new “Hunger Games” pic, which just secured €800,000 ($893,975) in production ...