If near-future science fiction has taught us anything, it’s that humanity is irremediably doomed — either we succumb to rapacious technology or natural disasters of our own making, or an invasion by ...

Principal photography is set to begin in April on “The Captive” (“El Cautivo”), the period adventure epic from Alejandro Amenábar, whose “The Sea Inside” won an Oscar for best foreign language film.

The Motion Picture Assn. of America is slapping sanctions on the controversial horror film “Captivity” that could endanger the film’s stated release date of May 18. The MPAA said it would not rate the ...