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"Tobey Maguire is taking flight to produce with an eye to star in "Blackbird," a thriller that David Auburn will write for Columbia Pictures. "Blackbird" will be loosely based on a book proposal by Eric Olson about his father who worked for the CIA when the agency performed LSD experiments in the 1960s and later died under mysterious circumstances. For 20 years, Olson's family believed he committed suicide. When Olson found out that his father was given LSD by his employers a week before his death, he was compelled to investigate what happened..." (more details) "Patrick Bauchau has signed on to star in filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka's second feature, "Boy Culture," described as a contemporary gay date movie based on the book by Matthew Rettenmund. "Culture," which starts shooting this week in Seattle, tells the story of a successful male escort's tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client..." (more details) "Patricia Rae, Craig Wasson, John Heard, Gary Perez, Francisco Gattorno and newcomer Jeremiah Sayys will star in "Absolute Tangerine," a thriller written and directed by Tomax Aponte. The movie will follow a distraught mother who escapes a crime-in-progress and searches for her missing son, all the while eluding a group of ruthless killers who are attempting to silence her for witnessing the crime..." (more details) "Kathy Griffin has signed on to the new independent film "Vegas Baby," produced by Insomnia Entertainment. She will be playing the role of She-Elvis for writer-director Eric Bernt, one of the screenwriters of "Romeo Must Die," who is making his directorial debut with the feature, which Trent Othick is producing. Vincent Pastore ("The Sopranos"), Kal Penn and Jonathan Bennett also star in the road trip tale of five pals who travel to Vegas for a bachelor party..." (more details) "Shawn Ashmore, best known for this role as Bobby Drake/Iceman in "X2: X-Men United," has stepped in to star in the indie feature "3 Needles" for Canadian writer-director Thom Fitzgerald. Ashmore replaces Scott Speedman. The film is a triptych about the AIDS pandemic that plays out in South Africa, China and North America. In the North American segment, Ashmore will play a second-rate pornography actor who passes his monthly blood test by stealing samples from his geriatric father..." (more details)

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