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Director's Chair: Figgis, Stiller, Wiseman

By Garth Franklin Thursday December 9th 2004 08:33PM

"Mike Figgis will indulge in New Line Cinema's "Guilty Pleasure." The Oscar nominee will direct the thriller about a young couple who engage in a menage a trois as a last sexual fling before their wedding. Ricky Strauss, who was one of the executive producers of "The Sweetest Thing," is producing with Figgis' longtime producing partner, Annie Stewart..." (full details) "DreamWorks has given Red Hour partners Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld a three-year renewal on their first-look deal. To that end, DreamWorks is mobilizing "Tropic Thunder" as the next film Stiller potentially directs and toplines, based on an original script he wrote with Etan Cohen and Justin Thoreau..." (full details) "Len Wiseman has apparently been approached about directing the "Wolverine" movie. How long ago Wiseman was offered the job, whether he's the only director being offered the gig and what his answer was (or even if one has been given by Wiseman) all remain unknown..." (full details) "Director John Singleton is setting up in Toronto for the Paramount Pictures feature Four Brothers, scheduled to beging shooting in January. Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg reteam for this revenge thriller about four brothers who are reunited after a death in the family..." (full details) "MirrorMask writer Neil Gaiman and director Dave McKean plan on reteaming for a big screen adaptation of Signal to Noise. The duo's MirrorMask is set for a theatrical release in 2005 by Sony. Signal to Noise was written by Neil and illustrated by McKean. The graphic novella centers on a dying film director..." (full details) Thanks to 'Gustavo'.

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