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Director's Chair: Nathanson, Vaughn, Salva

By Garth Franklin Friday December 10th 2004 08:37AM

"Jeff Nathanson has signed on to direct "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" for Walt Disney Studios. He will replace Mark Waters, who boarded the project in June. Best known as a screenwriter, Nathanson made his directorial debut this year with "The Last Shot". "Ghosts" centers on a bachelor who goes to his younger brother's wedding, where he is visited by the ghosts of past girlfriends..." (full details)

"Matthew Vaughn is in negotiations to helm the big-screen adaptation of the classic TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." for Warner Bros. Pictures. The series, which ran on NBC from 1964-68, featured the espionage adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) who fight the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity)..." (full details)

"Mark Amin's Sobini Films has inked a deal with Blockbuster subsid DEJ Prods. and Inferno Distribution to finance its feature version of novel "Peaceful Warrior". Victor Salva ("Jeepers Creepers") has come onboard to direct the pic. 'Warrior' is the story of a top college gymnast who has a chance encounter with an unusual man at an all-night gas station that sets him on a spiritual quest and changes his life"..." (full details) Thanks to 'KC'

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