"Scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (TV's "Alias", "Legend of Zorro", M:I-3) have been tapped to write the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of "The Transformers." Steven Spielberg is executive producing the film, based on the 1980s Hasbro toy line. The toy line revolved around two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, who believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, and the other by Megatron, who espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life. Tom DeSanto wrote the screen story..." (full details)
"Hideo Nakata, the man behind the Japanese "Ringu" movies and the upcoming "The Ring Two", has signed on to helm "The Eye" for Paramount Pictures. Cruise-Wagner is producing the project which centers on a blind woman who receives a cornea transplant. However, she gets more than she bargains for when she begins seeing ghosts and premonitions. "Eye" is an adaptation of the hit Hong Kong horror franchise; a third one is in the works..." (full details)
"Hot off the success of "National Treasure," Charles Segars has sold his heist pitch "Fort Knox" to Warner Bros. Pictures. Studio-based Thunder Road Pictures is set to produce the feature, with the company's Basil Iwanyk producing alongside Segars. Further details on the story line were being kept tightly under wraps Monday, but the Fort Knox-set project is said to involve many twists and turns and an unusual plot line..." (full details)
"Paramount has snapped up college comedy spec "Senior Week" from Erica Rivinoja, setting it up for John Goldwyn and Lorne Michaels to produce. Story centers on a hard-working collegian who learns he won't be the class valedictorian and decides to spend his last week at school living the life he's missed for the past four years. Rivinoja developed "Senior Week" with Pam Brady ("South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut," "Team America"), and the project is a potential first-time directing vehicle for Brady..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
