Platinum Dunes has made a deal with Focus Features genre label, Rogue Pictures to remake the 1986 pic "The Hitcher." Originally directed by Robert Harmon, "The Hitcher" starred C. Thomas Howell as an ordinary teen who picks up the hitchhiker from hell, a role originated by Rutger Hauer. The serial killer torments the youth by implicating him in each of his crimes. Dunes' Michael Bay said they will quickly ink a writer..." (full details)
"Miracle Cars" has made a believer out of New Line Cinema. Nick Cannon will star and Don D. Scott will write the comedy as well as produce. "Cars" is based on the true story of Robert Gomez and James Nichols, two 19-year-olds who committed the largest auto fraud in U.S. history..." (full details)
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired an unpublished British book called "Yes Man" for David Heyman to produce along with Jack Black and Mike White. Written by Danny Wallace, "Yes Man" is due to be published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment in the U.S. in the summer. The memoir tells the story of what happened to Wallace after an encounter with a mystery character on a late-night bus, when he started saying yes to everything. As a result, he managed to find romance and happiness..." (full details)
The Montecito Picture Co. has has pre-emptively picked up "Over My Dead Body" from scribes Michael Colton and John Aboud as a directing vehicle for Ivan Reitman ("Stripes", "Ghostbusters"). Details about the project are being kept close to the vest, though it is being described as a comedic ghost story. The company has a first-look deal with DreamWorks. Reitman is currently prepping superhero comedy "Super Ex" for Regency Enterprises..." (full details)
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