"Nicolas Cage will star in "Electric God" for director Mark Pellington and Cage's Saturn Films. David Murray adapted the script from the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde ("Pay It Forward"). Story concerns a man who lives an isolated life in hopes of controlling his violent temper but finds redemption when forced to reach out to others. Saturn Films is in post on Andrew Niccol's "Lord of War" and is prepping "The Wicker Man," written and to be directed by Neil LaBute..." (full details)
"Adam Shankman is in negotiations to direct and Sarah Jessica Parker is in negotiations to star in "Slammer" for Revolution Studios. The script is by Sara Goodman and based on a story by Tim Metcalfe and John Slotnick and a screenplay by Metcalfe. Parker plays a pushy publicist who's wrongly imprisoned on the charge she took fashion freebies meant for clients and turned them over to knockoff artists for mass production. Once in Sing Sing, she produces an inmate musical..." (full details)
"Nickelodeon Movies will go to the mat with Jack Black, Mike White and Jared Hess for a project that will see Black topline, Hess helm and White and Hess co-script. Black will portray a Mexican priest who secretly moonlights as a masked wrestler in order to save an orphanagefrom closure. Untitled pic, inspired by a true-life story, will be produced by Black & White Prods. and Nick Movies, and distributed by Paramount. Production's targeted for fall..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
