"Ashanti has just inked a new deal with 20th Century Fox to star in a new comedy, "John Tucker Must Die" alongside "Desperate Housewives" cutie Jesse Metcalfe. Betty Thomas ("I Spy," "Dr. Doolitle," "28 Days") directs the film which begins shooting in Vancouver this Summer..." (full details)
"Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Gold Circle are joining forces to produce the love story "Griffin and Phoenix," set to star Amanda Peet and Dermot Mulroney. Ed Stone ("Happy, Texas") in which he also appeared as an actor, will make his directorial debut, working from his own screenplay. The film is set to begin shooting this fall. Mulroney and Peet will play two lovers who are unaware of the tragic secret each possesses..." (full details)
Frederic Golchan has set up a remake of a Patrice Leconte film, "Intimate Strangers," at Paramount Pictures and romantic comedy "Chaos Theory" at Warner Independent Pictures. "Intimate Strangers" is the story of a woman who goes into an office that she believes is that of her new shrink and bares her soul to an accountant. Bob Nelson ("Nebraska") will adapt. "Pretty Persuasion" helmer Marcos Siega will direct "Chaos Theory," a romantic comedy written by Daniel Taplitz. Pic is the tale of an obsessively organized man whose life devolves into chaos..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'.
