92 Minutes: "Revolution Studios has acquired remake rights to the 1997 Israeli pic "92 Minutes," with Bob Cooper's Landscape Entertainment attached to produce. "92 Minutes" is a dark comedy about what happens to a man who's told that he has a very aggressive cancer and has only 92 minutes to live...." (more info).
<strong>Hairspray</strong>: "New Line Cinema will produce a feature remake of "Hairspray," thus completing a 16-year full-circle journey from modestly budgeted John Waters cult movie to Tony-winning smash Broadway tuner and now back to bigscreen musical. Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne confirmed that the new film will be a priority development project aiming for a 2006 release..." (<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901246?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Possession</strong>: "Darclight, the genre label of Arclight Films, has greenlit "Possession," which Peter James adapted from his novel. Stuart Baird ("Star Trek: Nemesis") will direct the supernatural thriller about a young man who, after being killed in an auto crash, reappears to his mother to reveal a dark secret..." (<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901202?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time</strong>: "Jerry Bruckheimer Films is negotiating a seven-figure deal to acquire the feature film rights to bestselling videogame "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time." Pic is being earmarked as a feature film for Disney. Deal includes a script being penned by game creator Jordan Mechner. John August is exec producing and supervising Mechner on the script. Game, set in 9th century medieval Persia, tells the story of how a young adventurous prince who uncovers a dangerous artifact in a remote mountain kingdom and with the help of an enemy princess, must stop a despot from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy all mankind..." (<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901177?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Sword of Dracula</strong>: "Chuck Gordon's Daybreak Prods. and Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe Prods. have optioned the feature film and TV rights to "Sword of Dracula," based on the comicbook series created by Jason Henderson. The series, published by Image Comics, is a contemporary revamp of the Dracula story in which competing military forces find themselves racing to excavate the great vampire himself..." (<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901241?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>The Pink Panther</strong>: "MGM is in talks with Beyonce Knowles to play the chief suspect in a diamond heist in "The Pink Panther" and has tapped French star Jean Reno ("Ronin") to play Inspector Clouseau's traveling companion. Reno will play his driver Ponton, who's secretly an undercover cop assigned by the boss to keep an eye on Clouseau. Knowles is eyeing the role of Xania, a pop singer whose suddenly dead boyfriend owned the rock..." (<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117901235?categoryid=13&cs=1" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Dinner Party</strong>: "Following the success of "Barbershop 2: Back in Business," director Kevin Rodney Sullivan is in negotiations to helm the comedy "Dinner Party" for Columbia Pictures. Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac are set to star. "Dinner," being written by Peter Tolan, is about a white man (Kutcher) dating a black woman whose father (Mac) is having difficulty coming to terms with the relationship..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000455082" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Happy Endings</strong>: "Maggie Gyllenhaal has lined up a busy spring. The actress and star of Lions Gate Films' "Secretary" is set to join Serenade Films/Sly Dog Films' digital feature "The Great New Wonderful" for helmer Danny Leiner, followed by a role in Don Roos' "Happy Endings." When she completes the latter film, Gyllenhaal will then reprise her role in Tony Kushner's play "Homebody/Kabul" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000455090" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Justice Deferred</strong>: "Scribe Michael Bacall has been tapped to adapt "Justice Deferred" for Warner Bros. Pictures and Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment. The studio confirmed that Bacall has been hired to adapt the Len Williams-penned novel about a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes and becomes a lawyer..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000455087" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Logan's Run</strong>: "Bryan Singer is in negotiations to develop and direct "Logan's Run" for Warner Bros. Singer is producing the project with Joel Silver. Originally a book by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, the novel takes place in a youth-obsessed future society where residents are euthanized as soon as they turn 21. The story centers on Logan, a police officer whose job it is to track down those who run from their fate until he decides to run as well and search for Sanctuary, a fabled place where older folks live. MGM adapted the book into a 1976 movie starring Michael York..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000455084" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Modoc</strong>: "Kevin Costner is in negotiations to board the epic feature adaptation of Ralph Helfer's novel "Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived" for Scott Steindorff's Stone Village Pictures. Costner will direct, produce alongside Steindorff and possibly take a starring role in the project. "Modoc" is described as a "Black Stallion"-type love story between a man and an animal with elements reminiscent of "Forrest Gump"..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000455084" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Wanted</strong>: "Universal Pictures has optioned the comic book "Wanted" for Marc Platt to produce. Created by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, "Wanted" centers on Gibson, the illegitimate son of the world's greatest supervillain, the Killer. When the Killer is assassinated by a cabal of other villains, Gibson is sought out as the heir to the Killer's fortune, legacy and status as the world's pre-eminent villain..." (<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000453215" target="_blank">more info</a>).
<strong>Angel</strong>: Sarah Michelle Gellar making an appearance? See <a href="http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-03/03/17.00.tv " target="_blank">Sci-Fi Wire</a> for details.
<strong>Bloodrayne</strong>: <a href="http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com" target="_blank">HNR</a> indicates the Uwe Boll flick will shoot in Vancouver.
<strong>Catwoman</strong>: Halle Berry talks about her purr-fect role to <a href="http://www.x3movie.net/catwoman/index.html" target="_blank">X3 Movie</a>.
<strong>Constantine</strong>: A small controversy is brewing, see <a href="http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/496/496206p1.html" target="_blank">IGN Filmforce</a> for details.
<strong>Dead Teenager</strong>: <a href="http://www.mtv.com" target="_blank">MTV</a> indicates this might be the comic adaptation Jessica Simpson keeps referring to as starring in.
<strong>DVD News</strong>: New details & artwork is up for <a href="http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3449" target="_blank">Wyatt Earp</a>, <a href="http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3451" target="_blank">Around the World in 80 Days</a>, <a href="http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3457" target="_blank">21 Grams</a>, <a href="http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=3456" target="_blank">Bright Young Things</a> & <a href="http://www.davisdvd.com" target="_blank">Paycheck</a>.
<strong>Enterprise (TV)</strong>: Rick Berman talks a little about the finale to <a href="http://trekweb.com/articles/2004/03/03/404618ad5a55f.shtml" target="_blank">Trekweb</a>.
<strong>Ghost in the Shell: Innocence</strong>: The US site for the anime sequel is up at <a href="http://www.gofishpictures.com/GITS2/" target="_blank">Go Fish</a>.
<strong>Ginger Snaps 3</strong>: New shots from the prequel are now up at <a href="http://www.creature-corner.com/news4/mar04gingersnapsback.php3" target="_blank">Creature Corner</a>.
<strong>Godzilla: Final Wars</strong>: That's the title according to the Japanese <a href="http://godzilla.co.jp/" target="_blank">official site</a>.
<strong>Kaena: The Prophecy</strong>: A better quality version of the trailer is <a href="http://www.kaena.lycos.fr/mov_en/BandeAnnonce/Kaena_FA_VO_1600k.mov" target="_blank">now online</a>.
<strong>The Chronicles of Riddick</strong>: New pics from a French mag are up at <a href="http://www.moviehole.net/news/3326.html" target="_blank">Moviehole</a>.
<strong>The Day After Tomorrow</strong>: The final poster artwork is now online at <a href="http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/fox/dayaftertomorrow/poster.html" target="_blank">LatinoReview</a>.
<strong>The Hobbit</strong>: Peter Jackson has said to <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com" target="_blank">Yahoo Movies</a> that he does hope he can direct The Hobbit if all the legal issues can be worked out. The soonest it could happen is probably 2007.
<strong>Tony Awards</strong>: <a href="http://216.92.38.150/forum/messages/91759.html" target="_blank">Talkin' Broadway</a> indicates Hugh Jackman's going to host the Tony Awards for the second year in a row.
Thanks to 'Phillip', 'KarlChilders', 'Beacham', 'Mark', 'Juan', 'SWERJ', 'Clint', 'Lloyd', 'Stax', 'Jason', 'BTboyy', 'Stef', 'Tim', 'Antoine', 'JB' & 'Darren'
