Paramount has decided to fly with "The Pilot," paying mid-six against high-six figures to snap up Johnny Rosenthal's comedy pitch. Rosenthal's story, set in 1983, centers on a misogynistic pilot who's brought up on sexual harassment charges and forced to become a cabin steward in order to learn gender sensitivity..." (full details)
New Line has attached Takashi Shimizu, director of Japan's boffo horror pic "Ju-On" and its English-language remake "The Grudge," to helm "Parasyte." "Parasyte" is based on a 12-part Manga comicbook series by Hitosi Iwaaki that's published in English by the TokyoPop imprint. Current screenplay is by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (Par's "Aeon Flux") penned the screenplay, which has been rewritten by Matt Drake. In the sci-fier, alien spores land on Earth and start taking over human bodies. One young man manages to isolate his "parasyste" in his left arm. Left part human and part alien, the young man and "Lefty" -- an alien arm with a will of its own -- are the planet's sole protection from the sinister invasion..." (full details)
"Columbia Pictures' "Monster House" will be released in 3-D on 100 digital screens day-and-date with its national release July 21, 2006. "Monster House," produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, is the second film to use Sony Imageworks' "performance capture" technology last seen in "The Polar Express," which was released in Imax 3-D. When "Monster" is released in the summer, it will employ REAL D technology that allows standard-size 35mm films to be digitally projected in 3-D on regular multiplex screens..." (full details)
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