"Screen Gems and Lakeshore have set Renny Harlin to direct supernatural thriller "The Covenant." J.S. Cardone's script follows a mysterious stranger at an exclusive prep school. Sebastian Stan, Steven Strait, Toby Hemingway and Chace Crawford star; production begins in Montreal October 4th..." (full details)
"Bob and Harvey Weinstein said Wednesday that their burgeoning company has purchased the rights to develop and produce "Panic," a novel from Jeff Abbott that will hit store shelves Thursday. The award-winning mystery-suspense novelist's latest tale centers on a documentary filmmaker who returns home to Austin to find his mother brutally murdered and learns that his entire life is a carefully constructed lie..." (full details)
"Joe Ranft, Pixar Animation Studios' head of story for more than a decade and a cornerstone of the company's creative team, died Tuesday when the car he was riding in plunged into the ocean after running off the road in Mendocino County, Calif. He was 45..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'.
