"Hong Kong comic actor and director Stephen Chow said Tuesday he'll start filming the sequel to his action film "Kung Fu Hustle" either late this year or early 2006. Chow said casting for the "Kung Fu Hustle" sequel hasn't been finalized and that he hasn't settled on a female lead - "There will be a lot of new characters in the movie. We'll need a lot of new actors. It's possible that we'll look for people abroad besides casting locals"..." (full details)
"Merv Griffin Entertainment has partnered with Big Headz Entertainment and Lexi Dog Media to produce the bigscreen adaptation of V.C. Andrews' bestselling novel "Rain." Novelist Andrew Neiderman, who authored "The Devil's Advocate" and sometimes ghostwrote for Andrews, penned the screenplay. Robert Loggia has signed on to the project. Coming-of-age drama concerns a musically gifted African-American girl who goes to live with white relatives she never knew she had after her parents are murdered. A November start date is planned..." (full details)
"McG has teamed with up-and-coming scribe John Glenn to develop a contemporary "Dirty Harry" story for Fox. Fox has made a script commitment with a sizable penalty for the project, which was pitched with the working title "McCabe." Project would follow the story of a school teacher who becomes a cop to pursue justice and find his wife's killer..." (full details)
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