"The Weinstein Co. is closing a deal to preemptively acquire the comedy pic "Fan Boys," based on a screenplay by Adam F. Goldberg and Ernest Cline. Film follows a group of young, hardcore "Star Wars" fans from the Midwest determined to take their dying friend to Skywalker Ranch so that he can see the seminal sci-fi pic in its perfect setting before he dies. Dan Folger will star and Kyle Mann will make his feature helming debut..." (full details)
"Dimension Films has tapped "The Weather Man" scribe Steve Conrad to make his feature directorial debut next spring on his script "Quebec". To be shot in Conrad's hometown of Chicago, "Quebec" the comedy follows two assistant managers at a grocery chain are vying for the top job. The friends are forced to question how far they'll go as they engage in a campaign of one-upmanship to get the coveted post..." (full details)
"Walt Becker ("Van Wilder") has been tapped to direct "Wild Hogs," a comedy for Touchstone Pictures being produced by Tollin/Robbins Prods. The script, by Brad Copeland ("Arrested Development"), revolves around a group of frustrated middle-aged biker wannabes who hit the open road in search of adventure, only to encounter a real Hell's Angels group..." (full details)
"Revolution Studios has set Nigel Cole ("Calendar Girls", "A Lot Like Love") to direct "Strange Son," the Bruce Joel Rubin-scripted true story of Portia Iverson, a mother who researched autism to find a way to break through the wall that kept her son from communicating with her. She stumbled across a woman in India who had devised a rapid prompting technique..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
