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Damn Yankees: "Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein has sent Peter Tolan and Mike Martineau to the plate to script a new screen version of "Damn Yankees," the 1955 musical that will be produced by the "Chicago" team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron..." (more info). Hammer Time: "Phil Joanou is hammering out a deal with DreamWorks to direct "Hammer Down," which begins production this summer. Pic is about a disgraced NASCAR driver who becomes a wheel man in a heist in the belief that it will get him back on the track..." (more info). Invasion of the Body Snatchers: "Dave Kajganich ("Town Creek") has been hired to write the remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" for Warner Bros. Kajganich is also penning an update of the 1979 ghost tale "The Changeling" for Focus Features..." (more info). Maynard Dils ... Last Man on Earth: "Playtone Prods. has optioned spec script from scribe Mark Blutman and set up the project with Universal Pictures. Deal includes a rewrite by Blutman. Laffer follows a nerdy guy who receives the blessing and curse of suddenly being irresistible to every woman on the planet..." (more info). Mozart and the Whale: ""He's the reason it's getting made." The "he" is Josh Hartnett and the film is "Mozart and the Whale." The project's been in/outta the works for seven years, admits Ron Bass, who scripted and is one of the four producers for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films..." (more info). Pop Princess: "Emmett/Furla Films and Valhalla Motion Pictures have acquired feature rights to Rachel Cohn's novel "Pop Princess". Published this month by Simon & Schuster, "Pop Princess" is the story of a small-town teen who gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming a pop star..." (more info). Southland Tales: "Writer-director Richard Kelly, who made his feature debut with indie pic "Donnie Darko," has written and will direct the comedy-musical thriller "Southland Tales" for Cherry Road Films. Pic takes place in 2008 during a three-day Los Angeles heat wave leading up to a massive July 4 holiday celebration. Seann William Scott is in negotiations to star in the project, set to begin shooting in July. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Lee, Janeane Garofalo, Tim Blake Nelson, Amy Poehler, Kevin Smith and Ali Larter are also in negotiations to join the cast..." (more info). The Big White: "Holly Hunter, James Woods, Giovanni Ribisi, Alison Lohman and Tim Blake Nelson have joined Robin Williams in the dark comedy "The Big White," set to begin lensing next month in Canada. Brit director Mark Mylod ("Ali G Indahouse") will helm the laffer about an Alaskan travel agent who finds a frozen body in a dumpster and tries to pass it off as his long-lost brother for a life insurance claim..." (more info).Daddy Cool: "ContentFilm will finance and produce a big-screen adaptation of Donald Goines' novel. A Goines novel was the basis for ContentFilm's "Never Die Alone," which Fox Searchlight is releasing Friday. "Cool" follows a hit man whose family life is torn apart after his teenage daughter runs away. When the assassin tries to rescue her, a tragic series of circumstances unfolds..." (more info). Fat Albert: "Teen star Kyla Pratt has been cast in the big-screen adaptation of the children's cartoon series as the teenage girl whose favorite 'toon characters fall out of her TV set and into her life. Joel Zwick directs..." (more info). Hooligans: "Claire Forlani has signed to join Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam in Odd Lot Entertainment's "Hooligans". Forlani will play the married sister of Elijah Wood's character - a Harvard undergraduate who moves to London and is introduced to the world of soccer hooliganism..." (more info). Moguls: "..." (more info). Let's Make Friends: ""Peter Pan" helmer P.J. Hogan has signed on to direct "Let's Make Friends" for Paramount Pictures. The project was originally set up at Paramount-based De Line Pictures, with Harold Ramis helming the male-bonding comedy. Jesse Dylan was most recently attached to direct..." (more info). Skeleton Key: ""Antwone Fisher" star Joy Bryant has signed onto "Skeleton Key" alongside Kate Hudson and Peter Sarsgaard for Universal Pictures. Shooting is scheduled to start next month with Iain Softley at the helm. Written by Ehren Kruger, the New Orleans-set story follows a young woman (Hudson) who begins to experience spooky things in the home of the elderly couple for whom she's caring..." (more info). The Man: "Luke Goss has been cast as the villain in the Samuel L. Jackson-Eugene Levy starrer "The Man" for New Line Cinema, Les Mayfield is directing. The comedy sees bumbling salesman Levy stumble into an ATF sting and one of the agents (Jackson) realizes he needs to take on the mild-mannered milquetoast as his ersatz partner in order to bring down the drug lord (Goss)..." (more info). The Pink Panther: "David Beckham is in negotiations to join the cast of MGM's "The Pink Panther." The world's most celebrated soccer player would play a cameo role as -- what else? -- a soccer player in the film. Talks for Beckham to take the role are hinging on resolving a scheduling conflict that MGM and Beckham's manager are trying to iron out..." (more info).2004 Showest: Paramount: Descriptions of trailers/clips that aired for the likes of "The Manchurian Candidate", "The Stepford Wives", "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", "What's It All About? Alfie" and more at this year's ShoWest are up at Trailer News. Alien vs. Predator: The official site is open sort of, use 'avp' as a Username and 'weyland' as a password. DVD News: Details and artwork are out for The Butterfly Effect, link, link, Ali: Director's Cut & X-Men Evolution: Seasons 1 & 2. Getting Played: Carmen Electra talked about her role recently to MTV. Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: All sorts of new pics and material is up at HPANA, whilst shots of Buckbeak can be found at The Leaky Cauldron. Head in the Clouds: The Charlize Theron/Stuart Townsend movie is scheduled to open August 13th. Kill Bill: Vol. II: The film is set to be nine reels long, which would put the running time at 2.5-3 hours (in comparison KB1 was 6 reels, "Cold Mountain" was 9). A high quality version of the poster can be found online. Mr. 3000: A poster for the Bernie Mac film is up at Coming Soon. My Big Fat Independent Movie: This indie comedy official site. Nikki & Nora (TV): An earlier draft of Nikki & Nora had them (as in the Thin Man serials) as PI's, in the pilot currently being produced, they are now New Orleans PD Homicide Detectives. Christina Cox who is cast in role of "Nora" will also be seen in the upcoming Vin Diesel actioner "Chronicles of Riddick" as a mercenary named "Logan" who interacts heavily with Diesel and Nick Chinlund . Sky Captain: A revealing new piece of wallpaper can be found on the official site. Star Wars: Episode III: A rumoured plot synopsis is now up at Super Shadow. The Chronicles of Riddick: The Vin Diesel movie, is doing some extra shooting at Pinewood Studios in England as we speak. The Hedonist: Actor James Franco is tipped to direct the story of two brothers according to Prod. Weekly. The Ladykillers: Marlon Wayans talks about his next project to Eclipse Magazine. The Libertine: Pics from the set of the new Johnny Depp flick is up at Johnny Depp Zone. The Mark: A good summary of this project's history is up at Millar World. The Practice (TV): Fay Masterson and Lake Bell will star in David E. Kelley's "The Practice" spinoff series, which James Spader is now firmly attached to topline. William Shatner also is expected to join the cast as a regular. The Producers: Playbill reports that Will Ferrell has joined the cast of the Broderick/Lane comedy. The Transformers: IGN Filmforce has cleared up some recent rumours. Toy Story 3: Reuters reports that Disney is leaning toward making Toy Story 3 a feature film instead of going straight-to-video. Troy: Music From the Movies reports that Gabriel Yared's score for Troy has been rejected and James Horner will now do the score for the film. TV News: Details on what various actors are attached to which shows next season have emerged at TheFutonCritic. Thanks to 'Jeff', 'Keith', 'Jason', 'Fred', 'Flivver', 'GambiX3', 'MisterInvisible', 'Yann', 'trashcompactor', 'Jacob', 'KarlChilders', 'Pete', 'David', 'Stef', 'Stax', 'xenoforge', 'Jas', 'Gustavo', 'Jim', 'Josef', 'KarlChilders', 'Brian', 'Dino' & 'Kenny'

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