"20th Century Fox has acquired the romantic comedy pitch "Rebound Guy" as a potential starring vehicle for Hugh Jackman. Jennifer Robinson and Dyanne Stempel will write the script about a carousing bachelor who only dates girls on the rebound, secure in the knowledge that they never want a serious relationship after a long commitment. When he falls in love with a girl on the rebound, he inserts a "rebound guy" in front of him and positions himself as the real guy..." (full details)
"Warner Bros. has optioned the Alice Munro short story "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage." The studio has set Mark Poirier to adapt it with the intention for Julianne Moore to star. Story centers on a nanny hired to care for a teenage girl whose mother has just died. Complications arise when the nanny falls in love with the teen's ailing father..." (full details)
"Elizabeth Banks and Luis Guzmán are set to join Vince Vaughn in writer/director David O. Russell's next project. In the untitled comedy, Vaughn plays Hume Stevens, the wise*ss host of a radio call-in show, whose life gets turned upside down when he starts becoming his callers. Production begins early January with filming in Los Angeles and Philadelphia..." (full details)
