"Helmer John Landis has signed on to direct "The Missionary Position". Comedy, penned by Glen Brackenridge and Curtis Brien, centers on a hardened criminal who disguises himself as a missionary to evade the police and recover his loot. But when he meets his Christian companion, the thief realizes prison never looked so good. Shooting is scheduled for next summer..." (full details)
"Malcolm D. Lee ("Undercover Brother", "Best Man") is set to direct the comedy "The Better Man" for Universal Pictures. "Better Man" follows the story of a successful Los Angeles comedian who reluctantly heads back to the South with his wife and son to reunite with his family. There, old rivalries heat up. Lee wrote the comedy as a spec, which landed at Universal in the summer..." (full details)
"Paramount Pictures has tapped Alice Wu to write and direct "Foreign Babes in Beijing," based on the memoir by Rachel DeWoskin. Described as in the vein of "Lost in Translation," the story centers on a young American woman who moves to Beijing and becomes famous playing an American vixen in a Chinese soap opera. The book chronicled DeWoskin's experience amid China's changing cultural landscape in the 1990s..." (full details)
