"Brit distrib Momentum has picked up U.K. and Spanish rights to Beatrix Potter biopic "Miss Potter". Renee Zellweger stars as the Victorian scribe of children's books, with Ewan McGregor as her love interest. Chris Noonan ("Babe") helms. Production of the $30 million film will start in spring in Blighty's Lake District, where Potter lived, and on the Isle of Man. Pic will include CGI animation sequences..." (full details)
""Sahara" scribes Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have been tapped to rewrite the comedy-actioner "Skip Tracer" for Columbia Pictures. The story centers on a man who inadvertently kidnaps a young girl embroiled in a custody battle when he repossesses a yacht. Scribe Steve Franks ("Big Daddy") penned an earlier draft. Neal Moritz is producing through his Original Films banner..." (full details)
"Dreamworks will release "Typhoon," the most expensive Korean film ever made, in North America next year. It has pacted with South Korean major CJ Entertainment for the multilanguage pic, helmed by K.T. Kwak, about a modern-day pirate planning a massive attack on North and South Korea. Pic is the first Korean feature released by a U.S. major..." (full details)
