"Good Night, and Good Luck" star David Strathairn will join Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in McG's untitled Marshall University football project for Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie revolves around the events following the 1970 plane crash that killed members of the West Virginia-based Marshall football team, along with most of its coaching staff, sports commentators and many of its local boosters..." (full details)
"Billy Bob Thornton is is on board to develop "Floyd Collins" as a feature film for Paramount Pictures and will helm and star in the drama. Set in 1925, the drama centers on the true-life story of cave explorer Floyd Collins' entrapment in a Kentucky cavern and the ensuing 13-day news frenzy..." (full details)
"Universal Pictures has acquired "The Recruiter," a comic pitch hatched by "40-Year-Old Virgin" co-star Romany Malco. Pic, about a day in the life of a Marine recruiter, will be crafted as a star vehicle for Malco, who's on the Showtime series "Weeds." "Virgin" director Judd Apatow will produce. Rob Siegel, whose scripts include "The Wrestler" and "The Onion Movie," is set to write..." (full details)
