"First-time scribes Jim Agnew and Sean Keller have sold the horror spec "Damned" to Fried Films/the Pantry. The story revolves around an all-American family that survives a plane crash only to descend into a backwoods nightmare of demon-fearing religious zealots. Fried and Keston are in postproduction on "Weapons," a film about violence and racial tension in a suburban town..." (full details)
""Wedding Crashers" director David Dobkin has left Universal's same-sex comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" citing big creative differences. The studio announced earlier this month that Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Dobkin were readying a comedy about two straight firefighters who pose as a gay married couple for insurance purposes. Universal will look to bring in a replacement helmer to keep the film on track for an August start..." (full details)
"Producer Haruki Kadokawa, hot off his successful WWII pic "Yamato: The Last Battle," has signed that pic's star, Takashi Sorimachi, to play the lead in his epic about Genghis Khan, "The Blue Wolf -- To the Ends of the Earth and Sea." The Mongolian-Japanese co-production will trace the Mongolian national hero's life from his birth as the descendant of a legendary blue wolf to his death in 1227 at age 65, after having conquered most of Asia. Budgeted at $25 million, pic will celebrate the 800th anniversary of Mongolia's founding..." (full details)
