"McG and Matt Cirulnick have sold an untitled pitch to New Regency, with Cirulnick set to pen the script and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce. Cirulnick's original idea is a modern retelling of a classic Greek myth. Cirulnick's TV credits include UPN's "South Beach" and an untitled drama he sold to Spike that he's exec producing with Ice Cube..." (full details)
"Walt Disney Pictures will release a digitally remastered 3D version of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" this Halloween. The digital release of the 1993 stop-motion animated classic is set for October 20th and marks the second digital 3-D theatrical release from Disney after "Chicken Little" did banner business last year in digital 3-D on 84 U.S. screens at 81 locations..." (full details)
"New Line is fast-tracking development of Middle East political thriller "Rendition," with Gavin Hood ("Tsotsi") directing. Multilayered story centers on a CIA analyst based in Cairo who finds his world spinning out of control after he witnesses the interrogation of a foreign national by the Egyptian secret police. The studio picked up scribe Kelley Sane's spec on Friday and is aiming for a fall production start..." (full details)
