Darkwatch: Curse of the West: "Glen Morgan and James Wong are already attached to adapt Sammy Corp.'s sci-fi Western "Darkwatch: Curse of the West" into a film. The writing-directing-producing duo behind "Final Destination," have developed a pitch, based on the vidgame's plot and action sequences, and are now in the midst of penning a script. "Darkwatch" revolves around a secret organization dedicated to fighting the forces of evil. Game will take place in the Wild West, focusing on a cowboy/train robber named Jericho Cross who is recruited by the org to battle a horde of vampires and other supernatural creatures..." (more info). Devour: "Bigel/Mailer Films has set Jensen Ackles, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain and Bill Adler to star in "Devour," a David Winkler-directed film that has begun shooting in Vancouver. Scripted by Adam and Seth Gross and Roger Wilson from an idea by Winkler, "Devour" is a psychological horror film about a college student (Ackles) who plays an online game in which players commit dangerous acts..." (more info). Home Before Daylight: "Former Showtime programming prexy Jerry Offsay has resurfaced with production shingle Parkchester Pictures, and plans to raise the Dead with his first feature. Offsay has acquired rights to "Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road With the Grateful Dead," a book written by Steve Parish, who spent 30 years with the band as roadie and senior tour manager, and journalist Joe Layden. The band has pledged to cooperate on the project: guitarist and singer Bob Weir will write the music for the film..." (more info). Night Train: "Ving Rhames will topline and exec produce "Night Train," a long-in-development Sonny Liston biopic with James Woods, Alfre Woodard and Kristanna Loken also expected to star. Project, picked up by Filmcrest Corp. out of turnaround from Paramount, will start shooting in Puerto Rico in mid-June under the direction of Andrzej Sekula..." (more info). Red: "Management-production shingle Circle of Confusion is adapting and producing the Jack Ketchum horror novel "Red". "Red" is the story of a man whose dog is killed by a group of hoodlums and the terror that ensues when he sets out to avenge his pet's death; Lucky McKee will direct..." (more info). Benjamin Button: "Warner Bros. Pictures has boarded Paramount Pictures' long-gestating adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Benjamin Button." Warners will co-finance and co-produce the feature, with Paramount handling domestic and Warners taking on international rights to the film. David Fincher has a three-month holding deal to direct the project about an elderly man who starts aging backwards..." (more info). Mamoru Omae Biopic: "Universal has bought the life rights of a sushi chef-turned-matchmaker and brought on Pablo Zachai to adapt the screenplay. The sushi chef/matchmaker is Mamoru Omae, a successful Tokyo chef who lost everything including the love of his life when the Japanese economy tanked. He ended up running a hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurant where he began getting involved in the love lives of his patrons..." (more info). Ruins: "DreamWorks has optioned Scott Smith's novel "The Ruins" for Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld's studio-based Red Hour Films to produce. As part of the seven-figure deal, Smith, the Oscar-nominated scribe behind "A Simple Plan," has been tapped to adapt his novel for the screen. The project is set in the jungles of the Yucatan, with something evil living among the ruins..." (more info). The Moguls: "Jeanne Tripplehorn has signed to play opposite Jeff Bridges in the indie feature "The Moguls." Talks are under way with a raft of players to round out the ensemble film, including Tim Blake Nelson, Jennifer Coolidge, Isaiah Washington, Glenne Headly, Joe Pantoliano and Lauren Graham. Michael Traeger is directing the film about a man (Bridges) who comes up with a scheme to cast all of his friends in a porn movie..." (more info).2004 Cannes Festival: Some details on a couple of English films in competition are up at icLiverpool.
2004 Tony Awards: Jackman's Landing reports that Hugh Jackman in "The Boy From Oz" and Alfred Molina in "Fiddler On the Roof" have both been nominated for Best Actor in a Musical at the 2004 Tony Awards. They join Hunter Foster in "Little Shop of Horrors," Euan Morton in "Taboo" and John Tartaglia in "Avenue Q" in the category. Jackman is widely expected to win the prize; he also hosts the event at Radio City Music Hall on June 6th. Angel: An interesting rumour, NBC picking up a sixth season? See Buffy.Nu for details. Back to School: Some details on Cedric's remake of the Dangerfield comedy are up at MTV. DVD News: Details are up for Starsky & Hutch: Season 2, Eurotrip, Jesus Christ Superstar, Duel: CE & Passion of the Christ.
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: The 10-minute ABC preivew is now up at MuggleNet. King Arthur: 25 new pics from the Bruckheimer flick are up at CineMovies. Kingdom in Twilight: An official site for the Kirstanna Loken film is opening soon.
Mortal Kombat 3: An update on how the it's progressing is now up at Spevack.
Shrek 2: Director Andrew Adamson talks about the CG sequel in audio to Dreamworks Fansite. Star Trek (DVD): Some details on the original series DVD season boxsets are up at Great Link. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: Vin Diesel will be stopping by the Vivendi Universal booth at E3 in order to promote The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The video game is based on events that take place before Pitch Black and deals with Riddick's escape from a maximum security prison. More details are up at IGN Filmforce. The Life & Death of Peter Sellers: The first photo from the Geoffrey Rush/Charlize Theron flick is up at Rope of Silicon. Thanks to 'Julez', 'zero jeopardy', 'Slick Greek', 'Jawad', 'Nuanda', 'Pete', 'Brad', 'Kate', 'Gustavo', 'Aaron', 'Stax' & 'FanHalen'
