"Helmer John Sayles plans to direct his next film, "Honeydripper", in Alabama this September. The project, set during the early 1950s, will star Danny Glover, along with blues guitarist Keb' Mo' and rhythm and blues vocalist Ruth Brown..." (full details)
"Ziad Doueiri is attached to direct and, with Joelle Touma, signed to adapt "The Attack," a French novel about an Arab surgeon in Tel Aviv who learns a devastating secret about his wife's involvement in a suicide bombing. Produced by John Wells, Random House Films and Focus Features will produce and distribute the project based on the book by Yasmina Khadra. Khadra is the pseudonym for Mohammed Moulessehoul, a former Algerian army officer who adopted a woman's pen name to avoid military censorship..." (full details)
"Michael McGowan ("Saint Ralph") has been tapped to helm romantic drama "Unforgettable" for Gold Circle and Universal. "Unforgettable" centers on a married couple who are stuck in a rut when the husband is struck with an ailment that damages his short-term memory. As he struggles to adapt, the couple rediscover why they fell in love in the first place..." (full details)
