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All the Women I've Loved: "Gotham-based City Lights Pictures, a division of City Lights Media Group, has acquired motion picture rights to Byron Harmon's debut novel "All the Women I've Loved." City Light principal Jack Fisher will direct, with prexy Danny Fisher producing along with Joe and Jack Fisher. Semi-autobiographical romantic comedy concerns LeBaron Brown, a black man living in Washington, D.C., who seeks therapy after his girlfriend ends their three-year relationship..." (more info). A Rhinestone Alibi: "Paramount Pictures has hired scribe April Blair to pen "A Rhinestone Alibi," based on the true tale of a college-based alibi service that started at the U. of Arizona. Comedy centers on a Texas student with a mind for business who finds herself short on tuition. Her solution is to build an on-campus empire providing alibis for friends..." (more info). Aztec: "After going on a "Eurotrip," the Montecito Picture Co. plans to travel back in time, acquiring Jeff Schaffer and Ted Humphrey's action pitch "Aztec." Set in 1519 at the height of the Aztec civilization, project revolves around a slave named Tez who plays a brutal ball game called Ullamalitzli, in which the loser is sacrificed. Tez and his team must play the game and try to stay alive long enough to orchestrate a plan to escape the capital city of Tenochtitlan with a fortune in gold..." (more info). Marlene Dietrich: "DreamWorks will turn Marlene Dietrich's story into a star vehicle for Gwyneth Paltrow. The studio has optioned Maria Riva's memoir "Marlene Dietrich," and has secured cooperation from Dietrich's estate. Jess Money will write the script and produce with Paltrow and David Nicksay. There is no firm timetable on the project, which is just as well because Paltrow has taken a screen sabbatical following the birth of her first child with her husband, Coldplay front man Chris Martin..." (more info). Amityville: "Jimmy Bennett, 8, has nabbed a leading role in MGM/Dimension Films' remake of "The Amityville Horror." Bennett will play Chris Lutz, the trouble-making middle child in the "Amityville" family. Bennett already has worked opposite Bruce Willis in "Hostage" and Eddie Murphy in "Daddy Day Care." His other credits include "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Else." British commercials helmer Andrew Douglas is making his directorial debut on "Amityville"..." (more info). Little Sister: "Walter Hill has signed on to direct the cop thriller "Little Sister" for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films. Hill will direct from a script he co-wrote with his production partner and longtime collaborator David Giler. The story centers on a female cop who teams up with a Mafia-type thug seeking retribution for his little sister's death..." (more info). Lovewrecked: "Amanda Bynes has inked to topline the romantic comedy "Lovewrecked" for helmer Randal Kleiser. Shooting starts next month in the Caribbean. "Lovewrecked" finds Bynes as Jenny, an 18-year-old girl who is ecstatic when she finds that her favorite rock star is a guest at the tropical resort where she is working for the summer. When they are both thrown overboard during a cruise, Jenny finds herself stranded alone with him on what they think is a remote beach..." (more info). Nico: "David Mackenzie, who made waves for helming the controversial NC-17-rated "Young Adam," starring Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton, will next direct "Nico" for Vagabond Films, the company said Wednesday. Based on the book "Nico: The End" by James Young, the biopic will center on the life of Nico, a model-singer-actress who was part of the Andy Warhol scene in the 1960s..." (more info). Sky High: "Walt Disney Pictures has found an up-and-coming superhero in Michael Angarano, who will star in "Sky High," a superhero teen comedy movie that Mike Mitchell is directing and Andrew Gunn is producing. "Sky High" centers on a high school for superpowered teens in a world where superheroes are an everyday occurrence. The story follows Jeremy, the son of superheroes Commander Stronghold and Jetstream, and his trials and tribulations of being a regular teenager and a possible future hero. Shooting begins late August in LA..." (more info).1857: The Rising: India FM have some screenshots of this period Indian movie about the 1857 mutiny. Starring Aamir Khan and Toby Stephens. Badassss: Mario Van Peebles talks about his new flick to Eclipse Magazine. Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury: A music video from the animated spin-off is up at totaleclips. Elf (DVD): DavisDVD reports that the Will Ferrell starrer will hit November 16th. Phantom of the Opera: The first photo of Minnie Driver as Carlotta is up at PhantomMovie. Rocky VI: Stallone is gearing up in readiness in case the lawsuit gets dropped. See who he wants for the soundtrack up at Syracuse. Star Trek (DVD): The plastic hardcover international DVD packaging for the assorted Trek spin-off series has always been far superior to the flimsy US boxes. Finally the domestic video bunch seem to have realised that with the original series looking like it'll be the same as the international - see DVDFile for a hi-res shot. Star Wars: Episode III: Ian McDiarmid told TheForce.Net that "In this final instalment I do have rather a lot to do. It's my character's horrible apotheosis...Any skills I do appear to have would have to be accompanied in brackets by the words 'stunt double'". Thanks to 'KarlChilders', 'Leonardo', 'Terry', 'Ahmar', 'Patrick' & 'Michelle'

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