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Trade Breaks: Rescue, Igor, Man

By Garth Franklin Saturday September 23rd 2006 09:29AM

"Frank Darabont's Darkwoods Prods. has optioned the comedic memoir "Rescue Me, He's Wearing a Moose Hat: And 40 Other Dates Over 50" by Sherry Halperin. Halperin wrote the book when she entered the dating world at age 51 following the death of her husband..." (full details)

"Tony Leondis has been tapped to direct Exodus Film Group's CG-animated comedy "Igor." Production begins early next year. The feature, which the Weinstein Co. will distribute in North America, follows hunchbacked lab assistant Igor (voiced by Christian Slater) who dreams of becoming a scientist like his devilish boss (John Cleese) and winning a first-place award at the annual Evil Science Fair..." (full details)

"Tyrese Gibson ("2 Fast 2 Furious", "Waist Deep") and writer-producer Rock Shaink ("The Seed") will collaborate on sci-fi thriller "12th Man" by scribe Mark Jonathan Stanley. The story follows a man who awakens with amnesia aboard a dying space prison. With only two hours of oxygen left, eleven of the universe's deadliest criminals stand between him and the last escape pod..." (full details)

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