"The Weinstein Co. has picked up North American distribution rights to "No Mercy for the Rude," a Korean black comedy/action film about an assassin with a speech impediment. Starring Shin Ha-kyun ("Save the Green Planet!"), "No Mercy" earned $6.1 million on its Korean release in late August. Pic also screened at the Vancouver Film Festival..." (full details)
""Borat" co-writer and exec producer Dan Mazer ("Dog Bites Man") has been hired to pen "New Year's Steve" for 20th Century Fox and Hyde Park Entertainment. Mazer will work from a spec written by Josh Herman and Adam Schwartz. High-concept comedy concerns outrageous, life-changing resolutions made over New Year's Eve..." (full details)
"StillKing Films has acquired film rights to "Look at Me" & "The Invisible Circus" author Jennifer Egan novel "The Keep," with Ehren Kruger ("The Ring", "Torso") set to adapt. "Keep" is a supernatural thriller set in a haunted castle in which a woman is seduced by a mysterious prisoner..." (full details)
