"Weinstein Books has acquired U.S. rights to Vincent Lam's medical school novel "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures" and a untitled Lam novel that will feature one of the main characters from "Bloodletting". The book follows the personal and professional lives of four young medical students and will be published by Weinstein domestically next fall. A feature film version is considered a distinct possibility..." (full details)
"John C. Reilly will make his next project the musical biopic parody "Walk Hard," which spoofs the recent phenomenon of Oscar-baiting musician biographies. Jake Kasdan will direct from a script he co-wrote with Judd Apatow, goofing on movies like "Beyond the Sea," "Walk the Line," "Ray,' 'The Commitments' and 'Great Balls of Fire." Reilly plays fictional music legend Dewey Cox, who's an amalgamation of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings and will sing the tunes his own voice. Shooting will start mid January in Los Angeles..." (full details)
""You, Me and Dupree" scribe Mike LeSieur has sold a high-concept untitled comedy pitch to "The Break-Up" producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent at Universal. The plot is being kept underwraps but the action is set at a Las Vegas sales convention..." (full details)
