"David Elliot and Paul Lovett have been hired to write Brats, a kids action film that Jason Hoffs is producing for DreamWorks. The film is about a group of military brats living on a U.S. base overseas, who are forced to band together when a bad element threatens to overrun the base. Elliot and Lovett wrote Paramount's recently wrapped Four Brothers..." (full details)

"James Foley ("Confidence," "Fear," "Glengarry Glen Ross") has been tapped to direct the Halle Berry psychological thriller "Perfect Stranger" for Revolution Studios. The screenplay, by Todd Komarnicki, tells the story of a woman (Berry) who gets caught up in the world of obsessive love and death online when she goes undercover to investigate a friend's murder. The film is set to go into production this winter..." (full details)

"Twentieth Century Fox is in negotiations to acquire "Pathfinder" from Phoenix Pictures. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake helmer Marcus Nispel is directing the pic, retooling the 1987 Norwegian suspense-actioner. The story follows a Viking boy is left behind in North America and is adopted and raised as an American Indian despite his straw-blonde hair. When a Viking raid wipes out his village, the young man becomes his adopted people's savior in battling the ferocious Norsemen..." (full details)

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