"Paramount has tapped producer-turned-writer Julie Durk to script the romantic comedy "How to Tell He's Not the One in 10 Days," the sequel to "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," for producers Lynda Obst and Christine Peters. Studio's keeping the logline under wraps and aims to be in production by spring. Peters launched development of the sequel last year by optioning the follow-up novel by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long..." (full details)

"HBO Films & Picturehouse will produce and release "Starter for Ten". James McAvoy has signed on to star in the film, a coming-of-age movie being directed by Tom Vaughan. The film will focus on a working-class student (McAvoy) who stumbles romantically and academically through his first year at a posh private university in England. It is based on David Nicholls' book, Nicholls also wrote the screenplay..." (full details)

"Bernard Rose is signing on for some "Amusement." Marking his first studio pic in nearly a decade, the "Immortal Beloved" and "Candyman" helmer has been tapped to direct the New Line horror pic. With Rose on board, "Amusement" is now skedded to start production early next year. Jake Wade Wall script is told from the points-of-view of three different women who are made to suffer by a killer using their childhood grudge against them..." (full details)

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