"Laurence Fishburne has optioned Gammy L. Singer's novel "A Landlord's Tale." Published in March by Dafina Books, "Landlord's Tale" centers on Amos Brown, a smooth-talking man with a rough past who goes straight when he inherits two Harlem brownstones. Amos runs into trouble via a West Indian drug lord and a skeleton found in the basement of one of the brownstones..." (full details)

"Fox Searchlight's purchase of Bart Freundlich's all-star dramedy "Trust the Man" dominated talk among buyers Tuesday morning at the Toronto International Film Festival. But by late afternoon, the conversation shifted to the likely sale of Michel Gondry's freeform comedy/concert "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" to Focus Features/Rogue..." (full details)

"Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Bob Balaban have signed on to direct together a trio of remade pics by late Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh. The three pics will shoot back-to-back in New York on digital video starting next year. Pics will include "06" (1994), "Blind Date" (1996) and "Interview" (2003). Van Gogh was shot and then stabbed last year by Mohammad Bouyeri while the filmmaker was riding a bicycle in his neighborhood in Amsterdam..." (full details)

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