"Mandalay Pictures has tapped Marc Schoelermann to make his directorial debut on the Mischa Barton starrer "Hexxx." Goal is to begin production in the spring. Jennifer Klein is producing the supernatural thriller centering on college students in New Orleans. John Raffo and Mark Gibson wrote the script. Mandalay acquired the project in turnaround from MGM late last year..." (full details)

"Depth Of Field have teamed up to buy a romantic comedy pitch by Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner ("Elektra", "A Cool Breeze in the Underground") in a sizable preemptive bid at Universal Pictures. Logline is being kept close, but Zicherman said, "What we've been obsessed with lately is male obsession with women, when a woman breaks your heart the things that you do that are desperate, humiliating and funny"..." (full details)

""Hostel" star Jay Hernandez has been cast in ABC's drama pilot "Six Degrees." In other pilot castings, Ali Larter and Hayden Panettiere have joined the cast of the NBC drama "Heroes," John Billingsley and Owain Yeoman have come on board ABC's untitled Steinbergs drama, Matt Bomer, Logan Marshall-Green and Aaron Stanford have landed the three leads in the ABC drama "Traveler," while John L. Adams has joined Angie Harmon in ABC's drama "Secrets of a Small Town"..." (full details)