"Sony Pictures has picked up spec script "The Art of Cool" by Alex Sabeti who was working as a finance company temp the day his deal closed. Pic is a high school comedy that centers on a geeky student who discovers the classic book "The Art of War," by Sun Tzu, and literally uses it as a survival guide for navigating the social politics of high school..." (full details)

"Scribe Dan O'Bannon ("Alien", "Total Recall") will write and direct sci-fi thriller "They Bite" which is expected to go into production this year. Former Paramount exec Brian Witten and producer Rob Gallagher will help develop the project..." (full details)

""Scoop," the latest Woody Allen comedy starring Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson and the director, has been scooped up by Focus Features for the US, Australian and New Zealand rights to the film and is slated for release this year. The story centers on a college newspaper journalist (Johansson) who stumbles upon a sensational story while visiting friends in London and develops a romantic entanglement with a British aristocrat (Jackman)..." (full details)