"Universal Pictures has picked up two high-concept comedy pitches from Jeremy Garelick and Jay Lavender, writers of "The Break-Up." Unlike "Break-Up," which sold with Vince Vaughn attached to star, the new comedies have no talent attached, and the loglines for the projects are being kept under wraps..." (full details)

"The Coen brothers have set Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root for their contemporary Western thriller "No Country for Old Men" for Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films. Based on the acclaimed Cormac McCarthy novel, the 1980 West Texas set story deals with the battle between good and evil and the importance of choice and chance in shaping destiny. Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem star..." (full details)

""Judgment of Paris," based on journo George M. Taber's nonfiction tome, will tell the rags-to-riches tale of how Napa Valley wines beat out their French counterparts during a blind tasting contest in 1976. The upset win put the fledgling California wine biz on the map. Producers Clark Peterson ("Monster") and Elizabeth Fowler have optioned the film rights to Taber's book, as well as the life rights of wine expert Steven Spurrier. They've secured development financing and some production coin from a Napa-based wine and spirits company that declined to be named..." (full details)