"New Line has signed a videogame licensing deal with Sega for "His Dark Materials", the first console games based on a movie that the Japanese videogame publisher has done in more than a decade. Agreement gives Sega interactive rights to all three books in Philip Pullman's "Dark Materials" trilogy. New Line is currently shooting first entry "The Golden Compass" and expects to make two more, with Sega producing companion games..." (full details)

"Lionsgate has signed a three-year production and distribution deal with After Dark Films, the company who produced the indie boxoffice hit "An American Haunting". The deal calls for ADF to supply Lionsgate with multiple wide release films each year and as many as two specialty films a year, with ADF putting up the P&A expenses. Lionsgate will retain ancillary rights to all the films..." (full details)

"Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, partners on "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update," will star in Universal comedy "Baby Mama," which "Austin Powers" scribe Michael McCullers writing and directing. The story follows a single career woman whose desire to have a child and keep her career leads her to hire a surrogate. Plan is to shoot next summer, when both Fey and Poehler have time off from their TV jobs..." (full details)

"New Line has bought comedy script "Mild Things" from Michael Colton and John Aboud ("The Comebacks", "Over My Dead Body"). Story centers on a tame married couple considering have a baby. Before they change their lives forever, they decide to have a "baby bender" and spend a few months partying like rock stars..." (full details)