"HBO Films has scooped up political thriller "The Whistle Blower" in turnaround from Focus Features, based on the real-life tale of a female Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal. Larysa Kondracki will direct from a script she penned with Eilis Kirwan..." (full details)

"Oliver Stone, director of "JFK" and other films that have courted controversy for their political content, will shoot a short film to promote Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympics. The five-minute film would form a "promotional video for cultural exchange between Beijing and the world" and be shown on television, in cinemas and on aircraft in China and abroad..." (full details)

"Just a little over a week after the full trailer for the film was released, comes word that one of Jesse James Hollywood's attorneys last Friday filed a lawsuit against Universal in federal court, seeking a court order that "Alpha Dog" not be released until after Hollywood's trial..." (full details)