De Palma To Direct “Passion” Remake
Brian De Palma ("Dressed to Kill," "Mission: Impossible") is set to direct the thriller "Passion," an English language remake of last year's French psychological...
Pine, Jackman, Law Are “Guardians”
Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Alec Baldwin and Isla Fisher will all lend their voices to the lead roles in DreamWorks Animation's 3D...
Black Swan Scribe Feels “Age of Rage”
Mark Heyman ("Black Swan") has signed on to pen the script for "Age of Rage" at Fox Searchlight reports Heat Vision.The story is said...
Earth, “Devils,” “Sense,” “Melt” Acquired
The Sundance acquisition deals continue to fly fast today with four more major titles locking down distribution deals says Risky Biz Blog:Another EarthFox Searchlight...
Game of Thrones Goes Light On Magic
Turned off from HBO's upcoming big-budget fantasy series "Game of Thrones" because the magic and fantasy elements will essentially render it a small screen...
The King’s Speech…Now Less Salty
How do you solve a problem like 12 Oscar nominations? You cut your film to shreds it would seem.Despite currently being fourth at the...
Naomi Watts Set For “J. Edgar”
Naomi Watts has signed on to star in Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic "J. Edgar" reports Variety.Watts will play Helen Gandy, J. Edgar Hoover's loyal...
McG Joins NBC’s “Wonder Woman”
"Charlie's Angels" and "Terminator: Salvation" director McG has emerged as the favourite to direct the pilot for NBC's "Wonder Woman" remake reports Movieline.The David...
First Look At The New “Thundercats”
The first rather blurry image of the upcoming "Thundercats" animated series reboot hit the web at Thundercatslair.org yesterday, showing off revamped designs for characters...
Emile Hirsch Checks Into A “Motel Life”
Emile Hirsch will star in "The Motel Life" for Polsky Films reports Variety.Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin, the story centers on two...
Hanna, “Source Code” Posters Hit
Two major new posters today. The first for Joe Wright's fairytale spy thriller "Hanna" film, the other for the Jake Gyllenhaal-led time resetting...
Details, “Guard” Score Big Sundance Deals
The Weinstein Company has closed a deal for worldwide rights to "Mean Creek" writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes' quirky new drama "The Details" for a...
Jersey Shore In Italy, Remade In UK
With the U.S. cable networks remaking UK cult hits left and right of late including "Skins," "Shameless" and "Being Human", it now appears that...
Poe, “Pan Am” Coming To ABC
ABC has green lit the one-hour period crime drama pilot "Poe" and the jet-setting soap "Pan Am" says The Live Feed.Warner Bros. Pictures is...
News Shorts: January 25th 2011
New stills from The Eagle and several more photos from the street shooting on the Spider-Man reboot.Five character posters for Sucker Punch along with...
Lost “Blue Velvet” Scenes On Blu-ray
David Lynch ("Mulholland Drive," "The Elephant Man") has revealed that footage thought lost forever from what some consider his greatest masterpiece, 1986's "Blue Velvet",...
The 2011 Oscar Nominations
The 83rd Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced and "The King's Speech" and "True Grit" lead the pack with twelve and ten nominations...
Simon West Wants A “Con Air” Sequel
Out doing promotion for "The Mechanic", director Simon West says he's looking at a potential sequel to his very first feature, the 1996 Nicolas...
Sundance Film Acquisitions Galore
Buyers are out in full force at the Sundance Film Festival at the moment with distribution rights being sold left and right reports Risky...
Raimi Still Keen To Reboot “Evil Dead”
Sam Raimi's long-time producing partner Rob Tapert tells Freep.com that the long-gestating "Evil Dead" remake is still alive and Sam Raimi is still interested."It's...
Franco, Hudson In Bed For “Lovelace”
James Franco is in discussions to play pornographer Chuck Traynor in "Lovelace" reports Deadline.Kate Hudson has the offer to play the title role in...
Sopranos Duo Re-Team At “Twylight”
James Gandolfini and "The Sopranos" producers David Chase and Steven Van Zandt are re-teaming for the coming-of-age drama "The Twylight Zones" at Paramount Pictures...
Spartacus Prequel Mighty In Ratings
"Spartacus: Gods of the Arena," the debut episode of cable network Starz' mini-series prequel, drew 1.1 million viewers at 10 pm on Friday reports...
TNT Draws Out “The Closer”
Shortly after announcing that the upcoming seventh season of "The Closer" will be its last, TNT is now looking at ways to keep its...
Thomas McDonell Gets “Spectacular Now”
Thomas McDonell ("Prom," "Forbidden Kingdom") been cast in the role of Sutter Kelly in "The Spectacular Now" reports Variety.Based on the novel by Tim...
Son of No One Bombs At Sundance
Dito Montiel's anticipated New York-set crime drama "The Son of No One" has apparently bombed at the Sundance Film Festival says Reuters.Al Pacino, Channing...
Steve Niles To “Wake The Dead”
It has been in development hell for nearly a decade, yet the film adaptation of Steve Niles's contemporary-set comic mini-series spin on the Frankenstein...
Bon Jovi, Meyers Celebrate “New Year’s Eve”
Bon Jovi, Seth Meyers and Til Schweiger have all joined the cast of Garry Marshall's ensemble rom-com "New Year's Eve" at Warner Bros. Pictures...
Dragon-Themed “Firelight” Adapted
Nick Pustay ("Ramona and Beezus," "Aquamarine") is set to adapt Sophie Jordan's recently released young-adult fantasy novel "Firelight" for Mandalay Pictures says Heat Vision.The...
Paddy Considine “Leaning” On Ghosts
Character actor Paddy Considine ("Hot Fuzz," "The Bourne Ultimatum") is in Sundance this week promoting his directorial debut feature "Tyrannosaur". Yet he's already...