Maslansky To Play Bruce Lee’s “Flute”
Producer Paul Maslansky is moving forward on "The Silent Flute", a reworked version of a film treatment martial arts legend Bruce Lee wrote before...
Curtis Hanson Looks Into Cop Conman Tale
Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys") is in talks to direct the story of Bill Anthony Jakob for Fox Searchlight says Deadline New York.Jakob...
Listen To “The Last Beat” Of Jim Morrison
Robert Saitzyk ("Godspeed") is set to direct a drama about the final days of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison entitled "The Last Beat" says...
CJ Entertainment Backs “The Last Godfather”
CJ Entertainment are set to co-produce, finance and distribute the $13.4 million crime comedy "The Last Godfather" says Variety.The film follows a mafia boss...
TV News: Real Time, Treme, Supernatural
Real Time with Bill MaherHBO's popular political discussion/comedy series has not only been renewed for a ninth season to air next year, but the...
Review: “Death at a Funeral”
"Death at a Funeral" is a remake that updates the long-forgotten, lost-to-history, somebody-dust-this-one-off-please 2007 film of the same name. A whopping three years have...
Burn Notice Gets Two Further Seasons
One of my favourite small screen guilty pleasures has just more than doubled its lifespan.Variety reports that cable broadcaster USA has ordered two further...
Review: “The Joneses”
"The Joneses" contains an impressively timely premise that drills right into the heart of today's financial crisis. It's almost too sharp of a script,...
The 2010 Cannes Film Festival Line-Up
Only a few recognisable entires have made their way into the 63rd Cannes Film Festival line-up which has proven quite globally diverse this year.High-profile...
Atwell Joins, Whedon Polishes “Captain America”
Marvel Studios announced in a press release yesterday that Hayley Atwell has been cast to star as Peggy Carter in the studio's anticipated "Captain...
Summit Responds To “Eclipse” Reshoot Talk
Summit Entertainment has shot down some rather alarmist reports about the upcoming "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" requiring extensive reshoots.LaineyGossip reported yesterday that Summit was...
Zac Efron Plays With “Snabba Cash”
Zac Efron is attached to star in and produce an American remake of the Swedish crime thriller "Snabba cash" for Warner Bros. Pictures says...
Viola Davis Turns Maid For “The Help”
Oscar nominee Viola Davis ("Doubt," "Solaris") is in talks to star in the film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's "The Help" for Dreamworks Pictures says...
Tom Elkins Haunted By “Georgia”
Tom Elkins, who served as editor on 2009's "A Haunting in Connecticut", will make his directorial debut on the follow-up "A Haunting in Georgia"...
Fourth “Pirates” Gets A French Mermaid
French actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey is set to play a mermaid in "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" at Disney Pictures says Digital Spy.The...
Glee Return A Major Ratings Smash
The return of the hit comedy/musical series on Tuesday night in the U.S. saw its ratings rise from strong cult success to bonafide mainstream...
News Shorts: April 14th 2010
First off a quick personal thanks to everyone who sent along happy birthday wishes for my 32nd birthday today, all the kind compliments are...
Avengers Gets Director & A Tease
"Buffy" creator and "Serenity" director Joss Whedon is reportedly in final negotiations to direct the superhero team-up movie "The Avengers" for Marvel Studios and...
Jackman, Wilde To Stir Some “Butter”
Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone and Olivia Wilde have all joined the cast of the comedy "Butter" for The Weinstein Company reports Movieline.Jason A. Micallef's...
Spiderman, “Green Hornet,” “Lobo” Updates
Sources for IESB.Net have been busy beavers today in the comic book-to-film world genre with potential scoops on three adaptations currently in the works.Spider-Man...
Weisz & Aronofsky Team For “Jackie Kennedy”
Rachel Weisz is attached to star and her fiance Darren Aronofsky is set to both produce and direct "Jackie", a feature film about the...
Mangold To Direct Joe Namath Biopic?
Director James Mangold ("Walk the Line," "3:10 to Yuma") has apparently come onboard the football-themed biopic "Namath" for Universal Pictures says Pajiba.Jake Gyllenhaal is...
Terabithia Author’s “Flint Heart” Gets Adapted
David Paterson will adapt his mother Katherine's upcoming fantasy novel "The Flint Heart" into a film script for Bedrock Studios and Arcady Bay Entertainment...
Sharlto Copley Takes A “Number Four”
"District 9" star Sharlto Copley is in talks to join the sci-fi novel adaptation "I Am Number Four" for DreamWorks Pictures says Heat Vision.Based...
Gruffudd, Grant & Collette “Foster” Interest
Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd and Richard E. Grant are all set to join the drama/thriller "Foster" for Reliance Big Pictures and Starlight Films says...
Get My “U.N.C.L.E.” Another Draft
Max Borenstein has been hired to pen a new script draft for the film adaptation of classic 60's NBC TV series "The Man From...
Sam Rockwell Is Kubrick’s “Lunatic at Large”
Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson will re-team on "Lunatic at Large", a film based on a story by novelist Jim Thompson ("The Killer Inside...
Come And Explore Jamie Foxx’s “Jungle”
Jamie Foxx is set to produce and voice a character in the animated feature "Welcome to the Jungle" for 20th Century Fox Animation reports...
Hitman Duo On Fire With “Suspension”
Producers Daniel Alter and Adrian Askarieh have picked up Scott Milam's action-horror spec "Suspension" which Patrick Tatopoulos ("Underworld: Rise of the Lycans") is attached...
Script Deals: Patriot, Airport, New York
Patriot DownParamount Pictures has picked up Ian Stone's original screenplay "Patriot Down" which revolves around the U.S. president stuck in an unusual situation says...