Gervasi Has Dinner With Herve

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Former journalist Sacha Gervasi will write and direct the biopic My Dinner With Herve" for Mandate Pictures and Film Rites says Variety.Gervasi conducted the...

Paramount Cuts Back On Movies

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With Dreamworks now over at Universal, Vantage re-incorporated back into the fold, and tough economic times ahead - it comes as no surprise that...

Steve Carell Is Doyle’s Brigadier

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Steve Carell has signed onto the upcoming comedy "Brigadier Gerard" according to The Hollywood Reporter.John Altshuler and David Krinsky's screenplay, based on a series...

Warners Acquires Leakes’ Hades

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Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired John Leake's non-fiction book "Entering Hades" says Variety.The story follows Jack Unterweger, a journalist who led a double life...

News Shorts: October 15th 2008

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Posters for Australia, Easy Virtue, Changeling, The Haunting in Connecticut.- James Cameron was interviewed by CBC's "The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos" and talked...

Twilight Sequel Being Readied?

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Summit Entertainment's CEO Rob Friedman is already readying a Twilight sequel, despite the first film being over a month away from opening reports Deadline...

Terry Rossio Denies Pirates Rumors

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"Pirates of the Caribbean" co-scribe Terry Rossio has denied the various rumors currently circling about a fourth 'Pirates' film.On his official blog, he says:...

Amy Adams In Talks For Leap Year

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Amy Adams is in negotiations to headline the romantic comedy "Leap Year" for Spyglass Entertainment says The Hollywood Reporter.Adams will play an uptight woman...

Tarantino’s Basterds Begins Production

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Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (sic) began principal photography last week on location in Germany. The ensemble cast of Inglourious Basterds includes Brad Pitt, Diane...

Searchlight To Rig an Election

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Fox Searchlight has acquired Billy Ray's fact-based "How to Rig an Election" reports Variety.The "Shattered Glass" and "Breach" helmer penned and will direct the...

Bell, Davis Go On A Couples Retreat

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Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Malin Akerman have joined Universal Pictures "Couples Retreat" says The Hollywood Reporter.The Jon Favreau-scripted and Peter Billingsley-directed comedy revolves...

Various Star Trek Tidbits

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JJ Abrams tells MTV News that his upcoming reinvention of "Star Trek" will have a two-hour runtime. "I'm sick of these two hours...

Warners Takes The Headshot

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Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to Alexis Nolent's French graphic novel series "Headshot" reports Variety.The story follows an unlikely alliance between a cop...

Ronin, Woman Become TV Series

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MGM has greenlit a number of fictional series based on two of their feature film properties says The Hollywood Reporter.The pair include the Robert...

Henson Commits Happytime Murders

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Jim Henson Co., the company behind The Muppets, has picked up the comedic film noir spec script "The Happytime Murders" reports the trades.Written by...

Brody & Chiklis Attend High School

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Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis have joined the cast of indie comedy "High School" for Parallel Zide says Variety.The story centers on a high...

From Paris Shoot Cancelled

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Location shooting on Pierre Morel's "From Paris With Love", starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, has been postponed according to a spokesman says...

Mila Kunis for “Max Payne”

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Beautiful and funny Mila Kunis may be best known as the self-involved and outspoken Jackie Burkhart on "That '70s Show" but the luminous actress...

Wall Street Sequel Moves Forward

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Two hot things in the news right now are Oliver Stone and Wall Street, so imagine the hits an article like this generates.20th Century...

Gibson, Donner Out Of Fifth Lethal

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Despite the buzz in recent months about Shane Black's new script and potential casting talk, the fifth "Lethal Weapon" movie may now be dead...

Martin Joins Nancy Meyers Comedy

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Steve Martin has joined Nancy Meyers' untitled romantic comedy for Universal Pictures says Variety.Martin and Alec Baldwin will play rivals for the affection of...

Annaud Directs Bounty Hunter Kashmir

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Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Bear, Seven Years in Tibet) is in talks to direct Relativity Media's bounty hunter tale "Kashmir" says Empire Online.The D.B. Weiss-scripted...

Howard Out, Cheadle In On Iron Man 2

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Don Cheadle will replace Terrence Howard in Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" sequel says The Hollywood Reporter.Howard played Colonel James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, Tony Stark's best...

Daily Show Pair Team For Sitcom

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"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are teaming for a CBS sitcom reports Variety.The real-life married couple will...

Dreamworks & Universal Tie The Knot

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Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg today announced a seven-year worldwide distribution deal between their new motion picture company and Universal Studios, which is expected...

Live-Action Mulan Movie Planned

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Xinhua Media Entertainment and China Film Group will make a $30 million live-action feature based on the life of "Mulan" says The Hollywood Reporter.The...

Winick Set To Helm Rat Bastard

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Gary Winick ("Charlotte's Web," "13 Going on 30") is finally confirmed to direct Summit Entertainment and Applehead Pictures comedy "Rat Bastard" says Variety.The Heather...

News Shorts: October 13th 2008

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Posters for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Che, and The Day the Earth Stood Still.-An early video blog of the first day...

The First Batch of Oscar Predictions

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We're still about two months off from having all this year's qualifying films being screened for the professional critics, but already eight Oscar gurus...

New Trio Join Tarantino’s Bastards

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Julie Dreyfus, Michael Bacall and Omar Doom have joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" says The Playlist.All three have worked with him...