Blackbird Play Becomes Feature
Jean Doumanian Productions will develop a feature film adaptation of the play "Blackbird" reports Variety.Playwright David Harrower ("White Male Heart") will adapt the script...
Radcliffe Talks Potter Delay & Hallows
"Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared on the New York Times' TimesTalks podcast series on Tuesday to talk about various topics during a break...
Fox & Warners Share Boyle’s Slumdog
The combination of the writer's strike impact and the absorption of both New Line Cinema and WIP into its fold left Warner Bros. ...
Trades: Potter, Corn, Ballet
"The BBFC has published a classification which seems to be the second trailer of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is soon to hit...
Leguizamo’s God To Arrive December
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to the John Leguizamo drama "Where God Left His Shoes" from Vulcan Productions says The Hollywood Reporter.Salvatore...
Stargate Atlantis Has Been Axed
"Stargate Atlantis" will conclude its run on Sci Fi Channel after the current, fifth season ends next January according to MultiChannel News.The network has...
Affleck To Extract Judge Comedy
Ben Affleck is in negotiations to join the Mike Judge comedy "Extract" for Miramax Films and Ternion Productions reports Variety.Affleck will play an ambulance-chasing...
Anna Faris for “The House Bunny”
Anna Faris jokingly says that she prepared to play a Playboy bunny by having "slept with Hef, but I'll dispel that rumor right now."...
Hobbit Being Penned & Financed
""The Lord of the Rings" screenwriting team of Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens are officially set to join director Guillermo del Toro...
Jackson Considers Lucas’ Red Tails
During the "Lakeview Terrace " junket this week, Samuel L. Jackson spoke with IGN Movies about the possibility that he might re-team with "Star...
McAvoy, Blunt In Love With Gnomeo
British thesps James McAvoy and Emily Blunt are in negotiations to play the title roles in the CGI-animated Shakespeare adaptation "Gnomeo and Juliet" for...
Trades: Religulous, Mars, Sea
"Larry Charles' "Religulous", the Bill Maher doco on religion, is playing twice daily at Laemmle's Claremont 5 in Claremont, CA and the Creative Entertainment...
Warners Responds To Potter Complaints
With Warner Bros. Pictures having delayed "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" eight months from November 21st to July 17th 2009, it's understandable that...
Vin Diesel Helms Furious Prequel
Vin Diesel tells ComingSoon.net that he is directing a 20-minute prequel to "Fast and Furious", the upcoming fourth installment in the Universal Pictures franchise.In...
Proyas Directing Heinlein’s Hoag
Phoenix Pictures is developing a feature based on Robert Heinlein's complex psychological thriller novela "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag" says The Hollywood Reporter.Alex...
Thomas Haden Church Joins Don McKay
Thomas Haden Church has joined the $5 million indie drama "Don McKay" for Animus Films reports Variety.The story centers on a man haunted by...
MGM Turns Jonas Moore Into A Series
MGM Domestic Television Distribution is turning the U.K. online graphic novel "The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore" into a live-action action-drama TV series.Set in...
Andrew Fleming, Pam Brady for “Hamlet 2”
When you combine a frequent contributor to South Park with one of the most interesting young directors in Hollywood, you tend to end...
Sing-A-Long With Mamma Mia!
Universal Pictures will release a special sing-along edition of its hit movie musical "Mamma Mia!" in selected theaters nationwide starting Friday August 29th.Audiences at...
Knowing Pair Pen Poltergeist Remake
Juliet Snowden and Stiles White ("Boogeyman," "Knowing") will pen the screenplay for MGM's planned remake of the Tobe Hooper-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced 1982 horror classic...
Fassbender Joins Bastards, Wuthering
Michael Fassbender ("300") is in final negotiations to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" reports Variety.The German actor is most well-known for...
Toronto Film Fest Schedule Revealed
The Toronto Film Festival has announced its complete line-up for its two week run in early September. While some big deals will be going...
Steve Coogan for “Hamlet 2”
Steve Coogan's career in Hollywood has taken off in leaps and bounds. He delivers a comically explosive performance, literally, in the Ben Stiller-directed parody...
The Random Spiel: August 19th 2008
Heaps of new stills from upcoming Fall releases have gone online over at EW.Com.- There's also new stills from Harry Potter and the...
Watchmen Lawsuit Goes Ahead
20th Century Fox is seeking an injunction to block the release of Warner Bros. "Watchmen" movie after a Los Angeles court ruled a copyright...
Hogan & Jacobson Slip On Boots
Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson ("Kenny") will star in Instinct Entertainment's comedy "Charlie & Boots" says Variety.Director Shane Murphy and Stewart Faichney, who worked...
Cruise & Raimi Team For Sleeper
Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi are teaming to produce the Warner Bros. Pictures comic adaptation "Sleeper" says The Hollywood Reporter.Written by Ed Brubaker from...
The Coens Are Kind Of Serious
Tony-nominated Michael Stuhlbarg and TV comedy actor Richard Kind will star as brothers in the Coen Brothers next period black comedy "The Serious Man"...
Jimmy Fallon Takes Barrymore’s Whip
Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! reports Slashfilm.Fallon has been spotted on set of the roller derby dramedy...
Gray Directs New Take On Julius
F. Gary Gray ("The Italian Job," "The Negotiator") is attached to direct a feature film version of the Oni Press graphic novel "Julius" for...