Thomas Jane Is Well Hung
Thomas Jane has landed the lead role in HBO's dark comedy pilot "Hung" says Reuters.The story centers on Ray (Jane), a well-endowed struggling middle-age...
Ancient Memoir Becomes Anabasis
Sony Pictures is adapting a 2,400 year old memoir by a Greek soldier into the new feature "Anabasis" says Variety.Xenophon was among 10,000 elite...
Universal Draws 2 Guns
Boom! Studios and Universal Pictures are developing a film version of the crime thriller graphic novel "2 Guns" says The Hollywood Reporter."Guns," written by...
Review: “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
An inauspicious (hopeful) end for this unwarranted franchise, the third 'Mummy' is an even more overblown and vacuous than its two predecessors - and...
Prince of Persia Delayed A Year
Walt Disney Pictures has delayed the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced video game adaptation of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" a full year - from...
Shia’s Injury Affects Transformers
The production schedule for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has been thrown off course after lead actor Shia LaBeouf's car accident and subsequent...
Sony Sets Venom Film Spin-Off
Sony Pictures is moving forward with "Venom," a potential "Spider-Man" spinoff based on the bad guy seen in "Spider-Man 3" says The Hollywood Reporter.Jacob...
Stern Enlists In High School
Howard Stern is producing a remake of the 1979 comedy "Rock 'n' Roll High School" reports Variety.The original followed a group of rebellious students...
Raimi Transplants To Disney
Disney Pictures has picked up Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson's action-adventure pitch "The Transplants" for Stars Road Entertainment.Sam Raimi will produce the ensemble...
Goodman Returns To Pope Joan
John Goodman has returned to star in Soenke Wortmann's medieval drama "Pope Joan" after settling a legal dispute with Constantin Film reports Variety.David Wenham...
Foster Opens Arms To Nefertiti
Producer Lucas Foster ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith") and his Warp Films has optioned Roberto Zacco's epic romantic adventure novel "The Arms of the Sun"...
John Carpenter Is Scared Straight
iF Magazine reports that legendary genre helmer John Carpenter will direct "Scared Straight" for Nu Image/Millennium Films.The story follows group of juvenile delinquents...
Tyrese On Transformers 2 Role
Generally, during a press day for a movie like Death Race, reporters have to suffer through the obligatory questions about the movie at hand,...
Myers Does Fourth Austin Powers
Mike Myers has started writing a fourth "Austin Powers" which will be a homage to his father reports Deadline Hollywood Daily.This fourth installment of...
Paula Patton for “Swing Vote”
32-year old Paula Patton is making quite a splash in Hollywood these days. Apart from playing an ambitious journalist who has an impact on...
Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
They are two of the most formidable Asian action stars in Hollywood, but as they revealed to Paul Fischer, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh,...
The Random Spiel: July 30th 2008
New posters are up for Friday the 13th, RocknRolla, Mirrors, Terminator Salvation, Red Sonja, <a href="http://www.superherohype.com/news/punishernews.php?id=7513">Punisher: War Zone, Surfer Dude.- Some comments by...
del Toro Remakes Afraid of the Dark
Guillermo del Toro and Miramax Films will produce a remake of ABC's 1973 cult horror-thriller TV movie "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" says...
A Marvin the Martian Movie
Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment are developing a "Marvin the Martian" feature reports Variety.First appearing in a Looney Tunes cartoon in 1948, the...
Franco, Transformers, Transsiberian News
"James Franco will play a rock singer in Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut "Sympathy for Delicious". The dramedy, an idea Ruffalo has been considering for...
Raimi Talks Fourth Dead, Spidey
Sam Raimi confirmed at a panel at Comic Con on the weekend that he wants to get to work on a fourth "Evil Dead"...
Chemical Romance Play Watchmen Song
My Chemical Romance will perform a cover version of a Bob Dylan classic (likely 'Desolation Row') for the upcoming "Watchmen" film says MTV...
Depp Is Burton’s Mad Hatter?
Johnny Depp is tipped to play the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's new version of "Alice in Wonderland" for Disney Pictures reports Bang Media.A...
Donald Petrie Helms Fashionistas
Donald Petrie will direct and produce the romantic comedy "Fashionistas" for CP Productions and Kellagio Entertainment reports the trades.Based on Lynn Messina's debut novel,...
Robocop Is R-Rated & A Reboot
The producers of the upcoming "Robocop" feature which Darren Aronofsky is directing have confirmed to MTV News that it's not a sequel but a...
Universal Gets Inglorious Bastards
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" has been set up at Universal Pictures reports Variety.Universal will partner with the Weinstein Company to produce the film scheduled...
Keys & White Sing Quantum Song
Alicia Keys and Jack White (of The White Stripes fame) will sing the theme song for the next James Bond movie "Quantum Of Solace"...
Maria Bello for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”
Not looking anywhere near her 41 years would suggest, the always luminous Maria Bello says she had no hesitation in doing a big-budget Hollywood...
Seth Rogen for “Pineapple Express”
Seth Rogen is right at his element in the thick of Comic Con. A com,ic book aficionado from way back, he is using the...
From New Line To A New Foundation
Former New Line bosses Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne will produce "Foundation", based on Asimov's 'Foundation Trilogy', for their Unique Features production company and...