Smash Explores Teen Demolition Derbies
New Regency Productions and Josephson Entertainment have picked up Aaron Philson Brown's teen demolition derby spec script "Smash" reports the trades.The story centers on...
More Fourth Furious Plot Details
AICN has some new information on the plot for the fourth "The Fast and the Furious" currently in production for release next Summer.Previous reports...
Will Gluck Lands Three-Pic Deal
Screen Gems has set freshman director Will Gluck (TV's "The Loop," "Grosse Point") to a three-picture deal reports Variety.The deal includes "Fired Up," his...
Gyllenhaal Up For Prince of Persia?
Latino Review reports that an offer is out to Jake Gyllenhaal to play Dastan in Disney's upcoming mega-franchise "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time".The...
Fourth High School Musical Planned
Disney Channel is already starting work on a fourth "High School Musical" says The Hollywood Reporter.Disney Channel Worldwide president Rich Ross says on Tuesday...
50 Cent In Spectacular Talks
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is in negotiations to star in the independently financed drama "Spectacular Regret" says Variety.Jackson will play a death row inmate...
Disney Unveils Upcoming Animation Slate
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to...
Justin Marks Goes On A Hack/Slash
Justin Marks ("Green Arrow: Escape From Supermax," "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li") will pen an adaptation of a cult horror comic book "Hack/Slash"...
Sharp Acquires Leisure Seekers
Sharp Independent at HarperCollins ("Boys Don't Cry," "You Can Count on Me") has acquired rights to Michael Zadoorian's upcoming dramedy novel "The Leisure Seekers"...
Lakeshore Plays Thundercade Game
Lakeshore Entertainment has picked up the comedy spec script "Thundercade" by "Fanboys" co-writer Ernie Cline reports the trades.Story centers on a videogame junkie who...
Tobey Maguire To Marry Him
Warner Independent Pictures and Maguire Entertainment have acquired the Atlantic Monthly article "Marry Him! The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough" reports the...
Sevigny & Deschanel Get A Divorce
Chloe Sevigny and Zooey Deschanel will star in the indie comedy "Divorce Ranch" says Variety."Divorce Ranch" is set in Nevada just after WWII, when...
Miramax Gets A Man Under
Miramax Films is set to produce the darkly comic drama "Man Under" reports the trades.The "American Beauty"-esque story, from scribe Ann Cherkis ("The Secret"),...
Valkyrie Gets Another Delay
When a film gets delayed by several months on one occasion, it's suspicious but explainable. When it happens twice though, there's obviously something...
De Niro & Barrymore Are Fine
Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell are set to star in the Kirk Jones-directed "Everybody's Fine" for Miramax Films reports...
Good Things For Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("P.S. I Love You," "Grey's Anatomy") has been cast to star opposite Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling in "All Good Things"...
A Treat For Sale To Distributors
Warner Bros. Pictures has decided not to release Mike Dougherty's upcoming horror-comedy anthology film "Trick 'r Treat" reports Bloody Disgusting.The film features four interwoven...
Trade Breaks: Persia, Die, Hellraiser
"Walt Disney Pictures has denied a report that Orlando Bloom has landed a $40 million payday to star in the movie trilogy based on...
Inhale The Scent of Adam
Lakeshore Entertainment and France's TF1 International will co-produce the ecoterrorism film "The Scent of Adam" says the trades.The project is based on Jean-Christophe Rufin's...
Austen’s Emma Turns Hip-Hop
Screen Gems and Benderspink is planning a hip-hop musical themed film using Jane Austen's classic novel "Emma" as its source reports Variety.The contemporary-set tale,...
Coleman Joins Robosapien Film
Bobby Coleman will play a boy who befriends a robot on the run from malevolent corporate interests in "Robosapien: Rebooted" says The Hollywood Reporter.Avi...
Ackles Falls For Bloody Valentine
Jensen Ackles is in final negotiations to play a lead in Lionsgate's "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" says The Hollywood Reporter.In helmer Patrick Lussier's remake...
MGM Enters Denzel’s Matarese Circle
MGM Pictures has picked up the planned film adaptation of Robert Ludlum's 1979 novel "The Matarese Circle" with Denzel Washington is attached to star...
Collette Joins Sam Mendes’ Next
Toni Collette will star alongside John Krasinski, Cheryl Hines and Maya Rudolph in Sam Mendes' upcoming relationship comedy for Focus Features says The Hollywood...
Candice Bergen In Bride Wars
Candice Bergen has signed on to co-star in the romantic comedy "Bride Wars" for Fox 2000 and New Regency says Variety.The story revolves around...
Leslie Mann Loves Phillip Morris
Leslie Mann is joining Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in the black comedy "I Love You Phillip Morris" says Reuters.The story follows a married...
Luminaria Mentions A Spoken Word
Luminaria Films has launched production on the feature "Spoken Word" based on Joe Ray Sandoval's poetry reports Variety.The story follows a San Francisco spoken-word...
North Wind Blows To Boom
Davis Entertainment has acquired the rights to Boom Studios' sci-fi comic book series "North Wind" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story takes place in a...
Trade Breaks: Boll, Leap, Spirit
"When told there was a petition online signed by 18,000 people requesting that he cease making films, German director Uwe Boll says "18,000...
R.I.P. Charlton Heston
Oscar-winning acting legend Charlton Heston has died at the age of 84.Heston had been in poor health for several years related to Alzheimer's. He...