Vantage Visits A Deserted House
Paramount Vantage has picked up horror flick "Playing House."The plot revolves around a down-on-their-luck young couple who are preyed upon when they inhabit a...
Penn & Pop Visit Persepolis
Sean Penn and Iggy Pop will voice roles in the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics' French animated political drama "Persepolis" says The...
Nathalie Press Cut By Knife
Nathalie Press ("My Summer in Love") will take the lead in psychological thriller "Knife Edge" reports Variety.Anthony Hickox's pic is about a Wall Street...
Assorted Release Date Delays
Michael Dougherty's comedy/horror flick "Trick 'r Treat" has been delayed from early October through to an unspecified 2008 date.- The Jet Li and...
Zac Efron In Footloose Remake
Paramount plans to remake 1984 Kevin Bacon musical "Footloose" as a vehicle for 19-year-old "High School Musical" star Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega...
Cheadle & Pearce Find A Traitor
Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce till headline Overture Films espionage thriller "Traitor" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on a CIA operative working undercover...
Kevin Spacey Returns As Lex Luthor
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in "Superman: Man of Steel" and appear in "Telstar," Nick Moran's film version of the darkly comic...
Proyas Bites Into Dracula Year Zero
Alex Proyas ("The Crow," "I, Robot") will direct "Dracula Year Zero," Universal's origins tale about Vlad the Impaler and one of several films about...
Trade Breaks: Prince, Guerilla, Sea
"David Yates claimed this week he is wrapping up a deal for an actor to play Potions master Horace Slughorn in the upcoming "Harry...
Alan Parker Finds The Coram Boy
Alan Parker ("The Life of David Gale," Angela's Ashes") is in negotiations to write and adapt the film adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning book...
Yelchin & Chatwin Go Nowhere
Anton Yelchin, Justin Chatwin and Willa Holland will join Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri, in "Middle of Nowhere" reports Variety.Michelle Morgan wrote...
Writer’s Block: Condor, Lean, Curse
"Arnold and Anne Kopelson have made a preemptive purchase of an untitled pitch by Karl Mueller. Project's described as a modern spin on...
24 Completely Overhauls Season
TV Guide reports that executives at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the upcoming seventh season of "24," delaying...
John Moore Uncovers Lost Things
Point Road Prods. has picked up film rights to Irish author John Connolly's dark fantasy novel "The Book of Lost Things" reports the trades.Set...
It’s Going To Happen For Weinsteins
The Weinstein Co. has pre-bought North American rights to "Make It Happen," a dance movie set in the world of burlesque reports Variety.In "Make...
DiCaprio, Berry, Rockwell & Rumor
So many wild casting rumors have hit the next so far this week it's bound to make one's head spin.First up a Russian site...
Review: “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
The longest and weakest of the Potter novels becomes one of the better film adaptations of the series in "Harry Potter and the Order...
Abrams Clarifies 1-18-08 Talk
With the teaser trailer for a top secret monster movie project attached to "Transformers" causing a lot of stir, news has run rampant the...
The Future Of Some Major Franchises
A fascinating article in The Hollywood Reporter talks about the future of many of the studios big current film franchises. Amongst the new...
Daniel Radcliffe for “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”
Daniel Radcliffe is all grown up, consistently mature and a charmer. Now promoting the latest Harry Potter film The Order of the Phoenix and...
Kidman Takes A Trip To Monte Carlo
Nicole Kidman will star in and produce romantic comedy "Monte Carlo" for Fox 2000 and New Regency says Variety.An adaptation of the Jules Bass...
Berg Is Gone Like the Wind
Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Vanity Fair article "Gone Like the Wind" about 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro reports Variety.Barbaro won...
Trade Breaks: Hilton, Yuma, Tales
"Director Brett Ratner says that he has plans to work with Paris Hilton on one of his next projects. The only things on...
Scribes Talk Michael Bay’s 2012
Michael Bay seems to love his "Transformers" and "The Island" screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman as the pair are already at work on...
Billy Crudup Is Doctor Manhattan?
A very reliable source tells CHUD that Director Zack Snyder has settled on actor Billy Crudup ("M:I-3," "Almost Famous") for the role of Doctor...
2007 Comic-Con Program Highlights
It's that time of year again in a little over two weeks, and here's a breakdown of the panels to look out for if...
Aisha Tyler Gets In Transit
Aisha Tyler ("24," "Ghost Whisperer") has joined the cast of post-Katrina New Orleans indie action-thriller "Black Water Transit" reports Variety.The story centers on a...
Andy Serkis Is A Blue, Addict
Andy Serkis ("Lord of the Rings," "The Prestige") is moving into directing and is already working on some scripts reports Teletext.Serkis, promoting his new...
Writer’s Block: Water, Brothers, Rose
""Bourne" series producer Andrew R. Tennenbaum has optioned Sara Gruen's Depression-era circus novel "Water for Elephants". Leonard Hartman will script the adaptation which...
Chris Rock & Ricky Gervais Are Buddies
During an interview with Jonathan Ross at the Live Earth concert on Saturday, Ricky Gervais he was teaming up with Chris Rock for a...