Sequels: Potter, Kombat, X-Files, 28
Lots of talk about potential sequels in the last 48 hours. Some sounds enticing, some far too hopeful, and others just plain ridiculous.First...
Fireflies Buzz All-Star Quintet
Willem Dafoe, Hayden Panettiere, Shannon Lucio, Ioan Gruffudd and George Newbern are joining the ensemble cast of Senator Entertainment's "Fireflies in the Garden" says...
Ice Cube Requires Some Tough Love
Dimension Films has picked up comedy script "Tough Love" from writers Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, with Ice Cube attached to star and Thomas...
From Dreams To Wings For Hudson
They won this year's best actor and supporting actress Oscars, now they may be playing father and daughter it seems.Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls") is tipped...
Elizabeth Banks On Barb Comedy
Elizabeth Banks ("Seabiscuit," "Spider-Man 3") will star in and produce the Universal romantic comedy "What About Barb" reports Variety.The story follows a socialite who...
Trades: Dick, Days, Cottage, Bingen
"Dickhouse Prods., the home of "Jackass" producers Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine, has signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures/MTV Films. ...
Anderson Still Locked In Castlevania
Despite recent rumors to the contrary, genre filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson tells IGN Movies that he is still very much involved with the planned...
Dennis Dugan Messes With Zohan
Director Dennis Dugan ("Happy Gilmore," "Big Daddy") is set to reteam with Adam Sandler in Sony Pictures' "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" says...
Writer’s Block: Phenom, Sister, Class
"Screen Gems has acquired the Charles Murray spec script "Phenom," and set singer-actor Chris Brown to star. Brown will play a standout...
Mateo Gil Plans Pedro Paramo Adaptation
Scribe Mateo Gil ("Nobody Knows Anybody") will write and direct a bigscreen adaptation of Juan Rulfo's novel "Pedro Paramo," a seminal work in modern...
Tarantino Mulls Bastards On The Road
Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" looks to "probably be the very next thing I do" said the "Grindhouse" director to Slash Film at a junket...
Cusack and Hayes Are Humping Igor
John Cusack and Sean Hayes have joined the voice cast of Exodus Film Group's CG-animated feature comedy "Igor" says The Hollywood Reporter.Cusack replaces Christian...
An Iraq Memoir Becomes A Denzel Film
Escape Artists has acquired the rights to Dana Canedy's first-person essay published in January in the New York Times as a producing and potential...
Oscar-Winner Whitaker Becomes A Watchman
Forest Whitaker is in final negotiations to reteam with Fox Searchlight for "The Night Watchman," his first project since he won the Oscar a...
Niki Caro Has Fallen Out Of The Sky
Niki Caro ("North Country," "Whale Rider") will adapt and direct Ken Dornstein's memoir "The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky" for Warner Bros....
Finerman Comes Up With A New List
New Line Cinema has picked up the rights to Jill Smolinski's upcoming novel "The Next Thing on My List" for Wendy Finerman ("The Devil...
Mike Myers Guru Prays To Schnabel
Marco Schnabel, who served as second unit director on the last "Austin Powers" film, will direct Mike Myers return to the bigscreen as the...
Sanders Has A Crood Awakening
Director Chris Sanders ("Lilo and Stitch") is set to helm the CG-animated feature "Crood Awakening" for Dreamworks Animation.The stone-age comedy, written by British comedy...
Winstone Joins Fourth Indiana Jones
Ray Winstone ("The Departed," "Cold Mountain") is set to join the cast of the fourth "Indiana Jones" film says The Hollywood Reporter.Winstone will play...
The Random Spiel: March 27th 2007
Are Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson teaming up again for a remake of "Freebie and the Bean"?-Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas in consideration...
Anderson Abandons Castlevania
Love him or loathe him, there's no denying that "Resident Evil" and "Alien vs. Predator" director Paul W.S. Anderson has his fingers in many...
A Second War In Heaven Underway
The film version of John Milton's poetic epic "Paradise Lost" is about to get a rival it seems - albeit one with a less...
Wanted Sequel Already Planned?
Scottish author Mark Millar is the man responsible for "Wanted", the acclaimed graphic novel which is about to become a major movie with James...
Galactica Finale Wrap-Up Scoops
**** SPOILERS AHEAD for those who haven't seen this Sunday's third season finale of "Battlestar Galactica" ****Well the season is over til January...
Aronofsky Becomes A Fighter Pilot
Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream," "The Fountain") is in final talks to direct Paramount Pictures boxing drama "The Fighter."The project marks a reteaming...
Ghost Haunts Gervais & Kinnear
Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear are teaming to star in the DreamWorks romantic comedy "Ghost Town" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on a...
More Targeted For The Hit Man
Olga Kurylenko ("Paris je t'aime"), Robert Knepper ("Prison Break"), Ulrich Thomsen ("Festen") and Michael Offei ("Casino Royale") have joined the cast of 20th Century...
Casting: Elba, White, Dale, David
"British actor Idris Elba (TV's "The Wire") has joined the cast of Screen Gems remake of the 1980 slasher classic "Prom Night". Nelson...
Roth Says No Sleeping In This Cell
Eli Roth says he plans to make some changes to the film adaptation of Stephen King's "Cell", but with good intention (not to mention...
Abbie Cornish Is A Shining Star
Aussie actress Abbie Cornish in negotiations to headline Jane Campion's period romance drama "Bright Star" says The Hollywood Reporter.The script, which Campion wrote and...