Trade Breaks: Earth, Goya, Man, Stakes
"Lionsgate has acquired U.S., U.K. and Australian distribution rights to ambitious documentary feature "Earth" from BBC Worldwide ("Deep Blue"). Five years in the...
James Van Der Beek Gets Stoned
James Van Der Beek, is set to star in "Stone's War," written and directed by Finnish director Marko Makilaakso reports Production Weekly.In the film...
Ian McShane Gets A Rise Over Dark
Ian McShane is starring in the fantasy film "The Dark Is Rising" for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media reports Variety.Part of a five-book...
Haas Goes Out With Basinger
Lukas Haas has joined the cast of "While She Was Out," a real-time thriller starring Kim Basinger says The Hollywood Reporter.Haas will play the...
Del Toro Talks Brutal Tarzan
In London attending the BAFTAs, director Guillermo Del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth", "Hellboy") spoke a bit about his upcoming "Tarzan" live-action project."The idea is to...
Kane & Lynch Kill On Screen
Lionsgate has picked up film rights to the Eidos video game "Kane & Lynch:Dead Men" which gets released mid-year reports Variety.The game follows the...
Galactica Back, But In What Form?
Well its official, the critically acclaimed fan favourite "Battlestar Galatica" has been renewed for a fourth season - but there's a catch.A ratings downturn...
James McAvoy for “Starter for Ten”
James McAvoy was not well known a year ago, but now the Scottish actor is, as they say, hot. From "The Last King of...
Zack Snyder Talks Watchmen
Out doing the promotional junket for "300", director Zack Snyder spoke pretty candidly about his plans for the "Watchmen" comic adaptation:Will they use the...
Potter, Pirates & Damon Updates
Art director Stuart Craig revealed to Newsweek magazine that he is now designing sets for the sixth film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,"...
Trade Breaks: Ocean, Thieves, Ubisoft
"300" producer Gianni Nunnari confirms he's working with Warren Ellis on an adaptation of his work "Ocean". It tells the story of a...
Miller’s Ronin Gets Film Treatment
With the success of "Sin City" and much anticipation for "300", the work of graphic novelist Frank Miller has become a hot property.Now another...
Hopper Tries Out A Cadillac
Dennis Hopper is in negotiations to star in "Dolan's Cadillac," based on one of Stephen King's most famous short stories reports Production Weekly.The revenge...
Acquisitions: Inside, Osama, Devil
"The Weinstein Co. acquired all English-speaking territory rights to French thriller "Inside" from Celluloid Dreams. Beatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis and Nathalie Roussel star...
Christian Alvart Has Zero Chance
Warner Independent Pictures has attached German filmmaker Christian Alvart ("Case 39", "Antibodies") to direct the bigscreen adaptation of Jess Walter's satirical political tome "The...
Rudin & Owen Adopt A Coram Boy
BBC Films is reuniting with mega-producer Scott Rudin and "Sylvia" producer Alison Owen to make "Coram Boy," a big screen adaptation of the epic...
Awards Round-Up: VES, Annies, WGA
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" dominated Sunday's fifth annual Visual Effects Society awards, winning six trophies including the top prize for outstanding...
A Return Visit To Troy
Break out the leather togas and baby oil, Wolfgang Petersen is delivering a director's cut version of his 2004 sword and sandals epic "Troy"...
The BAFTA Winners Of 2007
'This year's Orange British Academy Film Awards were held today Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Royal Opera House in London. The awards...
Forest Whitaker for “Vantage Point”
Forest Whitaker's career took something of a notch up a year ago when he won the Best Acror Oscar for his tour-de-force performance in...
Woo’s Red Cliff Breaks Into Two
John Woo's upcoming epic "The Battle of Red Cliff" will now be split into two versions - two two-hour films for Asian audiences, and...
Trade Breaks: Countess, International, Six
"Actress/director Julie Delpy unveiled her next directing project - the 16th century set "The Countess". Ethan Hawke, Daniel Bruehl and Radha Mitchell also...
Sophie Okonedo Bares Some Skin
Sophie Okonedo will play the lead role in "Skin," based on the true story of Sandra Laing - a black girl who was born...
Goldblum & Dafoe Get Resurrected
A large cast has joined Paul Schrader's upcoming Holocaust survivor movie "Adam Resurrected" says The Hollywood Reporter."Adam" is set in an asylum for Holocaust...
Livingston Seagull Flies Again
"Terminator" producer Andy Vajna plans to adapt the cult book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" as a "Shrek"-esque CG animated feature.According to Firefox, no director has...
International News: Puss, Buddha, Aria
"French studio MK 2 ("Children of the Rain") is developing a $24 million CG animated film, "The True story of Puss in Boots," for...
Cage Becomes A Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Nicolas Cage and Todd Garner will produce and Cage may star in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," a live-action feature for Walt Disney Pictures reports Variety.Lawrence...
Farrell & Weisz Play Dirt Music
Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell are set to star in Phillip Noyce's Outback drama "Dirt Music" reports Variety.Set against the extreme landscape of the...
Whishaw & Goode Visit Brideshead
Matthew Goode ("Match Point") and Ben Whishaw ("Perfume") have been cast in the two key roles for the big-screen adaptation of Evelyn Waugh novel...
Matthew Fox for “Vantage Point”
In a relatively short time Matthew Fox has emerged as one of Hollywood's hottest young actors, all thanks to that little known show, "Lost"....