Brief “Turtles,” “Batman” Updates
A Production Weekly tweet indicates that principal photography on the Michael Bay-produced "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot is apparently scheduled to begin this April...
State of Play Creator Does Zombies
FremantleMedia Enterprises has scored the remake rights for an English-language version of the French zombie series "Les Revenants."The show, originally developed as a movie,...
Dexter, “Borgias,” “Dome” Air Dates
Showtime is shaking up its airing schedule, moving up the eighth and potentially final season of "Dexter" to air three months early."Dexter" will premiere...
Details On Sam Mendes’ “Penny Dreadful”
Showtime has confirmed that "Skyfall" scribe John Logan and director Sam Mendes' new high-concept psychosexual horror series for the network has scored a title...
Ben Wheatley Goes “Two For Hell”
"Kill List" and "Sightseers" filmmaker Ben Wheatley keeps moving at an incredibly quick pace. His third film, the psychedelic period piece "A Field...
Skins Scribe Pens Depp’s “Wintergreen”
Playwright and UK "Skins" scribe Jack Thorne has been hired to pen the family fantasy adventure "Mortimer Wintergreen" at Warner Bros. Pictures.A loose adaptation...
The 2013 Golden Globes Winners
This year's Golden Globe winners have been announced with "Argo" and "Les Miserables" dominating the film categories. There were no real surprises this...
Fourth “Jurassic Park” Hits June 2014
After a good decade of languishing in development, it has now been confirmed that a fourth "Jurassic Park" on the way. In fact,...
Brief “Avengers 2,” “S.H.I.E.L.D.” Updates
With the apparent death of Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) in Marvel's "The Avengers" movie, the announcement that the character would be heading up...
Scribes Set For Fifth “Pirates,” “Step Up”
"Catch Me if You Can" scribe Jeff Nathanson has been hired to pen the fifth "Pirates of the Caribbean" for Disney Pictures. Jerry Bruckheimer...
Skyfall Duo Plan “Frankenstein” Spin
"Skyfall" co-writer John Logan and director Sam Mendes are re-teaming to develop a high-concept drama series for U.S. cable network Showtime.The untitled project, which...
Louis CK Joins David O. Russell’s Next
Louis C.K. is in talks for a key role in David O. Russell's period drama feature previously titled "American Bullshit" at Sony Pictures.Eric Singer...
Dogtooth Helmer Cooks A “Lobster”
"Alps" and "Dogtooth" director Yorgos Lanthimos is reportedly seeking financing for his €1.9 million sci-fi project "The Lobster".Efthymis Filippou penned the script for this...
Crazy Directors Helm McAfee Drama
John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the writing and directing team from "Crazy Stupid Love," will re-team for this biopic based on the recent Wired...
News Shorts: January 11th 2013
First photo of Michael Fassbender with a fake head on himself in Frank, and new stills from Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, The...
Spielberg On “Robopocalypse” Delay
Steven Spielberg says that despite news of the project's indefinite postponement the other day, he's still very much committed to making his post-apocalyptic drama...
Casting: Johnson, Franco, Macfadyen, Murray
Godzilla"Kick Ass" star Aaron Johnson has been offered the lead role in Gareth Edwards' "Godzilla" reboot at Legendary Pictures.Johnson reportedly wants to wait to...
No “Zombieland” Sequel On The Way
Out doing press for "Gangster Squad" this week, director Ruben Fleischer says that plans for a sequel to his hit comedy "Zombieland" look to...
ABC Talks “SHIELD,” “Star Wars” Series
With Disney now controlling Marvel and owning Lucasfilm, TV series spin-offs of both franchises on the company's ABC Network seems like an inevitable possibility....
The Bridge Becomes “The Tunnel”
Former "Spooks" scribe Ben Richards is heading back to television for "The Tunnel," a ten-episode bilingual remake of Scandinavian hit "The Bridge" for Sky...
Affleck Set To “Live By Night” Next
Ben Affleck has confirmed earlier reports that his next directing project will be an adaptation of "Gone Baby Gone" author Dennis Lehane's recent novel...
Kon-Tiki Duo Set To Go “Spectral”
On the day their film "Kon-Tiki" scored an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, Norwegian directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg are close...
No “Call of Duty” Film On The Way
There's been a flurry of news in recent months of film adaptations of various console video game titles being put into development.Today though comes...
Richwater Nabs “Top Dog” Rights
Richwater Films has picked up the film rights to Dougie Brimson's epic British crime novel "Top Dog".Leo Gregory will play a London villain named...
The 2013 Oscar Nominations
The 85th Annual Academy Award nominations have been announced with "Lincoln" and "Life of Pi" leading the pack with twelve and eleven nominations respectively.Also...
Casting News: Pullman, Page, Beart
Independence Day 2Actor Bill Pullman says that a sequel to the mid-90's alien invasion epic might go ahead with or without Will Smith's involvement....
Chris Nolan Set To Go “Interstellar”
Once pegged as a potential Steven Spielberg project, filmmaker Christopher Nolan seems to have found his next directorial effort.Multiple sources claim Nolan is looking...
Spielberg’s “Robopocalypse” Put On Hold
Steven Spielberg's proposed sci-fi action feature "Robopocalypse" has been postponed indefinitely at DreamWorks.Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy says the project was "too important and the...
No “Chainsaw 3D” Sequel Just Yet
Yesterday came word from producer Avi Lerner that his Millennium Films was officially moving ahead with a follow-up to last week's box-office topper "Texas...
Trachtenberg To Helm “Y: The Last Man”
New Line has hired commercials director Dan Trachtenberg to direct its long-in-development film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's acclaimed comic series "Y: The Last...