Casting: Brand, Wilson, Arianda, Smith
Pierre PierreBrit comic Russell Brand is in early talks to star in Larry Charles' raunchy comedy "Pierre Pierre" at Escape Artists and Category 5....
Jon Chu To Direct “Masters of The Universe”
Jon M. Chu ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "Step Up 2: The Streets") has just begun talks to helm a new live-action take on the classic...
It’s Official: “The Hobbit” Is A Trilogy
Following on from reports over the past few weeks, it has now been confirmed - Peter Jackson's dual "The Hobbit" films are set to...
Ron Howard Goes On A “Conquest”
Imagine TV and Showtime are teaming to develop the period drama series epic "Conquest" about the fall of the Aztec empire says Deadline.Ron Howard...
Bill Murray Is An Old Sleaze In “Van Nuys”
Bill Murray is in early negotiations to topline Ted Melfi's coming-of-age dramedy "St. Vincent De Van Nuys" at 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment...
Casting: Stone, Leguizamo, Austin, Mandvi
Untitled Love StoryEmma Stone is set to star in an untitled love story project at Sony Pictures which begins filming in the Spring.Cameron Crowe...
Kitsch, Gleeson In “Seduction” Remake
Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch are set to star in Don McKellar's $12.7 million remake of the 2003 French-Canadian feature "The Grand Seduction" for...
Nichols Helm “Fusion”, Summit Gets “Boot Camp”
"Take Shelter" writer/director Jeff Nichols is in negotiations with Chernin Entertainment to develop "The Boy Who Played With Fusion" as a directing vehicle for...
Showtime Ends “Big C”, Renews Others
At the recent Television Critics Association presentation for the Showtime network, the company's entertainment president David Nevins confirmed that its acclaimed dark comedy series...
Casting: Jolie, Dan, Bichir, Biehn
The Great BeautyAngelina Jolie has scored a cameo role in "This Must Be The Place" director Paul Sorrentino's next film "The Great Beauty".Story details...
A Fourth “Rush Hour” On The Way
Producer Arthur Sarkissian says that fourth film in the "Rush Hour" action franchise is moving forward with both Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker involved.The...
Casting: Wahlberg, Bakkedahl, O’Neal, Eklund
NeuromancerMark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson are said to be considering offers to star in Vicenzo Natali's long-gestating adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk classic "Neuromancer".Wahlberg...
A “Shining” Prequel On The Way
Warner Bros. Pictures is reportedly "exploring the possibility" of a prequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel "The Shining"...
Marvel Doing An “Avengers” TV Series?
Marvel's TV division is reportedly in conversation with ABC Studios about doing a drama series set in the same cinematic universe as box-office topper...
Avatar First Sequel Delay To 2015
Though he's already been at work on the scripts for the next two "Avatar" films, James Cameron confirms that it's highly likely the first...
James Mangold To Direct “Red Circle”?
The long-gestating English-language remake of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 crime thriller "Le Cercle Rouge" ("The Red Circle") is moving forward it seems.Producer Arthur Sarkissian confirms...
News Shorts: July 30th 2012
Posters for Machete Kills, Frankenweenie, Keep the Lights On, Cloud Atlas, Chasing Mavericks, Little White Lies, Dredd 3D, Me and My Shadow and Taken...
Clara Paget, Joe Taslim Join “Fast Six”
Indonesian actor Joe Taslim ("The Raid") and model Clara Paget ("Johnny English Reborn") have joined the cast of Justin Lin's upcoming "Fast and Furious...
New Master, Softly, Punch Release Dates
Some big release date shifts and announcements this week, mostly though it is good news.The Weinstein Company has shuffled around two of its major...
AMC Axes “Killing”, Adds “Area 51”
AMC has axed the American version of "The Killing" after two seasons as the network has opted not to renew the mystery drama for...
Tom McGrath To Helm “Rentaghost”
Animation director Tom McGrath (the "Madagascar" films, "Megamind") is in talks to direct the Ben Stiller-led live action comedy "RentaGhost" at 20th Century Fox...
Massive “Thor” Sequence To Shoot In Surrey
With Marvel's upcoming "Thor: The Dark World" to start filming soon, word has leaked out through Surrey Community (via CBM) about one potential major...
Casting News: Hoffman, Perez, Goodman
The Wolf of Wall StreetJake Hoffman, Ethan Suplee and Katarina Cas have joined the cast of Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf Of Wall Street". Shooting...
Rachel Nichols Joins “The 10 O’Clock People”
Rachel Nichols ("Alias," "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra") is in negotiations to join Tom Holland's film adaptation of Stephen King's short story "The Ten...
Lance Black To Pen Abrams’ “Earthquake”
Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black ("Milk," "J. Edgar") is set to script the large scale disaster epic "Earthquake" for Universal Pictures and Bad Robot...
McCullah, Smith Option “Panic Zone”
"Legally Blonde" and "She's The Man" scribes Karen McCullah and Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith have penned a new original comedy script entitled "Panic Zone" for...
Casting News: O’Hara, Hahn, Agbaje
Sex and SunsetsSara Canning and Catherine O'Hara are joining the cast of Jeremiah Chechik's "Sex and Sunsets" at Serendipity Point Films.Ryan Kwanten plays a...
The Day Britain Stopped For Ridley Scott
"American Gangster" director Ridley Scott and scribe Steve Zaillian have acquired feature film rights to the 2003 BBC pseudo-documentary "The Day Britain Stopped" which...
Battle Royale Becomes A TV Series
Young-skewing TV network The CW has reportedly been in preliminary talks about the possibility of remaking the cult 2000 Japanese hit "Battle Royale" as...
Steindorff To Adapt Khoury’s “Origin”
Scott Steindorff ("The Lincoln Lawyer") and his Scott Pictures label have scored the film rights to Jessica Khoury's upcoming young adult novel "Origin" says...