The Dark Tower Falls At Warners
It collapsed at Universal, now it looks like the ambitious film and television adaptations of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series has fallen apart...
Counselor On Hold After Scott’s Death
Filming on Ridley Scott's high-profile drug drama "The Counselor" in London has been suspended for a week in the wake of his brother Tony...
Jim Carrey Wanted For “Kick Ass 2”
Jim Carrey is being courted to play a showy supporting role in "Kick-Ass 2: Balls To The Wall" at Universal Pictures reports Deadline.Carrey is...
BBC Plans New “Lady Vanishes” TV Movie
The BBC is producing a new 90-minute telemovie take on the Hitchcock classic "The Lady Vanishes" says BBC News.Set in 1931, the story centers...
Bloodstrike Comic Gets Adapted
Adi Shankar's 1984 Private Defense Contractors ("The Grey," "Machine Gun Preacher") is setting up a film adaptation of the vampire solider comic "Bloodstrike" says...
Phillips Replaces Scorsese On “Gambler”
"The Hangover" and "Old School" director Todd Phillips is in talks to helm the remake of the James Caan-led 1974 crime drama "The Gambler"...
Gary Ross Set To Direct “Starcatchers”
"The Hunger Games" helmer Gary Ross has finally locked down his next directing vehicle - "Peter And The Starcatchers" for Disney Pictures says Deadline.The...
Three Ladies Vie For “Captain America 2”
Anna Kendrick, Imogen Poots and Felicity Jones have emerged as the current front-runners to play the female lead in the upcoming superhero sequel "Captain...
Japanese Remake Of Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”
Screen Daily reports that Warner Brothers Japan has announced plans to remake Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar winner "Unforgiven" with Ken Watanabe attached to star.Lee...
R.I.P. Tony Scott
68-year-old filmmaker Tony Scott has died in an apparent suicide on Sunday reports The Wrap. He was 68.A suicide note was found inside...
James Gunn Helms Marvel’s “Guardians”
James Gunn ("Slither," "Super") has emerged as the top choice to direct the upcoming quirky space superhero saga "Guardians of the Galaxy" at Marvel...
Gatsby Delay For Music Or Budget?
When Baz Luhrmann's big-budget film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" was pushed back six months from this Christmas to mid-2013, speculation quickly arose about...
Casting News: Goodman, Dafoe, Graham
The Hangover Part IIIJohn Goodman is in talks for a small but integral role in the upcoming "The Hangover Part III". Goodman would play...
All-Female “The Expendables” Planned
An all-female version of "The Expendables" is currently in the works at the 1984 Private Defense Contractors label says Variety.Dutch Southern has come onboard...
Casting News: Jean-Baptiste, Lee, Spall
RobocopMarianne Jean-Baptiste ("Spy Game," "Without A Trace") is set to play Karen Dean, the Detroit Chief of Police, in Jose Padilha's remake of "Robocop"...
LaPaglia Skips “Django” For Assange
Anthony LaPaglia tells News.Com.Au that he had to ditch his role in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" in favour of the Julian Assange-themed Australian TV...
Von Trier Puts ‘Little Shia’ To Use
Shia LaBeouf says his sex scenes in Lars von Trier's upcoming erotic drama "Nymphomaniac" won't be simulated.The story chronicles the sexual adventures of a...
News Shorts: August 18th 2012
The first photo of former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko in Michael French's $100 million 3D undersea epic Empires of the Deep, several new shots...
The Boys Comic Adaptation Resurrected?
"Anchorman" director Adam McKay says that the previously dead adaptation of the comic "The Boys" may have come back from the dead.McKay, who became...
Chernin Opens “The Houdini Box”
Chernin Entertainment ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Terra Nova") has picked up the film rights to Brian Selznick's 1991 novel "The Houdini...
Warners Sits Out “The Imitation Game”
Warner Bros. Pictures will no longer make a film based on Graham Moore's Black List script "The Imitation Game" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story...
Ciaran Hinds Joins “Game of Thrones”
He played Julius Caesar in "Rome", now Ciaran Hinds is returning to HBO to play a different kind of ruler - the 'King-Beyond-the-Wall' reports...
Ryder Goes Biker For “Homefront”
Winona Ryder has entered negotiations to join the cast of Gary Fleder's action thriller "Homefront" at Millennium Films says Heat Vision.Jason Statham plays a...
The Sight & Sound Top 250 Films
After much media hoopla about "Vertigo" toppling "Citizen Kane" in its poll, Sight and Sound magazine have now released the full version of its...
Avengers 2 Set For May 1st 2015
Walt Disney Studios have confirmed a May 1st 2015 release date for the much anticipated sequel to this year's biggest box-office success and the...
Chris O’Dowd Pens Feature, Joins “Tree”
HBO and BBC2 have given a full first season, eight half-hour episode order to Christopher Guest's new series comedy "Family Tree" reports Variety.The...
Bradley Cooper Scores “Blood” & “Trouble”
Bradley Cooper is in negotiations to star in "Disappearance of Alice Creed" helmer J. Blakeson's romantic crime thriller "Bad Blood and Trouble" at MRC...
Paramount Plans Animated Features
Following on from their success with last year's "Rango", Paramount Pictures is expanding its animation department with word of several projects their division has...
Taken Helmer Hires A “Bodyguard”
"Taken" and "From Paris With Love" helmer Pierre Morel is in negotiations to direct the action thriller "The Hitman's Bodyguard" at Skydance Productions says...
Landesman Helms JFK Drama “Parkland”
Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are set to produce the indie ensemble drama "Parkland", about the murder of John F. Kennedy, for their Playtone...