McAvoy Replaces Fassbender In “Trance”
Danny Boyle has replaced one X-Man with another. While Michael Fassbender was originally set to headline Boyle's next film "Trance", talks have fallen...
Super 8’s Joel Courtney Is “Tom Sawyer”?
15-year-old "Super 8" star Joel Courtney has entered negotiations to join both a new adaptation of "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" and supernatural adventure...
Ryan Gosling & Nic Refn Talk “God,” “Logan”
Tim Burton has his Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese has his De Niro and DiCaprio, now filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling's working...
Moverman Scripts Brian Wilson Biopic
Producers Bill Pohlad ("The Tree of Life") and John Wells ("ER") are teaming for a drama based on a personal and professional story about...
Rob Cohen Fires Off A “Bullet Run”
Rob Cohen is set to direct the revenge thriller "Bullet Run" for Voltage Productions says Variety."The Lost Partrol" author Andrew Hilton penned the script...
Emma Thompson To Pen “Annie” Remake?
Will Smith and Jay-Z are in negotiations with Oscar-winning screenwriter and actress Emma Thompson to pen their new version of classic musical "Annie" reports...
Vampires Reimagined For “Blood Wars”
Warner Bros. Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired the script "Blood Wars", a reinvention of vampire lore reports The Wrap.In this story, vampires have...
Willis, Purcell, Zane Conduct “Experiment”
Rumer Willis, Dominic Purcell and Billy Zane are all set to star in the indie thriller "The Ganzfeld Experiment" for Bon Vivant Entertainment says...
Julia Ormond Offered “Man of Steel”
Julia Ormond ("Legends of the Fall," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") has been offered the role of Lara, Kal-El's birth mother, in the...
News Shorts: June 23rd 2011
Yahoo Movies has unleashed a new "Captain America: The First Avenger" poster, there's also new character images from Pixar's Brave.EW has debuted three "True...
Mortensen, Amini Join “Two Faces”
Viggo Mortensen and rising scribe Hossein Amini ("Snow White and the Huntsman," "Drive," "47 Ronin") are teaming up for indie thriller "The Two Faces...
Russell Testing Actresses For “Playbook”
"The Fighter" director David O. Russell is currently screen-testing a bunch of in-demand actresses in Los Angeles over the next few days says Risky...
Beatty Plans Ambitious Howard Hughes Project
Earlier this week came word that Warren Beatty was set to direct his first project in over a decade at Paramount Pictures. All...
Browne, Wallace, Simonson Novels Adapted
It has been a busy day for authors with three of them finding the film rights to their work being picked up.Gerald BrowneAmber Entertainment...
Casting: Allman, Williams, Moore, Veraga
Jayne Mansfield's CarMarshall Allman ("Prison Break," "True Blood") has been cast in the family comedy/drama feature "Jayne Mansfield's Car".Allman plays the naïve son of...
Emma Stone Tackles “Prejudice and Zombies”
She already took on the undead in "Zombieland", now actress Emma Stone has been offered the lead role in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"...
Tom Wilkinson Joins “Lone Ranger”
Tom Wilkinson is in early talks to join the cast of "Lone Ranger" for Disney Pictures and producer Jerry Bruckheimer says Variety.Wilkinson would portray...
Ron Howard To Direct “Spy vs. Spy”
Warner Bros. has begun development of a live-action version of classic MAD magazine cartoon strip "Spy vs. Spy" says Deadline.Antonio Prohias penned the strip...
The Hobbit First Stills Arrive
We've seen some behind-the-scenes shots before, now come the first official stills from Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" via EW.com, including our first look at...
Ray Winstone Is The Last “Huntsman” Dwarf
Ray Winstone is in negotiations to play the last of the warrior dwarfs in the Rupert Sanders-directed action adventure "Snow White and the Huntsman"...
Katie Cassidy Up For “Freaky Deaky” Film
"Gossip Girl" and "Supernatural" actress Katie Cassidy is in negotiations to play the female lead in Charlie Matthau's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel...
Riggle, Lennon, Carr Nab A “Boondoggle”
Steve Carr ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop") is set to direct the comedy "The Boondoggle" for NALA Films reports Deadline.Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon will...
Alex Tse To Pen “The Crow” Reeboot
Alex Tse ("Watchmen") is attached to pen the screenplay for the reinvention of "The Crow" franchise, based on the James O'Barr comic series, at...
Takashi Shimizu To Direct “Flight 75”
Takashi Shimizu (''The Grudge'') is set to direct the claustrophobic thriller "Flight 75" for CBS Films says Variety.Based on a pitch from Shimizu, the...
Gold Circle Goes “On Borrowed Time”
Gold Circle Films has optioned the film rights to David Rosenfelt's novel "On Borrowed Time" reports Deadline.The Hitchcockian thriller follows a journalist who's about...
Max Landis Penning “Frankenstein” Take
20th Century Fox and producer John Davis have hired rising scribe Max Landis ("Chronicle") to pen a script for a new take on the...
James Wan In Talks To Do Some “Conjuring”
James Wan ("Insidious," "Saw") is in final negotiations to direct "The Conjuring" for New Line reports Variety.The film is inspired by the true-life story...
Pixar Reveal Epic “Brave” Poster
Ok this is pretty damn impressive. The trailer for Pixar's 2012 effort "Brave" hits with "Cars 2" this weekend, but for now the...
Elba Set For “Rim”, Foxx Set For “Django?
Idris Elba ("The Wire," "Thor") is now confirmed to be starring in Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi monster epic "Pacific Rim" reports Deadline.It was thought...
News Shorts: June 22nd 2011
More photos from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Killer Elite, The Muppets and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.Photos of Sacha...