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...
Howard Joins “Rush”, Talks “Dark Tower”
Ron Howard is in talks to direct the true-life Formula One racing drama "Rush" for Cross Creek Pictures says EW.The story focuses on the...
James Cameron On “Avatar” Sequels
James Cameron says that his upcoming two "Avatar" films will not form a trilogy he tells Fox News."we're shooting two films back-to-back, so I'm...
Scribes Talk “Captain America” Sequel Ideas
Asked if any sequel to the upcoming "Captain America: The First Avenger" would have to be set in the modern day rather than the...
Casting: Momoa, Astin, Lindhome, JCVD
Untitled Walter Hill FilmJason Momoa ("Game of Thrones," "Conan the Barbarian") has reportedly been cast in the bad guy role of Keegan in the...
Douglas Booth Joins “Romeo and Juliet”
British actor Douglas Booth is set to co-star in the upcoming remake of "Romeo and Juliet" reports The Examiner."True Grit" star Hailee Steinfeld has...
Izzard, Hoskins, Jones, Marsan Join “Hunstman”
Universal's "Snow White and the Huntsman" is stocking up on warrior dwarves this week and is doing so by assembling some of the best...
Harris Talks Her “Bond 23” Audition
Actress Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "Miami Vice") has confirmed she has tried out for the role of a possible Bond girl in...
Fox, Reilly Join Cohen’s “The Dictator”
Megan Fox and John C. Reilly are set to cameo in the Paramount comedy "The Dictator", the latest Sacha Baron Cohen effort currently in...
Jennifer Lopez Is “Expecting,” “Parker”
So much for more "American Idol" it would seem as Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in two upcoming feature films says Deadline.The...
McShane Is Dwarf Leader In “Snow White”
Ian McShane ("Deadwood," "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides") has signed to play one of the dwarfs in "Snow White and the Huntsman"...
Riseborough Welcomed To “The Punch”
British actress Andrea Riseborough ("Made in Dagenham," "Brighton Rock") has scored the female lead role in "Welcome to the Punch" reports Variety.James McAvoy plays...
Warren Beatty Does Comedy For Paramount
More than a decade since his last time behind the camera with 1998's "Bullworth", Warren Beatty is now set to write, direct, produce and...
David Goyer Adapting “100 Bullets” Comic
"Batman Begins" and "Blade" scribe David S. Goyer has been hired to pen a TV series adaptation of the DC & Vertigo's acclaimed comic...
Penn Badgley IS Jeff Buckley
Over the weekend talk emerged that "Gossip Girl" and "The Stepfather" actor Penn Badgley had beaten out the likes of Robert Pattinson to play...
del Toro Says He’d Consider “Maleficent”
"Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy" director Guillermo del Toro spoke with The Los Angeles Times recently and the paper asked if he would be interested...
Jason Keller To Take “The Passage”
Jason D. Keller ("Machine Gun Preacher," "Untitled Snow White Project") is set to rewrite "The Passage" for 20th Century Fox says Heat Vision. Based...
Sarah Shahi Takes Stallone’s “Bullet”
"Fairly Legal" star Sarah Shahi is set to play Sylvester Stallone's daughter in Walter Hill's upcoming action thriller for Warner Bros. Pictures, Dark Castle...
Pixar Mystery Film On Thanksgiving 2013
Pixar has "Brave" next summer and "Monsters University" for June 2013. What comes after that though?Deadline reports that Disney has set a release...
Refn Seeks Hendricks For “Wonder Woman”
"Drive" and "Bronson" director Nicolas Winding Refn has previously spoken about his desire to direct a "Wonder Woman" movie. Now, he is reportedly...
Elfman Scoring “The Hunger Games”
Danny Elfman and T. Bone Burnett are confirmed to be scoring "The Hunger Games" reports Movies.com, while Elfman will also work on Sam Raimi's...
Open Road Acquires Meyer’s “The Host”
They made their first deal with "The Killer Elite", now young distribution company Open Road has scored its second major acquisition - the Andrew...
Jackass Star Dunn Dies In Car Crash
One of the regular "Jackass" cast, 34-year-old Ryan Dunn, was killed early Monday in a fiery car crash reports Forbes.Dunn was driving his 2007...
FilmDistrict Gets Statham & Hackford’s “Parker”
FilmDistrict is closing a deal for U.S. distribution rights to the Taylor Hackford-directed thriller "Parker" with Jason Statham.The John J. McLaughlin-scripted film is an...