Rachel Weisz Is The Wicked Witch Of The East
Rachel Weisz is in negotiations to star in Sam Raimi's "Oz: The Great and Powerful" at Disney Pictures reports Deadline.Weisz would play Evanorah, the...
Kidman, Noyce Re-Team For “Wild Life”?
Nicole Kidman is reportedly eyeing the lead role in the $50 million sweeping drama "Our Wild Life" for Mandalay Pictures reports The Wrap.The story...
Scott Mann Helms “Seven Samurai” Remake
Scott Mann ("The Tournament") has been hired to direct a $60 million remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai" for The Weinstein Company...
Jackman Sets Out On A “Fantastic Voyage”
Hugh Jackman is reportedly the front runner for the lead role in the Shawn Levy-directed 3D remake of 1966 cult classic "Fantastic Voyage" reports...
Clive Owen Visits Donaldson’s “Cities”
Clive Owen and Anil Kapoor will star in, while Roger Donaldson is onboard to direct the cautionary financial thriller "Cities" says The Hollywood Reporter.The...
Lawrence Would Do “Constantine” Sequel
"Water for Elephants" helmer Francis Lawrence tells MTV News that he'd be up for doing a sequel to one of his earlier films, but...
A Fourth “Step Up” Film Is On The Way
Music video director Scott Speer is set to helm "Step Up 4", the next installment of the dance franchise reports Deadline.Jenny Mayer is writing...
Director News: Cholodenko, Thurber, Derrickson
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"The Kids Are All Right" co-writer Lisa Cholodenko is in talks to direct a live-action...
Casting News: Recall, Seeking, Rapture
Total RecallBokeem Woodbine is in talks to join the Len Wiseman-directed reboot of "Total Recall" at Sony Pictures reports Variety. Woodbine will play...
James Bond Returning To India?
He took a trip there back in the early 80's, now 007 could be returning to the Indian sub-continent to shoot sequences for the...
Saoirse Ronan Joins Meyer’s “The Host”
Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement," "Hanna") is set to star in "The Host", the film adaptation of the bestselling novel by "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer reports...
Pusher Remake Gets Underway
British actors Agyness Deyn ("Clash of the Titans"), Richard Coyle ("Prince of Persia"), Bronson Webb ("The Tudors") and Paul Kaye ("Match Point") have...
Paul W.S. Anderson Helms “Pompeii”
The team behind the upcoming "The Three Musketeers 3D" are re-assembling for a big-budget period movie about the destruction of the ancient Roman city...
Feige On “Avengers” Spin-Off Films
Out doing press for "Thor" this week, Marvel Films' co-chief Kevin Feige says his company will officially announce its post-"Avengers" plans at the end...
Bloom, Gerwig Join “Lola Versus”
Greta Gerwig ("Arthur," "Baghead") is set to star while Orlando Bloom is in final negotiations to play the male lead in the romantic comedy...
Dunst, Scott, Caplan Join “Bachelorette”
Kirsten Dunst, Adam Scott ("Step Brothers"), Lizzy Caplan ("Party Down") and Casey Wilson ("Happy Endings") are all attached to star in the indie comedy...
Casting: Mortimer, Bowden, Faris
More As the Story DevelopsEmily Mortimer is in talks to play the female lead in Aaron Sorkin's HBO pilot "More As the Story Develops"...
Levinson To Helm “Gotti: Three Generations”
Barry Levinson ("Bugsy," "You Don't Know Jack") is in negotiations to direct the mob drama "Gotti: Three Generations" for Fiore Films says Variety.The story...
Focus Seizes Wes Anderson’s “Kingdom”
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Wes Anderson's upcoming feature "Moonrise Kingdom" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows a young couple who go...
News Shorts: May 2nd 2011
The first photos from the remake of Straw Dogs, along with new stills from The Three Musketeers and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Set...
Chris Hemsworth Up For “Huntsman”
Universal is pursuing "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth to play the male lead in "Snow White and the Huntsman" reports Variety.Scribe Evan Daugherty, director Rupert...
Casting: Rock, Stooges, Hunger, Ted, Lay, Ting
Rock of Ages"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston will play the mayor of Los Angeles in the film adaptation of rock musical "Rock of Ages"...
Armie Hammer Haunted By “2:22”
Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") has joined the cast of the indie psychological thriller "2:22" reports Risky Biz Blog.Todd Stein and Nathan Parker's script...
Onyx Gets Behind “Cobra: The Space Pirate”
Paris-based Onyx Films has signed on to co-produce the $100 million+ budget manga adaptation "Cobra: The Space Pirate" which Alexandre Aja ("Piranha 3D") is...
Only God Forgives Evans, Scott-Thomas
Luke Evans and Kristin Scott-Thomas have signed on for "Bronson" director Nicolas Winding Refn's next feature "Only God Forgives" reports Cineuropa (via The Playlist).The...
James Bond Ain’t A Slut, He’s A Whore
If you thought the Sony Blu-ray players, digital cameras, Vaio computers and Ericsson phones in "Casino Royale" were intrusive product placement (the Omega watch...
Avengers Script Leak Halts Production?
Controversy swirled behind-the-scenes of the online film blogger world late last week when Samuel L. Jackson's personal copy of the shooting script for "The...
Osama Bin Laden’s Death Means Re-Writes
Looks like "Kill Bin Laden" is going to have to get a new title."The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal recently...
O’Gorman, Pace, Weaving Set For “Hobbit”
Dean O'Gorman and Lee Pace have joined while Hugo Weaving is now confirmed to be reprising his 'Rings' trilogy role of Elrond in the...
Fast Five Has License To Print Money
Along with better than expected reviews, "Fast Five" has delivered much better than expected box-office and given Universal Pictures a much needed booster shot...