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...
Lily, Humphries Join “The Hobbit”
The final bits of casting are being locked down for the currently shooting "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in New Zealand via Facebook.Along with...
News Shorts: June 19th 2011
The first photo of Jason Statham and Robert De Niro in The Killer Elite, Tom Cruise still rocking the abs in full costume as...
Green Lantern Opening Underwhelms
Though it topped the box-office charts and seems to be doing better with the general public than it has with the critics, Warner Bros.'...
No “Hellboy 3” For Guillermo Del Toro?
Mike Mignola, the creator and writer of the "Hellboy" comic, revealed at this weekend's Calgary Comics Expo (via The Daily Blam) that it's unlikely...
Hemingway, Pence Hire A “Silent Thief”
Toby Hemingway ("Black Swan," "In Time") has joined and Josh Pence ("The Dark Knight Rises") is in negotiations for one of the lead roles...
Gosling, Refn Team For A Third Project
When they're not getting friendly in a Garth-style way on the red carpet, Ryan Gosling and Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn have been speaking...
Corbijn To Direct Le Carre’s “Wanted Man”
"The American" filmmaker Anton Corbijn is set to direct a new adaptation of John le Carre's recent political thriller "A Most Wanted Man" says...
The Weinstein Company Sets Its Schedule
The Weinstein Company has locked down the schedule for seven of its upcoming features, effectively setting up their film slate for the next year.Three...
Tatum To Produce & Star In “Blood”
Channing Tatum is attached to star in the thriller pitch "Blood Brothers" which was just sold to Chernin Entertainment says VarietyEric Nazarian ("The Blue...
Close, Dourif Join PTA’s “The Master”
Joshua Close ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "The Unusuals") and Fiona Dourif ("Little Chenier," "The Messenger") have signed on to join Paul Thomas Anderson's...
Kevin Connolly Serves Up A “Kimbo Slice”
Kevin Connolly ("Entourage") is developing a biopic about Kimbo Slice, a street fighter who became a YouTube sensation and eventually ended up a UFC...
Warners Acquires Nick Sparks’ “Best of Me”
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired Nicholas Sparks' next novel "The Best of Me" says Deadline. The story follows small-town high school sweethearts from opposite...
Transformers Gets IMAX 3D Early Screenings
Paramount Pictures has announced it will open Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" exclusively at 3D and IMAX locations across the United States...
Warners Developing “Arthur and Lancelot”
Warner Bros. has won a major bidding war for the rights to the spec screenplay "Arthur and Lancelot" from filmmaker David Dobkin ("The Change-Up,"...
Starz Picks Up Raimi’s “Noir” To Series
Following on from their successful teaming on "Spartacus", premium cable network Starz is reuniting with Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert for the new...
Michael Chabon Pens “Magic Kingdom”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scribe Michael Chabon ("Spider-Man 2," "John Carter of Mars") has been hired to pen the script for Disney's family adventure...
Have Your Say: “Green Lantern”
Making headlines for the wrong reasons this week, Warner Brothers costly "Green Lantern" finally hits U.S. cinemas today.Reviews haven't been good. Rotten Tomatoes...