Stiller, Baumbach Re-Team On “Penguins”
"Greenberg" star Ben Stiller and director Noah Baumbach are in talks to re-team on an adaptation of the 1938 children's novel "Mr. Popper's Penguins"...
Stephen Daldry Gets “Incredibly Close”
Stephen Daldry ("The Hours," "The Reader") has signed on to direct a film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"...
Henry Selick Teams With Disney & Pixar
Over three decades after he began his career there, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Coraline" director Henry Selick is returning to the Mouse House.Variety...
Greengrass On A “Fantastic Voyage”?
Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Ultimatum," "Green Zone") is in talks to direct a 3D remake of "Fantastic Voyage" for Lightstorm Entertainment and 20th Century...
DiCaprio To Play J. Edgar Hoover
Leonardo DiCaprio is in early negotiations to portray former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood's biopic "Hoover" reports Deadline New York.Dustin Lance...
Smuggler Films Adapting “Becket” Play
Smuggler Films has scored the film rights to Jean Anouilh's Tony-winning 1960 play "Becket" and have hired playwright Ranjit Bolt to pen a new...
Oliver Stone To Direct “Travis McGee”
Oliver Stone is set to develop and possibly direct the detective thriller "Travis McGee" for 20th Century Fox says Variety.John D. MacDonald's character creation...
Talking Remake, E-Trade Babies Film
Two baby-related film projects are in the works, one a remake of an 80's hit while the other is based on a recent series...
Kal Penn Returning For Third “Harold & Kumar”
Kal Penn looks set to return for "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas" which kicks off production this Summer reports Deadline New York.Penn left...
Alex Pettyfer Counted As “Number Four”
Alex Pettyfer ("Stormbreaker," "Beastly") is in negotiations to star as the titular character in "I Am Number Four" reports Variety."Smallville" creators Alfred Gough and...
Fincher Set For “Dragon Tattoo” Remake
The American remake of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" is now set to be the next film of David Fincher ("Se7en," "Fight Club")...
The Hangover Sequel Ready To Go
After months of negotiations, things look ready for "The Hangover" sequel to head into production over at Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures says...
Stephen Dorff Enlists In “War of the Gods”
Stephen Dorff has joined the cast of Tarsem Singh's Greek mythology epic "War of the Gods" for Relativity Media reports Variety.The story follows Theseus...
Kaley Cuoco Signs For “I Hop,” “Last Ride”
Kaley Cuoco (TV's "The Big Bang Theory") has joined the cast of the live-action/CG-animated combo comedy "I Hop" at Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures...
Universal & Rogue Announce New Dates
Universal Pictures have announced several new dates for their Australian release schedule, in two cases the first dates scheduled anywhere for those films.The Simon...
The “Baywatch” Movie Resurfaces
Remember a film version of classic 90's NBC series "Baywatch" being planned a few years back? Well now it seems to have resurfaced over...
David R. Ellis Has “Bad Luck”
David R. Ellis ("The Final Destination") is set to direct the thriller "Bad Luck" for Entertainment 7 and Amber Entertainment reports Variety."The Crow" scribe...
Malcolm D. Lee Joins “Basketball Camp”
Malcolm D. Lee ("Soul Men," "Undercover Brother") is set to direct the sports comedy "Fantasy Basketball Camp" for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment says...
Anna Faris Tops “Pvt. Benjamin” Remake
Anna Faris ("Scary Movie," "The House Bunny") is tipped to headline a remake of the 1980 Goldie Hawn comedy "Private Benjamin" for New Line...
Sheldon Turner Helms “By Virtue Fall”
Scribe Sheldon Turner ("Up in the Air," "The Longest Yard") is set to make his directorial debut on the sub-$20 million thriller "By Virtue...
Darby, Hawkins Join Kiwi “Love Birds”
Actor/comedian Rhys Darby ("Flight of the Conchords") and award-winning British actress Sally Hawkins ("Happy-Go-Lucky") have teamed for the bitter-sweet New Zealand romantic comedy "Love...
News Shorts: March 30th 2010
New stills from Salt, the first photo from Mark Gatiss' BBC TV movie adaptation of HG Wells' "The First Men in the Moon", posters...
Room in Rome Joins Oz Film Fest, New Clip
One of the most buzzed about European films set to open this year, "Room in Rome" is the latest feature from Julio Medem ("Sex...
Hayter, Pink To Direct Werewolf Films
Two werewolf related projects seem to have scored directors today, lets take a look.First up scribe David Hayter ("X-Men," "Watchmen") will make his directorial...
Vaughn Helms “Bloodshot”? Not So Fast
Here's an interesting story that's become somewhat confusing. It started over at Latino Review which reported that British director Matthew Vaughn ("Kick Ass,"...
Wanted Director Gives Birth To “Frankenstein”
Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted," "Night Watch") is apparently attached to direct "Casebook of Victor Frankenstein" which will shortly go out to studios says Production Weekly.Tony...
Will Smith To Do Two ID4 Sequels
Will Smith is rumoured to have signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to star in two "Independence Day" sequels says IESB.Net.Roland Emmerich,...
Samberg, Quinto Get Anna Faris’ “Number”
Andy Samberg is attached and Zachary Quinto has an offer to play two ex-boyfriends of Anna Faris' character in the comedy "What's Your Number?"...
Curtis Hanson Surfs To Jay Moriarty Biopic
Curtis Hanson ("Wonder Boys," "L.A. Confidential") is set to direct "Jay Moriarity", a biopic about the surfing wunderkid reports Production Weekly.The teenage Moriarity surfed...
Parisot In Charge Of “SEAL Team Seven”
Dean Parisot ("Galaxy Quest," "Fun with Dick and Jane") is in talks to direct the underwater action/fantasy thriller "SEAL Team Seven" for Walden Media...