Various “Doctor Who” Updates
BBC America has taken back The Doctor from the Sci-Fi Channel, today announcing the acquisition of the five "Doctor Who" television specials starring David...
John Stockwell Picks Up Some “Roadkill”
John Stockwell ("Blue Crush," "Turistas") has signed up to direct the action-comedy "Roadkill" for Lleju Productions says The Hollywood Reporter.The story revolves around two...
Tom Cruise Heads For “Witchita”
Tom Cruise already has a half dozen projects in the works, now he's added one more - the action/comedy "Witchita" over at 20th Century...
Alan Cumming Escapes To “Donegal”
Alan Cumming is apparently set to play the villain 'Stuart' in the upcoming sci-fi thriller "Escape to Donegal" says Coming Soon.Writer/director Jonathan Blitstein (Let...
Kevin Smith Takes Two More “Dicks”
Hunks Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are joining Kevin Smith's new buddy action comedy "A Couple of Dicks" for Warner Bros. Pictures says...
Lithgow Joins “Dexter” Fourth Season
Last year it was Jimmy Smits, this year multi award-winner John Lithgow will be featured in all twelve episodes of season four of Showtime's...
Dustin Hoffman Ponders “Barney’s Version”
Dustin Hoffman will star alongside Paul Giamatti in the indie drama "Barney's Version" reports Variety. Hoffman will play a retired cop and father of...
Pattinson Goes Shirtless In “New Moon”
I'll admit it up front, that headline is a pure sensationalist bit of wordplay designed to get hits from mostly teen girls and their...
Liraz Charhi Plays Liman’s “Fair Game”
Israeli actress Liraz Charhi has been cast in Doug Liman's "Fair Game" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows former real life CIA agent Valerie...
Gondry’s “Thorn” Picked Up For Release
Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired North American distribution rights to Michel Gondry's documentary, The Thorn in the Heart ("L'Epine dans le...
Pacino In Talks For Jack Kevorkian Biopic
Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in the Jack Kevorkian biopic "You Don't Know Jack" says The Hollywood Reporter.Kevorkian, also known as Dr....
Lemony Snicket Sequel Still Happening
A few years ago Paramount hoped to turn "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" into a new film franchise - mixed reviews and...
Castlevania Film Adaptation Scrapped
The long-gestating film adaptation of the "Castlevania" video game is not happening says Bloody Disgusting.Paul W.S. Anderson and Ian Jeffers were writing the adaptation...
Rogen, Bateman, Lynch Join “Paul” Cast
Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch have joined the cast of "Paul" for Universal and Working Title Films says...
Dan Lin Talks “Tomb Raider” Reboot
At this week's premiere of "Terminator Salvation", Producer Dan Lin talked briefly about the upcoming reboot of the "Tomb Raider" film franchise to About.com"It's...
The Weekly Spin: May 26th 2009
Disney did utterly incredible restoration jobs with their "Sleeping Beauty" and "Pinocchio" Blu-ray releases. Now that they're going back and giving the same...
A “Buffy” Film Reboot Planned
From film flop to TV major success and back again, it looks like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is coming back to the big screen...
@Everyone “Twitter” The Series? OMG!!!
Social networking juggernaut Twitter is teaming with Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment on an unscripted TV series says Variety.Novelist/screenwriter Amy Ephron came up with the...
Roger Donaldson Directs “Umbra”
Roger Donaldson ("The Bank Job") is in negotiations to direct the paranoia thriller "Umbra" for Relativity Media says Variety.Plot details on the project are...
Navigator Books Another Flight
Disney Pictures is developing a remake of 1986 sci-fi family feature "Flight of the Navigator" says The Hollywood Reporter.The original followed a twelve-year-old boy...
News Shorts: May 25th 2009
Posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Terminator Salvation, Grimm, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Adam.Rian Johnson has recorded an online exclusive...
Haneke’s “White Ribbon” Wins Cannes
"Funny Games" and "Cache" helmer Michael Haneke's new feature "White Ribbon" (Das Weisse Band) took the top prize - the Palme d'Or - at...
Museum, Terminator Battle At Box-Office
The touted war between blockbuster sequels turned into a not unsurprising easy victory for family audiences says Box Office Mojo."Night at the Museum: Battle...
Ross Schwartz Looks For “Norma Desmond”
Ross Schwartz, son of "Brady Bunch" creator Sherwood Schwartz, has sold his original screenplay "Looking for Norma Desmond" to HighRoad Entertainment says The Hollywood...
Bazooka Joe Becomes A Film
Mark Hammer has signed on to pen "Bazooka Joe", a feature film adaptation of the bubble gum comic strip for Tornante Co. says The...
Irvine Welsh Helms “Magnificent Eleven”
Author Irvine Welsh ("Trainspotting") is set to helm soccer comedy "The Magnificent Eleven" for Angry Badger Pictures says Variety.This modernization of classic western "The...
Logan Re-Writes “Knight”, Pens “Cops”
David Logan is set to re-write "Sebastian Knight" for Paramount Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter."Knight" centers on a Bond-like CIA agent who has a...
First Photos From “The Last Airbender”
USA Today has released the first two photos from writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender".An adaptation of his Nickelodeon cartoon series "Avatar", the...
Michael Moore’s Next Set For Oct. 2nd
Overture Films and Paramount Vantage have announced that Oscar-winner Michael Moore's new documentary feature will be released domestically on October 2nd 2009.Overture Films and...
Lyndsy Fonseca Gets In A “Hot-Tub”
Lyndsy Fonseca (TV's "Big Love," "How I Met Your Mother") has joined the time-travel comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine" for United Artists says The...