Favreau & Rourke Talk “Iron Man 2”
Empire Online recently swung by the set of the "Iron Man" sequel and briefly chatted with director Jon Favreau and actor Mickey Rouke.Shooting is...
Chevy Chase Climbs Into A “Time Machine”
Comedy veteran Chevy Chase has joined the time-travel comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine" for says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows a bunch of unsatisfied...
Danny McBride Turns Bad Guy “Hench”
Danny McBride ("Tropic Thunder") is getting a comic book adapted into a film property with him in mind for the lead says Variety."Hench", based...
Julianne Hough Up For “Footloose”
"Dancing with the Stars" professional dancer Julianne Hough has screen tested for the lead role in Paramount Pictures "Footloose" remake says Entertainment Weekly.Producer Neil...
Waugh Helms “Bobby Martinez” Biopic
Ric Roman Waugh ("Felon") is set to rewrite and direct "Bobby Martinez" for Participant Media says Variety.Based on a true story, the story follows...
Warners Plans “Trans Am” Buddy Action
Matt Johnson's buddy action spec script "Trans Am" has been picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.The Southern-fried buddy action script...
Grown-Ups, Eli, Elm Street Photos
Set photos of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, Rob Schneider and David Spade shooting scenes for "Grown-Ups". There's also two photos of...
Jake Kasdan Becomes A “Bad Teacher”
Jake Kasdan ("Walk Hard," "Zero Effect") has signed on to direct the comedy "Bad Teacher" for Sony Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.The story concerns...
Rinsch Helming An “Alien” Reboot?
Music video director Carl Erik Rinsch is rumored to be helming a potential and totally unnecessary reboot/prequel to the "Alien" franchise for 20th Century...
Freddie Prinze Jr. Joins “24” Next Season
Freddie Prinze Jr. is set to play a regular role in next season of Fox's "24" says The Hollywood Reporter.Prinze Jr. plays Davis...
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...