Sony Acquiring “Eat, Pray, Love”
Sony Pictures is currently in talks to pick up the movie rights to Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" in turnaround from Paramount Pictures...
Marcus Nispel Into “Conception,” “Pod”
Director Marcus Nispel, best known for helming the horror remakes "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and the upcoming "Friday the 13th", already has two further...
Abbas Joins Schnabel’s “Miral”
Palestinian actor Hiam Abbas ("The Visitor") has landed the lead role in "Miral", the new Hind Husseini biopic from acclaimed director Julian Schnabel ("The...
Sony Gets Interested In “Angelology”
Sony Pictures has scored the film rights to Danielle Trussoni's 'Da Vinci Code-esque' first novel "Angelology" says The Hollywood Reporter.Will Smith's Overbrook and Marc...
Jackson Joins Garcia’s “Mother and Child”
Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of writer/director Rodrigo Garcia's upcoming drama "Mother and Child" for Everest Entertainment reports Screen Daily. Naomi Watts,...
Slumdog Wins DGA, “Panda” Wins Annie
"Slumdog Millionaire" has now cemented itself as the firm favorite to take the Best Film Oscar this year as the Directors Guild of America...
B.P.R.D. Film Before “Hellboy 3”?
With "Hellboy" director Guillermo del Toro tied up in New Zealand for the next few years with work on "The Hobbit", the acclaimed helmer...
The Latest “Watchmen” Updates
Various updates on the "Watchmen" film have hit over the last few days, lets break 'em down.First up there's some impressive new photos including...
Naomi Watts Says “Birds” Will Happen
In an upcoming interview for Dark Horizons, actress Naomi Watts sounds surprisingly confident that Platinum Dunes' remake of "The Birds" is going to happen...
Release Changes: February 1st 2009
The HorsemenThe horror thriller starring Dennis Quiad and Ziyi Zhang has moved up a week from March 13th to March 6th against "Watchmen" and...
Warners Acquires Tropper’s “Leave You”
Warner Bros. Pictures has landed the screen rights to Jonathan Tropper's upcoming novel "This Is Where I Leave You" reports Variety.The story follows Judd...
Mickey Rourke Tames “Broken Horses”
Mickey Rourke is in talks to star in the gangster caper "Broken Horses" for Reliance Big Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.Vidhu Vinod Chopra ("Parinda,"...
Bay Talks “Transformers” Previews
"Transformers" director Michael Bay has talked about tomorrow's Superbowl spot and the soon to be released teaser trailer for the upcoming sequel 'Revenge of...
News Shorts: January 30th 2009
"Movie File cards from "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" give us a first look at some key characters like Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) and The...
Tykwer Adapts “Atlas” For Wachowskis
Tom Tykwer ("The International," "Run Lola Run") has confirmed that he is adapting David Mitchell's 2004 novel "Cloud Atlas" for The Wachowski Brothers reports...
Fourth “Resident Evil” Being Readied
The first script draft of Paul W.S. Anderson's fourth installment in the "Resident Evil" series is in with the second now underway reports Arrow...
Scott Derrickson Directs “Hyperion” Saga
Scott Derrickson ("The Day the Earth Stood Still," "The Exorcism of Emily Rose") is set to direct "Hyperion Cantos" for Warner Bros. and GK...
Tom Wheeler Pens “Puss in Boots”
Tom Wheeler will pen the "Shrek" feature film spinoff "Puss in Boots" for DreamWorks Animation says The Hollywood Reporter.The feline assassin/swordsman Puss in Boots...
Segel, Blunt Join “Gulliver’s Travels”
Jason Segel ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") is in negotiations while Emily Blunt has been offered to join the new film based on Jonathan Swift's classic...
Broken Lizard Casts Its “Freeloaders”
A huge cast has joined comedy troupe Broken Lizard 's rock star hanger-on comedy "Freeloaders" reports Variety.Clifton Collins Jr., Josh Lawson, Kevin Sussman, Zoe...
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Takes Up “Resident”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("Grey's Anatomy," "Supernatural") and his "P.S. I Love You" co-star Hilary Swank are re-teaming for the thriller " The Resident" for...
Channing Tatum Joins Montiel’s “Rose”
Channing Tatum ("GI Joe," "Step Up") and director Dito Montiel are teaming up for a third time in "The Brotherhood of the Rose" for...
Stevenson Set For “Masters of the Universe”
Reuters has confirmed the three month old report from Latino Review that John Stevenson ("Kung Fu Panda") has signed on to direct a...
Daniel Radcliffe’s Stunt Double Injured
Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double was seriously injured during a flying scene on the upcoming final two-part film in the franchise - "Harry Potter and...
Viola Davis Joins “Law Abiding Citizen”
Oscar®-nominee Viola Davis (Doubt) will join Oscar®-winner Jamie Foxx (Ray,Collateral) and Gerard Butler (300, RocknRolla) in the F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job)-directed psychological...
Red Dwarf Finally Returns
Ten years after their last aired episode, cult British sci-fi comedy "Red Dwarf" is finally making a return according to The BBC and Den...
Fox Walden Takes Over Third “Narnia”
20th Century Fox has agreed to co-finance Walden Media's "The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader", pending final script and shooting budget...
Orloff Pens Ian Fleming Biopic
John Orloff ("A Mighty Heart," "Guardians of Ga'Hoole") will pen the screenplay for "Fleming," a biopic about James Bond author Ian Fleming, for Warner...
Fox Atomic & DeLuca Hire A “Sitter”
Fox Atomic has scored Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka's comedy spec script "The Sitter" reports the trades.Story details are being kept under wraps, though...
Matt Johnson Kicks In The “Afterburn”
Matt Johnson ("Torque," "Into the Blue") will adapt Red 5 Comics' sci-fi series "Afterburn" for Relativity Media says The Hollywood Reporter. Set against the...