Summit Asks Hardwicke To “Stay”
Catherine Hardwicke and distributor Summit Entertainment seem to have buried the hatchet with the "Twilight" director signing on to helm Summit's fantasy-drama "If...
Pixar’s “Up” To Open Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival has selected Disney and Pixar's "Up" as both the first animated feature and the first 3D feature to ever open...
From “Desperaux” To “Demonkeeper”
Sam Fell ("The Tale of Despereaux," "Flushed Away") is attached to direct the live-action adaptation of Royce Buckingham's novel "Demonkeeper" for Fox 2000 reports...
Bobby Cannavale Has A “Weakness”
Bobby Cannavale ("Shall We Dance," "The Station Agent"), June Diane Raphael ("Bride Wars," "The Year One") and Danielle Panabaker ("Friday the 13th," "Mr. Brooks")...
Universal Lands Herman’s “Rites of Men”
Universal Pictures has picked up Jonathan Herman's "Taken"-esque spec thriller "Rites of Men" reports the trades.The story centers on a working-class single father whose...
Mark Bomback Adapts “Agent Zigzag”
Mark Bomback ("Race to Witch Mountain," "Live Free or Die Hard") will adapt Ben Macintyre's WWII spy drama "Agent Zigzag" into a feature for...
Hall, SIlverman, Wilson Take A “Peep”
"Dexter" star Michael C. Hall, "The Office" funnyman Rainn Wilson, and the legend that is Sarah Silverman are in negotiations to star in the...
Mary J. Blige Goes “Bad” For Tyler Perry
Multi-award winning singer Mary J. Blige will join Taraji P. Henson in Tyler Perry's next project "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" for...
Peter Horton Directs Shnayerson’s “River”
Actor-turned-director Peter Horton (TV's The Shield," "Grey's Anatomy") will write and direct an adaptation of Michael Shnayerson's novel "Coal River" for United Artists reports...
Wilds, Otto Join “Red Tails” & “Indo”
"The Wire" actors Tristan Wilds and Rick Otto have joined the cast of the World War II drama "Red Tails" says The Hollywood Reporter....
Trek World Premiere In Sydney Opera House
One has to hand it to the Paramount Pictures Australia team. Last year they had the "Iron Man" world premiere in Sydney nearly...
Lantern, Fockers, Jetsons, Yogi Updates
Yesterday I posted up a copy of Paul's interview with "I Love You, Man" Director John Hamburg and Producer Donald De Line about that...
Shelly’s “Morgan Stories” Gets Made
"The Morgan Stories", a screenplay left behind by the late writer/director Adrienne Shelly ("Waitress"), will be developed into a feature film says The Hollywood...
Costner & Jones Are “Company Men”
Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones will join Ben Affleck in the indie corporate downsizing drama "The Company Men" reports Variety.Affleck plays a corporate...
Daddario Falls For A “Lightning Thief”
Alexandra Daddario ("The Squid and the Whale," "The Hottest State") has landed the lead female role in Fox 2000's "Percy Jackson and the Lightning...
Universal Lands Rights To “Merman”
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired the romantic comedy script "Merman" says Variety.Jennifer Abu Hollander's script follows a merman who comes to land...
Collet-Serra Likes “Unknown” White Men
Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan," "House of Wax") will direct the thriller "Unknown White Male" for Dark Castle reports Variety.Based on Didier Van Cauwelaert's novel "Out...
50 Cent Replaces Whitaker In “Expendables”
Sylvester Stallone is trading down with rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson replacing Oscar winner Forest Whitaker in the action team-up feature "The Expendables" reports...
R.I.P. Natasha Richardson
The great Natasha Richardson died Wednesday in New York. She was 45. Her death followed a head injury she suffered Monday during a...
Justin Long Goes The “Distance”
Justin Long ("He's Just Not That Into You," "Dodgeball") will star in the rom-com "Going the Distance" for New Line reports Variety.Geoff LaTulippe's script...
Lionsgate Picks Up “From Paris With Love”
Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired North American distribution rights (including Canada) to the EuropaCorp-produced action-thriller "From Paris With Love". Academy Award® nominee...
Paris, Expendables, Lying, Box, Ninja Dates
'Zephyr' is back with a few updates from Warner Bros. regarding their fall schedule and one or two from Lionsgate:From Paris With LoveThe Pierre...
Pitt, Portman Auction Off “Artifacts”
Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman are attached to star in a film based on Leanne Shapton's book "Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the...
New “G.I. Joe” Footage Screened
Yesterday evening a five-minute 'sizzle reel' of footage from "G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra" was screened in Sydney by Paramount Pictures to a...
News Shorts: March 18th 2009
Posters for Where the Wild Things Are, Imagine That, The Merry Gentlemen, Orphan, Observe and Report, Crank: High Voltage, The Cake Eaters, The Limits...
Adam Scott Joins Rom-Com “Leap Year”
Quirky hunk Adam Scott ("Monster-in-Law," "Step Brothers") will join Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in the romantic comedy "Leap Year" for Spyglass Entertainment reports...
Salma Marries Sandler, Maya Marries Rock
Salma Hayek and Maya Rudolph are in negotiations to play Adam Sandler and Chris Rock's wives respectively in an untitled ensemble comedy for Sony...
Chow No Longer Kato In “Hornet”?
Funnyman Seth Rogen attended the SXSW Film Festival to premiere his new comedy "Observe and Report" and confirmed that "We have no 100% official...
Hamilton Already Recorded For “Salvation”
Linda Hamilton's voice over is in the upcoming "Terminator Salvation" according to a scooper for CHUD.From the sounds of it, the film was screened...
Dan Harris Delves Into The “Inferno”
Boy-faced filmmaker Dan Harris ("Imaginary Heroes," "X2") will adapt Electronic Arts video game version of "Dante's Inferno" into a live-action film for Universal Pictures...