Sam Bayer Helms “Elm Street” Reboot
Legendary music video director Samuel Bayer is tipped to be helming the upcoming remake of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" for Platinum Dunes says...
Esmail Adapts The “Ghouly Boys”
Sam Esmail is set to adapt the 2004 children's graphic-novel series "The Ghouly Boys" for Mandate Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter. The original comic...
Summit Breathes In “Next Day Air”
Summit Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the action comedy "Next Day Air" which was setup at Paramount reports the trades.Melee Entertainment and Paramount...
John Malkovich Takes On “Jonah Hex”
John Malkovich will play the antagonist to Josh Brolin in "Jonah Hex" for Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures says Variety.An adaptation of the DC...
Justin Marks Rewrites “20,000 Leagues”
Justin Marks ("Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li," "Voltron") has been brought in to rewrite Bill Marsilii's draft script for Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under...
Dimension Makes Facebook Deadly
Dimension Films is developing an untitled thriller based on an original idea from actress Sara Rue ("Less Than Perfect") and producing partner Robert Green...
Cruise & Washington Team For “Circle”
Tom Cruise is in talks to star opposite Denzel Washington in "The Matarese Circle" for MGM Films reports the trades.David Cronenberg directs this adaptation...
Saw Helmer Takes On “Akula”
"Saw 2-4" and "Repo! The Genetic Opera" helmer Darren Lynn Bousman will next direct the heist thriller "Akula" for Constantine reports Variety.Mark Distefano will...
Chris Nolan Plans Sci-Fi “Inception”
Between "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", director Christopher Nolan made "The Prestige" for Warner Bros. Pictures.Now in what looks likely to be between...
News Shorts: February 11th 2009
Posters for Crank: High Voltage, The Last House on the Left, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, H2, The Horsemen, Sin Nombre, <a...
Quotes: Van Damme, Moore, Perry, Fisher
"Stallone gave me a part in his next movie, but I ask him about the subject, about the story. He said, 'You're gonna make...
Amelio Helms Camus’ “First Man”
"The First Man", the final unfinished work of French existentialist author Albert Camus, is getting a film adaptation.Variety reports that Italian director Gianni Amelio...
Brolin, Hopkins Team With Woody Allen
Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins are set to star in Woody Allen's next film reports Variety.As usual, Allen is keeping title and plot under...
Transformers, Wolverine, Trek Updates
Michael Bay tells Collider that the upcoming "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will run at around 140 minutes, will be darker, more epic, and...
Monahan Explores “The Art of the Heist”
Scribe William Monahan ("The Departed," "Kingdom of Heaven") have acquired "The Art of the Heist", the forthcoming memoirs of career criminal Myles Connor...
Tykwer Plans Sudanese Refugee Biopic
Film School Rejects reports that Tom Tykwer ("The International," "Run Lola Run") is working on a biopic of Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng.An adaptation...
How Could Miranda Cosgrove “Do This”
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films have picked up the comedy "How Could You Do This to Me?" and will develop it as a Miranda...
Rockwell Joins Swank In Legal “Waters”
Sam Rockwell has joined Hilary Swank in the legal drama "Betty Anne Waters" for Omega Entertainment says The Hollywood Reporter.The film is based on...
Sandler, Rock, Spade, James & Schneider
Film comedians Kevin James, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade are in negotiations to team for an untitled comedy at Columbia...
Chuck Star Levi In “Chipmunks” Sequel
Zachary Levi (NBC's "Chuck") has been cast opposite the computer-generated singing rodents of "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" for Fox 2000 says The...
Raimi Remakes “Anguish,” “Room 205”
Having pilfered the Japanese supernatural genre, Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures plans to remake two European horror films reports Variety.First is Bigas Luna's 1987...
Magnolia Picks Up “Ong Bak” Sequel
The Wagner/Cuban Companies' Magnolia Pictures announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to the Thai martial arts epic Ong Bak 2. The highly...
Eckhart, Jenkins Read From “Rum Diary”
Aaron Eckhart is in negotiations and Richard Jenkins is signed on to join Johnny Depp in the drama "Rum Diary" says The Hollywood Reporter.An...
Universal Adapts Quinn’s “Dog on It”
Universal Pictures has beat out New Line and Summit to acquire Spencer Quinn's novel "Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery" reports Variety.Jeff...
Underbelly Sequel Tops Oz Ratings
The second season of Australian true-life crime drama "Underbelly", subtitled 'A Tale of Two Cities', broke ratings records Down Under in its two-hour season...
John Krasinski Joins Nancy Meyers’ Next
John Krasinski will join Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in Nancy Meyers upcoming untitled comedy for Universal Pictures.Krasinski committed to make the...
Greta Gerwig Joins Baumbach’s “Greenberg”
Indie mumblecore darling Greta Gerwig ("Baghead," "Hannah Takes the Stairs") has landed the female lead opposite Ben Stiller in the relationship drama "Greenberg" says...
Eva Green, Matt Smith In “Womb”
Eva Green ("Casino Royale," "Kingdom of Heaven") will star in the sci-fi drama "Womb" reports Variety.The film tells the story of a grieving widow,...
Joel Silver Is Full Of “Conviction”
Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures have acquired Jonathan Herman's prison thriller spec script "Conviction" reports the trades.The story follows a bank robber who is...
Dreamworks & Disney – The Press Release
The Walt Disney Studios has agreed to enter into an exclusive long-term distribution arrangement with filmmaker and DreamWorks Studios co-founder Steven Spielberg, and partner...