Henry Thomas Gets A Dear John Letter
Henry Thomas ("E.T.," "Gangs of New York") has joined the cast of Screen Gems and Relativity Media romantic drama "Dear John" says The Hollywood...
Bourne Scribe Adapts Army of Two
Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Electronic Arts video game "Army of Two" reports the trades.Having sold more than a million units...
Columbus Takes Over Ripley’s Film
Chris Columbus is in negotiations to direct the long-gestating "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" for Paramount Pictures reports Variety.Jim Carrey is still set to...
Harold Perrineau Takes On Case 219
Harold Perrineau (TV's "Lost," "The Matrix Reloaded") will executive produce and star in the indie drama "Case 219" says The Hollywood Reporter.Based on...
McG, Warners Run To A Dead Spy
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired British author Jon Stock's upcoming novel "Dead Spy Running" says the trades.The book, the first of a trilogy, aims...
Fox Shakes Up Its 2009 Schedule
Coming off one of the worst years in its history, 20th Century Fox is tightening its belt for next year and shifted around it...
Sony Adapts Kurtz’s Deryni Rising
Sony Pictures will adapt Katherine Kurtz's 1970 novel "Deryni Rising" for the big screen says The Hollywood Reporter.The historical fantasy novel launched Kurtz's extensive...
Summit Trains Animals In Kicked
Summit Entertainment is planning a film adaptation of Amy Sutherland's romantic comedy novel "Kicked, Bitten and Scratched" says the trades.Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky...
Mandate Folds Into Paper Towns
Mandate Pictures and Mr. Mudd are planning a film adaptation of John Green's just-published novel "Paper Towns" reports Variety.The high school romp centers on...
Tiny Dancer Plays Lizard Music
Tiny Dancer Films has optioned best-selling cult author/illustrator Daniel Pinkwater's 1974 young-adult fantasy novel "Lizard Music" says The Hollywood Reporter.Jawal Nga ("Married Life") will...
News Shorts: October 23rd 2008
Script reviews are out for Brian K Vaughn's Roundtable and Guy Ritchie's take on Sherlock Holmes."In a big surprise, 'Slumdog Millionaire' has been...
Stiller Directing Chicago 7 Feature?
Ben Stiller is in early talks to direct DreamWorks narrative film version of "The Trial of the Chicago 7", a project which the likes...
Warners Develops Rival Hostages Film
Warner Bros. has acquired an untitled action thriller pitch about the rescue last year of fifteen hostages in Colombia reports Variety.The story will focus...
Australia Hits Last Minute Hiccups
20th Century Fox isn't showing any signs of nerves today despite reports that Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" is still unfinished.For several months it had been...
Pearce, Edgerton Enter The Kingdom
An Australian thespian quartet consisting of Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelson, Joel Edgerton and Jackie Weaver will star in the crime drama "Animal Kingdom" says...
McG Begins Post On Terminator
"Terminator Salvation" director McG has updated his blog for the sci-fi sequel and confirmed that the project has wrapped principal photography and is well...
Release Changes: October 23rd 2008
Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" will get a limited release on December 17th with a platformed campaign into wide release to play out...
Major Cast Ride To Skateland
Ashley Greene, James LeGros and Haley Ramm will star in the coming-of-age drama "Skateland" for Reversal Films/Freeman Film says The Hollywood Reporter.Set in the...
Feige Talks Dr. Strange Movie
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige tells MTV News that a "Dr. Strange" movie is in the works and will likely be made once "The...
News Shorts: October 22nd 2008
Some beautiful black and white photos from the set of Revolutionary Road, a first look at Til Schweiger in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds,...
Naomi Watts Is Jody Williams
Naomi Watts is in negotiations to headline Universal's drama "My Name Is Jody Williams" says The Hollywood Reporter.Based on the true story of Jody...
Gaiman On Fincher’s Black Hole
Neil Gaiman confirms that once David Fincher replaced Alexandre Aja on the film adaptation of Charles Burns' acclaimed graphic novel "Black Hole", he and...
Dexter Gets Two More Seasons
It's the best show on cable and arguably the best show on TV right now, and the good news is its life has just...
Game Creators Pan Max Payne Movie
Despite unanimously bad reviews, the film adaptation of the video game "Max Payne" raked in the dough over the weekend.Yet Scott Miller, CEO of...
Kutcher, Luketic Take On Killers
Ashton Kutcher will star in the action comedy "Five Killers" for Lionsgate reports Variety.Kutcher will play a former hitman whose life is turned upside...
Teri Polo Crawls Into The Hole
Teri Polo ("Meet the Parents") will star in Joe Dante's 3D supernatural feature "The Hole" for Bold Films and Benderspink says The Hollywood Reporter.Mark...
Craig, Goldblum, Rogen Casting Talk
Daniel Craig has revealed that Marvel Studios did indeed approach him to play Thor in the upcoming comic book adaptation as previously rumored.Doing press...
Anne Hathaway Has A New Fiance
Anne Hathaway is set to star in the romantic comedy "The Fiance" for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety.Hathaway will play a woman who cancels...
Reiss & Helfer Pick Some Oranges
Jay Reiss and Ian Helfer will pen the comedic drama "Oranges" according to Reuters.Several directors are circling the story of a man who has...
Adam Brody Gets Animated For Vibes
"The O.C." star Adam Brody along with Debi Mazar ("Entourage"), Olivia Thirlby ("New York, I Love You"), Josh Gad ("Back to You"), Alan Tudyk...