Pegg Picks Up Aliens In Paul
British funnyman Simon Pegg spoke with Empire Magazine this week and went into detail on his forthcoming self-written comedy "Paul".Directed by Greg Mottola ("The...
Solace Shatters The US Box-Office
James Bond is back and bigger than ever before with "Quantum of Solace" raking in $71 million for its three-day opening weekend. The...
Marc Forster Initiates World War Z
Marc Forster is moving from action spy territory to an apocalypse of the undead.The "Quantum of Solace" director is set to helm "World War...
Summit Plans Two Twilight Sequels
Summit Entertainment has acquired rights to the next three novels in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" vampire series just one week before the first film's release...
Len Wiseman Conducts The Motorcade
Len Wiseman ("Underworld," "Live Free or Die Hard") is in negotiations to direct the DreamWorks thriller "Motorcade" reports Variety.Billy Ray ("Shattered Glass") has rewritten...
del Toro Produces Grimly’s Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro is set to produce both a stop-motion version of Gris Grimly's "Pinocchio" according to Bloody Disgusting.Grimly is a Los Angeles-based artist...
Clint Eastwood In The Hereafter
Clint Eastwood is in talks to direct the supernatural thriller "Hereafter" for DreamWorks Pictures says Variety.The story details are being kept under wraps but...
James Cox Calls The Summoner
James Cox ("Highway," "Wonderland") will direct the psychological horror feature "The Summoner" for Dark Castle and Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.The story...
Regency Adapts Asimov’s Eternity
New Regency has acquired rights to Isaac Asimov's 1955 time travel novel "The End of Eternity" reports Variety.The Asimov novel is a futuristic tale...
Apatow Launches Funny People Comp
Universal Pictures and MySpace have just launched an exclusive contest for Judd Apatow's highly anticipated feature "Funny People" to win a walk-on role in...
Michael Moore Tackles Financial Crisis
Michael Moore's next documentary for Paramount Vantage and Overture is taking on a different issue than first stated - it will now cover the...
Russell Grabs McConaughey’s Grackle
The sometimes controversial helmer David O. Russell ("Three Kings," "I Heart Huckabees") is in talks to direct the romantic comedy "The Grackle" which Matthew...
Francis Lawrence Helms Prison Siege Tale
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up Ari Rubin's Delta Force prison action thriller spec script says The Hollywood Reporter.Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend," "Constantine")...
TV Cancellations & Delays Galore
"The actors on the Fox drama 'Prison Break' have been notified by 20th TV that the filming schedule might be extended to accommodate production...
Steve Carell Is Quite Despicable
Steve Carell will voice the title character in Universal's 3-D CG-animated feature "Despicable Me" says Variety.Carell's title character is a deplorable man known as...
Meryl Streep Loves Cats For Dewey
Meryl Streep will star in the fact-based film based on Vicki Myron's novel "Dewey" for New Line Cinema says the trades.An adaptation of Myron's...
Cooper, Carney Caught In Tempest
Chris Cooper and former musician Reeve Carney have joined the cast of Julie Taymor's new film take on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" says The Hollywood...
Ratner Not Yet Set For Conan Film
Brett Ratner is NOT as committed to directing the "Conan" remake as the producers would seem to think.The announcement by Millennium Films chief Avi...
Knight Gets $1 Billion, Loses Oscar Chance
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's musical score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified from Oscar contention by the executive committee of the...
Will Gluck Helms Comedy Easy A
Will Gluck ("Fired Up") is set to direct the Screen Gems comedy "Easy A" reports the trades.A modern retelling of "The Scarlet Letter," the...
Zwick’s Text, Greiner’s Propaganda
Joel Zwick is attached to direct the romantic comedy "Did You Get My Text" for producers Matthew Cooke and Bert Marcus says The Hollywood...
Martin Campbell Flies To Nagasaki
Martin Campbell ("Casino Royale," "Goldeneye") is set to direct the action thriller "Nagasaki Deadline" for Alcon Entertainment, Lightstorm Entertainment and 8:38 Productions reports Variety.The...
Jerry Garcia Biopic In The Works
Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa and Eric Eisner are set to produce an untitled biopic about Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia says The Hollywood Reporter.The...
Thompson Not Returning For Potter
Emma Thompson will not be returning as Professor Sybil Trelawney for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" says MTV News.The actress has opted instead...
Broken Lizard Become Freeloaders
The Broken Lizard boys ("Super Troopers, "Beerfest") are coming back with their new big screen comedy "Freeloaders" reports Variety.The story revolves around five guys...
Jim Caviezel Blown By Sam Jackson
Jim Caviezel is going on the hunt for Samuel L. Jackson in the London-set espionage thriller "Blown" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on...
Wayans Set To Remake Munsters
The Wayans are finishing up a third script draft of their feature film version of the classic 50's sitcom "The Munsters" says MTV News."I'm...
Burstein Goes The Distance
Nanette Burstein ("American Teen," "The Kid Stays in the Picture") is set to direct romantic comedy "Going the Distance" for New Line Cinema and...
Pettler Pens Scott’s Sci-Fi Monopoly
Pamela Pettler ("Corpse Bride," "Monster House") will pen the screenplay for Hasbro/Universal's feature film take on the board fame Monopoly says The Hollywood Reporter.Shaping...
The New Enterprise Look In Trek
Entertainment Weekly has published the first photo of the new look Starship Enterprise from director J.J. Abrams' upcoming reboot of "Star Trek" opening in...