Moffat Turns Down Spielberg & Tintin
Some are calling it a great display of passion and integrity, others an act of minor lunacy.Steven Moffat has turned down a $1 million...
Screen Gems Seeks A Roommate
Screen Gems has acquired Sonny Mallhi's spec thriller "The Roommate" reports Variety.The story centers on Sara, a college student randomly assigned to a freshman...
Janszen Adapts Savvy Superpowers
Karen Janszen ("A Walk to Remember," "Duma") will adapt Ingrid Law's young-adult book "Savvy" for Walden Media reports Variety.The story revolves around a Midwestern...
Knight Slays Weekend Box-Office
"The Dark Knight" has broken the record books with the film taking in an estimated three-day opening weekend haul of $155.3 million -...
Cruise Not Out Of Edwin A. Salt
Fox News reported that Tom Cruise is set to be replaced by Will Smith in the Phillip Noyce spy thriller "Edwin A. Salt".Moviehole now...
Fergie Is In Talks For Nine
Fergie is in negotiations to join the Rob Marshall-helmed musical "Nine" for the Weinstein Company and Relativity Media reports Variety.Fergie will play Saraghina, a...
Dark Knight Breaks The Bank
"The Dark Knight" has grossed an estimated $63-$65 million in its first day of business to be the single biggest opening day...
Michael Emanuel Is A Maneater
Actor-producer Michael Emanuel ("ER," "The Nine") is co-wrote and will direct the thriller "Maneater" for Canal Street Films says The Hollywood Reporter."Maneater" tells the...
Hyde Park Remakes Edwards’ 10
Hyde Park Entertainment Group plans to remake the classic 1979 Blake Edwards romantic comedy "10" says Variety.Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and Bo Derek starred...
MGM Says What-everrr To Valley Girl
MGM and Idealogy Inc. are developing a musical feature version of the 1983 cult comedy "Valley Girl" reports the trades.Martha Coolidge directed the original...
From Fight Club Art To SIS
"Fight Club" art director Chris Gorak is attached to direct and pen the screenplay for the gritty cop drama "SIS" at Warners Bros. Pictures...
Padilha & Cheadle Go Marching
Jose Padilha will write and direct the true life Colombian prison drama "Marching Powder" for Crescendo Prods., Plan B, Periscope Entertainment and Good Worldwide...
New Watchmen Goodies Online
Coinciding with the release of the trailer earlier today, the "Watchmen" official site has been updated with new art and details.More revealing though is...
Kickinger Replaces Arnie As T-800
Former bodybuilder Roland Kickinger will play the T-800 in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Terminator Salvation" reports The Clinton News-Record.Kickinger begins filming this month and talked...
Bridges, Gyllenhaal Go Crazy
Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall have signed on to star in the music-based drama "Crazy Heart" for CMT Films and Informant Media...
Will Ferrell Is The New Two-Face
Will Ferrell is attached to the Sony Pictures comedy "Two-Face" from "Hancock" and "Home Fries" writer Vince Gilligan reports the trades.The story involves a...
John Woo Armed With A New Caliber
John Woo will direct the comicbook adaptation "Caliber" for Infinitum Nihil, Radical Comics and Lion Rock says Variety.Radical Comics' hit story sets King Arthur...
HBO Does Irreparable Harm
Screenwriter Jesse Wigutow and director Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight") have signed deals to develop the feature "Irreparable Harm" for HBO Films says The...
Screen Gems Does Hostage Drama
Screen Gems is the first to green light a drama based on the recent Colombian hostage rescue incident says Variety.Rold from the point of...
Cohen Produces Monster Squad Remake
Bloody Disgusting reports that Rob Cohen ("XXX," "Stealth") will produce a remake of the 1987 cult classic "Monster Squad" for Paramount Pictures.The original, directed...
The Random Spiel: July 16th 2008
Paramount has launched three viral sites for "Tropic Thunder" promoting the Ben Stiller character Tugg Speedman along with two of his films -...
X-Files Premiere Gets Fans Involved
They've long wanted to believe...and now the truth - and a new The X-Files movie - is finally out there for the legions of...
Gonz & Mandel Rewrite Musical Bob
Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel ("A League of Their Own, "Parenthood") will rewrite Touchstone Pictures comedy "Bob: The Musical" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story...
DiCaprio, Pitt Talking Bastards
Quentin Tarantino is chatting with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt this week in regards to his upcoming WW2 epic "Inglorious Bastards" reports Variety.Tarantino met...
Danny DeVito Helms True Confessions
Danny DeVito will direct a film adaptation of the best-selling young adult novel "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle".Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement," "City of Ember")...
Theroux Penning Iron Man Sequel
Actor Justin Theroux ("Mulholland Drive," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle") has been hired to pen the script for the "Iron Man" sequel reports the trades.Though...
Trade Breaks: PS3, Cody, Gilmore
"Sony has just launched a new video delivery service for PS3 & PSP systems in the United States. Consumers will have the ability to...
Dreamworks Adapts Children of the Lamp
Dave Guion and Michael Handelman will adapt British author P.B. Kerr's children's fantasy novel "Children of the Lamp" for DreamWorks says The Hollywood Reporter.The...
John Stockwell Takes Sanctuary
John Stockwell ("Blue Crush," "Turistas") will direct the supernatural thriller "Sanctuary" for Lionsgate and Sobini Films reports the trades.The story, based on John Connolly's...
Truckers Creator Does Zombie Film
"Ice Road Truckers" and "Deadliest Catch" producer Thom Beers will produce the feature film "Chopper Zombie" reports Variety.The story follows a motorcycle builder who...