Poulter Joins Third Narnia
Will Poulter ("Son of Rambow") has landed the third lead role in the upcoming third "Narnia" movie reports The Daily Mail.Poulter plays the pain-in-the-butt...
Kevin Bacon Is My One and Only
Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of Richard Loncraine's "My One and Only" reports Variety.The story is inspired by George Hamilton's childhood adventures as...
Universal Goes Script Crazy
Universal Pictures has gone spec script crazy, picking up three properties in the last day or two according to the trades.The first is playwright...
Perelman Shrugs Off Atlas
Director Vadim Perelman ("House of Sand and Fog") has officially dropped out of the adaptation of the Ayn Rand literary classic "Atlas Shrugged" reports...
MGM Drives Le Car Bomb
MGM and Temple Hill have picked up Wayne McClammy and Will Burke's comedy spec "Le Car" reports Variety."Le Car" tells the story of an...
Iron Man High, But Hulk Low?
"Iron Man" passed the $300 million domestic box-office mark on Wednesday, the first film this year to do so, and did it in 48...
Death, Escape Casting Talk
One's news, one's gossip and both deal with remakes of some classic high-concept late 70's/early 80's genre films.First up, much maligned director Paul W.S....
Sienna Miller Visits Nottingham
Sienna Miller ("Stardust," "Factory Girl") is in negotiations to play Maid Marion in Ridley Scott's "Nottingham" for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment says the...
Mottola Doing Vigilante Parody Film
"Superbad" director Greg Mottola reveals that he and actor/comedian Bill Hader are re-teaming to pen a comedy.The story is said to follow an apartment...
Lucas Not Directing Red Tails
George Lucas is NOT directing "Red Tails" a Lucasfilm spokesperson told Variety's Anne Thompson.John Ridley is penning the script for the project which focuses...
Straczynski On Silver Surfer Script
"Babylon 5" creator and frequent scribe J. Michael Straczynski talked to Comics 2 Film recently about his script for the seemingly aborted "Silver...
Overture Taken By Home Invasion
Overture Films has landed Karl Gajdusek's thriller pitch "Taken" for veteran producer Irwin Winkler to produce says the trades.The story follows a married couple...
Trade Breaks: Godfather, Doormat, Labor
"The estate of "Godfather" author Mario Puzo has filed suit against Paramount Pictures for breach of a 1992 contract and at least $1 million...
Classic James Bond On Blu-ray
At last, MGM & 20th Century Fox have officially announced the first Blu-ray releases of six of the twenty James Bond catalog titles in...
IFC Films Takes Some Medicine
IFC Films has nabbed worldwide rights to writer-director Barry Jenkins' romantic drama "Medicine for Melancholy" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story revolves around an African-American...
Grabbing A Beer On The Roadside
Roadside Attractions has nabbed world rights to Show Dog Productions' "Beer for My Horses" says Variety.Directed by Michael Salomon, the road trip story tracks...
Mummy Post-Production Update
Director Rob Cohen has updated his blog for "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" with some details on how the last stages of...
Comic-Con Studio Panels Sneak Peek
Its nearly that time again with over 125,000 people filling San Diego's massive 49 sq. km convention center to capacity for...
Sam Robards On The Rebound
Sam Robards is set to play Catherine Zeta-Jones' ex-husband in Bart Freundlich's romantic comedy "The Rebound" for Film Department/Process Media says The Hollywood Reporter.Robards'...
Two Former Sopranos In Mourning
"Sopranos" stars Lorraine Bracco and Jamie-Lynn Sigler will team for the satirical indie comedy "Son of Mourning" says Yahoo.Bracco and Sigler will play the...
Speech & Debate Film Planned
Overture and Blumhouse are producing a film version of Stephen Karam's off-Broadway play "Speech & Debate" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on a...
Abrams Goes On A Scavenger Hunt
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams have picked up film rights to Penelope Green's New York Times article about a home filled with secret compartments...
Spike Lee Turns Time Traveler
Spike Lee will co-write and direct a feature film based on Ronald Mallett's memoir "Time Traveler" for his Forty Acres & A Mule Filmworks...
Dreamworks Gets Indian Funding
The principals of DreamWorks SKG are close to a deal with one of India's biggest entertainment conglomerates to form a new movie venture reports...
Searchlight Picks Up No Relation
Fox Searchlight has picked up Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's spec script "No Relation" for Walt Becker to produce reports Variety.The comedy centers...
Universal Makes A Last Call
Universal Pictures will adapt the 2007 graphic novel series "The Last Call" into a feature film reports the trades.Penned and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos,...
Davis & Nash Plan More Sports Biopics
John Davis and Bruce Nash are set to develop sports-themed theatrical films for 20th Century Fox reports Variety.Davis, who produced the upcoming Universal drama...
Williams Is The Greatest Dad
Robin Williams has signed on to the upcoming black comedy "World's Greatest Dad" reports JoBlo.Williams will play a failed writer teaching poetry at a...
Sam Raimi Helms Lehane’s Day
Sony Pictures and "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi are re-teaming for an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's "The Given Day" says Variety.Sony has acquired the upcoming...
McBride On Mr. Machine & Highness
Danny McBride ("The Foot Fist Way," "Pineapple Express") talked with CHUD recently about his upcoming project "Mr. Machine"."We're turning that in to Universal...