The Random Spiel: August 19th 2008
Heaps of new stills from upcoming Fall releases have gone online over at EW.Com.- There's also new stills from Harry Potter and the...
Hogan & Jacobson Slip On Boots
Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson ("Kenny") will star in Instinct Entertainment's comedy "Charlie & Boots" says Variety.Director Shane Murphy and Stewart Faichney, who worked...
Cruise & Raimi Team For Sleeper
Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi are teaming to produce the Warner Bros. Pictures comic adaptation "Sleeper" says The Hollywood Reporter.Written by Ed Brubaker from...
The Coens Are Kind Of Serious
Tony-nominated Michael Stuhlbarg and TV comedy actor Richard Kind will star as brothers in the Coen Brothers next period black comedy "The Serious Man"...
Jimmy Fallon Takes Barrymore’s Whip
Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! reports Slashfilm.Fallon has been spotted on set of the roller derby dramedy...
Gray Directs New Take On Julius
F. Gary Gray ("The Italian Job," "The Negotiator") is attached to direct a feature film version of the Oni Press graphic novel "Julius" for...
Russell Crowe Playing Bill Hicks
With Ridley Scott's Robin Hood project "Nottingham" postponed for seven months, Oscar winner Russell Crowe is taking a much needed break.Talking with Aussie newspaper...
Is James Franco The New Jack Ryan?
Whenever an iconic role gets recast, there's always wild rumors floating around. While he may not have as high a profile as Ian...
Superman Future Remains Uncertain
The future of "Superman" remains undecided for now as debates within Warner Brothers continues about the direction of the franchise.Indeed, there's been a...
Mos Def Goes To The Moulin Rouge
A trio of companies - Dubai-based Exwaze, Hollywood-based Hughes Capital Entertainment and Mos Def's Garden Grown Entertainment are teaming for a film about the...
How’s The Fame Remake Going
Lakeshore President and film producer Gary Lucchesi talked with Collider.com about the upcoming "Fame" remake.The big reveal is that the film, with a budget...
Duo To Pen Goosebumps Script
Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander ("Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt") are in negotiations to pen the script for Sony Pictures live-action feature...
Anderson Out Of Spy Hunter
"Alien vs. Predator" director Paul W.S. Anderson looks to have dropped out of directing the big budget adaptation of Midway video game "Spy Hunter"...
Alcon Picks Up Cryptozoo Crew
Alcon Entertainment has picked up the feature rights to the graphic novel series "Cryptozoo Crew" says Variety.The story revolves around a member of a...
Voltron Dumped & Picked Up
New Regency has put the feature film adaptation of classic 80's Japanese anime "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" into turnaround and Relativity Media is...
Pair Weave New Magician Tale
"Bones" actor John Francis Daley and scribe Jonathan Goldstein are rewriting New Line comedy "Burt Dickenson, Most Powerful Magician on the Planet Earth" says...
Mottola Helming Pegg & Frost’s Paul
"Superbad" director Greg Mottola has signed on to direct Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's next film "Paul" according to Pegg's MySpace page.Written and starring...
Thunder Tops, Knight Wins Wars
The big-budget and very well-reviewed action-comedy "Tropic Thunder" finally pushed "The Dark Knight" out of the top spot with a $26 million Friday-Sunday gross...
Pegg Out, Levine In Bastards
Simon Pegg has revealed on his MySpace page that he sadly won't be appearing in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards".Pegg says "Much to our mutual...
Twilight Bites Into Potter Spot
With "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" having vacated the November 21st release date slot, a big hole was left in the Fall schedule...
Seymour Hoffman Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman's is eyeing "Jack Goes Boating," a quirky romantic drama about two stoners in love, as a potential directing vehicle says Reuters.Based...
Trades: Baldwin, Bond, Candyman
"Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock") is in talks to join Meryl Streep in Nancy Meyers' untitled romantic comedy for Universal. Baldwin will play one...
Nivola Joins Coco Chanel Biopic
Alessandro Nivola ("Jurassic Park III," "The Eye") has joined the Chanel biopic "Coco avant Chanel" for Films Distribution Mercure says The Hollywood Reporter.Nivola, who...
Huston, DeNiro Head Into Darkness
Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts and Bojana Novakovic have joined the Mel Gibson thriller "Edge of Darkness" says The Hollywood Reporter."Darkness" centers on a veteran...
Ashton Kutcher Has A Father
Ashton Kutcher will star in and produce the multigenerational fatherhood comedy "Like Father" for Sony Pictures and his Katalyst Films reports the trades.The story...
Sean Flynn Biopic In The Works
Millennium and Mythic Pictures are set to do "Flynn", a biopic on Sean Flynn - son of Hollywood icon Errol Flynn says Reuters.Sean, the...
Vaughn Set & Others Join Kick-Ass
Months after it was first rumored, it's not official - "Layer Cake" and "Stardust" helmer Matthew Vaughn will direct "Kick-Ass," an adaptation of "Wanted"...
Carrell & Fey Have A Date Night
Steve Carell and Tina Fey will play a married couple in 20th Century Fox an 21 Laps comedy "Date Night" which Shawn Levy ("Night...
Danes Doing Temple Grandin Biopic
Claire Danes is in negotiations to star and Mick Jackson set to direct HBO's long-gestating Temple Grandin biopic says The Hollywood Reporter.Grandin, one of...
Greengrass, Carnahan On Projects
Two leading film directors got chatting with CHUD's pansexual casanova Devin Faraci about recent rumors regarding their two projects.First up, "Bourne" sequels director Paul...