Bale Set For Three Terminators
It comes as no surprise, but it has been confirmed now that Christian Bale is locked in to play John Connor in the next...
There Can Be Only Two Highlander
"Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway have been hired to pen a remake of the 1986 sci-fi cult hit "Highlander" for Summit...
Another Flash? AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Sony Pictures is in early talks to acquire the film rights for a new big-screen adaptation of "Flash Gordon" reports the trades.Flash was a...
DreamWorks Witnesses The Resurrection
DreamWorks has picked up the remake rights to the Japanese blockbuster "Yomigaeri" ("Resurrection") says The Hollywood Reporter.Based on the novel by award-winning author...
Spike Lee Makes Michael Jordan Doco
Spike Lee is set to shoot a feature-length documentary about former NBA legend Michael Jordan reports Variety.The film will include extensive unseen footage shot...
Walden Finds Its Inner Child
Walden Media has picked up Ross Venokur's script pitch "Inner Child" says Variety.Story centers on a disparaging self-help guru whose approach is to squelch...
Cusack Sees World’s End In 2012
John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor are in negotiations to star in Roland Emmerich's $200 million apocalyptic epic "2012" for Sony Pictures reports the trades.The...
John Grisham Is Playing for Pizza
Phoenix Pictures has picked up the movie rights to John Grisham's best-selling non-legal novel "Playing for Pizza" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on...
Four Veterans Join Youth in Revolt
Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Jean Smart and M. Emmet Walsh have joined the Dimension Films comedy "Youth in Revolt" says the trades.An adaptation of...
John Woo Goes Back To 1949
John Woo is set to direct the big budget romancer "1949" for Lion Rock and Fortissimo Films reports Variety.Based on true events at the...
Lie Down in Darkness Finally Rises
"Boys Don't Cry" producer Jeffrey Sharp is aiming for the first film adaptation of William Styron's 1951 Southern family drama novel "Lie Down in...
Mandate Lands Carnahan’s Next
Mandate Pictures has picked up Matthew Michael Carnahan's latest untitled spec script says The Hollywood Reporter.The modern-day crime story tracks the fates of a...
Sex and the Broken City
Mandate Pictures has picked up 24-year-old playwright Brian Tucker's first screenplay, "Broken City" says Variety.Set against the backdrop of contemporary New York, story centers...
Trades: Tintin, Jurassic, Permission
"Steven Spielberg has revealed who'll be helming third "Tintin" movie the pair have planned - "We are going to make three Tintin movies back-to-back....
UBIK – More Dick On Celluloid
Celluloid Dreams has optioned big screen adaptation rights to Philip K. Dick's 1969 sci-fi novel "UBIK" says the trades.A metaphysical, comedic murder mystery set...
Hallstrom Sends Dear John Letter
Lasse Hallstrom is set to direct Channing Tatum in "Dear John" for Screen Gems and Relativity Media reports Variety.An adaptation of the book by...
Grandmothers Still Get Some Action
Producer Dominique Besnehard has snagged the literary adaptation rights to Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing's "The Grandmothers" says The Hollywood Reporter.Anne Fontaine will direct...
Casting Couch: Dyer, Wilson, Swayze
"Danny Dyer ("Severance") and Mischa Barton ("The OC") are set to star in a deranged spin on the Lewis Carrol classic entitled "Malice in...
Olympus Takes A Planet-Killing Spin
Olympus Pictures and Bits & Pieces Picture Co. will produce a feature adaptation of sci-fi author Robert Charles Wilson's novel "Spin" says the trades.The...
Ferrari, Wainwright Walk Into Waco
Emilio Ferrari has signed on to produce the $30 million indie drama "Waco" under his A Plus Productions reports Variety."Waco" centers on the 1993...
5, 6 Will Smith Picks Up Sticks
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the film rights option to remake French comedy "Welcome to the Sticks" (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis) for Will...
Latest Cannes Festival Acquisitions
First Look Studios has nabbed North American rights to Nick Vallelonga's thriller "Stiletto." The story centers on a female assassin (Stana Katic) for...
St. Trinians Sequel Planned
Ealing Studios International plans to make a sequel to the hit Brit comedy "St. Trinians" reports Variety.The next installment of the Brit schoolgirl romp...
Dreamworks Plans Blackbeard Biopic
DreamWorks has hired scribe David Franzoni ("Amistad," "Gladiator") to pen a biopic of British buccaneer Edward Teach, better known as the legendary pirate Blackbeard...
Brosnan & Sarandon Are The GreaMovie News
Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon will star in the drama "The Greatest" says Variety.The drama revolves around a young girl who throws into chaos...
Ben Barnes Is The New Dorian Gray
"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" hunk Ben Barnes has been cast in the titular role for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" says The...
Padilha Is A Willing Patriot
Jose Padilha ("Elite Squad") will direct a Warner Bros. Pictures action thriller formerly titled "A Willing Patriot" reports the trades.The story revolves around an...
Asger Leth To Direct Olympia
Danish helmer Asger Leth will direct the Ancient Greek set romance story "Olympia" for Sony Pictures reports Variety.Set against the backdrop of the ancient...
MacKenzie Makes A Snow Stain
Red-hot Scottish director David MacKenzie ("Hallam Foe") will helm the psychological drama "Stain In the Snow" for Studio Hamburg International says The Hollywood Reporter.An...
Weinsteins To Adapt The Alchemist
The Weinstein Company announced today at the Cannes Film Festival that Harvey Weinstein will produce Paulo Coelho's international best-selling novel "The Alchemist" and that...