Javier Bardem Drops Out From Nine
Javier Bardem departed from the lead role in the Weinstein's adaptation of the musical "Nine" says Variety.Bardem was expected to play Guido Contini, a...
Thinkfilm Lands Polanski Doco
ThinkFilm has nabbed U.S. theatrical and home video rights to Marina Zenovich's Sundance-premiered documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" says the trades.The distributor acquired...
James Gandolfini Gets In the Loop
James Gandolfini, David Rasche, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee and former child actor Anna Chlumsky have joined the political satire "In the Loop" for BBC...
Senator Develops Clock Tower Movie
Senator Entertainment will produce a feature film version of Capcom's videogame "Clock Tower" says Variety.The story will be taken from "Clock Tower 2: The...
MGM Travels To Magical Zametherea
MGM has picked up the high-concept fantasy comedy spec script "Executive VP, David M. Murch's Adventures in the Land of Zametherea" reports the trades.Penned...
Elegy Picked Up For Release
Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment will release Lakeshore Entertainment's drama "Elegy" says the trades.Based on Philip...
Silverman Adopts Disney’s Pet
David Silverman ("The Simpsons Movie," "Monsters, Inc.") has signed on to develop and direct the live-action sci-fi family comedy "The Pet" for Disney Pictures...
First Phillip Morris Set Photos
The first set photos have emerged of a very camp-looking Jim Carrey in character for his role in the prison break comedy "I Love...
24 Creator Develops Spy Franchise
"24" and "La Femme Nikita" exec producer Joel Surnow will develop a contemporary spy thriller for United Artists and Lakeshore Entertainment reports Variety.The...
Jackman Talks Wolverine & Sequels
Whilst this week's Marvel comic adaptation "Iron Man" is making a big selling point of it being more comical and light than your average...
Miramax Remaking Israeli Debt
Miramax has signed on to remake of last year's successful Israeli thriller "The Debt" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story revolves around three Mossad agents...
Brandon Routh Talks Superman Sequel
In an interview with Coming Soon for his new film "Lie to Me", actor Brandon Routh talked quite a bit about the upcoming sequel...
Karl Urban Is Relentless
Karl Urban ("Doom," "The Lord of the Rings") will lead the cast of the $25 million 3D action feature "Relentless" for Baldwin Entertainment and...
Trades: Twilight, GI Joe, Pencilneck
"The teaser trailer for "Twilight", the adaptation of the highly popular young adult novels about a teen who falls for her vampire classmate, will...
Nicole Kidman Is Dusty Springfield
Nicole Kidman will star in Fox 2000's biopic of British 60's pop singer Dusty Springfield according to scribe Michael Cunningham ("The Hours").Cunningham tells New...
America Ferrera Obeys An Invisible Sign
"Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera has signed on to star in the coming-of-age drama "An Invisible Sign of My Own" says The Hollywood Reporter.Based...
Blindness, Happened Set For Cannes
Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness" and Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" will open and close the 61st Cannes Film Festival respectively reports Variety."Blindness" stars Julianne Moore,...
Writer’s Block: Sheff, Happy, Guy
"Paramount Pictures and Plan B have acquired rights to the memoirs of David and Nic Sheff. The pair will use the recently published...
Jonah Hill In Transformers Sequel
Jonah Hill is in early negotiations to co-star with Shia LaBeouf in "Transformers 2" for DreamWorks and Paramount.According to Entertainment Weekly, Hill ("Superbad," "Forgetting...
Showcasing The Art of the Devil
Cerenzie-Peters Prods. has picked up remake rights to the Thai horror series "Art of the Devil" says The Hollywood Reporter.Each installment of the series...
Phillip Noyce Is Making Money
Phillip Noyce ("Clear and Present Danger," "The Quiet American") is in negotiations to direct DreamWorks Pictures "The Art of Making Money" says The Hollywood...
Mel Gibson In Darkness Remake
Mel Gibson will star in a remake of the acclaimed six-hour 1985 BBC mini-series "Edge of Darkness" for GK Films reports Variety.Martin Campbell ("Casino...
First Land of the Lost Creature Look
USA Today has released the first photo of the new look Sleestak.The lizard creatures with the single horn and giant eyes were the terror...
Friedlander Helms Tom Wolfe’s Simmons
U2 & R.E.M. music video director Liz Friedlander is attached to helm a film version of the Tom Wolfe novel "I Am Charlotte Simmons"...
Trade Breaks: Burn, Amelia, Dumped
"Joel and Ethan Coen's "Burn After Reading," the duo's next movie after the Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men," will open the summer's Venice...
Soderbergh Shares His Girlfriend
Steven Soderbergh will direct "The Girlfriend Experience" for 2929 Entertainment reports Variety.Brian Koppelman and David Levien ("Ocean's Thirteen") will pen the story which focuses...
Fox Adapts Zero-G Video Game
20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to Union Entertainment's sci-fi thriller video game concept "Zero-G" says The Hollywood Reporter.The game, which is...
Original Witch Mountain Kids Return
Kim Richards ("Black Snake Moan") and Ike Eisenmann ("Howl's Moving Castle"), the original kid stars of Disney's 1970s "Witch Mountain" movies, have joined the...
Acquistions: Red, Years, Robbed
"Magnolia Pictures has picked up Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee's thriller "Red" penned by Stephen Susco. The tale of retribution begins with...
Korea’s Gambler Raps To Hype Nation
South Korean dance group the Gambler will star in Paramount and Young Film's $25 million dance movie "Hype Nation" says Variety.Helmed by Alex Calzatti...