Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Now A Movie Star
Producer Warren Zide ("American Pie," "Final Destination") has picked up the rights to Jim Croce's classic pop song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" in the...
Del Toro On A Third Hellboy
Guillermo del Toro tells Sci-Fi Wire that he already has plans to cap "Hellboy" off as a trilogy should the upcoming sequel prove successful."If...
Carrie-Anne Moss Is Falling in Love
Carrie-Anne Moss "("The Matrix," "Disturbia") has joined the cast of "Hanging Out Hooking Up Falling in Love" for Pageant Productions says Reuters.The story centers...
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Speed, Saturn, Hulk Updates
Producer Joel Silver claims that the Wachowskis already have story ideas for both a sequel to "Speed Racer" and their upcoming project "Ninja Assassin".Guillermo...
Ang Lee Gay Again With Woodstock
"Brokeback Mountain" helmer Ang Lee will direct the gay-themed Woodstock memoir "Taking Woodstock" for Focus Features reports the trades.James Schamus will adapt Elliot Tiber's...
Peet, Platt Join Holofcener’s Next
Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt and Rebecca Hall have joined the cast of Nicole Holofcener's new untitled dramatic comedy for Sony Pictures Classics reports Reuters.Holofcener...
Phoenix Believes In The Heretic
Phoenix Pictures has picked up Javier Rodriguez's Renaissance-era action-adventure thriller spec script "The Heretic" says Variety.The story revolves around a fallen priest-turned-hitman sent by...
Miramax Remakes Man on the Train
Miramax will produce an English remake of Patrice LeConte's French drama "Man on the Train" which won the top award at the 2002 Venice...
Trade Breaks: Caspian, Globes, Jesus
"The video game for "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" will feature two exclusive live-action scenes shot by the film's cast and crew. ...
James Caan Storms Off Nailed
James Caan has left the political comedy "Nailed" after a dispute with director David O. Russell ("Three Kings," "I Heart Huckabees") led him to...
Alienate People On October 3rd
MGM Films has acquired domestic rights to "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People" and plans to release the comedy on October 3rd says...
MGM Cages Zookeeper Comedy
MGM Films has secured rights to Jay Scherick and David Ronn's comedy spec script "The Zookeeper" about talking animals reports the trades.The story, described...
Stoller & Apatow Go Greek
Nick Stoller ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") is gearing up for another Judd Apatow-produced comedy "Get Him to the Greek" for Universal Pictures says Variety.Stoller will...
Bill Cosby Has A Good Laugh
Bill Cosby has joined a who's who of black comedians for the Robert Townsend-directed documentary "Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy" says...
Ali Lohan Joins Stine’s Ghostly
Lindsay Lohan's kid sister Ali is making her big-screen debut in a film based on R.L. Stine's pre-teen book series "Mostly Ghostly" reports Reuters.The...
Isaiah Washington Proud Of Patriots
Isaiah Washington ("Grey's Anatomy", "Bionic Woman") will star opposite Forest Whitaker in the sports drama "Patriots" for the Weinstein Company says The Hollywood...
Miller Keen On Directing Boiled
After getting a taste of directing his first full-length feature film with the upcoming "The Spirit", comic artist Frank Miller seems to have developed...
Madsen Joins Amelia Earhart Biopic
Virginia Madsen has signed on to co-star in the Amelia Earhart biopic "Amelia" for Avalon Pictures and Fox Searchlight says Variety.Hilary Swank and Richard...
Major Kira Is Jason Voorhees’ Mom
It seems that Major Kira is set play Jason's mom according to AICN.Nana Visitor ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") revealed at the Starfest convention...
Daniels & O’Hara Join Sam Mendes Next
Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara have joined the cast of Sam Mendes' untitled romantic comedy Focus Features says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows the...
Sony Feels Wintery Discontent
Sony Pictures has picked up Paul Fruchbom's comedy spec script "Winter's Discontent" for Atlas Entertainment to produce reports the trades.The story follows Herb Winter,...
Bay To Spread Transformers Lies
"Transformers 2" director Michael Bay claims that, short of news that filming is taking place in Philadelphia, everything else that has hit the Net...
Prison’s Dunbar Is Pastor Brown
"Prison Break" star Rockmond Dunbar will produce and direct the indie drama "Pastor Brown" for Rock Capital Films says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows...
New Knight Footage At NYC Con
Meanwhile attendees at this past weekend's New York Comic Con got a chance to check out the new trailer for "The Dark Knight".Amongst the...
Sparkler Receives Executive Orders
Sparkler Entertainment ("National Treasure") has acquired feature rights to the "Manchurian Candidate"-style series of political action thriller novels by TV producer Gary Grossman says...
Petersen Off Ender’s Game Film
Wolfgang Petersen ("Air Force One," "Troy," "The Perfect Storm") is no longer attached to direct "Ender's Game" reports io9.com.An adaptation of Orson Scott Card's...
Regency Goes Down River With Turner
Regency Entertainment has picked up "Magneto" & "Amityville Horror" scribe Sheldon Turner's adventure thriller pitch "Down River" for Apartment 3B Productions says The Hollywood...
Disney Reveals Planet Earth Plans
The Walt Disney Studios will celebrate Earth Day 2009 (April 22nd) with the debut of Earth, the first feature-length nature documentary from its new...
Winchester Is NBC’s Robinson Crusoe
Philip Winchester will play the title character in NBC's drama series "Crusoe." Anna Walton will also star, says Reuters."Crusoe," based on Daniel Defoe's classic...