Fear Phil, Not The Doctor
Jack Angelo and Sam Brown ("Undateable") have set up the comedy pitch "Fear Phil" at Disney and Offspring Entertainment says Variety.The story revolves around...
‘Arrested’ Trio To Sit Down
"Arrested Development" stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Henry Winkler are re-teaming in the animated Fox comedy "Sit Down, Shut Up" reports Reuters.Based on a...
Cheyenne Jackson Paints On Canvas
Cheyenne Jackson ("United 93") is joining Scott Thompson, John Paul Pitoc, Gedde Watanabe and Matthew Montgomery in the bohemian drama "Shifting the Canvas" says...
Ridley Scott To Direct And Produce “Kind One”
Ridley Scott will direct and produce an adaptation of Tom Epperson's period noir novel "The Kind One" for Warner Bros. Pictures says Variety.The story...
Norton Responds To Hulk Reports
Edward Norton has responded to rumors the other week that he and Marvel Studios are in a dispute over the final cut of the...
Uma Thurman Enjoys Motherhood
Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards are teaming for the sub-$10 million indie comedy "Motherhood" says Variety.The day-in-the-life feature has Thurman as a...
Ashley Tisdale In Teen Witch Remake
"High School Musical" actress Ashley Tisdale is in negotiations to star in a remake of "Teen Witch" for United Artists says the trades.The original...
Trade Breaks: Happened, Graduation, Zide
"Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?", a tale of an embattled Hollywood producer, has been chosen to close this year's Festival de Cannes. ...
Thierot Replaces Hopper On 25/8
Max Thierot ("Jumper") will replace Henry Lee Hopper as the lead in Wes Craven's horror thriller "25/8" for Rogue Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.Hopper...
Rudin Subjected To Roth’s Indignation
Producer Scott Rudin has made a preemptive acquisition of Philip Roth's upcoming novel "Indignation" says Variety.Set in 1951, the story focuses on the 18-year-old...
Bloom In Johnnie To’s Circle
Director Johnnie To is eyeing Orlando Bloom to star in the $40 million "Red Circle" for Studio Canal says The Hollywood Reporter.A remake of...
Shane Abbess Verifies The Source Code
Aussie director Shane Abbess ("Gabriel") is set to helm the sci-fi thriller "Source Code" for Universal Pictures says the trades.Penned by Ben Ripley, the...
Phoenix Parties Like The Amish
Phoenix Pictures and the Gold Co. are teaming on the comedy "Amish Gone Wild" says Variety.The story focuses on the Rumspringa ritual, a rite...
Tucker Max Serves Beer In Hell
Tucker Max will adapt his true story best-seller "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" into a major feature film says The Hollywood Reporter.The...
X-Files Sequel Gets A Name
"The X-Files: I Want to Believe". That's the official title of the upcoming second feature film based on the highly successful TV series reports...
Allison Janney Joins Place, Words
Allison Janney has landed roles in Sam Mendes' relationship comedy "This Must Be the Place" for Focus Features and the Eddie Murphy comedy "A...
Indiana & Knight Long Runtimes
"Iron Man" should be fun, "Wall-E" touching, and who knows what to expect from the likes of "Hancock", "Wanted," "Caspian" or "Hulk".Yet when ...
Weinsteins Talk Shanghai & Samurai
The Weinstein Company has revealed some new details about two projects its producing with its $285 million Asian Film Fund says Variety."Shanghai" will be...
Richard Gere Among Brooklyn’s Finest
Richard Gere has signed on for both Avalon Pictures' Amelia Earhart biopic and Millennium Films' cop drama "Brooklyn's Finest" says Variety.In "Amelia," Gere will...
Amy Winehouse Solace Song Denied
A recent report in The Sun had photos of Amy Winehouse taking a break "from recording the new James Bond theme".Since publication, this has...
Steinfeld Gets Money for Nothing
Scribe Peter Steinfeld ("21") will adapt the lottery scam memoir "Money for Nothing" for Warner Independent Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.The project is based...
Shyamalan’s Avatar Set For 2010
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have greenlit the live-action epic adventure M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender, which will launch over the Independence Day...
DreamWorks Options Atlantis Rising
DreamWorks has optioned the rights and is planning a live-action feature adaptation of Platinum Studios' comic book "Atlantis Rising" says Reuters.Created by Scott Rosenberg,...
Trades: Legion, Love, Grace, Beaujolais
"Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment, Brighton Partners, and Rainmaker Entertainment are launching the new superhero property "Legion of 5". The series of CG-animated films...
Fox Atomic Adopts A Surrogate
Fox Atomic has picked up "Vanished" and "The Hidden" author Kathryn Mackel's novel "The Surrogate" which Ralph Winter will produce says Variety.The thriller...
Milla Jovovich Joins 4th Kind
Milla Jovovich will star in Gold Circle Films' thriller "The 4th Kind" says The Hollywood Reporter.The fact-based thriller involves an ongoing unsolved mystery in...
Chastain Plants Malick’s Tree
Jessica Chastain has been cast opposite Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's new drama "Tree of Life" for River Road says Variety.The story concerns the...
Ninja, Thunder, Austin, Antichrist Updates
"Collin Chou ("The Matrix" trilogy) has dropped out of the Wachowski Brothers-produced, James McTeigue-directed "Ninja Assassin". Filming was scheduled to start next month in...
The Random Spiel: April 15th 2008
A quick thanks to everyone who remembered my 30th birthday on Monday and wrote in, very much appreciated by all. A...
ESPN & Redford Team On Robinson Biopic
ESPN and Robert Redford will produce an as-yet-untitled Jackie Robinson biopic about Brooklyn Dodgers star Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier says The Hollywood...