The Random Spiel: October 15th 2007
A new photo is out from the set of Guerilla.- Does Bryan Singer want Terrence Stamp to reprise the role of Zod in...
Brody, Cross Test For Justice
Around forty actors tested for roles in the big-budgeted Warner Bros. tentpole movie "Justice League of America" over the weekend in Los Angeles for...
Hackford & Mirren Visit The Ranch
Taylor Hackford ("Ray," "Devil's Advocate") will direct Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in the drama "Love Ranch" for Capitol Films reports Variety.Mark Jacobson penned...
Bond 22 Rewrites & Ladies
"Crash" and "Casino Royale" scribe Paul Haggis has admitted that the storyline for the upcoming 22nd James Bond film was thrown out late in...
Matt Dillon Drives A Cadillac
Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to play Leonard Chess, the legendary founder of the South Side Chicago blues label Chess Records, in Sony/BMG...
Saw Guys Talk Sequel & Kept
Sick of "Saw" sequels? Get used to it as more of them are coming.Out doing promotions for the fourth film, "Saw 5" director...
Trade Breaks: Knight, Call, Arsonist
"Shooting on the opening sequence of "The Dark Knight" at the UK's Battersea Power Station last Thursday saw a 200ft fireball (followed by miles...
Ioan Sought For Chariots Sequel
Just over a quarter of a century ago, the British film "Chariots of Fire" swept the 1981 Oscars. The iconic image of athletes...
Dunst Does Marla Ruzicka Biopic
Kirsten Dunst will play Marla Ruzicka in a film about the 28-year-old American relief worker who was killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber...
Lionsgate Plans Einstein Biopic
Lionsgate acquired worldwide life rights and will develop a feature about the formative years of theoretical physicist, mathematician and 20th century icon Albert...
Lucas Seeking Star Wars Scribes
George Lucas hits Los Angeles this week to meet with writers for his long-gestating live-action Star War series reports Entertainment Weekly.Lucas' plan is to...
Frank Langella Opens The Box
Frank Langella will star with Cameron Diaz in the $30 million horror film "The Box" directed by Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko," "Southland Tales") says...
Nicolas Cage Turns Wrestler
Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in scribe Robert Siegel's indie drama "The Wrestler" for Protozoa Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers...
Zack Snyder Takes A Photograph
The "300" team of director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and Hollywood Gang have reunited for the drama "The Last Photograph" says Variety.Based on...
Release Changes: October 12th 2007
The Jessica Alba & Hayden Christensen thriller "Awake" has been thrust into the November 30th release slot.- As a direct result of that,...
Houten Spreads Lies, Dances Mambo
"Black Book" star Carice Van Houten has booked back-to-back roles in Warner Bros.' "Body of Lies" and Universal's "Repossession Mambo" opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and...
Sarah Jessica Is A Late Bloomer
Sarah Jessica Parker will star in "The Late Bloomer's Revolution," a feature adaptation of the Amy Cohen book for HBO Films and Picturehouse says...
Warner & Clooney Kidnap A Tourist
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up the movie rights to "The Tourist," an upcoming book by two-time Edgar Award nominee Olen Steinhauer says The...
Pegg, Cho & Money In Trek
Now here's some unexpected, but delightful casting news."Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun of the Dead" leading man Simon Pegg is set to play...
The Random Spiel: October 11th 2007
New photos are out from Spiderwick Chronicles, Beowulf, and The Golden Compass.-Coming Soon has posted an updated pre-strike priority list with start dates...
Clooney & DiCaprio Head To Farragut
George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio are in discussions to team for the Warner Bros. Pictures political thriller "Farragut North," based on the upcoming Broadway...
Sweeney Is R, Beowulf Is PG-13
Earlier this Summer a lot of concern was raised over the MPAA ratings of two major fall season releases - "Sweeney Todd" and "Beowulf".Word...
Michael Mann & Will Smith Build Empire
Sony Pictures has acquired "Empire," a drama that John Logan ("Gladiator," "The Aviator") will write for Michael Mann to direct and Will Smith to...
Waters Plans Cover & Earthlings
Scribe Daniel Waters ("Heathers," "Batman Returns") has been tapped to adapt Lindsay Moran's memoir "Blowing My Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy" for...
Casting Couch: Englund, Campbell, Hopper
"Robert Englund wil' star in "Horror in the Wind," a currently in production indie film for Revision Studios. Shooting is underway in New...
Violence Out Of Hitman? Nope
When you make a film about a ruthless assassin, you know to expect at least a moderate level of violence. Unfortunately when you're...
Hooper Directs King’s Buick 8
Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") will direct Moonstone Entertainment's feature adaptation of Stephen King's novel "From a Buick 8" reports Variety."From a...
Indiana & Knight Most Anticipated
A poll of more than 2,000 moviegoers has revealed some not unexpected results. It seems that "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...
Trade Breaks: Gondry, Arsonist, Burn
"Visionary filmmaker Michel Gondry ("The Science of Sleep," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") is teaming up with his son Paul to co-direct an...
Warners Enters The School of Fear
Warner Bros. Pictures has pre-emptively picked up film rights to "School of Fear," a children's novel proposal from Gitty Daneshvari says the trades.The 89-page...