Colin Farrell Performs Triage
Colin Farrell has joined the cast and will serve as executive producer on "Triage" reports the trades.Based on the novel by Scott Anderson, Farrell...
Defunct Meg Starts Swimming Again?
One of the most troubled film projects in recent film development history has been "MEG".Steve Alten's book dealt with the modern day re-emergence of...
Takeshi Kitano Is The New Achilles
Takeshi Kitano ("Hana-Bi") will star as a talentless-but-dedicated artist in his latest pic, "Achilles to Kame" (Achilles and the Tortoise) says Variety.Kitano's character plugs...
Kemba Smith Biopic In The Works
Producer Will Packer ("Stomp the Yard") has picked up the rights to ex-prisoner Kemba Smith's life story for his Rainforest Films company says The...
The Escapist Breaks Out In October
ThinkFilm has picked up all North American rights to the Sundance-premiered British prison drama "The Escapist" from Parallel Films and Picture Farm says the...
The Battle For Los Angeles Begins
Sony Pictures has picked up Chris Bertolini's sci-fi spec script "Battle: Los Angeles" for Original Films to produce reports Reuters.The story follows one Marine...
Blue Sky Weaving An Anubis Tapestry?
Slashfilm came upon an interesting rumor today - that Fox's CG animated Blue Sky Studios ("Ice Age," "Robots," "Horton Hears a Who") might have...
Universal Seeks How to Get Divorced
Universal Pictures has acquired the recent L.A. Weekly cover story "How to Get Divorced by 30" and will use the article by Sascha Rothchild...
LaBeouf, Bloom Visit New York
Shia LaBeouf, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, Julie Christie and John Hurt are set to star in the late Anthony Minghella-scripted segment of short film...
Universal Learns Gervais’ Truth
Universal Pictures International has acquired all international distribution rights to the Ricky Gervais comedy "This Side of the Truth" reports the trades."Truth" stars Jennifer...
Rob Corddry Joins Stone’s W
Former "Daily Show" correspondent Rob Corddry has snagged the role of press secretary Ari Fleischer in Oliver Stone's upcoming presidential biopic "W" reports MTV...
Early Knight, W, Earth Reviews
Some early but important reviews have gone online in the last two days - the first apparent review of the upcoming "The Dark Knight"."The...
Trade Breaks: Court, Spy, Earth
"Our Stories Films has preemptively bought the comedy spec script "Court Appointed Attorney," by Brent Askari and Chum Langhorne. Don Michael Paul is attached...
Indiana Jones Soundtrack Reveals More
The track list for the upcoming soundtrack tie-in to "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" has been released at Amazon and...
Weinsteins Land Jarecki’s Good Things
The Weinstein Co. has closed a deal on North American rights to the $20 million love story-cum-murder mystery "All Good Things" says Variety.The story...
Overture Are Freshly Popped
Overture Films is prepping the teen comedy "Freshly Popped" says The Hollywood Reporter.Penned by Megan Parsons, the film concerns a less-than-cool high-school senior with...
Smash Explores Teen Demolition Derbies
New Regency Productions and Josephson Entertainment have picked up Aaron Philson Brown's teen demolition derby spec script "Smash" reports the trades.The story centers on...
More Fourth Furious Plot Details
AICN has some new information on the plot for the fourth "The Fast and the Furious" currently in production for release next Summer.Previous reports...
Will Gluck Lands Three-Pic Deal
Screen Gems has set freshman director Will Gluck (TV's "The Loop," "Grosse Point") to a three-picture deal reports Variety.The deal includes "Fired Up," his...
Gyllenhaal Up For Prince of Persia?
Latino Review reports that an offer is out to Jake Gyllenhaal to play Dastan in Disney's upcoming mega-franchise "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time".The...
Fourth High School Musical Planned
Disney Channel is already starting work on a fourth "High School Musical" says The Hollywood Reporter.Disney Channel Worldwide president Rich Ross says on Tuesday...
50 Cent In Spectacular Talks
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is in negotiations to star in the independently financed drama "Spectacular Regret" says Variety.Jackson will play a death row inmate...
Disney Unveils Upcoming Animation Slate
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to...
Justin Marks Goes On A Hack/Slash
Justin Marks ("Green Arrow: Escape From Supermax," "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li") will pen an adaptation of a cult horror comic book "Hack/Slash"...
Sharp Acquires Leisure Seekers
Sharp Independent at HarperCollins ("Boys Don't Cry," "You Can Count on Me") has acquired rights to Michael Zadoorian's upcoming dramedy novel "The Leisure Seekers"...
Lakeshore Plays Thundercade Game
Lakeshore Entertainment has picked up the comedy spec script "Thundercade" by "Fanboys" co-writer Ernie Cline reports the trades.Story centers on a videogame junkie who...
Tobey Maguire To Marry Him
Warner Independent Pictures and Maguire Entertainment have acquired the Atlantic Monthly article "Marry Him! The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough" reports the...
Sevigny & Deschanel Get A Divorce
Chloe Sevigny and Zooey Deschanel will star in the indie comedy "Divorce Ranch" says Variety."Divorce Ranch" is set in Nevada just after WWII, when...
Miramax Gets A Man Under
Miramax Films is set to produce the darkly comic drama "Man Under" reports the trades.The "American Beauty"-esque story, from scribe Ann Cherkis ("The Secret"),...
Valkyrie Gets Another Delay
When a film gets delayed by several months on one occasion, it's suspicious but explainable. When it happens twice though, there's obviously something...