The Random Spiel: November 26th 2007
New stills are out for Sweeney Todd, Rambo and Righteous Kill.- Kal Penn has confirmed that his mate Brandon Routh won't be cameoing...
Crowe Sought For State of Play
Universal Pictures is keenly pursuing Russell Crowe to replace Brad Pitt as the star of its political thriller remake "State of Play" reports Variety.The...
Bolt Set For Next Thanksgiving
Disney Feature Animation's "Bolt" has been scheduled for a digital 3-D release next Thanksgiving says The Hollywood Reporter.Previously titled "American Dog," 'Bolt' is the...
Ambrose Replaces Williams In Wild
Lauren Ambrose (TV's "Six Feet Under") is set to voice one of the monsters in Spike Jonze's fantasy film "Where the Wild Things Are"...
Star Trek Strike Problems
Screenwriter John August has been blogging from the picket lines of the Writer's Guild strike and a recent entry effectively shows how the strike...
Money Renewed, Journeyman Canned?
ABC's campy drama "Dirty Sexy Money" has been given a full-season pickup, the network having ordered nine more episodes of the show giving it...
Jet Li Earns Warlords Megabucks
Jet Li is set to earn a whopping $13 million for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film reports...
Higgins In US Father Ted Remake
Comedic actor John Michael Higgins ("Best in Show," "Fred Claus") has been cast in the lead role of an American remake of cult Irish...
Maggie Q Joins Wolverine
The IESB reports that Silver Fox, Wolverine's love interest, is going to be in the new prequel "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".They also report that Maggie...
Hasselhoff In New Knight Rider
David Hasselhoff is "in talks" to reprise his role in NBC's sequel to the 1980's crime-driven show "Knight Rider" reports TV.Com."The Young and the...
Christian Bale Joins Terminator 4
Ain't It Cool News reports that Batman himself Christian Bale is to become a part of the Terminator franchise next year.The site indicates that...
Pitt Departs State of Play
Brad Pitt pulled out of his pay or play deal for Universal's thriller "State of Play" this morning due to script concerns reports the...
Watts Fights Angels & Demons
Naomi Watts will star opposite Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons," the prequel to "The Da Vinci Code" reports The New York...
Cage, Buscemi, Morgan Join G-Force
Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan are set for the lead voices in Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer's live-action/CG family feature "G-Force" says Reuters.The...
Brewster Joins Fourth Furious Film
Jordana Brewster is in talks to reprise her role of Mia Toretto in the fourth "The Fast and the Furious" reports Moviehole.Mia was the...
Mark Waters Helms Seven Days
"Mean Girls" director Mark Waters is attached to helm the comedy-drama "Seven Days" for Universal Pictures, says The Hollywood Reporter.Joshua Ferris' script chronicles seven...
Silver & DiCaprio Produce Orphan
Joel Silver and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to produce the thriller "Orphan" for Warner Bros. Pictures says ShockTillYouDrop.com.The story follows young mother Kate Coleman...
Miller Joins G.I. Joe Feature
Sienna Miller ("Stardust," "Factory Girl") is the first actor to officially be cast in Paramount Pictures' big-budget live-action film version of the "G.I. Joe"...
Ben Cross Is Sarek In Star Trek
Ben Cross ("Chariots of Fire," "First Knight") has been cast as Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock in the upcoming "Star Trek" feature film...
Strike Delays Two More Films
The continuing writer's strike has claimed two more feature film casualties reports the trades.First up, Warner Bros. has called off its Johnny Depp-led drug...
Trade Breaks: Bones, Thor, Star
"Peter Jackson's film adaptation of "The Lovely Bones" for Dreamworks has been slated for a March 13th 2009 release, whilst Fox's Jennifer Aniston and...
Singleton Obeys An Executive Order
John Singleton will direct the sci-fi thriller "Executive Order: Six" for Relativity reports Variety.Philip Eisner's script follows the residents of a small, snowbound town,...
Ellis Helms Fourth Final Destination
David R. Ellis ("Final Destination 2," "Cellular") has signed to direct and develop a fourth "Final Destination" says The Hollywood Reporter.This new entry in...
Bobby Martinez Biopic Planned
Participant Prods. is teaming with State Street Pictures to produce a biopic about professional surfer Bobby Martinez reports Reuters.The coming-of-age story will follow the...
More Justice League Casting Talk
A supposed casting list was sent around to several major sites over the weekend for Warner Bros. Pictures upcoming "Justice League" feature, yet there's...
The Random Spiel: November 19th 2007
-New stills are out from Rambo, Cloverfield, and Angelina Jolie on the set of The Changeling.- Posters are out for Sweeney Todd, Fool's Gold,...
Behr & Gigandet Enter Pinkville
Jason Behr and Cam Gigandet have joined Oliver Stone's Vietnam War investigative thriller "Pinkville" for United Artists reports Reuters.The story is based on the...
Twohy Keen On Riddick Return
Director David Twohy has revealed on his official site that he's still keen on further work with his beloved Riddick (Vin Diesel) character.Twohy says...
Cross, Graham, Hershey In Mourning
Joseph Cross, Heather Graham, Barbara Hershey and Tim Curry will star in the indie film satire "Son of Mourning" reports the trades.Set amid an...
This Time Its Personal For Bates
Kathy Bates is joining Michelle Pfeiffer and Ashton Kutcher in the dramatic love story "Personal Effects" for Insight Studios says The Hollywood Reporter.Penned and...