Broken Lizard Swim To Salmon
The Broken Lizard comedy troupe will begin production of "The Slammin' Salmon" in January with indie financing reports Variety.Kevin Heffernan will direct and co-star...
Meryl Streep Cooks Up Julia
Meryl Streep will star as legendary chef Julia Child in Sony Pictures "Julie & Julia" reports the trades.An adaptation of the 2005 book, the...
Marsden, Crew Have Some Sex
Josh Zuckerman and Amanda Crew will star and James Marsden is in talks to appear in Sean Anders' raucous teen comedy "Sex Drive" for...
Jarmusch Tests His Limits
Focus Features and writer-director Jim Jarmusch are re-teaming for helmer's next film, tentatively titled "The Limits of Control" says the trades.The film will center...
Wincer On Road For Wolves Sequel
Simon Wincer (TV's "Into the West," "Lonesome Dove") has signed on to direct "The Holy Road" - a sequel to "Dances With Wolves" -...
Ledger, Gilliam Enter An Imaginarium
Academy Award® nominated producer William Vince, producer Amy Gilliam, and Paris-based producer/distributor Samuel Hadida announced today that Academy Award® nominated writer/director Terry Gilliam (Brothers...
Valette Helms The Clock Tower
The Weinstein Company has signed Eric Valette ("One Missed Call") to direct the horror-thriller "Clock Tower" reports Shock Til You Drop.Based on the Capcom...
Holmes, Harrelson Visit Other Side
Woody Harrelson and Katie Holmes are in talks to join Giovanni Ribisi and Jason Lee in writer/director David Michaels comedic fantasy adventure "The Other...
O’Toole, Northam Team For Dean
Peter O'Toole and Jeremy Northam will star alongside Sam Neill and Bryan Brown in "Dean Spanley," the sophomore feature from Sundance audience prize winner...
Cumming & Romijn In Wonderland
Alan Cumming and Rebecca Romijn will play adversaries Matt Hatter and Alice Allyson in "Hatter," based on the Mad Tea Party scene from "Alice...
Pre-Strike Production Shortlist
With the potential writer's strike less than a day away, studios have prepared more than four dozen projects that are ready to go no...
Banks Joins Big Brother Project
Elizabeth Banks has joined Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott in Universal's untitled mentor project that David Wain is directing says The Hollywood Reporter.Previously...
Dreamworks Plans Mind, Shrek 4
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced Tuesday that the studio has slated as its fall 2010 theatrical release a superhero send-up acquired under the...
AFM Casting: Gere, Harden, Caine
The American Film Market is underway in Los Angeles with a whole slate of projects being announced with big name stars attached to drum...
Harrelson Undergoes New Management
Woody Harrelson has joined Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn in the MGM romantic comedy "Management" says The Hollywood Reporter.Harrelson will play Aniston's boyfriend, a...
Worthington Up For G.I. Joe
Paramount has officially set a February 13th 2008 start of production date for "G.I. Joe" reports Variety.The studio is apparently pleased with revisions done...
Scott Planning Poe’s Tell-Tale
Scott Free Prods. is planning the $20 million psychological thriller "Tell-Tale," a modern-day reimagining of the Edgar Allan Poe classic "The Tell-Tale Heart" says...
Trade Breaks: 1-18-08, Bump, Tattooist
""1-18-08," the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie will get a new trailer AND its title will finally be revealed on November 16th attached to the...
Romero’s Diary Gets A Sequel
Although "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead" won't be released until next year (it premiered in Toronto last month), Artfire Films and Romero-Grunwald...
Vanderbilt Pens Spider-Man 4 Script
James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac," "Wolverine") will pen the screenplay for "Spider-Man 4" for Sony Pictures says Reuters.Laura Ziskin is returning as producer, though no deals...
Dillon Goes Deep With Armored
Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to appear in the heist thrillers "Armored" and "Bone Deep" for Sony's Screen Gems says the trades."Armored," directed...
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Joins Mandrake
Jonathan Rhys Meyers will star as the hero of Omega Entertainment and Baldwin Entertainment Group's "Mandrake" says The Hollywood Reporter.Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King")...
Butler Out Of Escape Remake
Ratner is out, now the signed on lead star Gerard Butler has also left the remake of the John Carpenter classic "Escape From New...
Billy Campbell Visits Ghost Town
Billy Campbell has joined Tea Leoni, Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear in the romantic comedy "Ghost Town" for DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment says Reuters.The...
Daniel Craig Does Five Bonds
Good news on the 007 front with things moving forward fast. Today it was confirmed that Paul Haggis has just handed in his...
Penn, Moore, Ryder Join Pippa
Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder are set to star in Rebecca Miller's drama-comedy "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" for Elevation...
Kravitz Makes A Big Screen Push
Lee Daniels will direct the independently financed adaptation of Ramona 'Sapphire' Lofton's "Push" for Lee Daniels Entertainment and Smokewood Entertainment Group says Variety.Rocker Lenny...
Ledger, Penn Plant Malick’s Tree
Heath Ledger and Sean Penn are in talks to star in writer-director Terrence Malick's long-gestating drama "Tree of Life" for River Road Entertainment reports...
Net Talk: Escape, Tintin, Indiana
"Director Brett Ratner was asked about the "Escape from New York" remake this week, and said that it is happening, but without him attached....
Morissette Gets Dick In Radio
Alanis Morissette has joined the cast of John Alan Simon's "Radio Free Albemuth," a semiautobiograhical feature film take on the live of novelist Philip...