Crash Becomes A Starz Series
2005's Oscar-winning best film "Crash" is being turned into a thirteen-episode, one-hour original drama series for the Starz cable network.Director/Writer Paul Haggis along with...
Julianne Moore Takes Shelter
Julianne Moore will topline the $25 million supernatural horror thriller "Shelter" for Nala Films reports Variety.Based on a script by Michael Cooney ("Identity"), the...
Besson Doing Adele Dry-White Films
Luc Besson's EuropaCorp has signed a deal with French graphic novel publisher Casterman for the film adaptation rights to Jacques Tardi's classic comicbook series...
Raimi Adapts Goodkind’s Sword Series
"Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi is teaming with Disney & ABC Studios on a live-action weekly fantasy series aiming to premiere this Fall reports Reuters.Entitled...
Trade Breaks: Wright, DGA, Trek
"Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have inked a two-picture deal with "Atonement" director Joe Wright, and is partnering with DreamWorks and Working Title...
Del Toro Doing Hobbit Films
Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" for New Line and MGM says The Hollywood Reporter.One...
Acquisitions: Baghead, Kicking, Wackness
"SPC has paid low- to mid-six figures for Mark and Jay Duplass' genre-bending comedy "Baghead". The Duplass brothers' follow-up to their 2005 Sundance hit...
Julia Roberts Sweats In Hothouse
Julia Roberts has signed on to produce and star in the film adaptation of Margot Berwin's upcoming novel "Hothouse Flowers" for Sony Pictures says...
Engvall & Cyrus Buy A Bait Shop
Comedian Bill Engvall and crooner-turned-actor Billy Ray Cyrus are set to star in the comedy "Bait Shop" for Lionsgate Home Entertainment says The Hollywood...
Cotillard & Tatum Join Mann’s Enemies
Oscar nominee Marion Cotillard ("La Vie En Rose"), Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke will join Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" for...
Spartans Soars, Cloverfield Drops
You know we've hit the dregs of January when "Meet the Spartans", a comedy from the duo behind garbage like "Date Movie" and...
SAG Award Winners Announced
Thanks to a waiver from the WGA, the Screen Actors Guild Awards went ahead last night with all the stars turning out to celebrate...
Fifth Rambo Planned, Fourth Divides
Harvey Weinstein tells Deadline Hollywood Daily that another "Rambo" sequel is already planned and will involve "bringing the character back to the United States."The...
John Cleese Joins Earth Remake
Gotta love former Monty Python John Cleese - his voice is even giving me directions on my new GPS system. Now though,...
Macy Talks Hogs Sequel & Future
Coming Soon talked to William H. Macy at the Sundance Film Festival last week whilst he was promoting comedy The Deal and Macy gave...
Release Date Changes: 1/27
The film adaptation of Clark Gregg's big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's "Choke" will open August 1st.Dimension's remake of Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" has been...
Beyoncé Plays James In Cadillac
BlackFilm reports that Beyoncé Knowles is set to play famed singer Etta James in Sony BMG's "Cadillac Records", written and to be directed by...
Redford Finally Going For A Walk
Robert Redford tells The Associated Press that his "A Walk in the Woods" project is finally a go.An adaptation of the best-selling 1998 Bill...
Scorsese’s Shutter Becomes Ashecliffe
Martin Scorsese's mystery drama "Shutter Island" has changed its name to "Ashecliffe" reports The Boston Herald.'Shutter Island' is the name of the 2003 Dennis...
Abrams & Crew Talk Star Trek Relaunch
J.J. Abrams and some of the cast and crew of the upcoming "Star Trek" film franchise relaunch sat down with TrekMovie.com to answer questions...
Trio Returning For Fifth Saw
"Saw IV" cast members Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, and Costas Mandylor will return for the Lionsgate franchise's fifth installment reports IGN.Bell plays the...
Depp Replacing Ledger On Parnassus?
Box-office megastar Johnny Depp, a friend of Heath Ledger, may take over a role left by the young Aussie actor who passed away...
Very Few New Series Next Fall
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker has confirmed to The New York Times that NBC will save as much as $50 million a year by...
Trade Breaks: Lionsgate, New Line, Slayer
"Both Lionsgate and Marvel Studios have reached interim agreements the Writers Guild of America. These deals mean that both studios will put writers...
Bowers Replaces Brady On Astro Boy
"Flushed Away" helmer David Bowers is set to direct the $50 million CG-animated feature "Astro Boy" reports Variety.The lonely robot tale is an...
Disney’s Toy Story Trilogy 3D Plans
The Walt Disney Studios plans to debut new Disney Digital 3-D(TM) versions of Disney- Pixar's "Toy Story" on October 2nd, 2009, and "Toy Story...
Fishburne, Ventimiglia Drive Armored
Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno and Milo Ventimiglia have signed on to Screen Gems' heist actioner "Armored" reports Variety.The story centers on a young armored...
Lots More Details On 007’s Solace
Loads more details have come out from the press conference yesterfay for the upcoming twenty-second James Bond feature entitled "Quantum of Solace"....
Charles Roven Talks Dark Knight
Out doing press for the upcoming heist thriller "The Bank Job", producer Charles 'Chuck' Roven spoke with IESB.Net about how the strike has affected...
The Random Spiel: January 24th 2008
- Posters are out for 21, Children of Huang Shui, Shine a Light, Midnight Meat Train, Machete, Diary of the Dead, Quantum of Solace,Sex...