Angelina Jolie Breaks Into Topkapi
Angelina Jolie has been apparently been offered the chance to co-star with Pierce Brosnan in his sequel to 1999's "The Thomas Crown Affair" reports...
Fishburne Strikes Alchemist Gold
Laurence Fishburne and A-Mark Entertainment have acquired the film rights to the 1998 best-selling novel "The Alchemist" from Warner Bros. Pictures with the intent...
Sony Remakes Hitchcock’s Lodger
David Ondaatje has signed on to make his directorial debut on a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's first film, "The Lodger," for Sony Pictures Entertainment...
Hounsou To Get Some Fisting
Djimon Hounsou will star in Jeff Wadlow's action drama "Get Some" for Summit Entertainment reports the trades.Hounsou plays a mixed martial arts coach and...
Paramount Lays A Foundation
Paramount Pictures has pre-emptively picked up the rights to John Rozum's upcoming five-issue comic book mini-series "The Foundation" says Reuters.In the tale, Nostradamus' books...
Saint & Mather Find A Lost Squad
Irish duo Stephen St. Leger and James Mather will write and direct Rogue Pictures "The Lost Squad."Based on a Devil's Due comic by Chris...
Trade Breaks: Moonlight, Clique, Water
"Sophia Myles ("Thunderbirds," "Doctor Who") has been tapped as the female lead in CBS' upcoming drama "Moonlight." The story centers on a private...
Shyer Takes Eloise To Paris
HandMade Films has hired Charles Shyer to direct "Eloise in Paris," the first of several planned bigscreen adaptations of the Kay Thompson-Hilary Knight children's...
Check Out The Goods At Bangkok 8
Millennium Films has optioned "Bangkok 8," the first in a three-book bestselling mystery series by John Burdett reports Variety.In "Bangkok 8," a detective with...
Wisher Boards The Pacific Clipper
Scribe William Wisher ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Die Hard with a Vengeance") will script and produce Fox's "Escape of The Pacific Clipper" reports Variety.A...
Kreacher Is Key To More Potter
At the London press conference for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" late last week, producer David Heyman revealed that one character...
Samurai & Neverhood Get Movies
Indie feature film company Frederator Films plans to produce 2-D animated genre movies budgeted below $20 million and today announced their first three projects...
Steve Martin Remakes Himself?
Remaking comedies from the 1980's is nothing new, remaking them with the original star in the same role - ok that's not exactly common.Queen...
Trade Breaks: Fox, Platt, Exempt
"Former NBA player Rick Fox and Jenifer Lewis will be joing Angela Bassett and Tyler Perry in Perry's film adaptation of his stage plage,...
Raimi Talks Spider-Man 4 & Villains
In his first post-"Spider-Man 3" interview, Sam Raimi tells MTV that he's likely to only produce a fourth "Spider-Man" but doesn't shut the door...
Legendary Gets Knight & Titans Coin
Legendary Pictures has acquired more than $1 billion in new financing and extended its co-producing and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Pictures through 2012.The...
A Overture To A Kill
Overture Films has picked up all North American rights to "Righteous Kill," a $60 million thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as...
Caruso Has An Eye On LaBeouf
"Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso has signed on to direct the thriller "Eagle Eye," and actor Shia LaBeouf is in talks to re-team with him...
Valkyrie Won’t Fly In Germany
The German Defense Ministry has barred the makers of United Artists "Valkyrie" from filming at German military sites reports the trades.The Bryan Singer-directed "Valkyrie"...
Five More Join Guy Ritchie’s Next
Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges have been cast in Guy Ritchie's caper flick "RocknRolla" for Warner Bros....
The Random Spiel: June 25th 2007
A rather curious photo of the four major cast members (Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges) for next year's "Iron...
Brett Ratner Opens A Playboy
Brett Ratner is set to direct Universal Pictures "Playboy," a biopic about Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner reports Variety.Producer Brian Grazer optioned Hefner's life...
Thomas Haden Church Is Steve
Thomas Haden Church is in negotiations to co-star with Sandra Bullock in Fox 2000's comedy "All About Steve" says The Hollywood Reporter.Bullock plays a...
Lost Girls In The Bahamas
Holly Brix will pen "The Lost Girls," MTV Films adaptation of teen thriller novel "Bad Girls" says Reuters.The book, written by Alex McAulay, revolves...
Eric Bana Visits Dubai
Paramount Pictures has picked up up Adam Cozad's spec "Dubai" which Lorenzo di Bonaventura and actor Eric Bana will produce.The story centers on a...
Matt Dillon Hunts Gay Dogs
Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to co-star in the Walt Disney Pictures comedy "Old Dogs" says The Hollywood Reporter.Penned by David Diamond and...
Len Wiseman Talks Wolverine
"Underworld" director Len Wiseman heads to bigger budget action fare with the upcoming "Live Free or Die Hard" which he helmed. How well...
From Dreamgirl To Detective
"Dreamgirls" co-star Anika Noni Rose has joined Jill Scott in Anthony Minghella's adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's novel "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"...
24 Gets A Female President
Trying to recover from both a critical and ratings dive this past season, FOX's serial thriller series "24" is shaking up its formula -...
The Random Spiel: June 22nd 2007
Chris Evans tells MTV Movies Blog that he wants to see a more grown-up, mature and darker take for the inevitable third "Fantastic...