Cinema League Finds Missing Elvis
Cinema League has optioned film and TV rights to the book "Sergeant Presley: The Untold Story of Elvis' Missing Years" reports Variety.Cinema League plans...
Trade Breaks: Ashe, Teeth, Dawn
"MTV host Nick Cannon is about to take leading part in a biopic about African-American tennis legend and civil-rights leader Arthur Ashe. ...
The Oldboy US Remake Cancelled?
Justin Lin ("The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift") has been attached for some time to the remake of Korean revenge classic "Oldboy".At the...
Queen Trio Play Bloody Football
"The Queen" trio of actor Michael Sheen, director Stephen Frears and writer Peter Morgan will re-team for a film about football manager Brian Clough.Sheen...
Fox Boycotting Canada Releases
20th Century Fox is threatening to the delay the theatrical release of its movies in Canada in a bid to stamp out illegal camcording...
Vantage’s Huge Rambow & Move Buys
Paramount Vantage has acquired two films - "How She Move" for around $4 million and "Son of Rambow" for $8 million, the later being...
Crazy Buying All Day At Sundance
In the wake of last year's Sundance hit "Little Miss Sunshine" scoring big with Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, buyers went crazy all day...
The 2007 Academy Awards Nominees
The 79th Annual Academy Awards are on in a month, but this morning the highly anticipated nominations list was announced.Some surprises...
Hayek Goes Spanish For Banda
Salma Hayek will star in and produce Spanish-language romantic comedy "La Banda" reports Variety.Hayek will portray a wealthy housewife who falls on hard times...
Trade Breaks: Shyamalan, Split, Razzies
"Shyamalan offered his new script last week - another alien invasion film called "Green Planet" where flora & fauna are used to attack the...
Thor Freudenthal Goes Upstairs
Commercials director Thor Freudenthal has been hired to direct "They Came From Upstairs" for 20th Century Fox reports Variety.The story centers on a group...
Yen Is Genghis Khan & Bruce Lee?
Donnie Yen's manager tells Monkey Peaches that the actor has around half a dozen film projects on offer and all are looking at him...
Joshua, Waitress Score Big Deals
Short of the Weinstein's "Grace is Gone" buy for $4 million early on in the festival, the first several days of Sundance this year...
Acquisitions: Teeth, Paint, Moon
"Lionsgate and the Weinstein Co. have decided to distribute "Teeth" worldwide as equal partners like they did with "Dogma" and "Farenheit 9/11". After initially...
MGM Feels The Power Of Christ
MGM has acquired North American distribution rights to "Myriam, Mother of the Christ," the biblical story of Mary says The Hollywood Reporter.A dramatic rendering...
Clive Owen Is Philip Marlowe
Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment want Clive Owen to star as Raymond Chandler's hardboiled private eye Philip Marlowe reports Variety.Strike has made a deal...
Clubland Lands $4 Million Deal
"Clubland", the new Australian feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival yesterday, has been bought by Warner Independent for the important US,...
Trade Breaks: Mummy 3, Shell, Suspect
"Al Gough, who is co-writing the third installment in the Mummy film franchise with partner Miles Millar, told SCI FI Wire that the sequel...
Connery Talks Indiana Jones IV
Sir Sean Connery has confirmed he is considering returning to the silver screen to reprise one of his most popular roles in Indiana Jones...
Rogue Hires Some Violent Couriers
Rogue Pictures and Intrepid Pictures have scored movie rights to the action graphic novel series "Couriers" says The Hollywood Reporter.Scribe Javier Grillo-Marxuach (TV's "Lost",...
Baker Talks Lizard In Spider-Man
While promoting his new series "Drive" on Fox, actor Dylan Baker was happy to talk with iF Magazine about his role in "Spider-Man 3"...
Teitelman Is A Big Man
Sony Pictures has set first-time feature helmer Mark Teitelman to direct its teen comedy "Big Man on Campus" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story is...
New Line Remakes Kong Doco
Picturehouse and New Line have acquired rights to "The King of Kong," a documentary that premieres in competition at Slamdance tonight."The King of Kong"...
Weinstein’s Grace Is Long Gone
The Weinstein Co. has acquired worldwide distribution rights to James Strouse's "Grace is Gone" after the successful premiere at Sundance.The sub-$5 million budgeted "Grace"...
The Random Spiel: January 21st 2007
A script review is out for Steven Soderbergh's "The Argentine", the first of the Soderbergh films on Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.-The first footage from...
Spider-Man 4, Rambo 4 Updates
Superhero Hype reports that Sony Pictures are so excited about the early cut they've seen of "Spider-Man 3" that they want to push forward...
Trade Breaks: Crazy, PGA, Hitcher
"Magnolia Pictures nailed a deal late Saturday for North American rights to "Crazy Love," director Dan Klores' provocative documentary about a couple who marries...
Greengrass Visits The Emerald City
Director Paul Greengrass ("United 93", "The Bourne Supremacy") is set to write and direct a movie about the aftermath of the Iraq invasion reports...
Formula One McClaren Gets Biopic
"The Lord of the Rings" producer Barrie Osborne is planning a $100 million biopic of Formula One racing car legend Bruce McLaren.Making the announcement...
Kring Talks Heroes Second Half
"Heroes" creator Tim Kring talked with iF Magazine about the upcoming second half of the hit show's first season which kicks off again tomorrow...