Acquisitions: Bro-jitsu, Palm, Gourd
"Nickelodeon Movies has picked up "Bro-jitsu," a book proposal from pop scientist Daniel H. Wilson. The illustrated combat guidebook that combines elements of...
Cannes News: Almodovar, Pompeii, Vivaldi
"Pedro Almodovar's production company El Deseo announced Wednesday it has started production on a docudrama about the discovery of the tomb of El Senor...
The Return Of Dr. Fu Manchu
Distant Horizon ("Pulse") is planning a film centered on arch criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu and to be shot in Hong Kong and mainland...
Delpy & Gallo Go The Last Mile
Julie Delpy and Vincent Gallo will co-star in the $10 million thriller "The Last Mile" reports Variety.Thesps play members of a criminally inclined group...
Mischa Barton Visits St. Trinians
Mischa Barton has joined the cast of the Ealing Studios British film "St. Trinians" says The Hollywood Reporter.The comedy details a story about the...
Fox Martials A Taps Remake
Twentieth Century Fox and New Regency will remake 1981 military drama "Taps" reports Variety.In the Harold Becker-directed original, a group of loyal cadets seize...
Elijah Wood Becomes Iggy Pop
Elijah Wood is set to star as Iggy Pop in a biopic of the legendary rocker entitled "The Passenger" for Traction Media & Becker...
Sony Classics Sorts Through Ashes
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights for director Wong Kar Wai's reworking of his martial arts-themed "Ashes of Time" says The Hollywood...
Anderson Remakes Long Good Friday
Handmade Films and Impact Pictures announced today that they will partner in the production of a contemporary US remake of the classic 1980 British...
Good Begins Principal Photograpy
Seven weeks of principal photography begins today on GOOD, based on the Tony® Award wining stage play by CP Taylor, with Viggo Mortensen (The...
More On Miller’s Spirit & Mob
It's now confirmed that Lionsgate will distribute "300" creator and "Sin City" co-director Frank Miller's own adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comicbook...
Indiana Jones Shoots In Connecticut
"Indiana Jones" is set to whip it out in New Haven, Connecticut.Steven Spielberg's crew for the fourth Indy film will shoot a car chase...
Star Talk: Bernal, Hartnett, Lopez
"Gael Garcia Bernal is finalizing an agreement to topline "Pedro Paramo," a big screen adaptation of Juan Rulfo's novel of the same name. Bernal...
In Defiance Of Daniel Craig
Screen Daily reports that current James Bond himself Daniel Craig will star in Ed Zwick's $50 million WWII Polish Resistance epic "Defiance.""Defiance" is the...
Diaz & Kutcher Hook Up In Vegas
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are in negotiations to team for the 20th Century Fox romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas..."The story is set...
NY Lovebird Story In Red Tails
Peter Speakman and Michael Galvin will adapt Marie Winn's 1998 nature novel "Red Tails in Love" into a romantic comedy reports Variety.Deborah Kaplan and...
Trade Breaks: 2012, Hunger, Descendants
"Nickelodeon Movies is planning the broad family action-adventure "2012" which Tom Dey ("Failure to Launch") will direct. Storyline revolves a family who goes...
Jane Drops Out Of Punisher Sequel
"The Punisher" star Thomas Jane has revealed to AICN that he is dropping out of the proposed Punisher sequel:"I regretfully and painfully had to...
Animal Logic Signs Three-Pic Deal
Warner Bros. Pictures and Sydney-based digital production company Animal Logic ("Happy Feet") have signed a deal to develop and co-produce a slate of three...
Ice Cube Offends Church In Sunday
Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan and Malinda Williams have joined Ice Cube in the Screen Gems comedy "First Sunday" reports Variety.David E. Talbert penned the...
Acquisitions: Hallam, Winged, Warhol
"Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope Entertainment have acquired North American rights to writer-director David Mackenzie's "Hallam Foe," starring Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles and Ciaran...
Mars & Jericho End, 24 & Hill Live
Whilst the full line-up won't be announced til tomorrow, early word has come down that The CW has renewed many of its more successful...
Craig Lucas Set Into Motion
Director Craig Lucas ("The Dying Gaul," "Prelude to a Kiss") and screenwriter Elyse Friedman ("Suddenly Naked:) have signed on to the comedy "Laws of...
A Point Break Sequel Is Coming
"Patriot Games" scripter Peter Iliff is to write and direct "Point Break 2," a 20 years later sequel to the surfing crime thriller that...
Whitaker & Biel Feeling Blue
Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel will team for the inspirational drama "Powder Blue" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story follows a suicidal ex-priest (Whitaker), a...
Jackson & Spielberg Do Tintin Films
"Lord of the Rings" filmmaker Peter Jackson is being lined up to tackle yet another internationally beloved literary property - "Tintin".Both the trades report...
Trade Breaks: Die Hard, Terminator, MGS
"Bruce Willis will be participating live in a "Live Free or Die Hard" Q&A with fans in the virtual world Second Life on Friday...
Tim Allen Joins Mamet’s Redbelt
Tim Allen has joined the large ensemble cast of "Redbelt," the mixed martial arts drama David Mamet ("Wag the Dog," "The Spanish Prisoner") wrote...
Sgt. Rock Film Moving Forward
IGN Filmforce recently caught up with Dark Castle Entertainment VP David Gambino to talk the status of the "Sgt. Rock" comic adaptation.Gambino says John...
Dickerson Helms Un-Dead Dracula Sequel
Ernest Dickerson ("Bones") will direct "The Un-Dead," the officially sanctioned sequel to Bram Stoker's "Dracula" reports Variety.Based on a novel written by Stoker's great...