Trade Breaks: Fantasy, Expired, Earth
"A two-month old rumour is now confirmed - Eddie Murphy is attached to star in Sony Pictures' big-screen adaptation of the popular late 70's...
Swank, Perry & Foster In Motion
Oscar-winner Hilary Swank and former "Friends" star Matthew Perry are signed, whilst Ben Foster ("Alpha Dog," "X-Men: The Last Stand") is in negotiations for...
Hackford Saves Zoo Animals In Luck
Taylor Hackford ("Devil's Advocate," "Ray") is set to direct "Good Luck, Mr. Anthony" for Disney and Beacon Pictures reports Variety.The fact-based film tells the...
A Smart Time To Start Dancing
Amy Smart has joined the cast of Trick Candle Productions and Dolger Films "Love N' Dancing" reports the trades.Smart will play Jessica, a depressed...
Smith’s Find Mercy In The Law
Scribe team Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont ("Maid of Honor," "Can't Hardly Wait") have been tapped to rewrite Steve Bloom's spec script "Sisters of...
Ludlum’s Osterman Weekend Remade
Summit Entertainment has unveiled its slate of development projects over on Variety with one in particular drawing attention - a new version of "The...
Rodriguez Juggling Jetsons & Lost
Director Robert Rodriguez has gotten a lot of ink today with at least two projects being potentially lined up for the "Sin City," "Spy...
Trade Breaks: Levy, Grais, Day, Penny
"Universal Pictures has picked up "The Overachievers," an adaptation of the comedic nonfiction Alexandra Robbins book for Shawn Levy and 21 Laps. The...
De Laurentiis Caught In The Swarm
Dino and Martha De Laurentiis will partner with a trio of German producers to turn Frank Schatzing novel "The Swarm" into a big-budget ecological...
Sicko Gets A 6/29 Prognosis
At last it has a date. Michael Moore's "Sicko," the acclaimed documentary filmmaker's first project since "Fahrenheit 9/11," will get a June...
Hawke Flies To Daybreakers
Ethan Hawke has signed on to star in Lionsgate's futuristic vampire film "Daybreakers" says The Hollywood Reporter.Australian horror veterans Peter and Michael Spierig ("Undead")...
Acquisitions: Inferno, Spider-Man, Edge
"Sony Pictures and Inferno Films have landed a ten picture, co-financing and domestic distribution agreement. Amongst those in the deal are the Paul...
Picturehouse and HBO Pick Up A Girl
Picturehouse and HBO Films have set Patricia Rozema to direct "American Girl," its live-action feature starring Abigail Breslin and inspired by the line of...
When Legal Goes Crazy – IESB.Net
IESB.net has been down for a while, but thankfully it's back up and running. The story behind that disappearance however is intriguing and...
More Cash For Spider-Man 3
Opening weekend box-office estimates are usually based on Friday and Saturday figures alone. Thus when Sunday rolls around, large estimates which break records and...
Valkyrie Cast & Rodriguez’s Jetsons?
Latino Review reports that Robert Rodriguez ("Sin City," "Spy Kids") is tipped to be handling Warner Bros. live-action feature "The Jetsons."The storyline...
Crouching Tiger Prequels Growling
For a long time the Weinsteins have been talking about their plans for prequels to Ang Lee's Oscar-winning 2000 film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."'Tiger'...
The Rise Of The Black Panther
Problem - you have a Marvel comic superhero character and want to put him into a feature, but can't justify the expense of...
A Rapper Turned Hitman? How Common
Hip-hop star Common has confirmed to MTV News that recently signed onto director Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Mark Millar's graphic novel "Wanted.""I'm about to...
Warner Bros. Bans Canada Pre-Screenings
An old threat has now resurfaced as a full-fledged story. Warner Bros. Pictures revealed Monday that the studio will cancel all "promotional and word-of-mouth...
Ghost House Visits The Asylum
"The Grudge" series producers Ghost House Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment are teaming to make horror project "Incident at Sans Asylum." Spanish helmer Daniel Calparsoro...
Costner Lands The Swing Vote
Kevin Costner has joined the Joshua Michael Stern-directed indie election comedy "Swing Vote" reports Variety.The story revolves around a single father thrust into the...
Sony Swims In Spider-Man Sequels
Remember Scrooge McDuck swimming around in three cubic acres of money? That's the vision that Sony execs are currently dreaming about after this weekend's...
Trade Breaks: Flock, Unlikelys, Giulio
"Christopher B. Landon ("Disturbia," "Another Day in Paradise") is set to pen psychological thriller "The Flock" for Warner Independent Pictures & Blumhouse. Set in...
Superhero Satires Are Expendable
Intrepid Pictures has acquired film rights to the 2006 superhero satire graphic novel "The Expendable One" says The Hollywood Reporter.Shane Kuhn and Brendan Cowles...
Pirates Sneaks A Few Hours Early
Disney has moved forward the opening of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" by a few hours with 8pm evening shows on Thursday...
Who Upcoming Episodes Preview
With "Doctor Who" off the air next week in the UK for the Eurovision song contest, the BBC has released a compilation...
Pollack & Garrett Earn Honor
Sydney Pollack, Kadeem Hardison and Beau Garrett have joined the cast of the Sony Pictures romantic comedy "Made of Honor" says The Hollywood Reporter.The...
Mitchell To Direct A Fourth Shrek
On the eve of the bowing of "Shrek the Third," Mike Mitchell ("Sky High, "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo") is in negotiations to direct "Shrek...
Lost Officially Ends In 2010
It's now official. ABC has agreed with the producers of Tv's "Lost" and set an end point for the serial drama - with the...