Trade Breaks: Inkheart, Kit, Kingdoms
"Producer Andy Licht is suing New Line and author Cornelia Funke, claiming that he first submitted a manuscript of the book "Inkheart" for consideration...
Sputnik Wrestles HBO To The Ground
HBO Films has set film and stage director Julien Nitzberg to pen biopic "Sputnik Monroe," based on the life of the white professional wrestler...
Morris Chestnut Broken By Faith
Morris Chestnut ("Ladder 49," "Confidence," "The Cave") has signed on to star in Screen Gems' faith-themed drama "Not Easily Broken" says The Hollywood Reporter.Brian...
Goodbye To The Gilmore Girls
"Gilmore Girls" is officially and people everywhere (incl. certain Canberra-based screenwriters) are readying the Kleenex for one last time.In a statement to TMZ, the...
Acquisitions: Steel, Still, Battle, Fish
"Truly Indie will handle the domestic release of Brian Jun's family drama "Steel City." The story centers on a troubled son (Thomas Guiry) abandoned...
Clooney & Heslov Visit Tehran
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, who both co-wrote "Good Night, and Good Luck," will co-write a dramedy for Warner Bros. Pictures seen as a...
Lovely Bones Don’t Come Cheap
Director Peter Jackson's planned adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel"The Lovely Bones" is being shopped around to studios this week, with at least four...
When It Gets Wet, So Does Hartnett
Josh Hartnett will star in "I Come with the Rain," a drama that will shoot in Hong Kong in June reports Variety.Hartnett will play...
Murphy & Miller Shake It All Over
Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella and Emma Booth will star in the counterculture dramedy "Hippie Hippie Shake" for Universal Pictures and Working Title...
Sony Helps Build An Ark
Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel "The Ark" by Mark Verheiden says The Hollywood Reporter.The series mixed...
Frequency Tunes Into NC-17 & Maps
Frequency Films has secured $10 million to produce "NC-17," a teen noir thriller written by J.H. Wyman that also will serve as the scribe's...
Final Iron Man Armor Revealed
We've seen the clunky Mark I suit from the early scenes of next Summer's "Iron Man," well now the Mark III suit has been...
Mann & DiCaprio Do L.A. Noir
"Heat," "The Insider" and "Collateral" director Michael Mann has delivered a pitch for his next directing effort, his first film since last year's box-office...
More Books of Blood Planned
Move over "Saw", looks like another horror franchise is in the works - one based on Clive Barker's "Books of Blood" horror anthology series.Seraphim...
It’s True, Michael Caine Is A God
Michael Caine is set to play God in a new fantasy film based on Jostein Gaarder's novel "Sophie's World" reports Time Out.The story looks...
Willis Upset Die Hard Goes PG-13?
AICN reports that In an upcoming interview in Vanity Fair, Bruce Willis expressed initial disappointment that his fourth "Die Hard" film...
Spider-Man 3 Opens To Big Business
"Spider-Man 3" opened May 1st in 16 overseas markets and snared a whopping $29.2 million, easily beating both "Spider-Man 2" ($15.6 million) and the...
The Random Spiel: May 2nd 2007
The first photo of Nicole Kidman on the set of "Australia" is out. Shooting began this week at Vaucluse's Strickland House.- Christian Bale...
Burns Slips Into Some Dresses
Ed Burns will join Katherine Heigl, James Marsden and Malin Akerman in the comedy "27 Dresses" for Fox 2000 and Spyglass reports Variety.Directed...
Miller’s Ronin Moving Along
"300" and "Sin City" creator Frank Miller's early 80's comic mini-series "Ronin" has been picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures says the trades.In the...
Gregg To Choke On Palahniuk
Just as "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk's new book "Rant" hit stores, word comes via his official site that the film version of his...
Emma Roberts Is A Girl Gone Wild
Universal Pictures and Working Title have set Emma Roberts ("Nancy Drew," TV's "Unfabulous") to star in "Wild Child," a Nick Moore-directed comedy that will...
Funny Games Remake Shot-For-Shot
Since the failure of 1998's "Psycho", the idea of shot-for-shot remakes of films have been pushed to the back burner. Now it seems...
Macdonald Talks Time & Hemingway
Keira Knightley's mother, playwright/screenwriter Sharman Macdonald, recently talked with The Guardian about her new film "The Best Time of Our Lives" in which her...
Trade Breaks: Zaillian, Hour, Christmas
"Writer-director Steven Zaillian ("Gangs of New York," "Awakenings") and Mandate Pictures are teaming to produce modestly budgeted, character-driven films and have inked a first-look...
John Cusack Into Stopping Traffic
John Cusack is attached to star in Jan de Bont's action thriller "Stopping Power" for Intermedia Films. Skip Woods ("Swordfish") will write "Power"...
Atkinson Joins New David Copperfield
Rowan Atkinson is set to reunite with "Johnny English" director Peter Howitt for a version of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" reports Variety.In "Copperfield," Atkinson...
Battle Royale Remake Still Planned
Producer Roy Lee ("The Ring," "The Grudge") has revealed to The New York Times that he's still moving forward with his plans to remake...
Acquisitions: Otherworld, Handbook, Swap
"Kopelson Entertainment have bought screen rights to the upcoming "The Alchemyst" author Michael Scott novel "Otherworld" which the author himself will adapt. The...
Creatures Crawl To Peace Arch
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired worldwide distribution rights to ensemble drama "Winged Creatures" says the trades.Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Guy Pearce, Kate Beckinsale,...