New Line To Nab Conan Rights?
New Line Cinema is in the lead to take over the "Conan the Barbarian" franchise reports Variety.Warner Bros. Pictures lost the film rights a...
Russell Crowe Spreads Lies
Russell Crowe is in negotiations to reteam with his "The Quick and the Dead" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio in Ridley Scott's spy thriller "Body of...
Schwentke Enlists An Americano
New Line Cinema has optioned the Aran Shetterly book "The Americano: Fighting for Freedom in Castro's Cuba, an Untold Story" reports Variety.Robert Schwentke ("Flightplan")...
Kebbel & Browning Become Sisters
Arielle Kebbel (The Grudge 2, pictured) and Emily Browning (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) will star in DreamWorks Pictures' "A Tale of...
Tinker, Tailor, Hickenlooper, Spy
George Hickenlooper ("Factory Girl," "The Man From Elysian Fields") is set to adapt and direct espionage thriller "Morning Spy, Evening Spy" reports Variety.Based on...
Trade Breaks: Bates, Dark, 301, Transit
"Vertigo Entertainment has inked a first-look television deal with Lionsgate to develop and produce scripted programming for broadcast and cable. It's making its...
Suvari Trims Hemingway’s Garden
Mena Suvari will star with Jack Huston, Caterina Murino and Richard E. Grant in the John Irvin-directed adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Garden of...
Linden Gets A Dear John Letter
New Line Cinema has set "We Are Marshall" scribe Jamie Linden to adapt "The Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks' best-seller "Dear John" says The Hollywood...
Shoreline Washes Up A Pomona
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired film rights to "Deadwood" scribe & author Kem Nunn's novel "Pomona Queen" reports Variety.The story, set over the course of...
Franny K. Stein Makes Film Debut
East of Doheny and Gotham Group have optioned Jim Benton's best-selling "Franny K. Stein" kids book series and plan to turn it into an...
Cuthbert Marries Henry Lefay
Elisha Cuthbert has confirmed to Cinematical that she's just signed for the Tim Allen family comedy "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay."The story follows...
Bradley Cooper Warms To Steve
Bradley Cooper (TV's "Alias," "Failure to Launch," "Wedding Crashers") will co-star with Sandra Bullock in Fox 2000 comedy "All About Steve" reports Variety.Kim Barker...
Wright Dumps Gaslight For Foxx
British Director Joe Wright ("Atonement," "Pride and Prejudice") has ditched his plans for a new film adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's play "Gaslight".Wright tells The...
Gosling Jumps Onto Peter’s Bones
Ryan Gosling ("The Notebook," "Fracture") has signed on to co-star in Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" for DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures and Film 4 reports...
Mos Def Stars In Bobby Zero
Mos Def has signed on to star in and exec produce "Bobby Zero" reports Variety.Def will play the romantic lead in the film about...
The Random Spiel: June 27th 2007
New stills are out from John Rambo, A Time To Kill and The Invasion.- Russell Crowe is to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in...
Dafoe Joins The Vampire Daybreakers
Ethan Hawke revealed to Star Pulse News that Willem Dafoe has joined the cast of the vampire flick "Daybreakers."The Spierig brothers ("Undead") wrote and...
Giamatti’s A Pretty Bird Then
Paul Giamatti and Emily Mortimer have signed on to star in the indie comedy "Pretty Bird" for writer/director Paul Schneider reports JoBlo.Giamatti plays Curt,...
How Goes The Justice League Movie?
IGN Movies reports that Kieran and Michele Mulroney's script draft for the live-action "Justice League of America" movie was handed in to Warner Bros....
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...