Sorkin To Conduct Dreamworks Trial
"West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin has landed a three-picture deal with DreamWorks Pictures reports the trades.Sorkin will write three screenplays for DreamWorks, the first...
Acquisitions: Imagine, Devil, Animals
"Universal Pictures will renew its deal with Imagine Entertainment for five years, keeping partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard at the studio through the...
Cheryl Hines Dives In A Poole
Cheryl Hines will join Luke Wilson in the romantic comedy "Henry Poole Was Here" for Lakeshore Entertainment reports Variety.Story revolves around a man who...
Its Michael Moore vs. Homophobia
He's done corporate downsizing, guns, Bush and health care, now Michael Moore has targeted the subject of his next doco - homophobia.Moore has revealed...
Fox & Miner Enter Rough Street
Vivica A. Fox and Rachel Miner are set, and Laura Ramsey and Toby Hemingway are in final negotiations to star in York Shackleton's "Street"...
Andromeda Remake Infects Cast
The first and still one of the best works of "Jurassic Park" author Michael Crichton is about to get a mini-series remake.Benjamin Bratt, Ricky...
Phoenix Lands $44.2M Opening Day
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" set a new industry record for a Wednesday opening with $44.2 million (previous record was $40.4...
Vandervoort Is Smallville’s Supergirl
Laura Vandervoort has landed the role of Supergirl in the upcoming season of "Smallville" reports Zap2It.The season premiere will introduce Kara, Clark's (Tom Welling)...
Saoirse Ronan Has Lovely Bones
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan will join Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling in Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones" for DreamWorks & Paramount.Ronan will...
Walden Plans A Savvy Adaptation
Penguin Young Readers Group and Walden Media jointly acquired North American rights to Ingrid Law's debut novel, "Savvy," with Walden Media set to adapt...
Theron Lights Up A Burning Plain
Charlize Theron will star in "Babel" screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga's directing debut "The Burning Plain" for 2929 Productions reports Variety.Like his earlier work, 'Plain' features...
Vantage Visits A Deserted House
Paramount Vantage has picked up horror flick "Playing House."The plot revolves around a down-on-their-luck young couple who are preyed upon when they inhabit a...
Penn & Pop Visit Persepolis
Sean Penn and Iggy Pop will voice roles in the North American version of Sony Pictures Classics' French animated political drama "Persepolis" says The...
Nathalie Press Cut By Knife
Nathalie Press ("My Summer in Love") will take the lead in psychological thriller "Knife Edge" reports Variety.Anthony Hickox's pic is about a Wall Street...
Assorted Release Date Delays
Michael Dougherty's comedy/horror flick "Trick 'r Treat" has been delayed from early October through to an unspecified 2008 date.- The Jet Li and...
Zac Efron In Footloose Remake
Paramount plans to remake 1984 Kevin Bacon musical "Footloose" as a vehicle for 19-year-old "High School Musical" star Zac Efron and director Kenny Ortega...
Cheadle & Pearce Find A Traitor
Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce till headline Overture Films espionage thriller "Traitor" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story centers on a CIA operative working undercover...
Kevin Spacey Returns As Lex Luthor
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in "Superman: Man of Steel" and appear in "Telstar," Nick Moran's film version of the darkly comic...
Proyas Bites Into Dracula Year Zero
Alex Proyas ("The Crow," "I, Robot") will direct "Dracula Year Zero," Universal's origins tale about Vlad the Impaler and one of several films about...
Trade Breaks: Prince, Guerilla, Sea
"David Yates claimed this week he is wrapping up a deal for an actor to play Potions master Horace Slughorn in the upcoming "Harry...
Alan Parker Finds The Coram Boy
Alan Parker ("The Life of David Gale," Angela's Ashes") is in negotiations to write and adapt the film adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning book...
Yelchin & Chatwin Go Nowhere
Anton Yelchin, Justin Chatwin and Willa Holland will join Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri, in "Middle of Nowhere" reports Variety.Michelle Morgan wrote...
Writer’s Block: Condor, Lean, Curse
"Arnold and Anne Kopelson have made a preemptive purchase of an untitled pitch by Karl Mueller. Project's described as a modern spin on...
24 Completely Overhauls Season
TV Guide reports that executives at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the upcoming seventh season of "24," delaying...
John Moore Uncovers Lost Things
Point Road Prods. has picked up film rights to Irish author John Connolly's dark fantasy novel "The Book of Lost Things" reports the trades.Set...
It’s Going To Happen For Weinsteins
The Weinstein Co. has pre-bought North American rights to "Make It Happen," a dance movie set in the world of burlesque reports Variety.In "Make...
DiCaprio, Berry, Rockwell & Rumor
So many wild casting rumors have hit the next so far this week it's bound to make one's head spin.First up a Russian site...
Abrams Clarifies 1-18-08 Talk
With the teaser trailer for a top secret monster movie project attached to "Transformers" causing a lot of stir, news has run rampant the...
The Future Of Some Major Franchises
A fascinating article in The Hollywood Reporter talks about the future of many of the studios big current film franchises. Amongst the new...
Kidman Takes A Trip To Monte Carlo
Nicole Kidman will star in and produce romantic comedy "Monte Carlo" for Fox 2000 and New Regency says Variety.An adaptation of the Jules Bass...