Fraser In, Weisz Out Of Mummy 3
Brendan Fraser has scored a lucrative deal to return for a third "The Mummy" film, but Rachel Weisz is not coming back.Whilst amounts haven't...
Bond Scribes Target Barbarella
Producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis have completed a rights deal that will allow them to reinvent "Barbarella" reports Variety.Scribes Neal Purvis and Robert...
Gyllenhaal Has A Fear of Flying
"Fear of Flying," Erica Jong's salacious 1973 novel which coined the term 'the zipless f*ck', is FINALLY coming to the big screen.FOX News reports...
Whitaker Joins Washington’s Debaters
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is in final talks to team with Denzel Washington for The Weinstein Company's "The Great Debaters".Washington will also direct the...
Hanks & Howard Are Almost Angels
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard are in final negotiations with Sony Pictures to return for "The Da Vinci Code" prequel "Angels & Demons" says...
Rockers Lordi Make A Horror Film
Finland's monster-themed rockers and 2006 Eurovision-winners Lordi are filming a horror movie set for release later this year."It will be a full-blooded horror flick,...
Sarsgaard, Hopper Dying For Roth
Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper and Deborah Harry are joining Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson in Lakeshore Entertainment's untitled adaptation of Philip Roth's...
Vaginal Teeth Aren’t That Naughty
The MPAA are at it again. The censorship board has long drawn criticism for its leniency on graphic violence but almost Victorian prudency on...
Jones Is The Better Man
James Earl Jones, Cedric the Entertainer and Joy Bryant have joined Martin Lawrence in U's "The Better Man" reports Variety.Bryant has the femme lead...
Heather Mills Gets Her Own Doco
British tabloid The Daily Star, via Contact Music, reports that the controversial Heather Mills is looking into making a documentary of her life.Whatever your...
Steve Wanders The Traill
Short film helmer Phil Traill ("Flipped," "Dangle") has signed on to make his feature directorial debut on the Sandra Bullock starrer "All About Steve"...
Get Smart Begins Production
Filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' comedy "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin") and Anne Hathaway ("The...
Chan & Li’s Forbidden Tale Told
The Jackie Chan and Jet Li team-up project finally has a name - "The Forbidden Kingdom."Lionsgate and the Weinstein Co. will domestically co-release the...
Trade Breaks: Indianapolis, Nines, Grave
"Terry Chase Chenowith ("Undertaking Betty," "Shortcut to Happiness") will produce historical sports pic "Indianapolis 500" which centers on the individuals who envisioned, planned and...
Anna Nicole Smith Gets A Biopic
Dancer-singer Willa Ford ("Dancing with the Stars") has signed to star as Anna Nicole Smith in an indie biopic that will begin shooting next...
Giovanni Ribisi Is Albert Einstein
At a press conference for "Perfect Strangers", actor Giovanni Ribisi revealed that he has been cast as a young Albert Einstein in an upcoming...
Writer’s Block: Abdul, Party, Morgan
"Writer-director Karey Kirkpatrick ("Over the Hedge," "The Spiderwick Chronicles") has inked a two-year, first-look production deal with Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films under his...
Moss, Zegers, Rennie Are Normal
Carrie-Anne Moss ("The Matrix," "Disturbia"), Kevin Zegers ("Transamerica," "Dawn of the Dead"), Callum Keith Rennie (TV's "Battlestar Galactica") and Cameron Bright ("Birth," "X-Men: The...
Jones & Headey Enter St Trinian’s
Toby Jones ("Infamous"), Lena Headey ("300"), Celia Imrie and Anna Chancellor have joined the cast of the Ealing Studios comedy "St Trinian's" says Variety.Rupert...
The Random Spiel: April 10th 2007
- Joe Carnahan has given a truly extensive and in-depth interview about his plans for "White Jazz" and his script "Killing Pablo" over at...
Phoenix Scribe Talks Potter Cuts
Whilst a new director each time out for the "Harry Potter" films has been the status quo for a while now, a new writer...
Director Set For Narnia’s Dawn Treader
NarniaWeb reports that a director has now officially been attached to the third "Chronicles of Narnia" film, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader".Earlier this...
Grindhouse Gets Split For The US
After its disastrous opening weekend, many have begun the manic speculation as to why "Grindhouse" failed to click with US audiences.The film's extended 192...
Broderick Suffers Diminished Capacity
Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda have signed on to star in "Diminished Capacity," a comedy about family and memory loss produced by...
HBO & BBC Dial Churchill’s Number
HBO Films and BBC have teamed for "A Number," a film based on a play by acclaimed British dramatist Caryl Churchill reports Reuters.The broadcasters...
Marcia Gay Harden Visits The Cottage
Marcia Gay Harden ("Mystic River," "Pollock") will star in Lionsgate's "The Christmas Cottage," based on the life of American painter Thomas Kinkade...
Russian Lesbian Singing Duo On Film
t.A.T.u., still the pre-eminent Russian lesbian singing duo on the international scene (come to think of it are there any other?) are...
Orlando Bloom In Superman Sequel?
The idea of Orlando Bloom in a pair of little red speedos has just made half the readers of this column suddenly go to...
Amy Adams Visits Miss Pettigrew
Amy Adams ("Junebug," "Enchanted") will pal around with Frances McDormand in Focus Features' upcoming period tale "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" reports Variety.In...
Goyer Talks The Rise Of Two-Face
Will we see Two-Face in "The Dark Knight" or not? Hard to tell from a recent interview that scribe David Goyer gave to Sci-Fi...