Thor Freudenthal Goes Upstairs
Commercials director Thor Freudenthal has been hired to direct "They Came From Upstairs" for 20th Century Fox reports Variety.The story centers on a group...
Yen Is Genghis Khan & Bruce Lee?
Donnie Yen's manager tells Monkey Peaches that the actor has around half a dozen film projects on offer and all are looking at him...
Joshua, Waitress Score Big Deals
Short of the Weinstein's "Grace is Gone" buy for $4 million early on in the festival, the first several days of Sundance this year...
Acquisitions: Teeth, Paint, Moon
"Lionsgate and the Weinstein Co. have decided to distribute "Teeth" worldwide as equal partners like they did with "Dogma" and "Farenheit 9/11". After initially...
MGM Feels The Power Of Christ
MGM has acquired North American distribution rights to "Myriam, Mother of the Christ," the biblical story of Mary says The Hollywood Reporter.A dramatic rendering...
Clive Owen Is Philip Marlowe
Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment want Clive Owen to star as Raymond Chandler's hardboiled private eye Philip Marlowe reports Variety.Strike has made a deal...
Clubland Lands $4 Million Deal
"Clubland", the new Australian feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival yesterday, has been bought by Warner Independent for the important US,...
Trade Breaks: Mummy 3, Shell, Suspect
"Al Gough, who is co-writing the third installment in the Mummy film franchise with partner Miles Millar, told SCI FI Wire that the sequel...
Connery Talks Indiana Jones IV
Sir Sean Connery has confirmed he is considering returning to the silver screen to reprise one of his most popular roles in Indiana Jones...
Baker Talks Lizard In Spider-Man
While promoting his new series "Drive" on Fox, actor Dylan Baker was happy to talk with iF Magazine about his role in "Spider-Man 3"...
Rogue Hires Some Violent Couriers
Rogue Pictures and Intrepid Pictures have scored movie rights to the action graphic novel series "Couriers" says The Hollywood Reporter.Scribe Javier Grillo-Marxuach (TV's "Lost",...
Teitelman Is A Big Man
Sony Pictures has set first-time feature helmer Mark Teitelman to direct its teen comedy "Big Man on Campus" says The Hollywood Reporter.The story is...
New Line Remakes Kong Doco
Picturehouse and New Line have acquired rights to "The King of Kong," a documentary that premieres in competition at Slamdance tonight."The King of Kong"...
Weinstein’s Grace Is Long Gone
The Weinstein Co. has acquired worldwide distribution rights to James Strouse's "Grace is Gone" after the successful premiere at Sundance.The sub-$5 million budgeted "Grace"...
The Random Spiel: January 21st 2007
A script review is out for Steven Soderbergh's "The Argentine", the first of the Soderbergh films on Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.-The first footage from...
Spider-Man 4, Rambo 4 Updates
Superhero Hype reports that Sony Pictures are so excited about the early cut they've seen of "Spider-Man 3" that they want to push forward...
Trade Breaks: Crazy, PGA, Hitcher
"Magnolia Pictures nailed a deal late Saturday for North American rights to "Crazy Love," director Dan Klores' provocative documentary about a couple who marries...
Greengrass Visits The Emerald City
Director Paul Greengrass ("United 93", "The Bourne Supremacy") is set to write and direct a movie about the aftermath of the Iraq invasion reports...
Formula One McClaren Gets Biopic
"The Lord of the Rings" producer Barrie Osborne is planning a $100 million biopic of Formula One racing car legend Bruce McLaren.Making the announcement...
Kring Talks Heroes Second Half
"Heroes" creator Tim Kring talked with iF Magazine about the upcoming second half of the hit show's first season which kicks off again tomorrow...
Faye Dunaway Joins Welsh Flick
Faye Dunaway playing a one-armed female police officer in a Welsh low budget horror film. No April Fools hasn't arrived early, surprisingly it is...
Aronofsky Dives For A Black Swan
Universal Pictures has acquired "Black Swan," a psychological thriller to be produced by Protozoa and Phoenix Pictures reports Variety.Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain", "Requiem for...
Fishburne Likes Them At 21
Laurence Fishburne is in final negotiations, whilst Liza Lapira and Josh Gad have already joined Columbia Pictures' Vegas-set thriller "21".The film is based on...
A Washington Lakeview For Samuel
Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington are in negotiations to co-star in the Screen Gems thriller "Lakeview Terrace" reports the trades.Penned by David Loughery,...
Mira Nair Picks Up Shantaram
Mira Nair ("The Namesake", "Vanity Fair", "Monsoon Wedding") will direct big-budget Johnny Depp starrer "Shantaram" for Warner Bros. Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B...
Wes & Joe Become Hank & Mike
Wes Bentley and Joe Mantegna have been the cast in "Hank and Mike," a dark comedy about two Easter bunnies being produced by Darius...
Garner Joins Coming-Of-Age Juno
Jennifer Garner will star in Mandate Pictures coming-of-age comedy "Juno" alongside Ellen Page reports Ace Showbiz.Diablo Cody penned the script, centered on a teenager...
Harrison Looks At Fundraising
Dennie Gordon ("What a Girl Wants", TV's "The Office") will helm the indie political satire "Harrison for America" for the Johnson-Roessler Co.Penned by Alex...
Departed Also Becoming A Trilogy?
"The Departed" did such a good job ripping off the best bits from the first film in the Hong Kong-made "Infernal Affairs" trilogy,...
Salvador Dali Paints A Pacino Picture
Al Pacino will play artist Salvador Dali in the Andrew Niccol directed "Dali & I: The Surreal Story" reports Variety.The film covers the latter...