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...
MGM & Salma Hayek Make A Deal
MGM has formed a partnership with Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez to develop, produce and acquire mainstream films that either draw on Latin themes...
Trade Breaks: Mummy, Hugh, Chadster
""Stormbreaker" star Alex Pettyfer is up for the role of Alex O'Connell, the son of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz's characters in Universal Pictures'...
Mike Binder Takes Up Knitting
Mike Binder ("Reign Over Me," "The Upside of Anger") has been tapped to adapt Kate Jacobs' novel "The Friday Night Knitting Club" for Universal...
Erik Aude Biopic On Odd Days
"Rocky" and "Right Stuff" producer Robert Chartoff will make "Odd Days," based on the story of Erik Aude, a football star-turned-actor who was framed...
The Fiasco Is Going To New Heights
Universal is going to "Fiasco Heights," snapping up a thriller spec penned by new writer Kyle Ward and setting it up with Michael Bay's...
Tarantino Talks Abandoned Vega Film
For many years director Quentin Tarantino would bring up the idea of a film focussing on the two Vega brothers - Michael Madsen in...
Sendler – A Female Schindler’s List
Producers Jeff Rice and Jeff Most have teamed with screenwriter Lawrence Spagnola for a biopic of Irena Sendler says The Hollywood Reporter.Sendler was a...
Trade Breaks: Moyer, Everest, Tucker
"Stephen Moyer has landed the male lead opposite Anna Paquin in "True Blood," Alan Ball's vampire drama pilot for HBO Brook Kerr also has...
The Long And Wenders Road
Wim Wenders will produce and consult on "Open Road," an independently-financed father-son dramedy directed by his "Land of Plenty" scribe Michael Meredith says Variety.The...
Del Toro Talks The Hellboy Sequel
Currently in pre-production on "Hellboy 2" in Budapest, director Guillermo Del Toro spoke with The Age about some of his plans for the tone...
Hale Has A Rockett In His Pocket
Jordana Spiro (TV's "My Boys") and Tony Hale (TV's "Arrested Development") have joined the cast of the Patrick Sisam-directed indie drama "Rockett" says The...
Goyer Does Supervillain Prison Film
Just weeks after he and Warners split over "The Flash" project due to very different takes on the material, Goyer sold the studio on...
Give Some Padalecki This Christmas
Jared Padalecki, that 6'5" cool drink of water that stars in "Supernatural," has been cast as Thomas Kinkade in Lionsgate's "The Christmas Cottage".Based on...
Leonardo DiCaprio Spins Scott’s Lies
Leonardo DiCaprio is in early talks to star in Warner Bros.' adaptation of the new David Ignatius novel "Body of Lies" (previously known as...
Harrison Ford Is Crossing Over
With "Indiana Jones IV"not scheduled to start shooting til June, actor Harrison Ford has time to squeeze in a film project beforehand.Now, Variety has...
Trade Breaks: Shield, Sin, Harry
"Director D.J. Caruso says that he will shoot the premiere of the 2008 season of "The Shield," the final season of the highly acclaimed...