Blunt Goes Nuts For Joker In Knight?
Remember the rumours of "The Devil Wears Prada" actress Emily Blunt being up for the Katie Holmes role in "The Dark Knight"? Turns...
Smurfs, Ulysses, Gold Are Coming Back
With "TMNT" having been released, "Transformers" a few months from delivery, and the likes of "Battle of the Planets" and "Astro Boy" on the...
The A-Team Finally Moving Forward
This past TV season the big gamble was on serial dramas, with numerous ones falling flat on their face - though one or two...
Think 300, But With Women
Thanks to the success of "300," lots of ancient war epics are getting a glance over amongst agents and studios with the hopes of...
Frank Talks Tombstones & Next
A few years back a film adaptation of Lawrence Block's novel "A Walk Among the Tombstones" fell apart.At the time Harrison Ford had signed...
Boorman, Hunnam Pen Their Memoirs
After Elton reports that John Boorman ("Excalibur," "Deliverance") will direct "Memoirs of Hadrian," a film based on French writer Marguerite Yourcenar's 1951 hit novel.The...
How To Get Under Chris Evans
The Human Torch himself Chris Evans tells Entertainment Weekly that he will star in "Under the Blue Sky", an Iraq war drama to be...
Rice’s Jesus Spreads The Word
IGN Movies reports that plans are underway to bring Anne Rice's novel "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" to the big screen.Good News Holdings,...
John Le Carre’s Song Gets Played
Following its successful adaptation of John Le Carre's "The Constant Gardener", Potboiler Productions is preparing a new film based on Le Carre's latest book,...
Paramount Buys Into The New Reich
Paramount Pictures has optioned "The Rules of Deception," the first of a two-novel series by Christopher Reich ("The Patriot's Club"). Lorenzo di Bonaventura will...
Travolta Briefly Talks Hogs Sequel
John Travolta refused to confirm that phenomenally successful middle-aged men turned biker comedy "Wild Hogs" will have a sequel reports UK Teletext.The actor explained:...
Wahlberg Set For Shyamalan’s Happening
Twentieth Century Fox will release M. Night Shyamalan's paranoia thriller, "The Happening," worldwide on Friday June 13th 2008.Mark Wahlberg is set to star in...
Hilary Swank Gets Frisky With Strangers
Hilary Swank will produce and potentially star in a remake of Patrice Leconte's 2004 French film "Intimate Strangers" for Paramount Pictures reports Variety."Intimate Strangers"...
Paula Patton Does It With Mirrors
Paula Patton ("Deja Vu," "Idlewild") has signed on to star opposite Kiefer Sutherland in 20th Century Fox's "Mirrors," which Alexandre Aja ("The Hills Have...
Rod Lurie Goes To The Dogs
Rod Lurie ("The Contender," TV's "Commander-in-Chief") is on board to direct a remake of the 1971 thriller "Straw Dogs" for Screen Gems says The...
Leoni & Duchovny Are Digest Dreamers
Tea Leoni and David Duchovny will produce "American Dreamers", the story of Reader's Digest founders DeWitt Wallace and Lila Acheson Wallace reports Variety.Based on...
Best Time In The Sack? Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys has signed on to star with Keira Knightley and Lindsay Lohan in "The Best Time of Our Lives" for...
Trade Breaks: Kid, Mortadelo, Hope
"Montecito Pictures and DreamWorks have picked up "The Creepy Kid," a comedy spec from scribes Ethan Furman and Adam Farasati. The logline is...
David O. Russell Climbs A Hill
David O. Russell ("Three Kings," "I Heart Huckabees") is adapting and is attached to direct the subversive Washington comedy "Sammy's Hill" for Sony Pictures...
Gosnell Declares War On Oprah’s Hobby
The Weinstein Company has attached "Scooby-Doo" & "Never Been Kissed" helmer Raja Gosnell to direct romantic comedy "The Book Club" reports Variety.Story concerns a...
Jellyfish Don’t Like Fool’s Gold
Irukandji jellyfish, among the world's most toxic creatures, is spreading along Australia's coastline as a result of global warming reports The Telegraph.Their discovery has...
The Random Spiel: March 29th 2007
The Bryan Singer/Tom Cruise WW2 film is going by the name "Valkyrie" says The Guardian. This is the codename for the Hitler...
Jim Carrey Takes Some Me Time
Jim Carrey will produce and potentially star in the comedy "Me Time" for 20th Century Fox reports Variety.Ian Roberts and Jay Martel ("Air Guitar...
Mirren and Harris Uncover Treasure
Oscar winner Helen Mirren and Ed Harris have joined the cast of Disney's action-adventure sequel "National Treasure: The Book of Secrets" which is now...
Sequels: Potter, Kombat, X-Files, 28
Lots of talk about potential sequels in the last 48 hours. Some sounds enticing, some far too hopeful, and others just plain ridiculous.First...
Fireflies Buzz All-Star Quintet
Willem Dafoe, Hayden Panettiere, Shannon Lucio, Ioan Gruffudd and George Newbern are joining the ensemble cast of Senator Entertainment's "Fireflies in the Garden" says...
Ice Cube Requires Some Tough Love
Dimension Films has picked up comedy script "Tough Love" from writers Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, with Ice Cube attached to star and Thomas...
From Dreams To Wings For Hudson
They won this year's best actor and supporting actress Oscars, now they may be playing father and daughter it seems.Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls") is tipped...
Elizabeth Banks On Barb Comedy
Elizabeth Banks ("Seabiscuit," "Spider-Man 3") will star in and produce the Universal romantic comedy "What About Barb" reports Variety.The story follows a socialite who...
Trades: Dick, Days, Cottage, Bingen
"Dickhouse Prods., the home of "Jackass" producers Spike Jonze, Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine, has signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures/MTV Films. ...