After scrapping the project, which was to have been directed by David Dobkin, earlier this year, Warners is in talks with Colin Farrell to potentially star in a revived version as Lancelot. Last year, the studio cast Kit...
"X-Men: First Class" and "Prometheus" star Michael Fassbender may be staying in business with 20th Century Fox, as he's in early talks to topline Gerardo Naranjo's romantic drama " The Mountain Between Us ." J. Mills...
Chloë Grace Moretz and Rupert Grint have joined the all-star cast of The Drummer , the biopic of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson from directing and writing duo Randall Miller and Jody Savin Aaron Eckhart is portraying...
Vivica A. Fox, Joelle Carter and Ross McCall will topline indie relationship comedy " It's Not You, It's Me ," set to be shot in Los Angeles in the coming weeks. " It's Not You, It's Me " tells the story of a...
Inferno Entertainment has optioned Harlan Coben's novel " Hold Tight " and tapped scribe Scott F. Butler to adapt the standalone thriller. " Hold Tight ," which debuted atop the New York Times' best-seller list in April...
Jeremy Irons is in final negotiations to join the cast of Beautiful Creatures , Alcon’s adaptation of the young adult novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The latter duo are the centerpiece of the coming-of-age story...
"Scream 4" star Emma Roberts is joining the cast of Dito Montiel's heist drama " Empire State ," which stars Liam Hemsworth and Dwayne Johnson. Based on true events that took place in 1982, Adam Mazer's script centers on...
Universal has hired Oscar-winning scribe and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes to write the adaptation of Gypsy . The play and movie is based on the memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee, a burlesque dancer, and the relationship...
Dylan Baker, who co-starred in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" sequels, is set to make his directorial debut with " 23 Blast ," an indie drama that will star Mark Hapka ("Days of Our Lives") and Max Adler ("Glee"), as well as...
"Ugly Betty" star Tony Plana has joined the cast of the Paramount pic " Pain and Gain ," which Michael Bay is directing from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Based on a true story, film stars Mark...
C. Thomas Howell has joined the cast of indie crime drama " Magic Hour ," produced by Busted Buggy Entertainment and Sunside Film. The project is helmed by Cole Mueller from his own script; production wraps in late March...
Czech tough-guy thesp Karel Roden will play mad Nazi scientist Viktor in " Frankenstein's Army ," a Gothic WWII fantasy shooting near Karlovy Vary. The Czech shoot, portraying Viktor's efforts to turn around German...
Colm Meaney, one of the co-stars of AMC’s Hell on Wheels, has joined the cast of The Occult , an indie thriller from LD Entertainment. Rufus Sewell and Anne Heche are already on board the project, which details the...
Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote and starred in the 2001 indie hit Kissing Jessica Stein, seemed to have everything working against her when it came to making her latest film, Friends With Kids . The comedy-drama about a...
Jessica Lucas, who was one of the stars of CW’s Melrose Place, is in talks to join the production, being made by FilmDistrict and Ghost House while relative newcomer Elizabeth Blackmore is set for a role in the horror...
As if taking cues from a military campaign, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s new film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden has begun production under a shroud of secrecy — and has immediately hit unforeseen...
Rhys Ifans, who plays the villainous Lizard in "The Amazing Spider-Man," is in negotiations to join Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in Susanne Bier's adaptation of Ron Rash's novel " Serena ," which has also added...
Elle Fanning is in early talks to star in Disney's " Maleficent ," opposite Angelina Jolie. " Maleficent " revolves around the green-skinned wicked witch seen in Disney's 1959 toon "Sleeping Beauty."
Devon Werkheiser, who starred in Nickelodeon's hit series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide," has landed the lead in a new, low-budget Televisa pic titled " I Brake For Gringos ." Werkheiser will play Logan...
With Dominic Cooper falling out due to scheduling conflicts, Warner Bros. and Dark Castle have worked fast to find a new leading man for " Motor City ." Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star. Story follows a felon...
It has been more than a decade since Woody Allen acted in a film he didn't direct, but the recent Oscar-winner is set to join John Turturro in the indie comedy " Fading Gigolo ," which Turturro is writing and directing....
Forest Whitaker and David Oyelowo are in negotiations to star in Lee Daniels' " The Butler ," with Whitaker playing the title role and Oyelowo as his son. Based on the Washington Post report by Wil Haygood, story follows...
Paramount has tapped its "Tropic Thunder" scribe Etan Cohen to make his directorial debut on the horror-comedy " Boy Scouts vs. Zombies ." Story follows three high school Boy Scouts who must use their skills to save...
Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick and Miles Teller will star in the comedy tentatively titled Get A Job, which Dylan Kidd is directing for CBS Films. A multi-generational comedy about four recent college graduates, written...
Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Liana Liberato and Kristen Bell have joined the cast of Writers , a feature film starring Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly, which marks the feature directing debut of Josh Boone,...
Kristen Bell has been cast in Some Girls , director Jennifer Getzinger’s adaptation of Neil LaBute’s play. Adam Brody (Damsels in Distress) co-stars as a man who attempts to make amends with several ex-girlfriends on the...
Top comediennes Rose Byrne ("Bridesmaids") and Anna Faris ("The Dictator") are set to join Rafe Spall and Simon Baker in Working Title's romantic comedy "I Give It a Year." Dan Mazer is writing and directing the pic,...
Hot off his starring turn in Warner Bros.' hit comedy "Project X," Thomas Mann is in negotiations to join the studio's adaptation of " Beautiful Creatures ," the first novel in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's popular...
Scott Hampton's supernatural graphic novel " Trespassers " is headed toward the bigscreen with Ryan E. Heppe producing and Bob Gale ("Back to the Future") on board to adapt. Story centers on a group of mythbusters, set...
Uruguay's Lavoragine Films is teaming with Argentina's Lagarto Cine and Brazil's Contagio Filmes to produce thriller " Zanahoria ," Enrique Buchichio's second film after the breakout "Leo's Room." The pic, which is based...
Simon Baker looks to have found his next project during his hiatus as "The Mentalist" star is set for the Working Title's " I Give it a Year ." The story revolves around the comedic trials and tribulations of a pair of...
Julianne Margulies, whose career was made by playing a phsyician on the long-running medical drama ER, is back in medical mode for Stand Up Guys , the upcoming action comedy from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and...
Disney has found four more thesps to round out the cast of its Gore Verbinski-helmed actioner " The Lone Ranger ." Matt O'Leary and Harry Treadaway will play members of Butch Cavendish's gang, and W. Earl Brown and Leon...
Columbia Pictures has acquired rights to develop the Dutch thriller " Taped " as an English-language pic to be produced by Red Wagon Entertainment's Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher. Dutch film follows a young couple...
Inferno Entertainment has acquired Natalie Krinsky's spec script " The Museum of Broken Relationships ," which was featured on the 2011 Black List. Inferno will produce the pic, while Krinsky will exec produce. Story...
Nicole Kidman has been cast as Colin Firth's wife in '' The Railway Man ,'' replacing Rachel Weisz in the role. '' The Railway Man ,'' directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, is in pre-production to start shooting in April. A...
Harvey Weinstein says he talked to Katy Perry about playing Paul Potts ' wife in a biopic of the British cell phone salesman-turned-opera sensation. Potts' life was turned upside down when he appeared on Britain's Got...
"Odd Thomas" star Addison Timlin is in negotiations to join the cast of Lionsgate's action-comedy " Stand Up Guys ," which Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment are producing. Story follows two former...
Beyonce has signed on to star in a movie musical directed by Glee creator, Ryan Murphy. Murphy's production company has confirmed the film will be called One Hit Wonders . It will also star Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow...
Sofia Coppola has tapped Emma Watson to star in " The Bling Ring ," the true story of a group of teenagers who commit a string of celebrity burglaries. "I'm excited about the young cast we're assembling and I'm looking...
Gerard Butler is set to star in Lakeshore Entertainment's diamond-heist thriller " Brilliant ," which will reunite him with helmer Robert Luketic, who directed the Scottish thesp in "The Ugly Truth." Butler replaces Eric...
According to local media reports, Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow is shooting her untitled film in India based on the Navy SEAL Team Six operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Bigelow “arrived in India on Tuesday...
"The Descendants" thesp Mary Birdsong, "Community" star Yvette Nicole Brown and Missi Pyle have been cast as the three Fates in Fox 2000's "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Sea of Monsters." The three Fates will be...
British auteur Terence Davies is developing a feature based on " Mother of Sorrows ," the prize-winning 2005 debut novel by American Richard McCann. " Mother of Sorrows " consists of 10 interwoven stories about two...
Director Joe Johnston is reteaming with his "Captain America" thesp JJ Feild, who has been cast in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Prods.' low-budget thriller " Not Safe For Work " along with Tom Gallop and Emmy winner...
Antonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in Carlos Saura's upcoming "33 dias" ( 33 Days ), about the painter's emotional turmoil as he worked on masterpiece "Guernica." "33 dias" refers to the time Picasso spent on the...
The studio has entered negotiations to hand the reins of the project to John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the team behind the Vacation script, as well as the New Line hit Horrible Bosses and the studio's...
Harish Patel, actor and comedian Kulvinder Ghir, Amara Karan and actress, writer and cookery guru Madhur Jaffrey lead the cast of restaurant comedy Jadoo . Patel and Ghir star in the story of two warring brothers who...
Roadshow Films will release new comedy, Kath & Kimderella, in Australia on Sept. 6, the distributor said Tuesday . The film is the first feature from Australian comedy duo Jane Turner and Gina Riley, aka Kath and Kim,...
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