Luc Besson is teaming with Michelle Yeoh for a biopic on Burmese pro-democracy politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Yeoh plays Suu Kyi in the project, which has the working title " Into the Light ."
Kelly Osbourne will co-star with Miley Cyrus in the action-comedy " So Undercover ." Film is about a female private investigator played by Cyrus who is hired by the FBI to go undercover at a college sorority.
Keke Palmer is tuning up to star alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton in Alcon Entertainment's musical " Joyful Noise ." Story follows two women who join forces to prevent a small-town gospel choir from shutting...
Director Gary Fleder and writer Caroline Case are collaborating on psychological thriller " Indiscretion " for Escape Artists. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing. "Impostor," "Runaway Jury" and...
Magnet Releasing has picked up U.S. distribution rights to the genre flick Hobo With a Shotgun . The company plans a release in 2011. The film, which stars Rutger Hauer as a homeless vigilante in an exploitation workout,...
Oscar-winning-actress Cate Blanchett will reprise her Lord Of The Rings role of Galadriel for the trilogy's prequel The Hobbit , it has been confirmed. Director Peter Jackson said he was "thrilled" she had signed up as...
After over eight months of on-and-off-again negotiations, Universal has acquired the rights to Ricardo De Montreuil's short film The Raven . Mark Wahlberg is producing the feature-length project alongside partner Steve...
British director Dominic Murphy is set to helm " Cassandra at the Wedding ," his follow-up to debut feature "White Lightnin'," which bowed last year at Sundance. Story centers on 26-year-old Cassandra, whose life is...
Caleb Landry Jones is in talks to join the cast of U's " Contraband " with Mark Wahlberg. Pic is a remake of the Icelandic pic "Reykjavic-Rotterdam" and is being directed by Baltasar Kormakur, who also penned, produced...
Irrfan Khan, Gerard Depardieu and Adil Hussain have joined the cast of Fox 2000's " Life of Pi ," which Ang Lee begins lensing early next year. They join newcomer Suraj Sharma, who will play the title role in the...
Justin Timberlake was injured Wednesday while performing a stunt on the film set of Now, his rep tells Entertainment Tonight. Timberlake continued shooting that day, and returned to work on Thursday. He'll have a...
Warner Bros. is developing " The Rabbit ," an escape artist action comedy that will star Chris Tucker with Dan Lin producing. Project's based on a spec script written by Micah Barnett and centers on a Las Vegas magician...
Phil Lord and Chris Miller may end up singing for their supper. The Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs co-writer-directors are in talks with Disney to develop and direct the comedy Bob the Musical. If they end up making...
Brit helmer Michael J. Bassett has signed on to direct supernatural horror pic " Saint Mary's ." The "Solomon Kane" and "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" helmer will pen the screenplay with creator and co-writer Matthew...
Kimberley Walsh of Brit band Girls Aloud has joined the cast of 3D kids pic " Horrid Henry : The Movie," alongside topliners Anjelica Huston and Richard E. Grant. Story sees Horrid Henry fight his ongoing battle against...
Kevin Smith has hand-picked thesp Nicholas Braun to star in the director's upcoming indie hockey-themed pic " Hit Somebody ." Based on a Warren Zevon song, with lyrics by Mitch Albom, " Hit Somebody " centers on a so-so...
Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi are in talks to join Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale in the thriller " Contraband " for Universal. The Working Title production is a remake of the Icelandic pic "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" and...
French thesp Virginie Ledoyen will star opposite Shawn Andrews in indie drama " The Last Beat ," produced by Bohemia Group. Robert Saitzyk ("Godspeed") is directing from his own script, centered on a world-weary...
Heath Ledger will not appear in The Dark Knight Rises . And we heard it from director Christopher Nolan himself. At an awards season party last night for Inception, we asked the filmmaker about a report on a New Zealand...
It’s official: Channing Tatum is joining Jonah Hill to star in Columbia Pictures’ 21 Jump Street . Jump Street was a hit show in the early days of Fox Broadcasting and featured a group of young-looking cops who...
Josh Brolin will produce, direct and star in an adaptation of the Dominique Cieri play " Pitz and Joe " for Warner Bros. Maya Forbes, whose credits include "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "The Rocker," will pen the adaptation...
Catherine Hardwicke is in talks to direct the bigscreen adaptation of James Dashner's young adult sci-fi tome " The Maze Runner " for 20th Century Fox. Dashner's dystopian storyline revolves around a teenager who wakes...
Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The Zombieland director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie Gangster Squad , pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. Gangster is based on a...
Comicbook series " New-Gen Universe ," from A.P.N.G. Enterprises, will get a live-action feature treatment with Mark Hamill attached to star. "New-Gen," about twin brothers who discover their identity while fighting a...
Mary J. Blige is in talks to star in the Warner Bros.' adaptation of the Broadway musical " Rock of Ages " at New Line. "Hairspray" helmer Adam Shankman is directing and choreographing " Rock of Ages ," which is built...
The masked man of the Old West may be galloping to the bigscreen soon as Disney has signed Gore Verbinski to direct " The Lone Ranger ." Jerry Bruckheimer is producing and Johnny Depp is attached to play Tonto. The Mouse...
The Swedish invasion of Hollywood continues. Swedish directing team Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein have been hired to direct Underworld 4 for Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment. Kate Beckinsale is set to return as...
Angela Bassett has joined Fox's " This Means War " alongside Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon, with McG directing. The action/romantic comedy centers on two best friends and international spies who fall in...
Luis Guzmán is playing Vanessa Hudgens’ father in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island , the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D for New Line. The story, loosely based on Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island, sees...
Disney has already turned theme park attractions into movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. Now it’s one step closer to turning the entire park into the basis of a movie. Jon Favreau is set to...
Elizabeth Banks is negotiating to take on the female lead in Welcome to People , the Dreamworks drama written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert. People follows a businessman who returns home after his...
Camilla Belle is in negotiations to star opposite Aussie thesp Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") in pic " Zebras ," which is in pre-production. Story, penned by David Williamson ("Gallipoli"), is based on the true-life tale of...
Roadside Attractions is turning up the volume for Mark Landsman's music docu " Thunder Soul ," scooping up North American rights to the Snoot Entertainment-produced pic. " Thunder Soul " tells the story of how alumni...
Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Hilary Swank are in talks to join the cast of New Line's ensemble comedy " New Year's Eve ," a spinoff of Garry Marshall's "Valentine's Day." Kutcher was part of...
Steve Carell is set to star in " Imagine " for Warner Bros. Story centers on a rocker who decides to change his life after discovering a letter written to him by John Lennon -- prompting him to track down his biological...
Could Rachel McAdams be an upset contender for best actress as the scrappy TV producer in Morning Glory , a chipper, slapdash update of Broadcast News? An Oscar nomination is a longshot given the competition, but she...
Sally Field as Aunt May? The actress is in early talks to play Peter Parker’s beloved aunt in the new Spider-Man movie, which Marc Webb is directing for Columbia. The news comes on the heels of Martin Sheen in final...
Rebecca Hall is in talks to star in an adaptation of Tom Bradby's tome " Shadow Dancer ," currently in pre-production. Story, adapted by Bradby, follows the tale of a young woman, a former IRA terrorist turned informer...
Guy East and Nigel Sinclair's Exclusive Media Group has come aboard to produce and fully finance Miley Cyrus action-comedy " So Undercover ." In the pic, Cyrus plays a private investigator hired by the FBI to go...
Scarlett Johansson as the perfect woman? A perfect alien woman? That is what FilmNation is selling at AFM, launching Under the Skin , a sci-fi drama from Sexy Beast writer-director Jonathan Glazer. According to the...
The Weinstein Company has nabbed North American and U.K. rights to " Santa's Apprentice ," a 2D animated feature produced by French company Gaumont's toon production arm Alphanim. A spinoff of Jan Van Rijsselberge's hit...
Al Pacino has set financial thriller " Arbitrage " as his next film. He'll star opposite Eva Green and Susan Sarandon. " Arbitrage " stars Pacino as a hedge fund magnate who is in over his head and desperate to complete...
Brad Pitt is reteaming with Andrew Dominik, his director of The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, for a comedic crime story titled Cogan’s Trade . Trade centers on Jackie Cogan, a professional...
Erik Larson’s acclaimed novel The Devil in the White City is getting another shot at the big screen, this time with the help of Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way shingle. The nonfiction story focuses on the lives of...
Two more names have been added to the cast of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit : James Nesbitt and newcomer Adam Brown. Nesbitt is set to play a dwarf named Bofur. Says Jackson in a statement, "James’s charm, warmth and wit...
Ed Harris is stepping on to " Man on a Ledge ," joining Summit's cop thriller as a powerful businessman opposite Sam Worthington and Elizabeth Banks. Story centers on an ex-cop and now wanted fugitive, portrayed by...
James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Ashley Jensen, have joined the voice cast of Aardman Animations’ 3D, CG-animated family comedy, Arthur Christmas , Sony Pictures Animation...
"The Last Exorcism" creators Eli Roth, Eric Newman and Paris-based StudioCanal, are re-teaming on a genre follow-up, suspense pic " Psycho Killer ," written by "Seven" scribe Andrew Kevin Walker. "Killer" turns on a...
Abigail Breslin is in talks to join the cast of New Line's " New Year's Eve ," a spinoff to Garry Marshall's "Valentine's Day." Pic will be set in New York and follow intertwining stories of characters trying to navigate...
Scott Kosar will make his directorial debut on " The Family ," an indie drama focusing on the wayward teens who became the Manson Family. Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") will play Charles Manson, who was found guilty of...