Both the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office have launched an inquiry into how the New York Post obtained a bootleg copy of Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ , according to IMDb . The movie is said to have been screened...
MGM have bought the rights for Richard Parker's Don't Tell My Mother , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie centers on an acclaimed magazine editor who is forced to work for the third-rate porn mag Thruster. He...
Joe Roth has signed up to direct Tim Allen in the comedy Skipping Christmas , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie is based on the John Grisham novel and is adapted by Chris Columbus. 'Christmas' will see Allen...
Andy Serkis has been speaking with The Star about his role as Gollum in the upcoming Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . As a side question he was asked whether he was involved in Peter Jackson's King Kong...
The people behind Ice Age , including director Chris Wedge, will be making Wainscott Weasel , a children's book by young-adult author Tor Seidler, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Blue Sky, the animation company, is...
Warner Bros. have released the very first preview poster for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . Check out a larger version by clicking on the picture below. Warner Bros. have also released 7 new movie stills from...
Dimension Films has hired Michael Dougherty to write Wake the Dead , a feature adaptation of the horror comic set. The deal is worth a mid-six against high-six figure, according to Hollywood Reporter sources. The story...
Hayden Christensen has been speaking with Canoe about Star Wars: Episode III . He was asked whether we will hear Darth Vader's famous breathing in the final prequel. "You'll hear the breathing." He paused, then added, "I...
Dimension Films is in talks to purchase a pitch by Simon Kinberg based on The Lost Years of Merlin book series, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The five-book 'Merlin' series, which has nearly 2 million copies in...
Alexi Hawley has been hired to rewrite Morgan Creek's Exorcist: The Beginning . Hawley will do a production cleanup for the newly appointed director Renny Harlin, who has signed on to direct six weeks of reshoots after...
Miramax Films has bought the rights to Shona Auerbach's directorial debut Dear Frankie , according to the Hollywood Reporter. 'Frankie' follows a deaf boy and his mother as they struggle to hide the fact that they've run...
Peter Jackson has been speaking out to AICN about news that New Line had forced him to cut out Christopher Lee's Saruman scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . We have decided to save the Saruman...
Will Smith is to star in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy Last First Kiss , Variety. With Andy Tennant in talks to direct. Smith will play a date doctor who claims his service can match lifemates in just three dates. A...
Producer Brian Grazer has been speaking with USA Today at the Cat in the Hat premiere. He revealed that he has received the draft script and that we can expect a sequel as early as next year Producer Brian Grazer has...
After announcing Steve Martin is to star in The Birth of the Pink Panther , MGM have now recruited Shawn Levy to direct and Bob Simonds to produce, according to the Hollywood Reporter The comedy will reunite the trio,...
Michael Dougherty has been hired to write Wake the Dead , a feature adaptation of the horror comic set up at Dimension Films. The deal is worth mid-six against high-six figures, according to Hollywood Reporter sources....
Walt Disney have secured a deal to distribute Walden Media's big-budget adventure epic Around the World in 80 Days , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The project had been without a distributor throughout its...
Producer Frank Marshall (Arachnophobia) has been speaking with UGO about what we can expect in Indiana Jones 4 . It’s going to totally be in the style and the tone of the first three. I mean, were not going to do...
Steve Martin will be stepping into the trench coat of the hapless Inspector Clouseau for MGM's revisit to its Pink Panther franchise with The Birth of the Pink Panther , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The original...
Wes Craven's ' Cursed ' is back up and running again after an extended hiatus during the summer, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The break was called so the filmmakers could plan for more special effects than...
The Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday devoted to the deceased, will be turned into a horror project for Paramount Pictures and MTV Films, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Diego Gutierrez will write the screenplay....
Ian McKellen has posted a new entry in his White Book in which he reveals that he has just last week finished working on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by recording the final scraps of dialogue for the...
Commercial helmer Noam Murro has signed on to direct DreamWorks The Ring 2 , according to the Hollywood Reporter. Murro will be taking over the director's chair for the sequel from Gore Verbinski, the original director...
Samuel L. Jackson has speaking to TheForce.net about his role as Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode III . He was asked about his experience working on the final Star Wars movie. "It´s been awesome! It was a lot more than I...
Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock will be teaming up to star in Ben Younger's feature Prime , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The romantic comedy, being produced by sisters Suzanne and Jennifer Todd, is a New York-set...
Gas Powered Games' best-selling game Dungeon Siege is to be adapted by Boll KG for the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter Uwe Boll will direct the $50 million film, which he calls "The Lord of the Rings"...
Warner Bros. have released the very first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . You can download the trailer to your desktop by selecting a link below! QuickTime: Teaser ,...
Christopher Lee, who plays wizard Saruman in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, says he was stunned to find out that his scenes from Return of the King had been cut. Speaking on a UK TV show he said, "Of course I am very...
Steven Spielberg, alongside Richard Donner (Goonies) and Chris Columbus (Harry Potter) have bought the rights for the Goonies 2 script, according to MTV. Richard Donner said that they were trying very hard to get Warner...
According to FilmForce sources, The Matrix Revolutions maybe released to DVD earlier than expected. If the reports are true then we could possibly see a release before this Christmas. Worried that the time to make money...
The sequels to this years box office smash Pirates of the Caribbean may get a Matrix-type back-to-back production, according to Variety sources. The concept of back-to-back production has already been tried and tested by...
The official 'Harry Potter' website spoke with star Daniel Radcliffe about his experience on working on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . Q: Are you going to work in anymore Harry Potter films? A: At the moment...
Jeremy Irons will be replacing Ian McKellen in Michael Radford's bigscreen adaptation of The Merchant of Venice , according to Variety. Reportedly this is due to shooting delays that have caused conflicts with McKellen's...
A TheForce.net reader has been doing some research into possible Star Wars: Episode III titles by checking out related registered domain names. Called Register.com this evening. Asked the nice person (I'll keep his or...
USA Today have posted some new pictures from the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . The actual movie will hit theaters June 4, 2004. Michael Gambon as the new Dumbledore Pam Ferris as floating...
Producers for The Punisher have decided that they are aiming the movie at a mature age, and so giving at a R rating according to Comics Continuum . "Obviously, we aren't in a position to rate the film. But in terms of...
Ashton Kutcher and Paul Walker have been cast as the leads in the TV adapataion 'The Dukes of Hazzard' according to The Hollywood Reporter. It looks as if the old General Lee will be getting a tuneup. The script for...
Empire Online talked to director Christopher Nolan about Batman 5 while he promoting the DVD release of his debut film Following . He lays to rest the rumors that were circulating about his cometment to the superhero...
There has been more speculation on the cast of the A-Team movie. AICN reports: So how's The A-Team fit in? Dirk Benedict (Face) was interviewed today. He said he didn't know exactly where the A-Team film sits in...
Peyton Reed has left the comic-book adaptation of the Fantastic Four after he had "creative differences" with 20th Century Fox, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Reed who worked with Fox in the Renee Zellweger-Ewan...
The very first look at Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius in SpiderMan 2 is now online, courtesy of AICN . The poster of Doc Ock was revealed by Sony/Marvel's Avi Arad and Laura Zisken at Comic-Con. Check it out below!
According to The Herald , Christopher Lee and Sean Austin will be teaming up to star in the remake of cult horror The Wicker Man . May Day, which has been written by Robin Hardy, the director of The Wicker Man, will...
Jimmy Fallon ("Saturday Night Live") has joined the cast of Taxi , according to The Hollywood Reporter. He will star alongside Queen Latifah for helmer Tim Story. This Taxi is a remake of the original 1998...
Oded Fehr ( The Mummy )and Sienna Guillory ( Helen of Troy ) have come aboard the cast of the sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse , according to The Hollywood Reporter. Director Alexander Witt is signed on to direct the...
A source at Cinescape is claiming that Warner Bros. are close to pulling the plug on Catwoman , which has Halle Berry attached to play the lead. He said "It's stillborn," about the status of the production, which is...
Terrence Malick ( The Thin Red Line ) is attached to direct Benicio Del Toro in Che , according to The Hollywood Reporter. Said to be an epic about the life and death of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Steven Soderbergh...
Gil Bellows ("Ally McBeal") is teaming with Jennifer Westfeldt ( Kissing Jessica Stein ) to star in writer-director Stu Pollard's Keep Your Distance , according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jennifer Westfeldt, Gil Bellows...
Nona Gaye spoke with SciFi-Wire about reprising her role of Zee in The Matrix Revolutions . She told them that all the questions raised in The Matrix Reloaded will be answered in the sequel. "People will be relieved when...