United Artists has signed a deal with Furst Films to produce David Ross' horror spec "The Woods," with helmer Lucky McKee ("May") attached to direct, reports Variety . Psychological horror story begins when a young...
Robert De Niro will star in "Rule Number Three," a comedy-drama that has long been considered a strong star vehicle, reports Variety . The Fox project concerns an arrogant firearms tycoon who attempts to bully a...
Scott Glenn and Harvey Keitel are joining the indie feature "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze," reports The Hollywood Reporter . Based on the novel by "The Bridges of Madison County" author Robert James Waller. The project --...
The Defiant Ones (1958)"The Defiant Ones," Stanley Kramer's 1958 thriller starring Tony Curtis and Sydney Poitier as escaped convicts bound at the wrist, is being remade at MGM, reports Variety . The studio is partnered...
Keanu Reeves will fill out a love triangle with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in an untitled comedy that marks one of three films he will shoot next year, reports Variety . Reeves will also star in "Thumbsucker," an...
Antoine Fuqua is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' "Strangers," a reconception of the Patricia Highsmith novel "Strangers on a Train," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The project, which will go out to...
Engelhart Investment Group has teamed with director Dimitri Logothetis and writer-producer Nicholas Celozzi on a biopic of mobster Sam Giancana, reports Variety . Logothetis and Celozzi acquired life rights to the...
MGM has acquired rights to the Ben Mezrich book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions" reports Variety . Published in October by Free Press, "Bringing Down the...
Disney has paid mid-six figures to pick up the rights to the children's book "Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella" penned by Susan Lowell, to be developed as a musical feature for the studio, reports Variety . Ross...
Frank Cappello has been hired by the Paramount to adapt the Tom Clancy novel "Rainbow Six," reports Variety . His deal calls for a second script that will be developed by Alphaville partners Sean Daniel and Jim Jacks,...
Steven Seagal has just closed deals to star in a remake of the 1975 thriller "The Yakuza," and as a former Vietnam veteran in "The Rescue." Seagal will be paid $4 million for each film, reports Variety . "The Yakuza" was...
Artisan Entertainment is dishing up a second "VeggieTales" cartoon, "The Bob and Larry Movie," which revisits the computer-generated exploits of Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, reports Variety . The New York-based...
Lasse Hallstrom ("The Shipping News") has come onboard to direct the A-bomb thriller "Bombshell" as a potential starring vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio, reports Variety "Bombshell" is an adaptation of "Bombshell: The...
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme ("The Truth About Charlie") is negotiating to direct Denzel Washington in the remake of "The Manchurian Candidate," reports Variety . Both Demme and Washington sparked to a strong script by...
Paramount Pictures will give big screen treatment for "21 Jump Street," reports Variety . The series launched the career of Johnny Depp and helped establish Rupert Murdoch's then-fledgling Fox network as a youth-demo...
Jimmy Fallon ("Saturday Night Live") is on board to star in a remake of the acclaimed French comedy "Tanguy," marking his first feature headlining job, reports The Miramax Films project follows a 28-year-old man who...
Frankie Muniz ("Malcolm in the Middle") is attached to an untitled bachelor party project at MGM, reports Variety . He will play a decidedly inexperienced younger brother who must plan the big night of illicit fun for...
Kate BeckinsaleKate Beckinsale ("Pearl Harbor") has been cast opposite Hugh Jackman in the gothic action extravaganza "Van Helsing," reports Variety . The Universal Pictures project pits Jackman, in the role of vampire...
Spyglass Entertainment has paid mid-six figures to option the English-language remake rights to Swedish supernatural thriller "The Invisible," to be penned by Mick Davis ("The Match"), reports Variety . The picture...
Producer Walter Parkes talks to MTV Online about "The Ring 2" the proposed sequel: "It's gonna be tough because the original sell of the movie was the idea of this haunted video tape," he explained. "Really the movie is...
January JonesJanuary Jones ("Bandits") has nabbed a role in "American Wedding," the third installment of Universal Pictures' successful "American Pie" franchise, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Jones joins Jason Biggs,...
Dakota Fanning has closed a deal to star opposite Denzel Washington in the Tony Scott-directed "Man on Fire," reports The Hollywood Reporter . Based on the A.J. Quinnell novel -- first published in hardcover in 1980 --...
Tintin, the intrepid young reporter who inevitably finds himself at the center of global adventures, is leaping from the comic book to the big screen, reports Variety . Steven Spielberg and frequent producing partner...
MGM is developing a political thriller centering on controversial issues such as civil liberties in a time of terrorism, reports Variety . In "Camp David," the U.S. president is taken hostage and put on "trial" for...
Richard RoxburghRichard Roxburgh ("Moulin Rouge") is in negotiations to play Count Dracula in "Van Helsing," reports Variety . Roxburgh will appear opposite fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman, who has the title role. Stephen...
TV helmer D.J. Caruso ("The Salton Sea") will direct Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in "Taking Lives," reports Variety . Based on the book by Michael Pye, "Lives" is the story of a female FBI profiler assigned to bring...
Aint It Cool News have posted the first pictures from the Mel Gibson directed "Passion." Starring Jim Caviezel in the lead of the Jesus Christ bio. Click on the image above for the rest
Christina Ricci is in negotiations to star opposite Charlize Theron in the indie feature "Monster," with first-time helmer Patty Jenkins directing from her own script, reports The Hollywood Reporter . "Monster" is based...
Rapper-actor Snoop Dogg is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros. Pictures' big-screen adaptation of the classic 1970s police-action series "Starsky and Hutch" for director Todd Phillips, reports The Hollywood Reporter...
Bebe Neuwirth Bebe Neuwirth has been added to the cast of the Warner Bros. Pictures thriller "The Big Bounce" for director George Armitage, reports The Hollywood Reporter . "Bounce," based on Elmore Leonard's novel of...
Leonardo DiCaprio will star in "The Good Shepherd," an epic history of the CIA, which will mark Robert De Niro's second turn as director, reports Variety . DiCaprio will play James Wilson, an idealistic Yale graduate...
Peter Hewitt ("Thunderpants") will direct the live-action/computer-animated feature version of "Garfield," reports Variety . Writing the Fox adaptation of the Universal Press syndicated comic strip are "Toy Story"...
Julianne Moore ("Far From Heaven") is in final negotiations to star opposite Richard Gere in "Without Apparent Motive," a thriller to be directed by Bille August, reports Variety . The Splendid Pictures project tells the...
Fox 2000 has found "Hide and Seek," purchasing the psychological thriller spec by Ari Schlossberg for low-six figures for Barry Josephson ("Like Mike") to produce, reports Variety . The project revolves around a father...
Director John Lee Hancock ("The Rookie") has tapped Dennis Quaid to play Sam Houston in "The Alamo," reports Variety Houston is considered to be among the showiest roles in an ensemble full of flawed characters who prove...
Universal Pictures has hired playwright Jon Robin Baitz to adapt "Silent Night," historian Stanley Weintraub's account of a WWI Christmas Eve truce, reports Variety . It is about a temporary truce during World War I in...
Director Keenen Ivory ("Scary Movie") and actors Marlon and Shawn Wayans livened up a dull pitch market when they hit studios with a pair of comedy propositions. The first film is a spoof of science fiction films like...
MGM have acquired thriller pitch "Endgame" and teamed with John Woo to develop and produce the project, reports Variety . To be written by Reed Steiner ("The Shield") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan"), "Endgame" is...
Neil Tolkin is negotiating to rewrite "Iron Man," Universal's biopic about Olympian athlete and track star Lou Zamperini, reports Variety He earned his nickname by withstanding the cruel torture of a Japanese POW guard...
Emily MortimerEmily Mortimer ("Lovely & Amazing") has signed a deal to play the female lead in "Bright Young Things," the directorial debut of Brit thesp Stephen Fry ("Blackadder"), reports Variety . The picture is...
Sally FieldSally Field ("ER") is in negotiations to star as Congresswoman Rudd in director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld's "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" opposite Reese Witherspoon, reports The Hollywood Reporter ....
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller has signed on to do a rewrite of "Proof" for Miramax Films and director John Madden, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The big-screen adaptation of the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play by David...
Fine Line Features has stirred up a deal to acquire Ruth Graham-Black's spec script "The Recipe." The project will be produced by Graham-Black and Janette Day ("Vanity Fair," "Ghost World"). The script centers on an...
Denzel Washington will reprise Frank Sinatra's role in an update of the 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate," reports Variety . No director is attached to the Paramount project, which the crooner's...
Ben Affleck is in negotiations with the Paramount Studio to play the lead in the sci-fi thriller "Paycheck," reports Variety . John Woo ("Windtalkers") is attached to direct the futuristic tale of an amnesiac trying to...
Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's 1952 classic "Ikiru," about a dying man's efforts to make a difference before he goes, is being remade at DreamWorks, reports Variety . "Ikiru" is the third Kurosawa film to be set up...
Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious"), is negotiating to shoot "Warrior" for Columbia Pictures as his next project, reports Variety . The W.D. Richter-scripted action film is about a pilot's effort to bring down a...
William H. Macy, Lauren Holly and Scott Caan started work this week on the maritime thriller "U-Boat," reports Variety . The film tells the story of a group of American POWs who are brought aboard a U-boat and find their...
Luc Besson's ("Leon") next project as helmer is to be based on his self-penned fairy tale "Arthur et les Minimoys," which hits French stores Wednesday. The story is about 10-year-old orphan Arthur, who is dragged into...
Mark Canton's Artists Production Group has optiontioned Jane Heller's latest novel, "The Secret Ingredient," reports The Hollywood Reporter . Heller also will adapt the novel, marking the author's first foray into...