Colin Farrell has agreed to receive scale salary to star in "A Home at the End of the World," an indie film to be directed by theater veteran Michael Mayer ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"), reports Variety . "Home" is based...
United Artists is in negotiations to acquire remake rights to the 1997 Japanese horror picture "Cure," which will be developed with R.E.M. Singer Michael Stipe's production company, reports Variety . "Cure" follows a...
Orlando BloomOrlando Bloom will star in "Troy," the adaptation of "The Illiad" being directed by Wolfgang Petersen, reports Variety . Bloom will play the role of Paris, the character who instigates the Trojan War that...
Artists Production Group has optioned Jane Heller's latest novel, "The Secret Ingredient," reports Variety . Making her first foray into screenwriting, Heller will adapt the novel herself. "Ingredient" is the story of an...
Phoenix Pictures has set up the Crusades epic "Warriors of God" at MGM, with Christopher Crowe ("The Last of the Mohicans") hired to adapt the novel and produce with MGM and Phoenix, reports Variety . Written by Pulitzer...
For Whom the Bell TollsWarner Bros. has acquired the rights to "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and the studio will pay David Benioff north of seven figures to adapt the classic Ernest Hemingway novel, reports Variety ....
Two of Hollywood's top-tier writers, Scott Frank and Akiva Goldsman, are about to start work on rewrites of Ron Howard projects for Universal, reports Variety . In the first, Frank will rewrite Playtone's Alan...
Annette Bening is set to star in the feature film "Being Julia" for Serendipity Point Films, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Istvan Szabo will direct the project, which begins shooting on location in Europe in May. The...
Danny HustonDanny Huston is in negotiations to join the family of Fine Line Features' "Birth" opposite Nicole Kidman for director Jonathan Glazer, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The Manhattan-set dramatic mystery, due...
Producer Steven Pearl and screenwriter Shawn Lawrence Otto have teamed to tune in an option of David Masiel's novel "2182 kHz," reports The Hollywood Reporter . "2182 kHz," named after the international distress...
Regina KingRegina King ("Jerry Maguire") has joined Reese Witherspoon in MGM's "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" for director Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The Kate Kondell-penned...
Bruce Willis has committed to star in "Hostage," a thriller he will shoot next fall, reports Variety . Willis will play a former hostage negotiator, traumatized when a hostage crisis goes awry. He is called in to a new...
Halle Berry confirms to Zap2it that she’s considering starring in a female action spy franchise playing Jinx, her character in the latest James Bond movie, ”Die Another Day.” Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara...
Director Burr Steers ("Igby Goes Down") will rewrite and direct "Gambit," Universal's remake of the 1966 British caper picture that starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine, reports Variety . He will work off a remake...
John Polson ("Swimfan") will next direct "Deal," reports Variety . A drama about an enterprising thief who teams with a distinguished lawyer to run a drug scam out of a posh Gotham hotel. Key to the operation is their...
Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity") is in talks to direct Regency Enterprises' action-adventure feature "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The movie is being designed as a vehicle for two A-list movie...
Jessica LangeJessica Lange is in negotiations to star in Columbia Pictures' adventure feature "Big Fish" for director Tim Burton, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup are also...
Boone's LickUniversal Pictures is in negotiations to pick up author Larry McMurtry's 19th century American West novel "Boone's Lick" for Tom Hanks to produce, reports The Hollywood Reporter . "Lick," published in...
Mike White Mike White will star opposite Jack Black in Paramount Pictures' comedy "School of Rock" from a script he wrote for director Richard Linklater, reports The Hollywood Reporter . White starred with Black in...
Lions Gate Films has acquired the script "Photograph" from "The Fast and the Furious 2" writing team Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with Brett Ratner attached to produce, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Set in Las...
Paramount Pictures is going ahead with Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi's pitch "We're Having a Baby," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The pitch -- picked up for mid- against high-six figures -- is a domestic comedy that...
A Confederacy of Dunces"A Confederacy of Dunces" finally has a director, After 22 years in development hell and a high-profile lawsuit between Hollywood heavies, David Gordon Green ("George Washington") has been tapped...
Filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom ("The Shipping News") is set to direct "Casanova," reports Variety . The period tale of the famed Lothario who learns the meaning of love when he finds a woman immune to his charms. The Disney...
Universal Pictures is moving forward with a fourth installment of "Jurassic Park," reports Variety We will again see hapless humans pitted against dinosaurs created from ancient strands of DNA. Steven Spielberg directed...
Welsh director Kevin Allen ("Twin Town") will take the helm of "Smart and Smarter," a New Line comedy that is not a sequel to the studio's 1994 hit "Dumb & Dumber," reports Variety . The new project revolves around two...
Italian box office smash "The Last Kiss," a drama revolving around a group of thirtysomethings, is being remade for English-language audiences, reports Variety . Lakeshore Entertainment has acquired U.S. remake rights to...
Josh Lucas ("Sweet Home Alabama") next project will feature him with an ensemble of noted actors in New Line Cinema's "Secondhand Lions," reports The Hollywood Reporter . Lucas joins a cast that includes Michael Caine,...
Romola Garai ("Nicholas Nickleby") has got the starring role opposite Diego Luna in Miramax Film's "Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The project -- to be directed by Guy Ferland ("Bang,...
Phoenix Pictures has optioned Jane Stanton Hitchcock's novel "Social Crimes," with Joel Schumacher in negotiations to develop the project, reports Variety . "Social Crimes" is the story of a Gotham socialite who, after...
Warner Bros. Pictures is in negotiations to acquire feature film rights to the comic book series "Ball & Chain," penned by Scott Lobdell, reports Variety . The romantic comedy concerns a divorced couple who become...
Coming Attractions has scored the first look at the Things from the upcoming Mike Myers starrer "The Cat In The Hat." Click on the image to get more shots of the Things and the movie set in Pomona, California. Thing 1...
Reese Witherspoon ("Sweet Home Alabama") will star in "Whiteout," reports Variety . Its an Antarctic whodunit adapted from a series of graphic novels by Greg Rucka. The Universal Pictures film is the story of a female...
Julianne Moore is attached to star in a feature adaptation of bestseller "Running With Scissors" for writer-director Ryan Murphy, reports Variety . Murphy will pen the adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' novel, published...
Sean Penn and Woody Allen have arrived at the altar for "Why Men Shouldn't Marry," a comedy that will mark the directorial debut of playboy producer Steve Bing, reports Variety . Penn plays a man who rebounds from a...
Bill Murray, Laura Linney and John Turturro are in advanced talks to co-star in "The Squid and the Whale," a family drama reminiscent of "The Royal Tenenbaums," reports Variety . The picture focuses on an eccentric...
Ashton KutcherAshton Kutcher ("That '70s Show") is in talks to join the cast of "Regulators," reports Variety . Its an action comedy about two mismatched cops, one from Long Beach, Calif., and the other from Compton....
Eddie Griffin ("Undercover Brother") is set to headline "Blast!," reports Variety . The action movie is described as "Die Hard" on an oil rig. Principal photography on the $20 million project will begin in December in...
Lars von Trier is planning to reunite with Nicole Kidman for two more films, which will form a trilogy with their recently completed "Dogville," reports Variety In "Dogville," which is expected to premiere at next year's...
Andy Garcia will make his feature directorial debut on "The Lost City," a drama set in the waning golden days of Havana, reports Variety . Garcia will star with Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio Del Toro, Javier...
Bloddy Disgusting sent in us the first pictures from the upcoming duel "Freddy Vs. Jason." They captured screenshots from E! News Live who were on the set of "Freddy vs. Jason." Click Here To View Pictures From Freddy Vs...
Carrie Fisher, Dylan McDermott, Eric Bogosian, Tim Blake Nelson and Ted Levine have joined the ensemble cast of "Wonderland," in which Val Kilmer plays late porn king John Holmes, reports Variety . The Lions Gate film is...
Radio humorist Howard Stern is developing modern-day remakes of the classic teen pictures "Porky's" and "Rock 'n' Roll High School," reports Variety "I think I represent what National Lampoon once meant to the teen...
Paramount Pictures has given a go to a computer-animated version of "Mighty Mouse" for its Nickelodeon Films banner to produce, reports Variety . The project has been described as an action-comedy-adventure. Mighty Mouse...
Alec Baldwin has joined the cast of Universal Pictures/Jersey Films' untitled romantic comedy written by John Hamburg, who also will direct, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The romantic comedy stars Ben Stiller as an...
John Schultz ("Like Mike") has come aboard to direct Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Films' "Where's Waldo," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The project, based on Martin Handford's illustrated children's book series of...
Radar Pictures has acquired David Callaham's suspense spec screenplay "Horsemen," reports The Hollywood Reporter . "Horsemen" is a psychological thriller about a hardened cop who, while hunting down a vicious serial...
Marco Brambilla ("Dinotopia") has come aboard to helm Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Films' "Sector Seven," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The special effects-laden live-action project, written by Zack Helm, is based...
Denzel Washington is negotiating to star in "Man on Fire," a thriller that will shoot next year, reports Variety . Washington will play an embittered former Marine who's persuaded to take a job as bodyguard of the child...
New Line Cinema have released the Final Theatrical Poster for the upcoming sequel "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" Click Here To View The Final Theatrical Poster "Two Towers" is set to be released on December 18th...
Johnny Knoxville ("Jackass") will star in the low-budget indie comedy feature "Grand Theft Parsons" alongside a cast that includes Christina Applegate and Marley Shelton, reports The Hollywood Reporter . David Caffrey...