Jennifer Garner and Nick Nolte are in talks to join the cast of " Arthur ," Warner Bros.' remake of the 1981 comedy. Closely hewing to the original, the new " Arthur " follows a very rich, happy drunk who is told by his...
The creative team behind "The Proposal" -- stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, director Anne Fletcher, writer Pete Chiarelli and producers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman -- are reuniting for " Most Wanted ," an...
Paul Rudd has signed to star as the title character in " My Idiot Brother ," a comedy being directed Jesse Peretz. The project comes from some of the bigger producing names in the indie world: Anthony Bregman of Likely...
Katia Winter has landed the female lead in "The Killing Game ," formerly titled "Deathgames," MPCA's indie action movie that stars Kellan Lutz and Samuel L. Jackson. The story centers on a young man (Lutz) who is...
Guillermo del Toro will no longer direct the two movies based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit , reports said. Speaking exclusively to fan site The One Ring, Del Toro said it was with "great regret" that he would be "taking...
Renee Zellweger is ready to party with " Pillage ," having acquired feature rights to former New York City nightlife impresario Brantly Martin's novel of the same name. " Pillage " centers on four best friends living in...
James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in " X-Men: First Class ," which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox. According to Fox, "First Class" will "chart the epic beginning of the...
Adam Beach has signed on to star in Jon Favreau's " Cowboys and Aliens ," from DreamWorks Studios and Universal. Storyline revolves around a group of Apache Indians and Western settlers who resolve to patch up their...
Norwegian helmer Unni Straume will helm " Faith " from a script by Poland's Krzysztof Piesiewicz. " Faith ," which will be produced by Valerie Saunders for Zentropa Norway, is the story of 20 year old girl who moves from...
Warner Bros. has scheduled " Sherlock Holmes 2 " for a mid-December 2011 release and is getting close to giving the go-ahead for a movie about beloved DC Comics superhero "Flash." The Dec. 16 release date next year for...
Burr Steers has signed on to direct " Emperor: Young Caesar ," a pic adaptation of the first volume of the "Emperor" novels by Conn Iggulden. Broyles, whose screenplay credits include "Jarhead," "Cast Away" and "Apollo...
Tim Blake Nelson will topline indie bank heist comedy " Flypaper ," produced by Peter Safran, Mark Damon and Patrick Dempsey. Pic's directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by "The Hangover" team of Jon Lucas & Scott Moore....
James Franco has signed on to star in 20th Century Fox's "Planet of the Apes" prequel " Rise of the Apes . Described as an origin story, "Apes" is set in present day San Francisco and deals with the aftermath of man's...
Paramount has picked up " Fun Size ," a comedy spec from "The Colbert Report" writer Max Werner, for Josh Schwartz to produce with his Fake Empire shingle partner Stephanie Savage. Loglines are being kept under wraps,...
Sony Pictures Classics nabbed all rights in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand to Cannes competition screener " Of Gods and Men " from sales agent Wild Bunch. " Of Gods and Men " is based on an actual incident in which...
The New York-based specialty distributor Film Movement has picked up the the U.S. rights to Charles Officer's " Nurse.Fighter.Boy ," an urban romancer from Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Center. The Clark Johnson and...
Bette Midler and British singer Pixie Lott will star in helmer Peter Hewitt's " Sweet Baby Jesus ," which will begin shooting this summer in Maryland and Ireland from a script by Steve Blair. Set in the 1970s, hippies...
Ray Liotta has joined the cast of indie drama " Things Fall Apart " opposite rapper-turned-actor Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, with Mario Van Peebles directing. Liotta is portraying the doctor in the pic, which has been...
Jesse Eisenberg is reteaming with his "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer for MRC's action comedy " 30 Minutes or Less ." Written by Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, "30 Minutes" revolves around a junior high...
In what's said to be a seven-figure deal, Paramount has picked up " Gideon's Sword ," optioning the upcoming novel for Michael Bay to produce through Bay Films. "Sword" is the first novel in a new Gideon Crew series...
"Private Practice" star Chris Lowell is in negotiations to join the cast of DreamWorks' " The Help ," based on Kathryn Stockett's novel. The project begins shooting in the summer in Mississippi with Tate Taylor making...
Romola Garai is in negotiations to join the cast of Focus Features' romantic comedy " One Day " for director Lone Scherfig. Production begins in the summer in London. "Day" stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess as people...
Paula Patton, now onscreen in "Just Wright," is in negotiations to topline the wedding-themed comedy " Jumping the Broom ." Television helmer Salim Akil is making his feature directorial debut on the project, which is...
Summit is picking up " Ricky Stanicky ," a comedy spec from "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" writer Jeff Bushell with James Franco attached to play the title character. The story, which aims to be R-rated, is described as an...
Christopher Walken is negotiating to join the action-comedy " Wild Oats ," from writer Claudia Myers and director Scott Marshall. Shirley MacLaine, Maria Bello, Christina Ricci, John Corbett and Bill Pullman already are...
Months after deep-sixing a McG-helmed version of " 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ," Disney is in negotiations with David Fincher to direct, and hot "Bourne Ultimatum" scribe Scott Z. Burns to write, a new take on the...
Matthew Goode is playing rough with a bevy of beauties including Bojana Novakovic, Rachel Griffiths, Essie Davis, Kerry Fox, Kate Beahan and Gia Carides in writer-director Jonathan Teplitzky's " Burning Man ." Goode...
A newly reinvigorated Morgan Creek has licensed its latest project, " Passengers ," to be directed by Italian auteur Gabriele Muccino, to Medusa in Italy and to Herbert Kloiber's TeleMunchen in Germany. Other deals in...
Oscar winner Adrien Brody is joining Woody Allen's all-star cast for the romantic comedy " Midnight in Paris ." The project begins shooting this summer in the French capital. The film is about a family traveling to the...
Walden Media is bringing U.K. author Frank Cottrell Boyce's children's book " Cosmic " to the big screen. Boyce, also a screenwriter, will adapt his own novel, which is a comedy described as "Apollo 13" meets "Charlie...
Cameron Crowe is returning to movies for the first time since 2005's "Elizabethtown." The filmmaker signed on to direct " We Bought a Zoo ," an adaptation of a memoir by Benjamin Mee, being produced by Julie Yorn. "Zoo"...
Endgame Entertainment is developing a dramatic feature based on Cynthia Wade's award-winning short documentary " Freeheld ," with Ellen Page set to star. Ron Nyswaner, an Oscar nominee for "Philadelphia," is writing the...
Lars von Trier has completed casting on his new disaster movie " Melancholia ," adding John Hurt to a cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling and Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won the best...
Frances McDormand is in advanced negotiations to join helmer Paolo Sorrentino's " This Must Be the Place ," starring Sean Penn. Pic, Sorrentino's English-language debut, concerns an aging rock star who decides to hunt...
Wayne McClammy, best known for directing the Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel viral videos "I'm F**king Matt Damon" and "I'm F**king Ben Affleck," respectively, is in negotiations to helm Universal's comedy " Desperados...
Katherine Heigl will get to live every movie star's dream of never growing old in " The Age of Adaline ," an epic love story that Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel will co-finance and co-produce. Mills Goodloe...
R&B songstress Mary J. Blige will tune up her jazz vocals after signing to star in Cynthia Mort's " Nina ," a movie about legendary singer Nina Simone. Mort's script focuses on Simone's relationship with her assistant...
James Cox will direct the indie true crime thriller " Billionaire Boys Club ," based on the true story about a group of wealthy young men in Los Angeles during the '80s who resorted to murders after their social and...
Danny Huston, who played a rough-around-the-edges Richard the Lionhearted in Ridley Scott's Cannes opener "Robin Hood," will star in " Playoff ," a sports drama from Israeli director Eran Riklis ("Lemon Tree") based on...
Michael Pena and Nick Swardson are in negotiations to star alongside Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari in Media Rights Capital's " 30 Minutes or Less ." The film is scheduled to begin production in the summer with Ruben...
Media 8 Entertainment has recruited Kurt Russell to star in its supernatural thriller " Undying ." The neo-noir creeper, penned by "Book of Eli" scribe Gary Whitta and originally titled "Reaper," tells the story of...
Emma Roberts and William Moseley will be going to school in " A Great Education ," which is also set to star Ben Kingsley. Written by Chris Keyser, who will also direct, the project concerns a working class young man...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all U.S. rights to " The Double Hour " (La Doppia Ora), whose star Ksenia Rappaport won the best actress prize at the Venice Film Festival, where the pic debuted. In the thriller...
"Modern Family" star Ty Burrell will star in Plum Pictures' coming-of-age drama " Goats ," directed by Chris Neil and produced by Daniela Taplin Lundberg. Story centers on a teenager gaining perspective on his divorced...
Melanie Thierry, Carole Bouquet and Andre Dussollier will star in vet helmer Andre Techine's " Unforgivable ," based on Philippe Djian's novel. " Unforgivable ," which is its working title, follows a successful writer in...
Audrey Wells has signed on to write and direct Universal Pictures' " The Fugees ." Based on a true story, project centers on a youth soccer club made up of international refugees who settled in Clarkston, Ga.
Terrence Howard ("Iron Man") is to portray Nelson Mandela in the Jennifer Hudson-starring feature " Winnie ," based on the story of Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife. Darrell Roodt is directing the $15 million...
Jason Priestley is set to direct " Mud Puppy ," a feature from Angel Entertainment and Lexico Prods. about a playboy wine-lover battling a female environmentalist for control of a frog-plagued wine vineyard. The romantic...
Doug Liman has signed to direct Warner Bros.' reboot of Alexandre Dumas' 17th-century adventure classic " The Three Musketeers ." " The Three Musketeers " centers on the impetuous D'Artagnan as he joins forces with three...
Antonio Banderas will star in Pedro Almodovar's next film, marking one of the most anticipated film reunions in Spanish cinema more than 20 years after the actor starred in "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down." "The film will be a...