Warner Bros. has paid an undisclosed seven-figure sum for the rights package to "The Forge of God," a Greg Bear novel to be adapted by scribe Ken Nolan ("Black Hawk Down"), reports Variety . The deal was made with the...
David Goyer ("Blade" scribe) is attached to direct the indie feature "Mucho Mojo," reports Variety . The comic thriller is an adaptation, being penned by Ted Tally, of Joe R. Lansdale's novel. "Mojo" revolves around two...
Matthew Lillard ("Scooby-Doo") and Mosaic Media Group are developing a romantic comedy with tyro scribe Shana Leslie Stern for Signpost Films, reports Variety . Currently referred to as the "Untitled: Valentine's Day...
Coming Attractions has just got a link to the first six pages to of the Thomas Harris adaptation "Red Dragon" To view scanned script pages click here to visit Moviefreak . The first trailer for "Red Dragon" is to hit...
Miramax has committed to make "Truth, Justice & the American Way," a Paul Bernbaum-scripted drama based around the death of TV's original Superman, George Reeves, reports Variety . Miramax picked up the film after it was...
Jerry Bruckheimer Films is heading back for another round at the Coyote Ugly, reports Variety Gina Wendkos, who penned the 2000 pic "Coyote Ugly," has been drafted to write a sequel. The original was the tale of Violet...
HBO has signed star Hilary Swank (Oscar-winning "Boys Don't Cry") to topline "Iron Jawed Angels," reports Variety . The film is about suffragist Alice Paul who, with fellow suffragist Lucy Burns, was a...
Joel Schumacher ("Batman Forever") has come aboard to develop, with an eye toward directing, Warner Bros. Pictures' remake of "A Star Is Born," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The remake of the classic drama is being...
Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to star in the title role of Universal Pictures' action-adventure feature "Van Helsing" for writer-director Stephen Sommers, reports Variety . Sommers' screenplay, set in the late 19th...
Phoenix Pictures has acquired the screen rights to the Agatha Christie novel "Destination Unknown" and will develop a contemporized version of the thriller, reports Variety Nic Osborne is penning the script, and...
Christopher Walken will co-star with Ben Stiller and Jack Black in the comedy "Envy," which will be directed by Barry Levinson. The movie is to center on two lifelong best friends whose relationship goes awry when one of...
British actor Jason Statham ("Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") has joined the crew of remake "The Italian Job," reports Variety The movies is also starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton. Statham...
Stockard Channing has joined the ensemble cast of the new Untitled Woody Allen film, reports Variety . Channing has also signed on for 12 of next season's 22 episodes of NBC's White House drama, "The West Wing." Hers is...
The British Broadcasting Corp. has come onboard the Bob Dylan movie "Masked and Anonymous," reports Variety The public broadcaster's BBC Films arm has acquired all U.K. rights and is making a significant equity...
DreamWorks Pictures has tapped journalist-turned-filmmaker Rod Lurie to write an untitled project revolving around the media world in contemporary New York, reports Variety . Studio principal Steven Spielberg will eye...
"El Cid" is getting a remake by "Rush Hour" producer Arthur Sarkissian, he has optioned remake rights to the 1961 feature, reports The Hollywood Repoter . The original film, directed by Anthony Mann and starring Charlton...
New Line Cinema has added another con movie to its development slate, as the studio has paid mid- against high-six figures for the pitch "Leavenworth" from writer Jason Keller, reports The Hollywood Reporter . The...
A quote from Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing indicated the recently announced "Indiana Jones 4" could start shooting later this year, reports Cinescape . Here is the quotes from Cinescape . While talking...
Angelina Jolie will reportedly bare all in the Tomb Raider sequel, reports Sky News . The star, who plays Lara Croft, refused to flash the flesh in the original movie but now seems to have changed her mind, according to...
Star Trek producer Rick Berman told SCI FI Wire that the 10th sequel "Star Trek: Nemesis," is looking good and is right on schedule for release in December. "The studio [Paramount] is very, very pleased," the executive...
A scooper named Darth Q pointed us to Club Zweinstein where they have got hold of screenshots from the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Click on any picture to go to Club Zweinstein, where they are...
Steven Spielberg says there will be a fourth Jurassic Park film, reports Ananova Spielberg will not direct the film but will act as its producer, as he did with Jurassic Park 3. He says he hopes to persuade Joe Johnston,...
Showtime Networks has picked up TV rights to the Miramax Films title "Daddy and Them," a dark comedy written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, reports The Hollywood Reporter Based on Thornton's original story about a...
Twentieth Century Fox is looking to lasso the Loch Ness Monster and Big Foot, purchasing action-comedy pitch "Animal Control," reports Variety . "Animal Control" is said to be along the lines of "Ghostbusters" and "Men...
Scribes Marty Navis ("Ice Queens") and Robert Ellsworth ("Boys Town") have sold the pitch "Planet Claire" to Warner Bros. Pictures, reports Variety Navis and Ellsworth will pen the script, which will showcase the...
Charlton Heston will reprise his role of "Ben Hur" for an upcoming remake of the movie, reports Variety But instead of the months of work he put in on the first one in 1959, his role this time required only a couple days...
Adam Goldberg has landed a starring role opposite Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in Paramount Pictures' romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," reports Variety . Goldberg will play the best friend of a...
"Alias" television actress Jennifer Garner, a virtual unknown one year ago, is in negotiations to earn in the neighborhood of $3 million to star in Revolution Studios' "13 Going on 30," reports The Hollywood Reporter No...
Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to the life story of controversial Richmond (Calif.) High School basketball coach Ken Carter, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Carter made national news in 1999 when he benched...
Jim Caviezel ("The Count of Monte Cristo") is gearing up to star in the high-speed actioner "Highwaymen" for New Line Cinema, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Caviezel is in negotiations to take on the role of Rennie...
Marla Sokoloff("The Practice") is set for a lead role in the indie feature "The Tollbooth" for first-time director Debra Kirschner, reports The Hollywood Reporter . Sokoloff will star alongside Tovah Feldshuh, Liz...
Isaiah Washington, Mos Def and Wood Harris will star in the urban ensemble indie feature "From the Outside Looking In" for writer-director Jerry LaMothe, who will also star in the film, reports The Hollywood Reporter...
Coming Attractions have had a first look at cast of Ang Lee directed "The Hulk" It also gives us our first look at Nick Nolte as David Banner and Josh Lucas as Glenn Talbot, as well as the first officially released image...
John Cleese is to provide the voice for Cameron Diaz's father in "Shrek 2", reports Ananova . The former Monty Python star is about to start work on the animated movie. He says he's looking forward to the role as it...
"Men in Black 2" director Barry Sonnenfeld is to direct "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," the first of what execs at Paramount and Nickelodeon Films hope will be a film franchise based on the bestselling...
Spyglass Entertainment got the feature film rights to the 1960's offbeat cartoon series "Underdog," planning to turn it into a live-action feature, reports Variety . A broad comedy that parodies the superhero genre,...
Larry Clark ("Kids") will direct "Interrupted," based on Nicholas Ray's posthumous autobiography " I Was Interrupted," edited by Susan Ray, reports Variety Script, penned by Oren Moverman ("Jesus' Son"), tracks the last...
Griffin Dunne ("Practical Magic") is in final negotiations to direct "The Jane Plan" for Walt Disney Pictures, reports Variety . "Jane" tells the story of a devoted assistant of a real estate magnate who takes her for...
New Line Cinema has tapped Jim Kouf ("Rush Hour") to pen the script for the Jamie Foxx golf comedy "Ingle Woods," reports Variety . New Line acquired the comedy pitch from Duane Martin and Lawrence Bender Prods. about a...
Diane Lane is negotiating to star in the romantic comedy "Under the Tuscan Sun," reports The Hollywood Reporter Based on Frances Mayes' memoir of the same name, the project is about an American woman who takes a trip to...
Steven Spielberg, director of 'Minority Report', has created a new trailer for the upcoming movie – but instead of premiering in theaters, the trailer will be available exclusively on the film’s Web site,...
A teaser to the teaser-trailer for the Harry Potter sequel has been posted on the internet by the official Harry Potter website. Click on the image to view the trailer The teaser lasts for only 30 seconds but is enough...
RKO Pictures will remake its 1947 film noir picture "Born to Kill," the story of a greedy young woman who enlists a con artist to murder her wealthy stepsister without realizing he may have an agenda of his own, reports...
Brendan Fraser has been tapped to star alongside Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Termite Terrace contract players in Warner Bros. Pictures' live-action/animated feature "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," directed by Joe...
DreamWorks Pictures and Aardman are giving it another go after failed project "Tortoise and the Hare," they are now going to make the claymation comedy "Flushed Away," reports The Hollywood Reporter . The studio has just...
Edward Norton will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job" for director F. Gary Gray, reports Hollywood Reporter . Scripted by Donna and Wayne Powers, "Job" is a remake of...
The Brad Pitt sci-fi epic "The Fountain" (aka "The Last Man"), is back on track after a change of co-financiers, reports Variety . Fox-based New Regency, replaces Australia's Village Roadshow Pictures. The companies are...
David Koepp, who was credited with writing the original, has suddenly returned to the fold after previously declaring that he was done, reports Variety . Koepp has emerged as the new writer of the film based on an idea...
Johnny Depp is in the process of agreeing to star in two films for action impresario Jerry Bruckheimer, reports The Hollywood Reporter . He is in negotiations to sign a two-picture deal with the Walt Disney Co. that will...
Piper Perabo ("Coyote Ugly"), Stephen Rea("The End of the Affair"), Sarah Polley("Guinevere") and Stephen Lang have joined Ryan Phillippe in the psychological thriller "The I Inside," reports The Hollywood Reporter ....