"Watchmen" star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has signed on with director Michael Bassett ("Solomon Kane") for the psychological thriller " The Unblinking Eye ," which Juliusz Kossakowski and Kevan Van Thompson will produce...
Tom Cruise will return as Ethan Hunt in a fourth Mission: Impossible film to be released in May 2011, US movie studio Paramount Pictures has confirmed. Cruise's involvement in the project had previously been reported,...
Penelope Cruz is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp and sail the seven seas in " Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ," the fourth installment of the movie series being directed by Rob Marshall. Depp is...
Spidey has his new release date and a firm plan to enter the third dimension. Sony said Wednesday that it will release a fourth movie based on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man character in 3D on July 3, 2012. But in a broad...
Grant Boucher will write and direct the romantic comedy feature " Journies " for Death Ray Films. Jaime King is attached to star. " Journies " takes place in the world of online entertainment news, where an aspiring...
David Guggenheim has sold his original screenplay " Safe House " to Universal Pictures after fielding offers from several studios. Scott Stuber is attached to produce. In the script's story line, the only surviving agent...
Rachel Weisz is moving into Morgan Creek's " Dream House ." The actress has signed on to star alongside Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts in the thriller, which Universal Pictures will distribute. Jim Sheridan is directing...
Peter Bogdanovich will write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 novel " Turn of the Century " for Das Films. Bogdanovich's writing partner Parish Rahbar will co-write the screenplay. The novel, which opens...
Sam Worthington has signed to star in " The Fields ." The "Avatar" star will play a Texas homicide detective who joins with a New York detective to investigate unsolved murders in the Texas bayous. Ami Canaan Mann is set...
McG, heading into action-comedy territory, is in negotiations to direct " This Means War " for Fox. Bradley Cooper and Reese Witherspoon are attached to star in the tale of best friends who are also spies and fall in...
Pop star Nelly Furtado is to play a crazed hockey fan in " Score: A Hockey Musical ," Michael McGowan's music-driven drama about Canada's national pastime. Furtado, who made her acting debut on "CSI: New York" in 2007,...
Lucy Punch has been cast opposite Cameron Diaz in the black comedy " Bad Teacher ," which Jake Kasdan is directing for Columbia. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg wrote the original screenplay about Elizabeth Halsey...
Severin Films has acquired worldwide rights to " Birdemic: Shock and Terror ," a romantic thriller from writer/producer/director James Nguyen. The film revolves around a young couple trapped in a small Northern...
Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, AnnaSophia Robb and Carrie Underwood will star in the indie drama " Soul Surfer ," about teen surfing champ and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton. Based on Hamilton's autobiography, biopic...
Kathy Bates and Whoopi Goldberg have joined the cast of director Nicole Kassell's love story " Earthbound ," starring Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal, which is currently filming in New Orleans. Gren Wells wrote the...
CBS Films wants to give a job to Will Gluck on its comedy " Get a Job ," set up with Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher at their Double Feature Films shingle. CBS Films snapped up the spec by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott...
Fox Searchlight, which released the Hilary Swank starrer "Amelia" in October, is reteaming with the actress. The specialty distributor has acquired North American and select international rights to " Betty Anne Waters "...
Anchor Bay Films has acquired theatrical rights for the U.S. and the U.K. to Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's directorial debut, the psychological thriller " After.Life ," starring Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci, Justin Long...
Terrence Malick has lined up Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko for his next film, an untitled romantic drama. The production is scheduled to go before cameras in the fall, with River Road...
Universal has tapped William Broyles Jr. to adapt " The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ," a drama being produced by Playtone and Harpo Films. Based on the novel by David Wroblewski, the story centers on a mute teenager named...
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Orlando Bloom is toplining " The Good Doctor ," an indie drama to which Michael Pena, Troy Garity, Courtney Ford, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow and J.K. Simmons are in negotiations to co-star. The script from John Enbom...
During its first day of shooting in China, director Wayne Wang's " Snow Flower and the Secret Fan " added Hugh Jackman just as it lost China's biggest actress, Zhang Ziyi. Jackman will join the English-language drama at...
Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci have joined Robert Pattinson in the cast of Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod's " Bel Ami ," backers said Tuesday. The project details the story of a young man played...
Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup have signed to crime drama " The Convincer ," written by Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher; Jill Sprecher directs. The production, about a desperate insurance salesman who gets...
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired U.S. rights to the Dutch film " Winter in Wartime " from High Point Films, the theatrical division of Carey Fitzgerald's London-based High Point Media Group. Directed by Martin...
Harvey Weinstein has been given a " Blue Valentine " from Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams at Sundance. Some 12 years in the making, " Blue Valentine " chronicles a disintegrating marriage between Dean (Gosling) and...
Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights to " Winter's Bone " a dark thriller from director Debra Granik. The film follows a 17-year-old girl in the Ozark wilderness struggling with a hostile criminal...
Smuggler Films has tapped screenwriter Louis Mellis to write " The Princess' Gangster ." "Gangster" concerns the true story of Princess Margaret's affair with the gangster-turned-movie-tough-guy John Bindon in the late...
Mel Gibson is in negotiations to reteam with his "Lethal Weapon" scribe Shane Black for Universal's spy thriller " Cold Warrior ." Black, directing his second movie after 2005's "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," is tackling a tale...
Olivia Newton-John ("Grease," "Glee") is set to endure stale coffee and frozen feet at the local hockey arena to star in " Score: A Hockey Musical ," Michael McGowan's music-driven drama about Canada's national sport....
Nicholas Hoult is walking "Fury Road," the new " Mad Max " movie from series writer-director George Miller. The movie is set a short while after the story detailed in 1985's " Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," which keeps Mad...
Robert Pattinson and Sean Penn are circling Fox 2000's Depression-era drama " Water for Elephants ." Based on Sara Gruen's best-selling historical tome of the same name, story centers on a Cornell U. veterinary student...
20th Century Fox is making progress with its "X-Men" spinoff, " Deadpool ," and has tapped "Zombieland" scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to pen the screenplay. Ryan Reynolds will reprise his role as the wisecracking...
DreamWorks is revving up a dramatic feature adaptation of Marshall Curry's documentary " Racing Dreams ," with Kurtzman/Orci producing. Curry's pic, which won best documentary at last year's Tribeca Film Festival,...
Alcon Entertainment, fresh off the success of "The Blind Side," is developing " Late Bloomer ," the true story of a man who undergoes puberty in three weeks. The original book chronicled Baker's struggle with the effects...
Sam Worthington, making his first deal since the success of "Avatar," is in negotiations to star in " Dracula Year Zero ," a period vampire epic Alex Proyas is set to direct for Universal. Michael De Luca is producing....
Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio have signed on for " Chlorine ," an indie dramedy from writer-director Jay Alaimo. " Chlorine " revolves around a family struggling to maintain their well-to-do lifestyle in their...
James Marsden has signed on to star opposite Russell Brand in " I Hop ," a live-action/CG-animated hybrid comedy from Illumination Entertainment and Universal. Tim Hill, who directed the hybrid "Alvin and the Chipmunks,"...
Naomi Watts will star opposite Daniel Craig in " Dream House ," a thriller Jim Sheridan is directing for Morgan Creek. Universal is distributing in North America. The project, picked up as a spec by David Loucka, follows...
Filmmaker Marc Webb has signed on to direct the new Spider-Man film, after the departure of Sam Raimi from the blockbuster superhero franchise. Webb was behind one of 2009's sleeper hits (500) Days Of Summer, starring...
Derick Martini is raising his glass to direct the Lionsgate romantic comedy " 31 Days of Larry ." John Goldwyn is in talks to produce. The story revolves around a woman in desperate need of money and a depressed man,...
Spanish production house Eddie Saeta has boarded " Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," the latest pic from Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The sixth feature from Weerasethakul ("Blissfully Yours,"...
Christopher Kyle has signed to adapt Jon Land's best-seller " The Seven Sins : The Tyrant Ascending" for the big screen. The action thriller centers on Michael "The Tyrant" Tiranno, adopted son of an Italian crime lord...
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have lined up indie biopic " Lovelace " as their second directing gig, just before the premiere of "Howl" -- which the duo wrote and directed -- at Sundance. " Lovelace ," written by W....
Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn are to play the leads in Joan Carr-Wiggin's " If I Were You " from Paragraph Pictures and FDC Distribution. Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of...
Channing Tatum and Michael Angarano have joined the cast of Stephen Soberbergh's action-thriller " Knockout ." " Knockout " marks the screen starring debut of Carano, who's portraying a top-level private security...
Mark Strong is in talks to portray one of the chief villains in " Green Lantern " opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.' live-action film based on the DC Comics hero. Reynolds portrays Hal Jordan, a second-generation...
Antoine Fuqua will direct spy thriller " Consent to Kill " for CBS Films with Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Nick Wechsler producing. Studio's keeping the logline under wraps. In Flynn's story, Rapp battled a vengeful Saudi...
Paul Dano will star in the indie drama " For Ellen ." So Yong Kim ("In Between Days") is directing from her screenplay. Story centers on a struggling indie rocker who, after nearly wrecking his car during an overnight...