Horror maestro Hideo Nakata ("Ring," "Ring 2") has inked with talent shop Horipro to helm psychological suspenser " The Incite Mill ." Pic, based on Honobu Yonezawa's eponymous bestseller, tells a "Big Brother"-ish tale...
Peter Sarsgaard is in talks to portray the chief villain in " Green Lantern " opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.' live-action film based on the DC Comics hero. Sarsgaard will portray Hector Hammond, created in the...
How hot is Kathryn Bigelow? Hot enough that mere interest in the project has sent waves across the town and the Internet, making it seem that the director of "The Hurt Locker" is attached to something she is not. And...
Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two "Ghostbuster" movies in the '80s, is gearing up to direct the long-awaited third installment in the series. Sony's Columbia Pictures has been developing a script by Lee Eisneberg...
DreamWorks and Jon Favreau are in talks with Daniel Craig to play the lead role in " Cowboys and Aliens " after Robert Downey Jr. ankled the project. Craig has been offered the role of Jake Johnson in the pic, based on...
Leonardo DiCaprio has been tapped to narrate " Hubble 3D ," set to be released in Imax theaters March 19. Imax and Warner Bros. made the joint announcement Wednesday. " Hubble 3D " is the fourth 3D co-production between...
Magnolia Pictures has picked up U.S. rights to Neil Jordan's romantic fantasy " Ondine ," starring Colin Farrell. Jordan also penned the script, and produced alongside Wayfare Entertainment's Ben Browning and James...
When Kevin Spacey lands in China in late Jan. to star in writer-director Dayyan Eng's black comedy " Inseparable ," he'll become the biggest Hollywood actor to work in a feature film nearly fully-financed by a local...
Stephen Norrington has come aboard to write and direct, " The Lost Patrol " for Legendary Pictures. Plot details are being kept under wraps though it is described as a supernatural action thriller set against the...
Oliver Jackson-Cohen has bagged a role opposite Dwayne Johnson in the CBS Films/Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group revenge drama " Faster ." "Terminator Salvation" actress Moon Bloodgood has joined the cast as...
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired worldwide rights to Ben Wheatley's crime drama " Down Terrace ," which will play at the upcoming Slamdance Film Festival. A dark comedy, "Down" stars...
Blake Lively has landed the female lead role in " Green Lantern " as Carol Ferris opposite Ryan Reynolds in Warner Bros.' live-action film based on the DC Comics hero. " Green Lantern " was hatched in 1940. Hal Jordan, a...
Channing Tatum and Michael Angarano are in negotiations to join Steven Soderbergh's all-star cast of " Knockout ," the revenge spy movie he's directing for Relativity. The script by Lem Dobbs centers on a spy (mixed...
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are teaming up in " Larry Crowne " with Hanks set to direct from his own script. Story centers on a middle-aged man being forced to find a new career.
Star Tobey Maguire and helmer Sam Raimi, who were both set for big paydays for "Spider Man 4," will no longer be involved in the franchise as Col moves forward with a high school-aged Peter Parker pic, which will bow...
John Malkovich has replaced John C. Reilly in Summit Entertainment's espionage thriller " Red ," based on the WildStorm/DC comicbook. He joins Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis on the project, produced by...
Paramount will transport the untitled "Star Trek" sequel into theaters on June 29, 2012. Film's launch will be tied to the lucrative July 4th sesh. Released last May, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" successfully reluanched the...
Stuart Townsend has departed Marvel Comics' movie adaptation of " Thor " because of creative differences, according to sources close to the production. Townsend had been cast as Fandral, an ally of Norse god Thor . He...
Castle Rock has optioned " Playing Joe ," a Hitchcock-style thriller script from Jeff Miller. Lobell said the script is a Rio-set romantic thriller in the vein of "North by Northwest," with memory loss and recovery key...
Tobey Maguire doesn't think " Spider-Man 4 " has become a tangled mess. The 34-year-old star of the web-slinging superhero franchise said preproduction snags aren't dampening his mood about the fourth installment. The...
Adriana Barraza is in negotiations to join the cast of Marvel Studios' " Thor ," being directed by Kenneth Branagh. The movie centers on Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the god of thunder, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose...
Saoirse Ronan is in negotiations to reteam with her "Atonement" director Joe Wright to star as the title character in " Hanna ," Focus' tale of a teenage assassin. The story follows a 14-year-old Eastern European girl...
Casting on the Dwayne Johnson starrer " Faster " is picking up speed. Maggie Grace has signed on and Salma Hayek is in negotiations to co-star in the CBS Films action drama. Story centers on an ex-con (Johnson) looking...
Kat Dennings has been cast in the independent romancer " Daydream Nation " opposite Josh Lucas. Story centers on a disaffected high school senior who finds herself deposited along with her widowed father in a desolate...
The latest Spidey sequel is proving villainously difficult to plot out. Sony and director Sam Raimi are at loggerheads over which direction to go with the villains for the latest installment -- an impasse which has...
New Line has picked up the Farrelly brothers comedy " Hall Pass " from turnaround from Fox, signing up Owen Wilson to topline the picture. Jason Sudeikis is also in negotiations to co-star. The story centers on a married...
It's Mendes. Sam Mendes. The British helmer is in negotiations to direct the 23rd installment of the venerable James Bond franchise. Production is being fast-tracked and could begin as early as June with an eye toward a...
"Gossip Girl" actor Sebastian Stan will star opposite Ashley Green in " The Apparition ," a supernatural horror project from Dark Castle Entertainment. Todd Lincoln is directing. Stan joins Green in the story of a couple...
Paramount Pictures has set Pierre Morel to direct " Dune ," the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi classic novel. Morel, who last directed the action hit "Taken," has signed a deal with the studio and will...
Lucy Punch has been cast in the Film Department's " Earthbound ," which begins shooting this month in Louisiana. Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal also star. Nicole Kassell ("The Woodsman") is directing a screenplay by...
Charles Malik Whitfield, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Val Kilmer are set to star in " Gun ." Set in the world of illegal drug dealing, the drama, which Jessy Terrero is directing, is based on an original story by...
Twentieth Century Fox has set Bryan Singer to direct " X-Men: First Class ," returning him to the franchise that began with the first two installments of the mutant series. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg are...
Rene Russo has joined the cast of " Thor ," with the actress set to play Frigga, the mother of Marvel Entertainment’s hammer-wielding Norse hero. Kenneth Branagh is helming the actioner that starts lensing in January and...
Twentieth Century Fox is in talks with Peter Segal to direct " Neighborhood Watch ," the Jared Stern-scripted comedy that Shawn Levy is producing. The film focuses on a newcomer to a community who joins the neighborhood...
Paramount Pictures has snapped up Chad St. John's action adventure spec " The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday " in the hopes of turning it into a Western-style tentpole. Studio is keeping the logline under wraps, but...
Are Steve Carell and Tina Fey teaming up once again? The duo, who will be seen opposite each other in next year's "Date Night," are loosely attached to star in " Mail-Order Groom ," a Warner Bros. comedy about a naive...
Summit is staying in the Taylor Lautner game. As the days tick down to the town closing for the holidays, the company has picked up " Cancun ," an action spec by Eric Champnella and Grant Thompson. The story follows an...
" Toy Story 3 ," which opens June 18, will be released on Imax 3D screens as part of its wide release, Imax said Friday. The Pixar film, directed by Lee Unkrich, will be remastered for its Imax engagements with the...
DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel " War Horse ." Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation. The book tells the epic tale of a friendship...
Summit Entertainment has picked up the North American distribution to the Nicolas Cage revenge movie " Drive Angry ," setting a release date of February 11, 2011. "Angry," which is now in pre-production, centers on a man...
Mel Gibson has set up his next starring vehicle, which reassembles the key members of his "Apocalypto" team. "Summer Vacation" centers on a career criminal who gets caught by Mexican authorities and is sent to a drug-...
Kenny Ortega, the director of the "High School Musical" movies and "Michael Jackson's This Is It," is attached to direct Universal's adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical " In the Heights ." "Heights" explored...
Argentine comedian Guillermo Francella will topline Ana Katz's " Los Marziano ," a dramedy about the reunion of a dysfunctional family, which 20th Century Fox will distribute in Argentina. Written by Katz and her...
The next feature from Portuguese helmer Manoel de Oliveira, who turned 101 on Friday, will be " The Strange Case of Angelica ," starring Pilar Lopez de Ayala ("Mad Love") and Ricardo Trepa. Trepa, Oliveira's grandson and...
Sony Pictures has optioned the English-language screen rights to “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” the first of three titles in the Millennium Series of crime thriller novels by late Swedish journalist-activist Stieg...
Given Natalie Portman’s elegant demeanor, a turn in a period Jane Austen adaptation was inevitable. Portman will star in and produce “ Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ,” a film that is based on the bestselling book...
Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel " Let the Great World Spin " looks to be coming to rest at Bad Robot. "Spin," McCann's fifth novel, was published in June by Random House. Built around Philippe Petit's...
Rashida Jones is the latest to log in to Columbia Pictures' "Social Network." Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg have already boarded the David Fincher-helmed pic, which revolves around the founders of the...
Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender are in negotiations to star in " Sin nombre " helmer Cary Fukunaga's feature adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel "Jane Eyre." Project is a period piece but will play up...
20th Century Fox has nabbed the Alan Yang pitch " Jackpot ." Described as a teen version of "21," story revolves around a group of friends in high school who win the lotto.