In the currently filming sequel to "Sex and the City," Kim Catrall's Samantha will eye a new hunk in the form of Max Ryan. The English-born actor is stepping into the role of Rikard, an European architect who crosses...
Halle Berry is in advanced talks to star in action-thriller " Dark Tide " for helmer Clark Johnson ("S.W.A.T."). Project, penned by Amy Sorlie, concerns a diving instructor who returns to the deep after a near-fatal...
Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Breslin have been cast in the indie drama " Janie Jones ," along with Frank Whaley, Brittany Snow, Peter Stormare and Joel David Moore. Breslin will play the title role, a...
Canuck thesp Sarah Polley ("Mr. Nobody") will star as the 17th-century Queen of Sweden in the epic feature drama " Queen Kristina ," helmed by Finland's Mika Kaurismaki ("The House of Branching Love") and scripted by...
Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence will play young lovers in " The Beaver ," the new Mel Gibson starrer that Jodie Foster is directing for Anonymous Content and Summit Entertainment. In the dark comedy written by Kyle...
R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, along with Ramon Rodriguez, Taylor Handley and Cory Hardrict, are suiting up for " Battle: Los Angeles ," the sci-fi war flick that Jonathan Liebesman is directing for Columbia. Ne-Yo, who...
Justin Baldoni has been cast in the title role in the real-life story of " Barry Minkow ." Baldoni joins James Caan, Armand Assante, Mark Hamill and Ving Rhames in the bizarre story of a teenage entrepreneur running a...
Mandate Pictures has picked up the teen dance drama script " Dream On " from Jason Ubaldi for Laurence Mark to produce. Project revolves around an aspiring Olympic gymnast who discovers the underground hip-hop scene in...
Robin Williams is getting on one knee for " Wedding Banned ," a romantic comedy for Touchstone. "Banned" centers on a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day to prevent her from making the same...
Stephen Frears' live-action adaptation of Posy Simmonds' graphic novel " Tamara Drewe " has attracted a stellar British cast, including Gemma Arterton. She plays Drewe, a sexy woman who returns to her rural place of...
Shohreh Aghdashloo and Marcia Gay Harden have battled for an Oscar and are up against each other at this month's Primetime Emmys. Now they'll go head-to-head again in the indie drama " The No Game ." Sherry Horman is...
Devon Graye, best known for playing the teenage Dexter on Showtime's "Dexter," will star with CJ Thomason and Wes Chatham in " Husk ," a horror movie from After Dark Films. Tammin Sursok ("Aquamarine") also stars. The...
Hayden Christensen has signed to star and Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo are in negotiations to star in the indie thriller " Vanishing on Seventh Street " for director Brad Anderson. Written by Anderson and Anthony...
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite will increase the British star wattage by joining the cast of Rowan Joffe's upcoming adaptation of Graham Greene's 1939 novel " Brighton Rock ." The duo join a lineup that already...
Susan Sarandon is negotiating to join the Oliver Stone-directed " Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps " for 20th Century Fox. Sarandon will play the mother of a young Wall Street trader (Shia LaBeouf) who falls under the...
Elizabeth Banks is in final negotiations to star in " The Next Three Days " for writer-director Paul Haggis at Lionsgate. Banks will play the lead role of Laura, a woman who is imprisoned for a murder she claims she...
Justin Theroux has joined the cast as the villain of " Your Highness ," a Universal comedy directed by David Gordon Green. Theroux joins Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel in the film, which...
English actors Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker have joined " John Carter of Mars ," Disney's adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins...
Catherine Hardwicke has added another project to her growing stack. The "Twilight" helmer is signing on to Appian Way's " The Girl With the Red Riding Hood ." Werewolf movie, written by David Johnson, is a gothic...
Warner Bros. has decided to try " Beginner's Greek ," snapping up James Collins' novel for Donald De Line to produce. " Beginner's Greek ," published last year, centers on an investment banker who meets his soul mate on...
"True Blood" thesp Stephen Moyer and Lily Collins of "90210" have joined " Priest ," the Scott Stewart-directed Screen Gems thriller that stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q. Scripted by Cory Goodman, the...
Ryan Condal is standing for " Queen & Country ." The Black List scribe has been hired to write a draft of "Country," the action franchise that's set up at Fox. The project, based on Greg Rucka's Oni Press comic, centers...
Thesp Diego Luna will make his feature directorial debut with family drama " Abel ." Drama is told from child's perspective and stars Mexican thesp Jose Maria Yazpik who appeared with Luna in last year's "Just Walking."
Billy Bob Thornton is attached to star in " Pound for Pound ," a boxing drama based on a novel from F.X. Toole, the author of the book that became "Million Dollar Baby." The project centers on the parallel lives of a...
Warner Bros. and Bryan Singer are unsheathing " Excalibur ," redoing the 1981 John Boorman movie about King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable. The project is still in the early stages, with Warners only tying up...
"The Hangover" breakout Zach Galifianakis is negotiating to join the Paramount comedy " Dinner for Schmucks ." "Schmucks" has Jay Roach directing Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and Lucy Punch in a comedy about the most pathetic...
CBS Films has set Peter Chelsom to direct " Last Vegas ," a Dan Fogelman-scripted comedy on track to begin production early next year. The comedy -- which CBS originally acquired as a $1 million pitch -- centers on four...
Judy Greer has been cast in the new Ed Zwick film " Love and Other Drugs ." Thesp will play a pharmaceutical company trainee instructor in the Fox drama written by Charles Randolph ("The Interpreter"), based on a novel...
Fox is getting " Booksmart " with Natalie Portman, with the thesp set to produce the high school comedy for the studio. Laffer will revolve around two overachieving high school seniors who realize the only thing they...
Jennifer Tilly, Justin Kirk, Jason Day and Thomas Sadoski are starring in " 30 Beats ," an indie written by and being directed by former Pathe U.K. head Alexis Lloyd. Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's classic play "La...
Eric Dane ("Grey's Anatomy") is rounding out the already large cast of New Line's ensemble comedy " Valentine's Day ," set to begin shooting this week with Garry Marshall directing. Dane will play a quarterback...
Film, TV and stage star Brian Dennehy will direct the fact-based drama " Redemption " in the thesp's film-directing debut. " Redemption " involves the story of Joyce Ann Brown -- who spent more than nine years in prison...
Robert Zemeckis is negotiations to direct a remake of " Yellow Submarine " for Disney. "Submarine" was a 1968 animated feature based on music by the Beatles. It was produced by United Artists and King Features Syndicate.
Rosario Dawson will star alongside Denzel Washington and Chris Pine in Fox’s runaway train drama " Unstoppable ," directed by Tony Scott. Dawson just wrapped Chris Columbus film "Percy Jackson" and is currently shooting...
Jaime King has her cards and flowers ready for " Mother's Day ," Darren Lynn Bousman's remake of Charles Kaufman's 1980 Troma cult classic,and Shawn Ashmore,Briana Evigan,Alexa Vega and Matt O'Leary are in talks to join...
Warner Bros. has signed Douglas McGrath to direct " The Lucky One ," the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks bestseller. Published last year by Grand Central Publishing, " The Lucky One " centers on a Marine who survives...
"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm has joined the cast of " Sucker Punch ," an action fantasy Zack Snyder is directing for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Hamm joins Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone,...
" Outland " is in. Warner Bros. is resurrecting the 1981 space Western in an incarnation to be written by Chad St. John and directed by Michael Davis. Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari is producing, with the company's...
Jason Patric has joined the cast of " The Losers ," the Warner Bros./Dark Castle adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comicbook. Patric plays Max, a CIA agent who has gone off the rails and sets up the title characters, a black...
James McAvoy has checked into Mandate Pictures' comedic adaptation of the Will Reiser novel " I'm With Cancer ." Nicole Holofcener will direct, and the pic will co-star Seth Rogen, who is also producing. In the first...
Anthony Mackie ("The Hurt Locker") has been cast in " The Adjustment Bureau ," MRC's sci-fi thriller for Universal with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt starring, and George Nolfi directing from his own script. " The...
Fox is moving ahead on " The Magician's Elephant ," tapping Martin Hynes ("The Go-Getter") to adapt Kate DiCamillo's soon-to-be-published children's book. Story centers on impossible things that may happen when a fortune...
Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard and Lake Bell will star in indie thriller " Little Murder " with Peter "Gaga" Antonijevic ("Savior") directing. " Little Murder ," penned by Gerald Di Pego ("The Forgotten," "Phenomenon"), is...
As Sony Pictures Entertainment preps a fourth installment of "Spider-Man" to begin production early next year, the studio has quietly engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to pen " Spider-Man 5 " and "Spider-Man 6."...
Songstress Lily Allen's thespian younger sibling Alfie Allen joins Liam Boyle in the big screen adaptation of Kevin Sampson's rock 'n' roll 'n' drugs novel " Powder ." The movie, which marks the big screen directorial...
The Wayans Brothers and Sony are developing a sequel to the 2004 comedy "White Chicks," which will see Marlon and Shawn Wayans reprise their roles as sibling FBI agents posing as a pair of white ladies. Keenen Ivory...
Andrea Riseborough is heading to " Brighton Rock ." The British actress will play the female lead opposite Sam Riley in the pic based on the Graham Greene novel. She replaces Carey Mulligan, who had been attached to the...
Laron Austin is directing the indie pic " Battle " for Atlanta-based Reel One Entertainment. Starring Chris Burns, Onira Tares and Conrad "HeadRoc" Clifton, the film is the tale of an unknown hip-hop producer, played by...
Bryan Singer is attached to direct and produce Universal's big-screen version of " Battlestar Galactica ." The deal hyper-jumps the development of "Galactica," for which Universal quietly picked up the movie rights in...
Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to write the script for Fox's sequel to its "Wolverine" movie. Hugh Jackman is set to return as the Marvel Comics character, a mutant with healing powers and a skeleton laced with the...