Carey Mulligan is coming on board " Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps " to play Gordon Gekko's daughter. Mulligan joins Michael Douglas (Gekko), Shia LaBeouf and Frank Langella in the sequel to the 1987 film, to which...
Buzz Entertainment has cast Jaime Ray Newman to star in its Manhattan-set indie feature " After Midnight ." "Midnight" chronicles the all-night adventure of a New York woman combing the city in search of her stolen...
Overture Films and Anonymous Content are gift-wrapping a new romantic comedy project titled " A Little Something for Your Birthday ." Michael Engler is attached to direct Susan Walter's screenplay about a clothing...
Jack Huston has fanged his way on to Summit Entertainment's threequel "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ." The actor joins Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Bryce Dallas Howard in the third installment of the vampire...
Josh Friedlander has sold his original comedy screenplay " One Night Stan " to Lionsgate. "Harold & Kumar" creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are set to direct. "Stan" plays out a scenario about which many men...
Focus Features will finance, produce and distribute the next film from the writer-director team behind the 2006 pic "Half Nelson." The specialty division has boarded " It's Kind of a Funny Story ," a coming-of-age...
Tara Reid is joining the cast of the indie comedy " Last Call ." The buddy film stars Travis Van Winkle and Ryan Hansen as cousins forced to run a family pub. The supporting cast includes Christopher Lloyd, Tom Arnold,...
Frank Langella will join the cast of " Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps ," the Oliver Stone-directed sequel for 20th Century Fox. Shia LaBeouf stars with Michael Douglas, who'll reprise his Gordon Gekko role. Josh...
Following its success with "Slumdog Millionaire," Fox Star Studios India is bankrolling and will distrib Hindi pic " My Name Is Khan " next year. The studio announced Thursday that it would finance and distribute the...
Fiona Dourif will play the daughter of a murdered U.S. Army officer who faces off against an organized crime family in the mob thriller " Mafiosa ," which has begun filming in Orlando, Fla. Yusaka Mizoguchi ("Still...
Hanif Kureishi has signed on to write the screen adaptation of " The White Tiger ," which Smuggler Films is producing in association with Ascension Entertainment. A winner of the Man Booker Prize in Britain, Aravind...
Asian pop star Jay Chou will team up with Seth Rogen to fight crime in Columbia Pictures' new film version of "The Green Hornet ," to be directed by Michel Gondry. Born Chou Chieh-Lun in Taiwan in 1979, Chou began...
Liam Neeson has signed to star in " Unknown White Male ," a thriller from Dark Castle and Warner Bros. The script, by Karl Gajdusek, centers on a doctor (Neeson) who, while visiting Berlin with his wife, is in a car...
Lucy Punch is dressing up for " Dinner for Schmucks ." The British actress, who was recently cast in the role Nicole Kidman vacated in Woody Allen's next film, is in final negotiations to join Steve Carell and Paul Rudd...
Christopher Gorham, Arielle Kebbel and Chris Parnell are starring in indie comedy " Trivial Pursuits ," written and directed by Christopher Farah. Brother Mike Farah is producing. Set in the world of competitive bar...
"Wire" star Aidan Gillen and BAFTA-nominated David Morrissey have joined the cast of Lionsgate U.K.'s forthcoming U.K. feature " Blitz ," the crime thriller about a cop-hating serial killer who targets officers at a...
Mila Kunis will be Natalie Portman's nemesis. The actress is in discussions to star opposite Portman in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural drama " Black Swan ." The pic centers on a talented ballerina (Portman) in the New...
Jason Segel is attached to star alongside Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in " The Adventurer's Handbook ," a comedy Akiva Schaffer is directing for Universal. Hill, Matt Spicer and Max Winkler wrote the script, about...
Lucas Cruikshank and Jaime King are attached to star in " Emo Boy " for Vanguard Films. The live-action adaptation of the graphic novels created by Stephen Emond and published by SLG Comics will revolve around the...
Adam Beach will star opposite "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in " The Stranger ," an action vehicle for the wrestling star being directed by Rob Lieberman. Nasser Entertainment Group and Caliber Media are financing and...
Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado has been cast as Joseph in Aloe Entertainment's " Mary, Mother of Christ ." He joins Camilla Belle, Al Pacino, Peter O'Toole and Julia Ormond in the action drama about the biblical journey...
Russell Crowe is in final negotiations to star in writer-director Paul Haggis' next film, " The Next Three Days ," for Lionsgate. Haggis, who made his Oscar-winning "Crash" at the studio, is writing, directing and...
Steven Spielberg will soon be seeing imaginary rabbits. The filmmaker will direct as his next film a contemporary adaptation of Mary Chase's play " Harvey ," about a man and his friendship with an invisible six-foot tall...
Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and Carter Jenkins have joined the all-star cast of New Line's romantic comedy " Valentine's Day ," being directed by Garry Marshall. Foxx plays a TV sports reporter who has been sent out on a "...
Jeremy Renner, who has earned raves for his performance in "The Hurt Locker," is in negotiations to join " The Town ," a romantic crime thriller from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures that Ben Affleck is directing. The...
Nacho Vigalondo will direct “ Gangland ,” an action comedy based on his idea that will be written by Pat Healy. The project is from Mandate Pictures and Steve Zaillian via their Film Rites co-venture. The story revolves...
Jennifer Aniston will topline CBS Films' romantic comedy " Pumas ." Wayne McClammy's attached to direct from Melissa Stack's script. Story centers on two thirtysomething women who make a habit of romancing younger men...
Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes are in talks to team in " Southbound ," an independently financed drama that will be directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz ("Secuestro Express"). In the Peter Craig-scripted drama,...
Bridget Moynahan has been recruited to Columbia Pictures' alien-invasion actioner " Battle: Los Angeles ." Thesp will co-star opposite Aaron Eckhart in the pic about a Marine platoon that faces off against aliens who...
Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall are starring opposite Ben Affleck in " The Town ," Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' romantic crime thriller that Affleck also is directing. Graham King is producing. An adaptation of the...
" Eclipse " is pulling a switcheroo. The third installment in Summit's "Twilight" franchise will see Rachelle Lefevre, who was to play the role of villain Victoria in the pic, replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard when...
Joe Morton, Daniella Alonso and John Fiore are starring in " The Mulberry Tree ," an indie feature directed by U.K. helmer Mark Heller. The script chronicles the meeting of Mickey Crugnali and Sam Morton, a convicted...
Amanda Crew has signed to star opposite Zac Efron in " Charlie St. Cloud ," Universal's supernatural romantic drama that's being directed by Burr Steers. Marc Platt is producing. An adaptation of the Ben Sherwood novel,...
Robert Schwentke is painting the screen " Red ." The director of "The Time Traveler's Wife," who has been flirting with a number of projects, is in negotiations to take the reins of the Summit Entertainment thriller,...
The director of the "Spider-Man" film franchise is set to transform " World of Warcraft " into a movie. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. and Legendary Pictures says Sam Raimi has signed on to direct "Warcraft," a live-action...
Len Wiseman has signed to develop and direct a film adaptation of the graphic novel " Shrapnel " for Radical Pictures. The graphic novel, which Radical Publishing teased at last year's Comic-Con, describes a sci-fi...
Darren Lynn Bousman will write and direct " Abattoir " for Radical Pictures. In " Abattoir " (the French word for slaughterhouse), a real estate agent assigned to clean up the remnants of a massacre that took place in a...
James Mangold is attached to direct an adaptation of the memoir " Three Little Words ," which is among the first projects to come from Lime Orchard Prods., the shingle recently launched by thesp Jami Gertz. Cathy Konrad...
"Orphan" scribe David Leslie Johnson will write " The Colony " for Participant Media and Vertigo Entertainment. The thriller is based on a pitch by Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner. It's described as "The Birds" with...
Actor/comedian Josh Gad has joined Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in the business-world drama " Love and Other Drugs " at Fox 2000/New Regency. The story follows a salesman (Gyllenhaal) who competes in the cutthroat...
Zachary Gordon has nabbed the title role in " Diary of a Wimpy Kid ," Fox 2000's adaptation of Jeff Kinney's best-selling illustrated novels. Chloe Moretz is in negotiations for the female lead. "Wimpy Kid" follows the...
Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood and Macha Grenon are joining the cast of Richard Lewis' " Barney's Version ," which begins principal photography Aug. 17 in Rome. Based on the Mordecai Richler novel, adapted for the...
Morgan Spurlock, director of "Super-Size Me," and his production shingle Warrior Poets are teaming up with Dark Horse for an original graphic novel that will act as companion to that 2004 movie. The book, " Supersized :...
British helmer Phil Claydon has signed on to direct " Dan Mintner: Badass for Hire ," a New Line comedy being produced by Contrafilm's Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson with Mason Novick. Conceived as a light-hearted homage to...
Morgan Freeman is in talks to star alongside Bruce Willis in Summit Entertainment's espionage thriller " Red ," based on the WildStorm/DC Comic. Summit acquired rights to " Red ," originally written by Warren Ellis and...
Ed Helms is attached to star in " Cedar Rapids ," an indie ensemble road-trip comedy that Miguel Arteta is attached to direct. Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor and Jim Burke are producing via their Ad Hominem Enterprises...
Writer-director Charlie Matthau is taking a shot at Elmore Leonard. Matthau has written a screenplay inspired by Leonard's 1988 novel " Freaky Deaky " and will direct an adaptation of it. The novel involves a bunch of...
Renowned chef Mario Batali joined the cast of MPI Media Group’s dark comic thriller, “ Bitter Feast ," currently filming in Manhattan and Woodstock, NY. Written and directed by Joe Maggio ("Virgil Bliss," "Milk and...
Willem Dafoe is on his way to Mars. The actor has joined Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in " John Carter of Mars ," Disney's adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing. In the...
Alexander Skarsgard is going from vampires to vicious locals. The "True Blood" star has signed to " Straw Dogs ," Screen Gems' remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 thriller. Rod Lurie is directing the updated pic, in which a...