Aline Brosh McKenna has been stocking up on the Purell. The "27 Dresses" screenwriter is penning " We Bought a Zoo " for Fox. The studio picked up the rights to Benjamin Mee's memoir in February for former Firm exec...
Dorian Missick has been cast in the Columbia comedy " Bounty Hunter ." He will play the ex-partner of Gerard Butler, a bounty hunter sent to track down his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston). Jason Sudeikis plays a smitten...
Cameron Fay is putting on his SPF 50. The screenwriting newcomer has been hired to rewrite the Fox comedy " Don't Send Help ." David Friendly ("Soul Men") is producing the film, about a grungy beauty pageant host who...
Michael Ross has come aboard to write the action thriller " Disavowed " for CBS Films. Irwin Winkler ("Home of the Brave") is producing the film, originally written by Philip Shelby, about a group of military prisoners...
In what will be her first movie star role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in " Burlesque ," a contemporary musical for Screen Gems. Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big...
Warner Bros. has picked up " Life As We Know It ," setting Katherine Heigl to star and "Everwood" creator Greg Berlanti to direct the drama. Barry Josephson and Gold Circle's Paul Brooks are producing. The story centers...
Daniel Craig can shake, but can he stir? The latest James Bond has proved a critical and commercial success in his two turns in the iconic role, for "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace." But he has been deliberate in...
Craig Robinson, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville and Camilla Belle will star opposite Kevin Spacey in " Father of Invention ," an ensemble comedy that Spacey is independently producing via his Trigger Street banner. The...
Universal Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Larry Doyle novel "Go Mutants!" "Go Mutants!" is a teen comedy/adventure set in a high school where all of the tropes from classic 1950s alien invasion movies came...
Visual-effects specialist Charles Gibson will make his bigscreen directing debut with the Geoff Rodkey-scripted family comedy " The Goblin ." Story revolves around a suburban family that moves into its new home only to...
Jon Amiel will direct a comedy with the working title " Old Timers " for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. The project written by playwright Noah Haidle centers on two retired hit men who enjoy a night living it up before one...
Universal Pictures has picked up the comedy pitch " Business Trip " from writer Stacey Harman. Benderspink, behind the Warner Bros. hit "The Hangover," will produce the laffer about a group of women who go on a corporate...
Focus Features has boarded " The Dubber ," a buddy comedy with French thesp Alain Chabat attached to play the title role. Pic centers on a man who provides the French dubbing voice for a top Hollywood star. When the...
"Dancing With the Stars" mainstay Julianne Hough will be punching her card for " Footloose ." The dancer, singer and choreographer will join Chace Crawford for her feature film debut in Paramount's remake of the 1984...
Mike Mitchell has been hired to direct the MGM fantasy-adventure " Once Upon a Time ." The live-action feature fiddles with fairy-tale conventions the way the "Shrek" movies and "Enchanted" did. Cinderella, Snow White...
Just days away from the start of shooting, Columbia has taken Steven Soderbergh's baseball drama " Moneyball " starring Brad Pitt off the field. Pulling the plug this close to production is extremely rare for studios but...
Universal and Reese Witherspoon are going into the pharmaceutical business. The studio is developing " Pharm Girl ," an aspirational comedy centering on one woman's odyssey through the drug industry. The project centers...
U.S. gay activists are worried that Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, "Bruno," could reinforce negative stereotypes about homosexuals just as they are making gains in the fight for rights like same-sex marriage. Baron Cohen,...
Danielle Panabaker will star opposite Amber Heard in " The Ward ," a psychological horror thriller that John Carpenter is directing for Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat. The story follows a girl (Heard) who is...
Josh Sugarman is focusing his camera on a group of young writers as a way of examining Generation Y in the narrative film " Trophy Kids ," his feature directorial debut that has begun shooting in New York. Ryan Eggold,...
" Weather Girl ," a relationship comedy that's set to play the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival, has sold off a slew of rights. Blayne Weaver's movie has been picked up for home video by Screen Media Films and for...
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who have co-written the past four James Bond features, will be joined by "Frost/Nixon" scribe Peter Morgan on the latest installment of the franchise for MGM. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara...
Greg Kinnear and Kelly Preston will play Miley Cyrus' parents in " The Last Song ," Disney's adaptation of the upcoming Nicholas Sparks novel. The story centers on a rebellious teenager (Cyrus) who is forced to spend the...
"Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" regular Jason Sudeikis has been cast in the Columbia comedy " Bounty Hunter " opposite Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The movie centers on Milo (Butler), a bounty hunter hired to...
Phillip Noyce will direct the indie police thriller " Mixed Blood ," with Samuel L. Jackson to co-star. Pic will center on an American fugitive being forced to make violent and terrifying choices to protect his family...
Darren Aronofsky's " Black Swan " could soon be taking flight. After being set up in early 2007 at Universal, the project -- a supernatural thriller set in the world of New York City ballet -- has been reconstituted...
Young newcomer Skyler Samuels has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment and Participant Media's family comedy " Furry Vengeance ." Samuels will play Amber, the romantic interest of a sarcastic city kid (Matt Prokop)...
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristin Chenoweth, Odette Yustman and Betty White have joined the cast, as has Victor Garber. They join Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver in the film, to be directed by Andy Fickman. The story line...
Stuart Beattie is keeping things local. The Australian "Australia" co-writer is readying his directorial debut, an adaptation of the young-adult novel " Tomorrow, When the War Began " for an Aussie-centric production...
Marcus Nispel has been set by Nu Image/Millennium Films to direct " Conan ," ending a nine-year development ordeal to reinvent the Robert E. Howard-created barbarian first immortalized onscreen by Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins will star in " John Carter of Mars ," the adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing for Disney. "Carter" centers on a civil war veteran who finds...
Intrepid Pictures has set Bruce A. Evans to direct " Diver ," a thriller that was penned by Diane Ademu-John. Script concerns a disturbed ex-cop who's recruited into the Diver program, a secret project based in New...
Screen Gems prevailed in a spec auction for "Beautiful Girl," a scary genre thriller from a most unlikely source: Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Hours." Story concerns a shy but brainy high...
Joaquin Oristrell will direct " Ados ," a teen comedy designed to feed Spain's growing appetite for local laffers. Co-written by Oristrell, longtime collaborator Yolanda Garcia Serrano and David Victori, " Ados " will...
Universal has picked up " Lunch Lady ," a children's graphic novel series written and illustrated by Jarrett Krosoczka, with Amy Poehler attached to star. Poehler will executive produce along with the Gotham Group's...
Brittany Murphy has joined Shantel VanSanten and John Robinson in " Something Wicked ," a psychological thriller from producer-turned-director Darin Scott. The story follows a teenager and his girlfriend, who is way out...
Chris O'Dowd has been cast in the Fox comedy " Gulliver's Travels ." The actor joins Jack Black, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet and Emily Blunt in the big-budget adaptation of the classic Jonathan Swift story. The modern...
Zulay Henao, Caleb Steinmeyer, James Russo, Bill Sage and Tracy Middendorf will star in the drama " Boy Wonder " for New York-based outfit Boy Wonder Prods. " Boy Wonder " follows a guy (Steinmeyer) who is looking for...
Kevin Lima will swim with the fishes. The "Enchanted" director is attached to helm Warner Bros.' update of " The Incredible Mr. Limpet ," a story about a man who turns into a talking fish. Don Knotts starred in the...
Diane Lane is set to star in " Secretariat ," the Disney film about the relationship between the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and his owner, Penny Chenery. Lane will play Chenery, a mother and housewife who knew...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have set Justin Theroux to direct " Chief Ron ." The Jordan Roberts-scripted comedy concerns a conman who claims Mohegan ancestry in an attempt to open a casino.
Matt Prokop has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment and Participant Media's family comedy " Furry Vengeance ." He will star opposite Brendan Fraser as a sarcastic city kid transplanted to the country after his father...
Jonathan Sadowski and Keir O'Donnell have been tapped to star in the pilot for " Ghosts/Aliens ," a live-action comedy for Comedy Central that also is being developed as a feature for Viacom sibling Paramount Vantage....
Peter Hedges has signed on to write and direct " The Odd Life of Timothy Green ," a modern-day fable for Disney. Disney is keeping plot details under tight wraps, though it is understood to be a high priority for the...
Danny McBride, who plays Will in Land of the Lost , told reporters that he apologizes to fans of the original 1970s children's TV show on which the movie is based, but defended the new take as something that will work...
Director Rob Cohen is set to get " Medieval " for New Regency. Cohen has backed out of reteaming with Vin Diesel on "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage" for Sony. Instead, he has signed a deal to helm an event-sized action...
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have answered DreamWorks' " Cal of the Wild ." Developed internally at DreamWorks, the laffer revolves around Cal Tanner, the fraudulent star of a cable TV survival show, who is...
Liam Neeson is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to star in its long-gestating bigscreen adaptation of " The A-Team " as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith. Bradley Cooper is in early talks to play Lt. Templeton "Faceman"...
James Franco is set to star in " In Praise of Shadows ," an indie drama written and directed by Jay Anania. Pic will start production June 15 in New York City. The drama tells the story of William Vincent (Franco), and...
Summit Entertainment has set Emilie de Ravin ("Lost"), Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper to star alongside Robert Pattinson in " Remember Me ," the Allen Coulter-directed drama that begins production in New York on June...