Lionsgate has set Jose Padilha to direct and Braulio Mantovani to script “ Agent in Place ,” a live-action feature based on the upcoming videogame created by Flint Dille and developed with Union Entertainment. Project is...
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, who played a doomed husband and wife in "Brokeback Mountain," are in negotiations to reunite for " Love and Other Drugs " at Fox 2000/New Regency. Reidy was a drug rep for Pfizer in the...
Chris Pine has found his follow-up role to his star-making turn in "Star Trek." The actor is in negotiations to star opposite Denzel Washington in Fox's action drama " Unstoppable ." Tony Scott is directing. The story...
Ken Kwapis is in final negotiations to direct " Everybody Loves Whales ," an environmental family film project being produced by Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Michael Sugar. The script tells the story of three...
Cam Gigandet will star opposite Paul Bettany in " Priest ," a horror Western that Scott Stewart is directing for Screen Gems. Adapted by Cory Goodman from a TokyoPop comic book, " Priest " is set in a world ravaged by...
Australian actor Callan McAuliffe has booked his first American feature: Rob Reiner's " Flipped " for Warner Bros. McAuliffe will play the foil and eventual love interest to Madeline Carroll in a comedy adapted from...
Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie is already getting the same sort of buzz and legal backlash that came with his last hit. This time, though, a woman is alleging injuries far beyond just a bruised ego or reputation. Richelle...
CBS Films has tapped Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer to star alongside Vanessa Hudgens in teen romancer " Beastly ," with Susan Cartsonis producing via her Storefront Films shingle. Story's based on Alex Flinn's...
Screen Gems has set Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Machalka, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley ("Gossip Girl"), Cam Gigandet ("Twilight"), Malcolm McDowell and Daniel Byrd to join Emma Stone and...
Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman are going on a " Monster Safari ." The screenwriting pair and three directors from the effects/production company Screen Novelties -- Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan and Seamus Walsh -- will...
Lionsgate has recruited director Jose Padilha and screenwriter Braulio Mantovani for its action thriller " Agent in Place ." The project springs from a forthcoming video game created by Flint Dille and co-developed with...
Kurt Wimmer has been tapped to write Columbia's new version of " Total Recall ," which Neal H. Moritz is developing and producing through his Original Films banner. The original, based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can...
Overture Films is developing a modern-day adaptation of " Hamlet " to star Emile Hirsch. "Twilight" helmer Catherine Hardwicke is on board to direct, with Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen producing. Jinks and Cohen credited...
Jeff Nathanson has signed to write and direct the adaptation of William Kalush and Larry Sloman's Harry Houdini biography " The Secret Life of Houdini : The Making of America's First Superhero" for Summit Entertainment....
Brian Grazer and his Imagine Entertainment have come aboard as producers of " Stretch Armstrong ," Universal and Hasbro's big-screen take on the toy action figure. Steve Oedekerk ("Bruce Almighty") is writing the...
Fox Searchlight and Lorenzo di Bonaventura are getting kidnapped. The specialty division and producer are teaming up for the thriller " Kidnap ," from a script penned by "Jackass" veteran Knate Gwaltney. The...
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is starring with Chris Klein, Adam Rodriguez and Richard T. Jones in " Caught in the Crossfire ," a police corruption drama. Newcomer Brian Miller wrote the script and is directing. The drama...
Alyssa Milano will weave a spell on the big screen. The former "Charmed" star has signed on to star in and produce " My Girlfriend's Boyfriend ," a romantic comedy in which she plays a woman with a relationship dilemma....
Lionsgate is teaming with filmmaker Paul Haggis for his latest feature, the thriller " The Next Three Days ," an adaptation of the French film "Pour Elle." Haggis will write and direct " The Next Three Days ." Story...
Halcyon co-toppers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson have acquired the pic rights to journalist Daniel Estulin's book " The True Story of the Bilderberg Group ." Book details the exploits of the ultra-exclusive,...
Natalie Portman is joining Danny McBride and James Franco in “ Your Highness ,” a Universal comedy that David Gordon Green is shooting in the summer in Northern Ireland. “Highness," written by Ben Best and McBride,...
Halle Berry is in talks to star in " The Surrogate " for 20th Century Fox. The move follows Paul Verhoeven's boarding to develop and direct the thriller, which Ralph Winter is producing along with Deborah Giarratana,...
Several studios were in on the search, but Universal and Illumination Entertainment were the ones who found “Where’s Waldo?” U and Chris Meledandri’s family film unit have acquired screen rights to turn the “Where’s...
Duncan Jones has surfaced with his sophomore feature. The helmer, who made his feature directorial debut with the Sam Rockwell starrer "Moon," will direct " Escape From the Deep " from an Alex Kershaw script based on the...
In an odd bit of symbolism, the Chevy Chase resurgence is leading him back in time. The comedy vet is now taking a dip in UA's time-travel comedy " Hot Tub Time Machine ," with John Cusack and Rob Corddry. The Steve...
Warner Bros. is revving up its engines, picking up the spec script " Trans Am " by Matt Johnson. The Southern-fried buddy action script centers on a disgraced sheriff's deputy and a repentant getaway driver who must...
Paul Verhoeven is coming back to America. The Dutch director, who most recently helmed his native-tongued “Black Book,” has come aboard to develop and direct “ The Surrogate ,” a thriller for 20th Century Fox. Ralph...
Tom Cruise is zeroing in on the 20th Century Fox action comedy, formerly titled " Wichita ," as his next star vehicle. He'll pair with Cameron Diaz in the James Mangold-directed film. That ends a serious courtship that...
Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are joining Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in Warner Bros.' " A Couple of Dicks ," a buddy action comedy being directed by Kevin Smith. The script, by Robb and Mark Cullen, follows a...
"Gossip Girl's" Jessica Szohr has signed on to co-star in Dimension's " Piranha 3D ." Story kicks off after an underwater tremor sets free scores of prehistoric man-eating fish in a tourist-friendly lake, forcing a group...
John Stockwell has signed to direct the action comedy " Roadkill ," written by Nick Ball and John Niven. Bill Perkins is producing and financing the indie via his Lleju Prods. " Roadkill " revolves around two amateur...
Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in " You Don't Know Jack ," an HBO Films biopic about Dr. Jack Kevorkian that Barry Levinson will direct. Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of...
Dustin Hoffman will topline opposite Paul Giamatti in indie drama " Barney's Version ," based on Mordecai Richler's final novel, with Robert Lantos ("Adoration") producing through his Serendipity Point banner. Hoffman,...
Universal and Working Title Films have added Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Jane Lynch to the cast of " Paul ." Pegg and Frost, who wrote the script, will play two science-fiction fanatics on a...
Jake Kasdan has signed on to direct the comedy " Bad Teacher " for Columbia Pictures. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg sold their original screenplay to the studio last August. It concerns a foul-mouthed seventh grade...
Liraz Charhi has been cast in " Fair Game ," the Doug Liman-directed drama about outed CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson. Naomi Watts already has been cast as Plame. Sean Penn plays her husband, ambassador Joseph Wilson....
Liam Neeson and Jennifer Connelly will star in “ What’s Wrong With Virginia ,” a film that will be directed and written by Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Milk.” Connelly will play the charming but...
Marvel Studios has chosen its god of Thunder: Australian thesp Chris Hemsworth is in final negotiations to play Thor in the comicbook company's bigscreen adaptation of the character. A Norse god, Thor develops a...
Disney is readying another launch of sci-fi adventure movie " Flight of the Navigator ." Brad Copeland is writing the remake, which is being produced by Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. The 1986...
Brit thesps Sam Riley and Carey Mulligan are attached to star in helmer Rowan Joffe's adaptation of Graham Greene's classic novel " Brighton Rock ." Greene's novel, about a young gangster who marries the waitress who...
"The Bank Job" helmer Roger Donaldson is in negotiations to direct " Umbra " for Relativity Media. Plot details on the project are being kept under wraps, but it is described as a paranoid thriller.
Zach Braff is in negotiations to direct, rewrite and co-star in the comedy " Swingles " for Paramount Pictures. Story, which is based on a Duncan Birmingham spec, centers on a bachelor who is dumped by his wingman and...
Rosario Dawson will star opposite Kevin James in romantic comedy " The Zookeeper ," with Happy Madison producing along with James, Todd Garner, Jeff Sussman and Jennifer Eatz. Live actioner centers on zoo animals trying...
Focus Features has attached Danish helmer Ole Bornedal to direct the adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel " The Husband ." Pic is about an ordinary working man whose love for his wife is put to a harrowing series of tests...
Dimension Films is going sumo. The company has acquired English-language remake rights to Israeli sumo wrestling pic " A Matter of Size ." The film, which made its debut at Tribeca last month, centers on an overweight...
Douglas Cook and David Weisberg have been tapped to pen " Nick Ratchet ," one of Stan Lee's POW Entertainment projects set up at Disney. The lighthearted mystery thriller centers on a Jekyll & Hyde struggle between a...
Sean Penn is in talks to star in “ This Must Be the Place ,” a film that will mark the English-language feature debut of Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, who is Un Certain Regard jury prexy at Cannes. Penn would play...
Chace Crawford has signed on to star in Paramount Pictures' remake of " Footloose ." The Kenny Ortega-helmed project had been thrown into doubt when Zac Efron decided against making another tuner so soon after "High...
Melissa Leo is in negotiations to star opposite Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg in Relativity Media's " The Fighter ." Film, which is scheduled to lense in the summer, tells the story of Boston fighter "Irish" Mickey...
Chris Pontius has booked a room in Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere." The "Jackass" trouper will play Sammy, best friend of the character played by Stephen Dorff, a decadent, bad-boy actor living at the Chateau Marmont in West...