Gary Oldman, riding high from a best actor Oscar nomination for his work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, is in final negotiations to play the villain in Motor City , a Dark Castle revenge thriller being directed by Albert...
Fresh off her first Oscar nomination for her performance in "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," Rooney Mara has found her next project, boarding Steven Soderbergh's " Side Effects ." Story revolves around a young woman...
Taylor Handley has joined the cast of indie thriller " Channeling " opposite Dominic Devore, Kate French, Skyler Day and Christian Camargo. " Channeling " centers characters who seek validation by broadcasting their...
"The Social Network" star Justin Timberlake is set to join Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams in Warner Bros.' " Trouble With the Curve ," which will mark the directorial debut of Eastwood's longtime producing partner Robert...
Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin will star in Stand Up Guys , an action comedy being directed by Fisher Stevens, who won an Oscar for producing The Cove. The project, which was formerly known as Old Timers,...
Kate Hudson is set to star in Joe Lynch's actioner " Everly ," the new project from Adam Ripp and Rob Paris' Crime Scene Pictures. Hudson will star as a down-on-her-luck woman, stuck in her apartment, fending off waves...
Fresh off his critically acclaimed turn in Sundance's audience award winner "The Surrogate," John Hawkes has committed to star opposite Yasiin Bey in the Elmore Leonard adaptation " Switch ," from writer-director Dan...
Anson Mount, Cam Gigandet, Freddy Rodriguez and Bill Fichtner round out of the cast of " Code Name: Geronimo ," John Stockwell's actioner about Osama bin Laden's killing. Mount stars as an agile and assured member of...
The Book of Mormon star Josh Gad, Saturday Night Live’s Bill Hader and Kate Hudson have signed to star as the voice cast of Me & My Shadow, the animated fantasy from DreamWorks Animation. Conceived in-house as an...
Filmmaker Joe Carnahan is set to write and direct a remake of Death Wish , The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Carnahan, director of this weekend’s box office champion, The Grey, has lined up the remake as his next...
Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko have been tapped to pen the bigscreen adaptation of graphic novel " Too Cool to Be Forgotten " from indies Red Crown Prods. and Likely Story. Alex Robinson's "Too Cool" centers on a man...
Vera Farmiga will join Aaron Eckhart in helmer Randall Miller's indie music biopic " The Drummer ," about Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. " The Drummer " follows six years in Wilson's life during which he and McVie...
George Blagden will play Grantaire in Universal's " Les Miserables ," starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. Tom Hooper is helming the pic, which also stars Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne.
Russell Brand is attached to star in the Paramount and Platinum Dunes pic " The Hauntrepreneur ." The story revolves around a family that has trouble adjusting to a new town and hires a peculiar man who calls himself the...
Paul Giamatti has joined the cast of Carlo Carlei's adaptation of " Romeo and Juliet ," set to start shooting in Italy this month. Giamatti will play Friar Lawrence, advisor to both Romeo and Juliet , and a key character...
Days after settling a lawsuit regarding the long-gestating remake of The Crow , Relativity has closed a deal with F. Javier Gutierrez to direct the comic book adaptation. At the same time, Jesse Wigutow has signed on to...
Despite a release last week from distributor Open Road, it appears that Annapurna Pictures will not be financing Steven Soderbergh's " Side Effects ." Open Road, which had signed on to distribute the movie domestically,...
Mark Webber and Chloe Sevigny are attached to star in director Adam Bhala Lough’s indie drama Panarea . Jim Jarmusch is executive producing. The film follows a young married couple with intimacy issues who find...
Liam Hemsworth has been cast as the lead in Relativity Media's romantic drama Timeless , which Salt director Phillip Noyce will helm. Bill Kelly (Enchanted) wrote the screenplay, which follows a man's efforts to develop...
Stephen Dorff has been tapped for the lead in U.K.-Israeli co-production " Zaytoun ," directed by Eran Riklis ("Lemon Tree"). Dorff will play an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982. He meets a 10-year-old...
Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor, both actors who cut their teeth in the indie scene, are in negotiations to join Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in New Line's supernatural thriller formerly known as The Conjuring . Now...
Chloe Sevigny is joining the cast of biopic " Lovelace ." She'll play a feminist journalist on assignment for a men's magazine to find out who the real Linda Lovelace is. Addtionally, Demi Moore has ankled from the...
Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired North American distribution rights to Pablo Croce's directorial debut " Like Water ," a documentary that explores the life of UFC champion Anderson Silva. Documentary focuses on...
Ryan Murphy is putting together an all-star cast for his latest film project, the big-screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning drama The Normal Heart , being produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B shingle. Julia Roberts and...
Rising thesps Chandler Canterbury and Boyd Holbrook are in final negotiations to round out the cast of Open Road Films' " The Host ," an adaptation of "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer's popular sci-fi novel. Andrew...
The Weinstein Co. and Relativity Media have settled their legal battle over remake rights to The Crow , the two companies said Monday in a joint statement. Bradley Cooper Exits ' The Crow ' as Other Actors Circle...
After an eight-year break from feature film directing, "Roger Dodger" helmer Dylan Kidd is looking to return behind the camera, as he's attached to direct the comedy " Get a Job " for CBS Films. "Project X" thesp Miles...
Universal has preemptively bought Benjamin Magid's spec " Thirteen " and set it up with U-based Strike Entertainment at Brooklyn Weaver's Energy Entertainment. The story is reminiscent of 1990's "Flatliners," which...
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds are attached to star in the indie " Big Eyes ," a biopic of Margaret and Walter Keane that will be written and directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Based on a true story,...
Rob Riggle, Brian Posehn and Kumail Nanjiani have joined the cast of the stop-motion animation laffer "Hell & Back" starring T.J. Miller and Nick Swardson. Story revolves around two best friends who must rescue their...
Kate Winslet is attached to star in " The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ," which Kenneth Branagh is set to direct for Fox 2000. It's a love story set in the London and the Channel Islands after WWII....
Elizabeth Olsen, Dane Dehaan and Jack Huston are joining Daniel Radcliffe in " Kill Your Darlings ," the Killer Films and Benaroya Pictures thriller that tells the story of how a murder at Columbia University in 1944...
As his hockey movie Goon prepares for its February release, Canadian actor Marc-Andre Grondin on Monday will begin filming L’homme qui rit ( The Man Who Laughs ), an adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. The period epic...
Australian actress Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) is replacing Ophelia Lovibond in the cast of Summer in February , alongside Dominic Cooper and Dan Stevens. Browning’s arrival in the cast came as the movie begins...
CollegeHumor Media, which is part of Barry Diller's IAC, said Thursday that it will finance and produce workplace comedy Coffee Town as its first theatrical release. Written and to be directed by Brad Copeland (Arrested...
Debi Mazar and Cory Hardrict have been cast in the upcoming biopic, Lovelace , based on the life and career of Linda Boreman aka “Linda Lovelace ,” the star of the 1972 pornographic film, Deep Throat, The Hollywood...
Universal wants to bring back " Bruce Almighty ." The studio is in talks with the scripting team of Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel ("Hot Tub Time Machine," "Yes Men") to write a followup to the 2003 hit " Bruce Almighty ."...
Longtime "Tosh.0" helmer Scott Zabielski will make his feature directorial debut with New Line's remake of "Police Academy." Zabielski beat out several more experienced helmers for the coveted comedy gig, which the...
Radical Gallic helmer Catherine Breillat is set to helm " Abus de Faiblesse ," an autobiographical drama based on her book depicting her destructive relationship with conman Christophe Rocancourt. Pic turns on Maud, a...
Melissa McCarthy addressed the future of a Bridesmaids' sequel this weekend in the wake of The Hollywood Reporter's story saying Universal is considering moving forward without star and co-writer Kristen Wiig. "This is...
Richard Schiff has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' "Man of Steel," playing a character dubbed Dr. Hamilton. The Zack Snyder pic has been lensing in Vancouver and Chicago.
After coming close to nabbing the coveted villain role in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek 2," Spanish thesp Jordi Molla is taking his sinister sneer to another sci-fi franchise, as he's in negotiations to play the villain...
John Logan has been tapped to adapt the musical " Jersey Boys : The Story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons," with GK Films' Graham King and Tim Headington producing. King and Headington, who snagged feature rights to...
Zero Gravity Films has set up indie thriller " I Will Follow You Into the Dark " with Castlight Pictures on board to finance and Mischa Barton set to star. Leah Pipes, Ryan Eggold and Jaz Martin are also attached with...
Matt O'Leary and Eloise Mumford are toplining Whitewater Films' miltary thriller " Drones ," opposite William Russ, Whip Hubley and Jacob Wysocki. Story follows two Air Force pilots operating an RPA (remote piloted...
Paul Feig is back in business with Universal Pictures, which has tapped the "Bridesmaids" helmer to direct its romantic comedy " The Better Woman ." Story follows a high-powered young executive who is dumped by her...
Kris Thykier's PeaPie Films has snapped up feature rights to Kurban Said's tome " Ali and Nino ," which will be adapted by "A Dangerous Method" and "Dangerous Liaisons" scribe Christopher Hampton. The love story, first...
On the heels of his well-received turns in "War Horse" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Brit thesp Benedict Cumberbatch has been tapped to play the villain in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek 2." Cumberbatch landed the role that...
Kevin Smith is sharing details about his next -- and final -- film via Twitter, telling fans that he hopes to unveil Hit Somebody during Sundance 2013. The auteur had initially planned to create the movie in two parts,...
Lily Collins may go from fighting evil queens to evil demons. The up-and-coming actress, who scored her first major lead role playing Snow White in Relativity's upcoming fairy tale fantasy Mirror, Mirror, is in early...