"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke and Summit Entertainment have made up, with the helmer signing on for the company's fantasy-drama " If I Stay ." " If I Stay " will be based on Gayle Forman's novel of the same...
Warner Bros. has acquired " Methuselah ," an action adventure James Watkins will write and direct. The title comes from the biblical character who lived nearly 1,000 years. The film's protagonist ages at a similarly slow...
Cameron Diaz is looking for a date. She is in negotiations to topline " Swingles ," a romantic comedy being produced by Kevin Misher for Paramount. The search for a suitable onscreen mate is ongoing. " Swingles " focuses...
Liv Tyler is set to star in " The Romantics ," an independently financed romantic comedy written and to be directed by Galt Niederhoffer. Team Todd's Suzanne and Jennifer Todd will produce with Plum Pictures. Production...
Pete Segal has emerged as the frontrunner to direct " Little Fockers ," the third installment in the Universal Pictures/Tribeca Prods. franchise. John Hamburg scripted the third installment. It is the first in the series...
As their next film, Joel and Ethan Coen will put their spin on " True Grit ," the iconic Western that won John Wayne an Oscar. Portis' novel is about a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another...
Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Mull have joined the cast of " Five Killers ," a Lionsgate action comedy that stars Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl. The story follows a hitman (Kutcher) at the top of his game...
Anne Hathaway will go over the rainbow for the Weinstein Co. The New York minimajor confirmed Monday that it has attached the "Rachel Getting Married" star to its Judy Garland biopic " Get Happy ." The project, which has...
The writer-director has cast nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige in " I Can Do Bad All by Myself ," an adaptation of one of his early plays. Blige joins Taraji P. Henson, recently nominated for an Oscar, in the...
Tristan Wilds has been cast in the World War II drama " Red Tails ." The film, written by John Ridley and directed by Anthony Hemingway, details the true story of the 332nd Fighter Group, an elite all-black unit of...
There's strength in numbers as Bobby Cannavale, June Diane Raphael and Danielle Panabaker have joined the cast of the indie film " Weakness ." Apropos Films is producing the project, a drama about a suburban high school...
Jonathan Kesselman will be the life of the party. Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' " The Party " that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather...
Three Marvel Studios superhero pics will debut in summer 2011, including the May 6 bow of Sony's " Spider-Man 4 ." That's to be followed by the June 17 release of "Thor," which was to have opened in summer 2010, and the...
New Line is "Going the Distance" with Justin Long, tapping the thesp for the lead role in its romantic comedy to be directed by Nanette Burstein. Script, penned by tyro writer Geoff LaTulippe, centers on a man and woman...
Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones are set to star in " The Company Men ," an independently financed drama about the impact that a corporate downsizing has on both its casualties and survivors. They join Ben Affleck, who...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired " Merman ," a romantic comedy script by Jennifer Abu Hollander. Story follows a merman who comes to land so he can win back his mermaid fiancee, who has left him...
Joel Silver's Dark Castle is developing " Unknown White Male ," a thriller about a doctor who awakens from a coma to finds he seemingly has been replaced by another man, for Warner Bros. to market and distribute....
Paramount Pictures has attached Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman to star in a film based on the new Leanne Shapton book " Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris,...
"Step Brothers" funnyman Adam Scott has signed on to star alongside Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in Spyglass' romantic comedy " Leap Year ." Story centers on a young woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend...
Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw will star in the indie ensemble film " Kill Your Darlings ," the account of a murder that led to the birth of the Beat Generation. John Krokidas, who penned the script with...
Dan Harris has been set by Universal Pictures to write " Dante's Inferno ," a live-action film based on the Electronic Arts vidgame in which players journey through the depths of hell. Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham...
Warner Bros. and Unique Features partners Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have set Joe Stillman to write " Alien Zoo ," a high-concept family comedy. Based on an original idea by Sellers, the concept is "Jurassic Park" with...
Just days after Marvel and studio partners including Paramount tweaked plans for release dates on comic book actioners into 2012, Par has scheduled its second "Transformers" sequel to unspool over 2011's Independence Day...
Karl Urban and Oscar nominee Adriana Barraza ("Babel") have been cast in the thriller remake " And Soon the Darkness ." They join Amber Heard and Odette Yustman in an update of the 1970 thriller, directed by first-timer...
"The Last House on the Left" helmer Dennis Iliadis has signed on to direct the thriller " Cure " for Michael London's Groundswell Prods. Story centers on a young man who sends his wife for an experimental treatment to...
Lionsgate is the last studio standing. It has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film project " The Hunger Games ," which will be derived from a futuristic young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins....
Having put her stamp on "Twilight," Catherine Hardwicke is in talks with Sony's Columbia Pictures to develop and direct a film adaptation of another young-adult fantasy series, " Maximum Ride ." The five-volume series by...
As well as getting a couple of titbits of information about Spider-Man 4 during our SXSW Film Festival interview with Sam Raimi earlier today, IGN also discussed plans for the Evil Dead franchise with the director....
New Line is using twine, bubble gum and a pencil to throw " MacGyver " into development as a feature film. " MacGyver " was a science-oriented adventure series that ran from 1985-92 on ABC. Richard Dean Anderson, later...
Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis and Keong Sim have joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan's " The Last Airbender " for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. In the film, the four nations -- Air, Water, Earth...
Steve Rash has signed on to direct " Crooked Arrows ," an underdog sports comedy set in the world of lacrosse. Mitchell Peck and Adam Leff, who co-wrote and exec produced "Bio-Dome," are producing with J. Todd Harris...
Disney has picked up " Wouldn't It Be Nice ," a family comedy pitch from writing-directing team Barry Blaustein and Jason Hefter. Andrew Gunn is producing via his studio-based Gunn Films. The story follows a teenage...
Mickey Rourke keeps wrestling down the gigs. The resurgent actor has attached himself to " Passion Plays ," in what will mark the first dramatic role he has signed on for since winning a Golden Globe and other kudos for...
Warner Bros. is bringing Stephen King's landmark horror novel "It" to the big screen in an adaptation being produced by Lin Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment. Dave Kajganich has been hired pen the script, which follows...
Jay Baruchel is finally bringing his passion project -- based on his character Johnny Klutz --to the big screen. Working from his love of physical comedy, Baruchel created the character of Klutz, a lovable loser who is...
Courtney B. Vance is joining CBS Films' medical drama " Crowley ," starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser. Vance will play a father whose daughter has the same genetic disease as the children of Fraser's character.
Vows are being exchanged Monday on " You May Not Kiss the Bride " when production begins on the romantic comedy in Hawaii. Mena Suvari, Tia Carrere and Ken Davitian have joined Dave Annable, Vinnie Jones and Katharine...
Vin Diesel revealed a few details to SCI FI Wire about a proposed third film in the Chronicles of Riddick series, which he confirmed is in the works. "We're going to find Riddick alone for the first part of the movie,...
Jeff Goldblum has joined the cast of " The Baster ," Mandate's romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the story follows a man (Bateman) whose female best...
Leighton Meester, one of the stars of "Gossip Girl," is getting ready for some late-night whispering sessions on the big screen. The actress is in negotiations to star in the Sony Screen Gems thriller " The Roommate ."...
Camp counselors Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have recruited Kristen Connolly ("Revolutionary Road"), Chris Hemsworth ("Star Trek"), Anna Hutchison ("Underbelly"), Fran Kranz ("The Village") and Jesse Williams ("The...
Columbia has acquired rights to Robert Goolrick's novel " The Reliable Wife ," which hits shelves March 31. The Gotham Group repped the sale for the author. Set in rural Wisconsin in 1908, the book centers on a...
One of the hottest scripts in Hollywood right now? It's a dark thriller from a writer who just signed with a major talent agency two weeks ago -- but has the attachment of Mark Wahlberg and the interest of nearly every...
Tracy Morgan and Martin Lawrence are joining Chris Rock in Screen Gems and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment's remake of " Death at a Funeral ." Neil LaBute is directing the ensemble comedy in which a funeral ceremony turns...
Elisabeth Moss, one of the stars of "Mad Men," has been cast opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant in "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" Marc Lawrence's romantic comedy for Columbia Pictures. Parker and Grant are...
Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch are set to headline director Steven Silver's indie drama " The Bang Bang Club ." Phillippe will play Greg Marinovich, a photographer who, along with fellow cameraman Joao...
Fox obviously disagrees with W.C. Fields' admonition never to work with animals. It's a veritable zoo over in Century City. The studio has signed director Tom Dey to develop a big-screen adaptation of " Marmaduke ." Brad...
Steve Carell will star in and produce testosterone comedy " Hi-T " for Warner Bros. through his Carousel Prods. banner. " Hi-T " revolves around a man dealing with uncontrollable mood swings after an injury forces him to...
Dakota Fanning is negotiating to play lead singer Cheri Currie in " The Runaways ," the biopic of the '70s all-girl band that already has "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett. At 15, Fanning is the same age...
Megan Fox is attached to star in and produce " Fathom ," an adaptation of the Michael Turner-created comicbook, for Fox Atomic. Fox would play Aspen Matthews, who was found abandoned on a ship and is adopted by a...