Dakota Fanning confirmed to reporters that she's talking about taking on the role of an aristocratic vampire in the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon . "It's definitely possible," said in a group interview about the...
Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell are set to star in " London Boulevard ," a crime drama that marks the directing debut of "The Departed" scribe William Monahan. Monahan adapted the Ken Bruen novel. Farrell will play a...
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Prods. has set "House of Saddam" scribe Alex Holmes to write " The Infiltrator ," a drama about a Customs official who helped uncover a massive money laundering scheme that involved...
Twentieth Century Fox will rely on Shawn Levy to figure out " How to Talk to Girls ." Last month the studio bought rights to the advice guide written by 9-year-old Alec Greven (Daily Variety, Dec. 9), and Levy will...
Daniel Lagana has been tapped to adapt the young-adult book " Spanking Shakespeare " for Paramount Pictures. Based on the debut novel by New York-based eighth-grade teacher Jake Wizner, story centers on Shakespeare...
Stone Village has picked up spec thriller " The Field ," by tyro scribes Sean Wathen and Josh Dobkin. Story is set in an endless field, where a group of strangers wake up with seemingly random items and must find a way...
Ving Rhames is taking on the lead role in the big-screen adaptation of Athol Fugard's 1982 play "Master Harold ... and the Boys," a role Danny Glover originated on Broadway. The movie, shooting on location in South...
Mark Ruffalo's " Sympathy for Delicious " is coming back together. The indie feature, which is serving as Ruffalo's directorial debut and was to have had James Franco in the cast, fell into limbo after the December death...
Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi have joined the cast of Roman Polanski's " The Ghost ," which begins filming in Berlin on Feb. 4. The movie stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister and Ewan McGregor as his...
Fox Searchlight has set Marc Webb to direct " The Spectacular Now ," a coming-of-age dramedy based on Tim Tharp's book. The project will reunite the helmer with "500 Days of Summer" scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael...
Universal Pictures has acquired the David Wroblewski novel " The Story of Edgar Sawtelle " to adapt into a feature to be produced by Playtone’s Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman and Harpo Films partners Oprah Winfrey and Kate...
Keanu Reeves is taking on another sci-fi mission for 20th Century Fox. The "Day the Earth Stood Still" star is attached to topline a live-action bigscreen adaptation of the Japanese anime TV series " Cowboy Bebop " for...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer have set "John Adams" helmer Tom Hooper to direct and Christopher Hampton to write " East of Eden ," an adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel. First published...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired domestic rights to the Iraq war doc " Brothers at War ." The film revolves around Rademacher's two brothers serving in the military and follows Rademacher, who embedded himself in four...
Spanish helmer Julio Medem will again explore sexual desire in his first English-language pic, " Room in Rome ," a loose adaptation of Matias Bize's fest fave, "In the Bed." In Bize's original, a man and woman swap...
Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights Monday to rookie writer-director Max Mayer's “ Adam ” following the New York romance's Sundance debut. Hugh Dancy (“Savage Grace”) plays a man with Asperger syndrome who falls in...
Jackie Chan soon could be mentoring a karate kid. The martial arts star is in negotiations to star in Columbia's remake of " The Karate Kid ." He would take on the role of mentor Mr. Miyagi, made famous by Pat Morita in...
Chris Evans, Brandon Routh and Brie Larson have joined the cast of " Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ," Edgar Wright's adaptation of the cult favorite Oni Press graphic novels for Universal. "Pilgrim" centers on young...
Twentieth Century Fox is bringing the Japanese anime TV series " Cowboy Bebop " to the big screen, with Keanu Reeves attached to star as a bounty hunter traveling through space in 2071. One of the big titles in anime,...
Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly are set to star in " The Extra Man ," a comedy that will begin production in February in New York. Kline plays a failed playwright who works as an escort for rich...
A year after its Sundance preem, Peace Arch announced they've nabbed North American rights to the coming-of-ager " The Mysteries of Pittsburgh ," based on Michael Chabon's ("Wonder Boys") first tome. The distrib will...
Jay Chandrasekhar of Broken Lizard fame has signed on to direct " Opposites Attract ," a comedy from Bold Films. Written by Dan Ewen, "Opposites" is a body-switching comedy involving a young couple who must "walk a mile...
Emmanuelle Chriqui, who plays Sloan on HBO's "Entourage," is joining the cast of Gela Babluani's " 13 ," a remake of the French thriller " 13 Tzameti." " 13 " concerns a young man who is forced to participate in a...
Paramount and Parkes/MacDonald are going digital, putting into development a techno-thriller titled " Daemon " based on the novel by publishing phenom Daniel Suarez. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will produce the...
Radha Mitchell will star opposite Timothy Olyphant in " The Crazies ," the reinvention of the 1973 George Romero film. Mitchell will play Olyphant's wife as they battle a toxin that has infected their town's water...
Craig Brewer is double-shifting. The "Hustle & Flow" writer-director has signed a development deal with New Regency to write and direct " Mother Trucker ," based on a Maxim article written by Steven Russell. Pegged as an...
Edi Gathegi, who will reprise the role of Laurent in the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon , told reporters that he's glad Taylor Lautner managed to keep his job as Jacob. "Yeah, I'm very happy with Taylor," Gathegi said...
Kristin Scott Thomas has joined the cast of the John Lennon biopic " Nowhere Boy ." Producers said Friday that Scott Thomas will play Lennon's tough-talking Aunt Mimi, who played a major role in bringing up the rock...
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Nahid Persson Sarvestani’s “ The Queen and I ,” a docu chronicling the relationship between the exiled Iranian helmer and Farah Pahlavi, fellow exile and...
Ian McKellan told reporters that he was to dine with The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro on Thursday to discuss reprising his Lord of the Rings role of Gandalf the wizard in the prequel, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's...
Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried are set to star in " Chloe ," an Atom Egoyan-directed thriller to be fully financed by StudioCanal. Moore will play a successful doctor who suspects her husband (Neeson) of...
Director Peter Weir will find " The Way Back " with Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Saoirse Ronan. The thesps are in final negotiations to star for Weir in the fact-based story of a group of soldiers who...
Mark Waters is in negotiations to direct " Minimum Wage ," a timely comedy from Participant Media that tackles the effects of greed. Peter Abrams, Robert Levy and Andrew Panay are producing. Written by Tegan West and...
Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to star as the villains in " Iron Man 2 ," being directed by Jon Favreau. Marvel has been keeping a very tight lid on the script for the sequel, being written by Justin...
After much speculation and consternation among online fans of "Twilight," Summit and director Chris Weitz said Wednesday they will bring back Taylor Lautner to play the werewolf Jacob Black in "Twilight" sequel " New...
Teresa Palmer has nabbed the female lead in Disney's " The Sorcerer's Apprentice ," starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel. Taking its cues from the classic Goethe and Paul Dukas-inpsired Mickey Mouse portion of...
Disney has picked up-and-comer Garrett Hedlund to star in "Tron," the studio's sequel to the 1982 cult classic by the same name being directed by Joseph Kosinski. Hedlund, who made his debut in 2004's "Troy," has until...
Mickey Rourke has joined the ranks of " The Expendables ," joining the ensemble of the Sylvester Stallone-directed action adventure for Nu Image/Millennium Films. Rourke will play an unscrupulous arms dealer who becomes...
Fee fie foe fum, DJ Caruso is smelling the blood of some dead giants. The director is journeying into the land of fairy tales for his next directorial outing, signing on to helm " Jack the Giant Killer " for New Line....
Disney has set McG to direct "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo ," a family film that is being fast tracked by the studio. Scripted by Bill Marsilli, the film is an origin story of Nemo as he creates his...
Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to " Juliet ," a novel by Danish author Anne Fortier, for James Mangold and Cathy Konrad to produce through their Tree Line Film banner. Mangold is also attached to direct the...
Paul Giamatti and Anthony Mackie will star in " Babylon ," an indie film set to begin production in February in Jamaica. Ian Stone wrote the script, and Andres Baiz ("Satanas") will direct. Mackie will play a Rasta from...
Jimmy Hayward, who directed the animated "Horton Hears a Who!" will make his live-action debut with " Jonah Hex ," the Warner Bros. western based on the DC Comics character. Josh Brolin is attached to star in the film,...
Fresh off the success of his fairy tale hit "Bedtime Stories," Adam Shankman is giving a boost to a Birdie. The musical veteran is coming on to develop and produce a long-gestating remake of " Bye Bye Birdie " at...
Michael Gambon, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney and Theresa Randle have come aboard the Film Department thriller " Law Abiding Citizen ." Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx already have been cast in the F. Gary Gray-directed...
Forest Whitaker is negotiating to join the cast of the action film " The Expendables ," Stallone's latest writing and directing effort. Whitaker would play the CIA liaison for a group of mercenaries (played by Stallone,...
John Curran is set to direct " The Beautiful and the Damned ," a Film Department period drama that will star Keira Knightley. Pic begins production in March. Hanna Weg script concerns the turbulent marriage of alcoholic...
Tsui Hark will direct Andy Lau in the period martial arts suspense thriller " Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame " in Hong Kong and China beginning in May, production company Huayi Brothers said. With a...
Action star Maggie Q ("Live Free or Die Hard") has joined the cast of " King of Fighters ," an English-language, live-action adaptation of a bestselling Japanese vidgame now lensing in Vancouver. Helmed by Hong Kong's...
SCI FI Wire spoke to [Frank] Miller by telephone on Dec. 13. Following are edited excerpts from that exclusive interview. The Spirit opens on Christmas Day. Everyone's talking about the visuals of your film, but how...