SAM MENDES' film work is a distinct, not an acquired taste. You either love it or loath it. Try being middle-of-the-road on "American Beauty" or "Road to Perdition," or even "Jarhead." It doesn't play. Mendes is not...
Baz Luhrmann may jump from pre-WWII Australia to America's Jazz Age. The "Australia" helmer has purchased the rights to " The Great Gatsby ," F. Scott Fitzgerald's tome of the Roaring Twenties. While a script does not...
Gold Circle Films has acquired “ Naked ,” a comic script about an insurance salesman who vows to run from Santa Monica to Studio City to prove himself to his wife and save their failing marriage. The comedy is based on...
New Regency has snapped up Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett's original pitch " The Family Hitchcock ," which they will write, direct and produce. Plot follows a family in danger after they house-swap with another in...
Arcana Studios is developing a feature version of the comicbook series “ Paradox ,” which centers on a police detective using unorthodox methods of investigation in a world powered by magic. Christos Gage, who wrote...
J.J. Abrams, director of Star Trek , posted on the movie's Facebook page that the film should be locked next week, only a few days after its original release date of Christmas. The movie's release was bumped to May 8,...
Frank Miller and Odd Lot Entertainment, the creator and production company behind the upcoming comic-book adventure "The Spirit," are close to teaming again on the classic sci-fi property " Buck Rogers ." Odd Lot, the...
MGM has picked up BenDavid Grabinski's action comedy script " The How-To Guide for Saving the World ," with "Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct and produce. "World" tells the story of a loser who...
United Artists has attached "Breach" writer-director Billy Ray to adapt and direct a film version of the horror fantasy novel " Conjure Wife ." The 1943 debut novel by fantasy and science fiction writer Fritz Leiber Jr.,...
[Ari Folman] has acquired rights to " The Futurological Congress ," a short story from science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, and intends to write the screenplay and shoot the movie as a live-action/animated hybrid....
Tracy Morgan will star in and produce the comedy " Freshman Roommates " for Montecito and Paramount Pictures. " Freshman Roommates " asks the question what if one of the emails isn't a scam. Story kicks off when a young...
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have set Preston Whitmore to write and direct " Zoom ," a music-themed film that teams "8 Mile" producer Brian Grazer with musician and music producer Pharrell Williams. "...
Jason Reitman and producing partner Daniel Dubiecki are exec producing " The Wedding ," a romantic comedy that visits the perils and peccadilloes of young love. Jesse Eisenberg is attached to star in the project as a...
Writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez has set Carla Gugino to star in " Elektra Luxx ." Pic is a sequel to "Women in Trouble," an ensemble comedy about one day in the lives of 10 Los Angeles women that has yet to find...
Scott Charles Stewart has signed to direct " Priest ," a horror Western that Michael De Luca and Stars Road Entertainment's Josh Donen are producing for Screen Gems. Mitchell Peck will also produce. An adaptation of a...
Jennifer Lopez has come aboard to star in the romantic comedy " Plan B " for CBS Films. Kate Angelo penned the spec, which centers on a single woman who conceives twins through artificial insemination (her Plan B ) only...
Harrison Ford as Regis Philbin? Well, not quite. But the billion-dollar action star has been cast as one of the personalities of " Morning Glory ," a Paramount comedy that takes place in and around a morning talk show....
Chris Weitz has been tapped to helm " New Moon ," the sequel to Summit Entertainment's vampire breakout "Twilight." Weitz comes on board to helm the second installment in Stephenie Meyer's four-book series after Summit...
Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett are the first to sign on for " Tron 2 " the sequel to the 1982 Disney cult classic being directed by Joseph Kosinski. The new movie is acting as a "next chapter." Plot details are being...
Paramount has set "We Own the Night" helmer James Gray to direct " The Lost City of Z ." Gray will adapt the David Grann book for Brad Pitt to star in as British soldier and spy Percy Fawcett. Fawcett left Victorian...
Ben Stiller is set to replace Mark Ruffalo in " Greenburg ," a comedy-drama Noah Baumbach is writing and directing. Scott Rudin is producing the project, whose logline is being kept under wraps but which is expected to...
Julian Farino, best known for his work on "Entourage," is in final negotiations to direct " Oranges ," an indie comedy being produced by Anthony Bregman. MRC is producing and financing. Written by Jay Reiss and Ian...
Writer-director Joby Harold is negotiating to write the adaptation of the comic book " Atlantis Rising" for DreamWorks. Len Wiseman is attached to direct the apocalyptic science fiction project. In " Atlantis ," an...
Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are in negotiations to topline an untitled bounty hunter project at Columbia. "Hitch" helmer Andy Tennant is attached to direct the comedy, which centers on a bounty hunter (Butler)...
Miramax Films has begun development on " Arizona ," a fact-based drama that is being shaped as a potential directing vehicle for Ben Affleck. Pic is based on a true story that began with the death of Don Bolles, an...
Keanu Reeves will star in " 47 Ronin ," an epic period film for Universal Pictures based on the true tale of a band of samurai swordsmen who avenged the death of their master in 18th century Japan. In " 47 Ronin ," he...
Twentieth Century Fox has optioned rights to " How to Talk to Girls ," a newly published advice guide written by Alec Greven, a 9-year-old expert on the subject. The first of a four-book series, " How to Talk to Girls "...
New Line has won an auction for screen rights to “ Rock of Ages ,” a stage musical that does with ‘80s rock anthems what “Mamma Mia!” did with Abba tunes. The storyline takes place at a Sunset Strip rock club called Rock...
Liev Schreiber, who plays Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine , told a group of reporters that Sabretooth is the most brutal character he has ever played. Schreiber takes over the role played by...
David R. Ellis will direct " Six Days Till Midnight ," a Mark Bacci-scripted thriller set for an April start. Pic is about a wealthy businessman who encounters a stranger who says he has six days to answer one question....
Lauren Holly and Luke Perry are starring in Uwe Boll's latest filmmaker endeavor, " The Storm ." In the apocalyptic thriller, Holly plays a dedicated wife and mother who must deal with the end of days scenario -- all...
Twentieth Century Fox has acquired screen rights to Adena Halpern's novel " The Ten Best Days of My Life " and will develop it as a star vehicle for Amy Adams and potential directing vehicle for Shawn Levy. Adams will...
Justin Chadwick will write and direct “ The Tenderness of Wolves ” for Film4 and Target Entertainment Group. “The Other Boleyn Girl” helmer Chadwick is writing the screenplay from Stef Penney’s prize-winning novel about...
Len Wiseman has signed on to direct a bigscreen adaptation of the apocalyptic sci-fi comicbook " Atlantis Rising " for DreamWorks. Created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, " Atlantis Rising " is a five-part miniseries...
"Smallville" creators Al Gough and Miles Millar will make their feature directing debut for Disney on " Salisbury ," a script the duo wrote as a spec. Disney and the scribes are keeping the plot under wraps, but the...
John H. Williams and his Vanguard Films have picked up rights to the cult comic book series " Emo Boy ," setting Kyle Newman to direct the adaptation. Stephen Edmond, the comic's writer-artist, is penning the screenplay....
David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter films, told SCI FI Wire that production on the final two films is going well and that the decision to split the adaptation of J.K. Rowling's final book, Harry Potter and the...
Hilary Swank will star in " The Resident ," a thriller set to shoot next May under the reconstituted Hammer Films banner. Swank will play a doctor who moves into a Brooklyn loft. Becoming suspicious that she's not alone...
Russell Brand might soon be caught between the moon and New York City. The British comedian is developing a remake of " Arthur ," the 1981 comedy that starred Dudley Moore, for Warner Bros. as a potential starring...
Fox is bringing " Romancing the Stone " to the big screen again, swinging into development a remake of the 1984 adventure movie and tapping Daniel McDermott to write it. Written by Diane Thomas, "Romancing" told the...
Jay Baruchel is negotiating to play the title role in " The Sorcerer's Apprentice " for Walt Disney Pictures. He joins Nicolas Cage, who plays the sorcerer in the Jon Turteltaub-directed live-action pic. Scripted by...
Fresh from the success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in " The Runaways ," the rock 'n' roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band. The Runaways were hugely influential as the first successful...
Johnny Depp's production company Infinitum Nihil has acquired screen rights to the Nick Tosches novel " In the Hand of Dante ." The novel will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Depp. Book revolves around...
Warner Bros. has tapped John Brownlow to pen its remake of the classic swashbuckler " Captain Blood ," produced by Bill Gerber. Errol Flynn starred in the 1935 original, directed by Michael Curtiz, as a doctor wrongly...
Paramount Pictures has set Shia LaBeouf to play the title role in the bigscreen version of John Grisham's upcoming legal thriller " The Associate ," which the studio has just acquired rights to. LaBeouf will play a...
Ray Stevenson, who opens Friday in the title role of "The Punisher: War Zone," has joined Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis in "Book of Eli," the Alcon-financed drama that Warner Bros. will distribute....
Hunter Parrish, one of the stars of the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening," has joined the cast of Michelle and Kieran Mulroney's " Paper Man ." The coming-of-middle-age comedy chronicles the unlikely friendship between...
" Sex Positive ," the true story of former S&M hustler turned AIDS activism pioneer, has been picked up by Here Films. The film profiles Richard Berkowitz, one of the first people to promote safe sex practices shortly...
Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been tenured. The quintet has been chosen to fill out the administrative and teaching roles in MGM and Lakeshore Entertainment's...
Tommy Lee Wallace will helm " Helliversity ," the first film in FarCor Studios and Indusa Global's new joint venture to produce low-budget indie features. FarCor co-president Dwayne Corbitt and Indusa president James Ram...