Benderspink has acquired film rights to " The Straw Men ," a crime thriller by Brit author Michael Marshall Smith, along with rights to the comic adaptation by Zenescope Comics head Joe Brusha. The book, the first in a...
Eddie Izzard and Brian Dennehy have joined Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt and Carla Gugino in " Every Day ," the Richard Levine-directed drama that is shooting in New York. Schreiber and Hunt star as a married couple in...
French helmer Pascal Laugier ("Martyrs") will direct Paramount Vantage horror thriller " Details " from his own script for Blumhouse Prods. " Details ," based on a short story by China Mieville, centers on a daughter who...
Piet Kroon will direct animated adventure thriller “ Not the End of the World ” for London-based Illuminated Films. Feature project re-visits the biblical story of Noah’s Ark from the point of view of Noah’s daughter...
Universal is in final negotiations to buy screenwriter Richard Rapoza's raucous matrimonial comedy " Best Man-A-Thon ,"with Stuber Prods.' Scott Stuber and Pam Abdy set to produce a big-screen version. "Man-A-Thon" finds...
Mila Kunis has joined the cast of " The Book of Eli ," the Denzel Washington action thriller from Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment. Albert and Allen Hughes are directing. The script, by Gary Whitta and a rewrite by...
Timothy Olyphant has signed on to star in " The Crazies ," Overture's remake of the George Romero horror movie being directed by Breck Eisner. The story revolves around the inhabitants of a small Kansas town who are...
"Hilary and Jackie" director Anand Tucker is in negotiations to helm " Leap Year ," a romantic comedy set up at Spyglass starring Amy Adams. "Year" centers on a woman (Adams) who devises a scheme to travel to Dublin to...
Robert Schwentke is attached to direct the thriller " Venus Fixer " for New Line and Mandalay Pictures. Based on a true story, the project centers on a Holocaust survivor recruited by the American military to track a...
George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta and Katherine Boecher have joined Jackie Chan for " The Spy Next Door ." The movie centers on a man (Chan) asked to baby-sit his neighbor's children who must protect them...
Amanda Peet, who plays a character in Roland Emmerich's upcoming apocalyptic film 2012 , revealed to reporters a bit of the top-secret film's plot structure. "So there are two stories, so basically I don't know what I'm...
Warner Bros. has snapped up " The Days Before ," a sci-fi action spec by tyro scribe Chad St. John, and set up the project with Gianni Nunnari ("300") at his Hollywood Gang shingle. Story centers on aliens invading Earth...
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have dropped out as the directors of " Jonah Hex ," the DC Comics property that is expected to headline "W." and "Milk" star Josh Brolin as a partly disfigured gunslinger and bounty...
Sony has snapped up feature rights to " A Butler Well Served by This Election ," the life story of an African-American butler at the White House, and set up the project with Laura Ziskin. Deal closed Wednesday, a dozen...
Rosie Perez, Craig Ferguson and Arsenio Hall will join Christina Ricci for the CG-animated feature " The Hero of Color City ," directed by Becky Bristow. Thesps will lend voices as a group of crayons fighting to save...
Marvel Studios has engaged Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to script " Captain America ," a film that has Joe Johnston attached to direct. The red-white-and-blue clad hero with the mighty indestructible shield...
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has joined a stellar indie cast for Alex de Rakoff's London gangland movie " Dead Man Running ," which began shooting Wednesday. The rapper will play a ruthless loan shark in the movie, which...
Justin Chadwick has signed on to helm " Ironbow : The Legend of William Tell" for Spyglass. The William Tell legend centers on a crossbow marksman who, when he would not bow to Austrian rule, was forced to shoot an apple...
Universal Pictures and Gore Verbinski will remake the 2006 Bong Joon-ho-directed Korean thriller " The Host ," with commercials director Fredrik Bond making his feature helming debut and Mark Poirier ("Smart People") to...
Ross Katz, producer of the Oscar-nommed “Lost in Translation” and “In the Bedroom,” is set to write and direct an adaptation of political suspense novel “ The Amateur American .” The story follows a young American expat...
Four Christmases in one day could lead anyone to suicide. And so it is with Seth Gordon, who has become attached to direct " Suicide Squad " for Working Title Films and Universal. A documentary filmmaker ("The King of...
Sammo Hung is negotiations to star in " War Monkeys ," a horror comedy shaping up to be the biggest feature yet from the independent arm of Dark Horse Films. The horror comedy follows two janitors who, during a Christmas...
Warner Bros. is pressing " Control-Alt-Delete ," picking up the high-concept spec from writers Tim Kelleher and Danny Zuker. Bob Shaye and Dylan Sellers are producing through their Unique Features banner. The concept is...
Jay Lowi (Dimension's "Tangled") will direct " Something Wicked ," a psychological thriller about a young man determined to protect his girlfriend from an unknown predator after her parents are killed. Joe Colleran will...
Guillermo del Toro’s developing with the Jim Henson Co. a darker version of the “ Pinocchio ” fairy tale as a stop-motion feature. Pinocchio first appeared in the 19th century book “The Adventures of Pinocchio ” by Carlo...
Aaron Eckhart is attached to star in " Battle: Los Angeles ," a sci-fi actioner that Jonathan Liebesman is directing for Columbia. Neal Moritz and his Original Film are producing. The deal puts the actor front and center...
"Simpsons" star Yeardley Smith and Luis Chavez (Showtime's "Crash") are joining Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis in the Parallel Zide film " High School ." John Stalberg Jr.'s comedy centers on a valedictorian (Matt...
"Twilight" bad guy Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone are starring in " Five Star Day ," an indie drama written and being directed by Danny Buday. The film is a journey of self-discovery about a guy (Gigandet) who loses...
Josh Dean and Heather Stephens are set for battle in Joe Ballarini's indie comedy " Father vs. Son ." The film follows a newly divorced father (Paul Wolff) who moves in with his son (Dean) and joins him on the dating...
Paramount has set "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster to helm " World War Z ," based on the Max Brooks bestselling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies. Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and...
Thor Freudenthal ("Hotel for Dogs") is developing " Measle and the Wrathmonk " as a directing vehicle at Warner Bros. and ImageMovers. "Measle" centers on a young boy sent to live with an eccentric uncle who turns out to...
Len Wiseman is negotiating to direct " Motorcade ," a DreamWorks thriller that Billy Ray has scripted about terrorists attacking the president's motorcade as it traverses through Los Angeles. Pic was originally scripted...
Chris Cooper and rocker-turned-actor Reeve Carney have joined the cast of " The Tempest ," Julie Taymor's gender-bending adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Cooper will play Antonio, who usurps the Duchess of Milan,...
James Cox has signed on to direct " The Summoner ," a psychological horror movie from Dark Castle and Warner Bros. Written by Matthew Sand, the story centers on a young man experimenting with the dark arts who summons a...
Colin Trevorrow has been tapped to write the adaptation of the graphic novel " Pet Robots " for Disney. A high-tech comedy set in the present, " Pet Robots " revolves around futuristic robots that fall into the hands of...
Jim Caviezel will attempt to stop Samuel L. Jackson from destroying London in the espionage thriller " Blown ." Martha Fiennes' film centers on Will Matlock (Caviezel), a top MI5 operative whose routine investigation of...
After popping up on seemingly every hit single during the past few years, Timbaland is about to add his first feature film into the mix. The producer's Mosley Media Group is teaming with Effie T. Brown's Duly Noted Inc....
Ridley Scott has officially moved onto Park Avenue. The helmer will direct Universal Pictures' bigscreen version of Hasbro's Monopoly board game from a script by Pamela Pettler. " Monopoly " is set up at Universal...
Sucking up to the vampire crowd, Canuck writer-director Rob Stefaniuk has cast a slew of rockers and Jessica Pare, Malcolm McDowell and Dave Foley in his comedy. “ Suck ” centers around a rock ’n’ roll band that will do...
New Line has picked up the romantic comedy spec "Going the Distance," written by former company script reader Geoff LaTulippe. The story revolves around a couple's struggle to maintain a long-distance relationship...
Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba are teaming with director Michael Winterbottom for " The Killer Inside Me ," an adaptation of a novel from noir author Jim Thompson. The story follows a West Texas sheriff (Affleck) and his...
Justin Long and Josh Charles are joining Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson in the afterlife. The pair are heading into Agnieska Wojtowicz-Vosloo's psychological thriller " After.Life ," the tale of a young woman (Ricci)...
Sylvain White is in final negotiations to direct " The Losers ," an adaptation of a gritty DC-Vertigo comic book. "Losers" follows a highly trained and eclectic Special Ops team that is set up, betrayed and left for...
Tiffani Thiessen has been tapped to co-star on USA Network's pilot " White Collar ." "Collar," from Fox TV Studios, centers on Neal (Matthew Bomer), a brilliant con artist who partners against his will with Peter (Tim...
Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of " Dear John ," Lasse Hallstrom's adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel. In the romantic drama, Jenkins will play the father of a young soldier (Channing Tatum) who meets...
Nicole Kidman as the world's first post-op transsexual, married to Charlize Theron? You betcha. Kidman will star in and produce " The Danish Girl ," based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener....
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Sony's Screen Gems are partnering with Chris Rock for an urban reworking of the 2007 British comedy " Death at a Funeral ." The ensemble comedy will take place in an urban American setting...
Director Brett Ratner is in final negotiations to take on literature's most famous barbarian. Over the past few weeks, Ratner has been considering signing on to direct a 21st century update of " Conan ," co-produced by...
Nu Image/Millennium Films is producing " My Friend Anne Frank ," a feature adaptation of Jacqueline van Maarsen's best-selling memoir. The author went to school with Frank and spoke with her father Otto after World War...
Jack Black will star in Fox's re-imagining of the classic tale " Gulliver's Travels ." The film centers on free-spirited travel writer Lemuel Gulliver (Black) on assignment in Bermuda who suddenly finds himself a giant...