"Nights in Rodanthe" screenwriter Ann Peacock has signed on to adapt John Grisham's 1997 novel " The Partner " for the big screen. The project, from Oscar-winning producer Bob Chartoff ("Rocky") and newcomer Velocity...
Plum Pictures is developing an adaptation of Harlan Coben's thriller " The Innocent ," first published in 2005. " The Innocent " centers on a middle-class New Jersey boy who goes to a prison after jumping into a drunken...
Peter Webber (“The Girl With the Pearl Earring”) has signed on to direct “The Spider’s House,” a romantic drama set in 1950s Morocco. Pic, based on a novel by Paul Bowles and adapted for screen by Laurie Cooke, is about...
Taking on his first role in a live-action studio picture since 2002's "Analyze That," Billy Crystal will join the cast of "Tooth Fairy," the Fox comedy that begins shooting Monday in Vancouver. Dwayne Johnson stars with...
Emma Stone is set to star alongside Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow in " Paper Man ." Comedy centers on a man struggling to recapture the spark that made him a successful novelist and happily married. Michele...
John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers will topline helmer Pierre Morel’s thriller " From Paris With Love ," which is shooting in a suburb of the French capital. Screenplay by Besson and Adi Hasak concerns a young...
Kenneth Branagh is negotiating to direct " Thor ," the next Marvel Comics property that will be turned into a live-action film by Marvel Studios. Pic will be released in 2010. " Thor " comicbook adaptation, penned by...
"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves will write and direct the vampire tale " Let the Right One In " for Overture Films and Hammer Films. Project, a remake of Tomas Alfredson's Swedish film "Lat Den Ratte Komma In" based...
Nick Nolte, Haley Bennett and Carter Jenkins face a Greek holiday tragedy in the indie coming-of-age-drama " Arcadia Lost ." Bennett and Jenkins play step-siblings whose first family trip is cut short by a car crash....
Brad Furman is taking the wheel to helm the suspense thriller " Valet " for Warner Bros. Additionally, scribe Matthew Aldrich has come aboard to rewrite Alan McElroy's original screenplay, which was inspired by true...
Paramount Pictures has tapped "A History of Violence" scribe Josh Olson to adapt the Lee Child-penned mystery " One Shot ." Story centers on a Dirty Harry-like homicide investigator who seeks the truth behind what seems...
Maggie Q will headline “ The Warrior and the Wolf ,” a historical actioner being helmed by Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang. Pic, a combat epic about two warriors in ancient China, has begun shooting in Xinjiang...
Sony has picked up Mark Millar's comicbook " War Heroes " for Michael DeLuca to produce. Studio's Columbia Pictures is currently seeking a writer to adapt the books, which revolve around an experimental military program...
Rachel McAdams will star opposite Robert Downey Jr. in " Sherlock Holmes ," a reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's supersleuth that Guy Ritchie is directing for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. The movie, which will...
Miramax has tapped Helen Mirren to play a Mossad agent in helmer John Madden's " The Debt ." Miramax acquired worldwide rights to " The Debt ," an English-language remake of Israeli thriller "Ha-hov" about three Israeli...
Oprah Winfrey has joined the voice cast of the upcoming Disney animated film " The Princess and the Frog ." At a Disney presentation in Hollywood on Wednesday, John Lasseter, the chief creative office at Pixar and Walt...
Magnolia Pictures' genre arm Magnet is taking a bite out of " Chocolate ." The Wagner/Cuban Co. distributor has acquired North American rights to the martial arts actioner from director Prachya Pinkaew and leading Thai...
Steve Pink is in on the con. MGM has hired the writer-director to script a remake of " Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ." Robert Simonds is producing. Becky Sloviter and Cale Boyter are overseeing for the studio. The original...
Brad William Henke, who plays a character named Uncle Frank in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek movie, talked with reporters a bit more about his character, a relative of James T. Kirk. It's been reported that he plays...
John Wells will direct and Ben Affleck is in talks to star in " The Company Men ," a timely drama about a man whose life is upended by a financial downsizing. Wells will produce via his eponymous banner and also is...
Sony Pictures has picked up " White Dad ," a comedy pitch from scribe Alan Yang. Robert Simonds is attached to produce. The acquisition was won in a competitive environment. The comedy's plot is being kept under wraps....
Nick Cassavetes has signed on to direct " The Beautiful and the Damned ," the Film Department's period love story about F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. The helmer already has circled his Zelda: Keira Knightley is in...
Shane Black will direct Universal Pictures’ " Cold Warrior ." Based on a script by Chuck Mondry, pic revolves around a spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to team with a younger agent from the new...
Tom Sturridge is starring in " Waiting for Forever ," an indie romantic comedy being directed by James Keach. Sturridge plays a wanderer who tries to reconnect with his childhood love, an actress in Hollywood (played by...
Universal Pictures has made a splashy preemptive buy of " Moby Dick ," a reimagining of the Herman Melville whale tale that Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") will direct. The writers revere Melville’s original text, but their...
Spyglass Entertainment is putting comedy scribes Ron Burch and David Kidd " On a Short Leash ." As an experiment in relationship harmony, the married writers attempted to emulate a real-life pair of Buddhist teachers who...
Nicolas Cage will reteam with "Gone in Sixty Seconds" director Dominic Sena for the supernatural thriller " Season of the Witch ." Cage plays a 14th century knight transporting a girl suspected of being the witch behind...
Rachel Bilson will star in indie romancer " Waiting for Forever ," directed by James Keach and produced by Trevor Albert and Keach. Story centers on a young man who's happy without a job and decides to spend the rest of...
Helmer Stephen Hopkins (“Californication,” “24”) is set to make romantic comedy “ Chasing Bohemia ” via his new Brazil-based shingle GreenGo Prods. Laura Malin’s script is based on Australian Carmen Michael’s book “...
Bill Hader and Anna Faris have signed on to voice the lead characters of Sony Pictures Animation's "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs." Based on the bestselling children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by...
Miramax has signed on for " Muchas Gracias, Bob Oppenheimer ," a period romantic drama that will be produced by Mark Gordon. The film centers on an American serviceman in the 1960s who is sent on an appeasement mission...
Ricky Gervais, co-director of the upcoming fantasy film This Side of Truth, told SCI FI Wire that it's important to see eye to eye with someone if you're co-directing. Speaking in an interview at the Toronto...
Keira Knightley will topline the romantic drama “ Last Night ," the first film from director Massy Tadjedin which is co-produced by Gaumont and Nick Wechsler Prods., the producers said Friday. The movie, about a married...
Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi will star in indie drama " Middle Men ," a chronicle of the birth of the Internet porn industry. Script centers on a straight-and-narrow businessman who builds the first online billing...
Jude Law is negotiating to join Robert Downey Jr. in " Sherlock Holmes ," the drama that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. The film will incorporate the classic tales written by Sir...
David Duchovny, Demi Moore and Amber Heard will form the perfect family in " The Joneses ," a drama with comedic elements that Derrick Borte is directing from his own script. Gary Cole has also been cast. The story, a...
Stephen Chow is flying high with " The Green Hornet ." Chow is teaming up with Seth Rogen to bring the superhero to the big screen. Chow will not only star in the film as Kato but also make his American directorial...
20th Century Fox is going globe-trotting with Nicole Kidman and Simon Kinberg. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but the story centers on an archeological discovery that sets off a globe-spanning race. The...
Carrie Fisher is in negotiations, while " Samurai Girl " star Jamie Chung and Audrina Patridge from "The Hills" are set to join the cast of "Sorority Row," Summit's remake of the 1983 horror movie, "The House on Sorority...
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego is attached to direct the Paramount Vantage project " A Jealous Ghost ," which Kirsten Dunst is starring in and producing. Wilson's 2005 novel describes a young American woman who travels to London...
"The Brothers Bloom" writer-director Rian Johnson has set a new project, a time-travel thriller titled " Looper " that again will see the filmmaker seek to reinvent a familiar genre. " Looper " is set in a present-day...
Chase Ellison has a sweet tooth. The teen actor has joined the cast of Fox's family comedy "Tooth Fairy," which stars Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd and Julie Andrews. Ellison plays the bright and gifted Randy, son to...
Overture has acquired " 92 Minutes ," a philosophical comedy about a man who finds out he only has that amount of time to live. The project, originally set up at Revolution, is based on a 1997 Israeli comedy titled "Mar...
Ben Affleck is in negotiations to direct and star in " The Town ," a dark heist-romance hybrid, for Warner Bros. Graham King is producing the movie through his GK Films. The story involves a high-tension love triangle...
Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts and Rob Corddry will topline writer-director James Strouse's high school comedy " The Winning Season ." Gigi Prods. and Plum Pictures are producing the tale of a has-been coach (Rockwell) who...
Sci Fi Channel is fleshing out the cast of its " Children of the Corn " remake, with David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Preston Bailey and Daniel Newman coming aboard the two-hour telefilm. The movie, based on the Stephen...
Fox 2000 is drawing on scribes Keith Merryman and David A. Newman to pen the Katherine Heigl action-comedy " Drawn Together ." Details of the project are being kept under wraps. The studio would only say the film centers...
Sony Pictures Classics is about to acquire " Every Little Step ," the Endgame Entertainment doc about "A Chorus Line" that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Despite the barren market for docs, a...
Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen, the sequel to Michael Bay's giant-robot hit, will go in an entirely new direction: courtroom drama. "We're doing the trial of Optimus Prime," said co-writer Roberto Orci. "It's...
Screen Gems has set Jessica Postigo to write " Operation Checkmate ," a drama based on the recent rescue of hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Pic will tell the story of the rescue from...