Ehren Kruger will adapt Boston Teran's " God Is a Bullet " and shop it around town. "Bullet" follows the journey of a California lawman forced to go undercover to rescue his daughter from the ruthless gang of criminals...
Iron Man director Jon Favreau told a small group of reporters that for the upcoming sequel, he wants to shoot in IMAX, possibly use 3-D technology, introduce the Mandarin and turn Terrence Howard's character into War...
Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov are assembling an all-star cast for " The Men Who Stare at Goats ." Based on the book by the Guardian columnist Jon Ronson, "Goats" is set in Iraq and centers on Bob Wilton...
Ray Winstone will replace Robert De Niro in " Edge of Darkness ," starring alongside Mel Gibson in the Martin Campbell-directed drama produced by Graham King's GK Films. Winstone is negotiating to play an operative sent...
Adam Arkin has joined " A Serious Man ," the film that Joel and Ethan Coen are shooting in Minnesota for Focus Features and Working Title Films. Arkin, who's a series regular on NBC's "Life," joins Michael Stuhlbarg and...
In a seven-figure deal, Fox has picked up " Doomsday Protocol ," an original spec by Shane Salerno. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is known to be an epic science fiction adventure in the vein of "The...
The creative team behind the upcoming romantic comedy "He's Just Not That Into You" is teaming up again for another laugh-infused romancer. New Line has picked up the rights to Liz Tuccillo's best-selling novel "How to...
Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to Lauren Weisberger's novel " Chasing Harry Winston " for Andy Tennant to direct and Mandalay Pictures to produce. Gina Wendkos will pen the adaptation of the book that...
Warner Bros. has snapped up Shawn Christensen's sci-fi thriller " Karma Coalition " for Dan Lin to produce. " Karma Coalition " centers on a falsely accused fugitive who embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind his...
Russell Mulcahy ("Resident Evil: Extinction") will direct indie actioner " Give 'Em Hell, Malone ," starring Ving Rhames, Thomas Jane and Elsa Pataky. Story, penned by Mark Hosack, centers on a private eye attempting to...
Things are heating up for Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown and Patrick Muldoon in the indie suspense thriller " The Steam Experiment ." The feature, revolving around six people trapped and terrorized...
Will Smith may next morph into a god. "Braveheart" scribe Randall Wallace will write " The Last Pharaoh ," a Columbia drama crafted as a vehicle for Smith to play Taharqa, the pharaoh who battled Assyrian invaders in...
Brittany Snow will star in Senator Entertainment's vidgame adaptation " Clock Tower ," with Martin Weisz directing the production, which begins in November in Los Angeles. Story centers on a troubled psychiatric patient...
"Frozen River" writer-director Courtney Hunt has set her next project: the drama " Northline " for Jeffrey Sharp's Sharp Independent at HarperCollins. Hunt will write and direct the film, based on Willy Vlautin's novel....
Julie Andrews has earned her wings. The actress will join Dwayne Johnson and Ashley Judd in Fox's family comedy "Tooth Fairy." The film centers on Derek Thompson (Johnson), a minor-league hockey player whose nickname is...
Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow will star in “ Paper Man ,” a comedy that marks the feature directing debut of Kieran and Michele Mulroney, who wrote the film as well as “Justice League.” The...
Harold Perrineau is being held hostage for his next big-screen role. The former "Lost" star has joined the cast of the indie thriller " Killing Jar ," with Michael Madsen and Danny Trejo. Mark Young ("Tooth and Nail") is...
Bobby Moresco will direct and co-write " Castro's Daughter " in addition to producing with Artists Relations Group. Moresco will co-write the project, centering on Fidel Castro's exiled daughter Alina Fernandez, with...
Jessica Alba will topline modern-day fable " An Invisible Sign of My Own ." "Invisible" revolves around a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math. Things begin to change when she...
Susan Sarandon and Richard Dreyfuss have signed on to join Ed Norton in " Leaves of Grass ," a comedic thriller actor-turned-filmmaker Tim Blake Nelson wrote and is directing. Norton is portraying twin brothers, one an...
Val Kilmer will topline crime thriller " Fake Identity " for Nu Image/Millennium Films, with Zvia Dimbort and Boaz Davidson producing. Story centers on an American doctor working in Chechnya whose life takes a deadly...
Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer have signed on to star in " Harry Brown ," a British vigilante thriller from MARV Films. Lionsgate U.K. has just acquired the U.K. distribution rights on the film, which British director...
Paramount has tapped Frank Borin to direct the feature adaptation of " The Butcherhouse Chronicles " for Platinum Dunes. " The Butcherhouse Chronicles ," penned by Michael Hidalgo, is a darkly comic horror stage show...
Roberto Orci, who co-wrote the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, confirmed to SCI FI Wire that star Shia LaBeouf's hand injury has become part of the movie out of concern for the actor's safety as the...
Columbia Pictures is getting serious about scaring up a new installment of its blockbuster "Ghostbusters" franchise. The studio has set "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write a script...
Denzel Washington has signed on to star in the futuristic drama " The Book of Eli " for directing duo Allen and Albert Hughes. The post-apocalyptic drama is based on a story by Gary Whitta, with a rewrite by Anthony...
"Prom Night" actress Brittany Snow is in negotiations to star in Myriad Pictures' new thriller, " Breaking the Girl ." Jamie Babbit's sexually charged film follows Sara Ryan, a betrayed co-ed who befriends a fellow...
Mark Pellington has signed to direct " Solace ," a mystery thriller for New Line. The story revolves around a former doctor with psychic abilities who is drawn into a serial killer case only to find that the killer also...
Production will launch next month in Kansas and New Orleans on indie drama " My Own Love Song ," written and to be directed by Olivier Dahan ("La Vie en rose") and toplining Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger. Story...
Tom Cruise is in negotiations to play the title character in Spyglass Entertainment's remake of the French spy thriller "The Tourist ." Bharat Nalluri will direct screenwriter Julian Fellowes' adaptation of the 2005...
Real-life husband and wife Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly have signed on to play a married couple in " Creation ," Jon Amiel's project about the life of Charles Darwin. Bettany will play the British father of...
Colin Firth has signed on to star opposite Ben Barnes in " Dorian Gray ," the retelling of the Oscar Wilde classic being directed by Oliver Parker. Based on "The Picture of Dorian Gray ," the story centers on Gray...
First Matt Damon, then Ben Affleck, and now Wayne McClammy is gunning for ... Kip? McClammy has signed on to direct the revenge comedy " Beat Kip " for Paramount Vantage. A spokesperson for Paramount could not confirm....
Scribe Kenneth Lonergan is celebrating Father's Day with Ashton Kutcher and his Katalyst Films production shingle. Lonergan ("Gangs of New York") has signed on to pen the screenplay to the comedy " Father's Day ," which...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed domestic rights to the '30s-era blues musical " Dark Streets ," which features the first-ever film score from B.B. King. Rachel Samuels' adaptation of producer Glenn M. Stewart's stage...
Brad Pitt officially has gone inglorious. The actor has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's " Inglorious Bastards ," signing on to play Lt. Aldo Raine, the head of the Jewish resistance in the auteur's World War II...
Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts and Bojana Novakovic have joined the Mel Gibson thriller " Edge of Darkness ." Martin Campbell is directing the movie, which is being produced by Graham King and Michael Wearing. "Darkness"...
Matthew Vaughn is moving ahead to direct " Kick-Ass ," an adaptation of a comic by Mark Millar, with key pieces of the cast starting to fall into place. " Kick-Ass ," written by Millar and drawn by John Romita Jr.,...
Actor John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are conjuring up a rewrite of the New Line/Benderspink comedy "Burt Dickenson, Most Powerful Magician on the Planet Earth." Chad Kultgen's original screenplay follows a...
Alcon Entertainment has picked up the rights to " Cryptozoo Crew ," a graphic novel by Jerry Carr and Allan Gross, tapping screenwriter Joe Gazzam to adapt it into a big screen feature. "Cryptozoo" follows a member of a...
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for " The Hobbit " and its companion film has ended, with the filmmakers deciding that no one is better suited for the task than they are. Del Toro, who is...
Diane Kruger has been cast as Bridget Von Hammersmark, the role that had been pegged for Nastassja Kinski, in Quentin Tarantino's " Inglorious Bastards ." German star Til Schweiger also has nabbed a role in the World War...
Ben McKenzie ("The O.C.") will be hitting U.S. cinemas this fall in " Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun ," the film version of his one-man stage show. Truly Indie will release Rowan Joseph's anti-war drama, the portrait...
As Tom Cruise goes about writing the next chapter in his career, he's developing an interest in comic book movies. Together with Sam Raimi, he is setting up " Sleeper " at Warner Bros. Cruise is loosely attached to star...
James McAvoy and Emily Blunt might soon discover the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence -- if you're a garden gnome in love. The pair are in negotiations to play the title roles of " Gnomeo and Juliet...
Vadim Perelman is in negotiations to develop MGM's " Poltergeist " remake as a potential directing gig. The deal would bring the helmer together with writers Juliet Snowden and Stiles White, who were hired last week to...
Woody Harrelson is set to bash some brains and battle zombies. The actor has signed on to star in the horror comedy " Zombieland ," which Ruben Fleischer is directing for Columbia Pictures. Written by the team of Rhett...
George Clooney is in talks to star in " Up in the Air ," an adaptation of the 2001 Walter Kirn novel, with Oscar-nominated "Juno" director Jason Reitman behind the camera. The Oscar-winning actor will inhabit an...
Sean Astin, Celia Weston and Sara Foster are being promoted to work alongside Michael Vartan and David Cross in the indie comedy " Demoted ." Parallel Media's new genre arm Parallel Zide is producing the feature, which...
Although Brussels' Herge Studios seems to think otherwise, Steven Spielberg remains committed to directing the first in a planned " Tintin " trilogy for DreamWorks. It will be his next directing effort after this...