Disney, Scott Rudin and "Hannah Montana" producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are developing " Synchronicity ," a comedy that pokes fun at the world of synchronized swimming. The project will center on male...
In what will be his first job since the blockbuster "Iron Man," Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in " Sherlock Holmes ," the drama that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner Bros. Downey committed to the pic, which begins...
Anne Fletcher and Adam Shankman are set to hoop it up for Disney. Fletcher is attached to direct the comedy " Matadors ," based on the true story of the Chicago Bulls' 14-member troupe of male dancing cheerleaders....
"Bloodline" director Bruce Burgess has signed on to helm " Tales of Mulberry Street ," a documentary based on the life of New York actor-radio personality John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia. Rene Barnett will produce. Ciarcia ("The...
Columbia Pictures has acquired " Mythological Veterinarian ," a comic pitch that will be scripted by Andrew Kurtzman and produced by Jimmy Miller. Laffer is about a modern-day veterinarian who's recruited by a secret...
Alcon Entertainment has acquired " Substitution ," a spec script written by Ian Shorr. Alcon will develop the project, which will be distributed by Warner Bros. Spec focuses on an emotional high school senior who becomes...
MGM has acquired and greenlit " The Cabin in the Woods ," a thriller penned by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard with Goddard signed to make his directorial debut and Whedon producing. "Cabin" is the studio's first movie to...
“Harry Potter” series stalwart Rupert Grint will star in “ Cherrybomb ,” a Belfast-set teen drama about two friends whose furious competition for a beautiful but manipulative girl has tragic consequences. Kimberley Nixon...
Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette, Jordi Molla and French star Vincent Perez are joining Dermot Mulroney and Diane Kruger in the organ transplant thriller " Run for Her Life ." Shepard plays a district attorney whose illegal...
Days before the release of its summer tentpole "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Walden Media has acquired a new family-oriented tale. The project, titled " Housebroken ," takes a comedic look at a group of talking...
Here Films has acquired the rights to " Breakfast With Scot ." Pic is officially sanctioned by both the NHL and Toronto Maple Leafs, marking the first time a professional sports league has allowed its logos and uniforms...
Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults are raising their steins for " I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell ," the adaptation of the bawdy best-selling memoir of Tucker Max. Bob Gosse is directing. The film, written by...
Ramon Rodriguez has been cast in "Taking of Pelham 123," being directed by Tony Scott. The thriller stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Rodriguez plays a friend of Washington and a fellow MTA train dispatcher who...
Christian Gudegast has signed on to direct the bank heist drama " Den of Thieves " for Relativity Media. Story centers on a thief who's planning a heist but gets trapped between two sets of criminals.
Aaron Eckhart, who plays Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent in the upcoming The Dark Knight , told reporters that his character undergoes a major transformation when faced with the villainous Joker (the late Heath...
Frank Spotnitz, who co-wrote the script to The X-Files: I Want to Believe, told a Los Angeles Film Festival audience that the sequel is an intellectual horror film. "Mulder and Scully are so smart, it forces you to be as...
Senator Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to " Public Enemy No. 1 ," a two-part biopic about infamous French criminal Jacques Mesrine that stars Vincent Cassel. The French dual production is one of the...
David Keith and Ivana Milicevic will star in the indie " Way of the Dolphin ," produced by Michael D. Sellers' Quantum Releasing and Susan Johnson's Braveart Films. Filming will begin July 14 on Grand Bahama Island with...
Helena Bonham Carter could soon be joining the battle between man and cyborg. The Oscar-nominated actress is in talks to board McG's "Terminator Salvation," the fourth installment in the franchise kicked off by James...
Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Vondie Curtis Hall, Shawn Hatosy, Denzel Whitaker and Xzibit are about to have a "Bad" trip. They're set to join Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendez in Werner Herzog's cop drama " Bad...
Rapper Young Jeezy will play the hip-hop artist at the center of writer-actor-producer Ice Cube's forthcoming comedy " Janky Promoters ," about a pair of shady concert promoters in over their heads. Marcus Raboy ("Friday...
Jesse Bradford, Steven Weber, Bob Odenkirk and Edward Herrmann are joining the satirical comedy " Son of Morning ." Producer-star Joseph Cross plays an ad copywriter who returns home to mediate his parents' divorce and...
John Madden is in negotiations to helm the Nazi-hunter thriller " The Debt " for Miramax. Matthew Vaughn, director of Marvel Comics' upcoming "Thor," adapted the remake of the 2007 Israeli feature "HaHov" with writer...
Josh Holloway has joined the cast of the Polish brothers' new comedy, " Stay Cool ." The project, which shoots this month in Santa Clarita, Calif., is described as a "knowing-your-age comedy," centering on a successful...
Christopher Guest is taking it up to 11 for Fox's sequel to "Night at the Museum." The "Spinal Tap" star has joined the cast as Ivan the Terrible for the comedy adventure, officially titled "Night at the Museum: Battle...
Frances Conroy of "Six Feet Under" fame has joined the cat of " Manure ," the Polish Brothers' new comedy/satire currently shooting in Santa Clarita. In the movie, which stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tea Leoni and Kyle...
Warner Bros. has picked up the Image Shadowline comicbook series " Hiding in Time " for Dan Lin to produce. Beau Thorne, who penned Fox's adaptation of the vidgame "Max Payne," will tackle the Christopher Long-created...
Oscar Isaac (“The Nativity Story”) has boarded the cast of Anthony LaPaglia starrer “ Balibo .” Pic, about the true story of an Australian journalist caught up in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, started...
Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel are set to star in the ITV remake of the 1960s TV cult show The Prisoner . Sir Ian will play the sinister Number Two who controls a mysterious place known as The Village. Passion of the...
Nu Image/Millennium will remake " Red Sonja " with Rose McGowan in the title role, with Robert Rodriguez producing alongside Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and George Furla. " Red Sonja " is based on the character...
Matthew Fox is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros.' " Billy Smoke ," based on the Oni Press comic about a hit man seeking redemption. Story centers on an elite hit man who's nearly killed during a botched job and...
Gillian Anderson will star in and produce a biopic of Martha Gellhorn , a trailblazing female war correspondent who covered conflicts from the Spanish Civil War to Vietnam and weathered strife in personal relationships...
Phillip Noyce is negotiating to direct " Edwin A. Salt ," the Kurt Wimmer-scripted drama that Columbia Pictures has been developing as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise. The Australian helmer and Cruise had been mentioned as...
Sarah Jessica Parker could soon have her first project after "Sex." The actress is in talks with Warner Bros. to star in " The Ivy Chronicles ," a story of class and the single woman in contemporary New York. It centers...
Guillermo del Toro, writer and director of the upcoming sequel film Hellboy II: The Golden Army , told SCI FI Wire that he thinks the second film is even better than the original. "It's tenfold better, in my view," del...
Roman Polanski has set Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton and Pierce Brosnan for his next film, " The Ghost ," an adaptation of the Robert Harris political thriller. Cage will play a ghostwriter hired abruptly to finish the...
Guillermo del Toro, who is set to direct a pair of films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit , told SCI FI Wire that he wants the films to re-create the spirit of the books. "I'm trying to be faithful," del Toro...
Marcia Cross is toplining indie comedy " Peck " for Jerry Lieder in her first feature since joining "Desperate Housewives." Story centers on a high schooler who lives under a microscope of parental scrutiny and develops...
The Simon Cowell-produced story of a rags-to-riches reality music star is moving ahead at Paramount. The project, about the life of opera singer Paul Potts, has attached "The Bucket List" scribe Justin Zackham to pen the...
Film producer Richard Gladstein and theater producer Daryl Roth are teaming to produce " Apologize, Apologize ," a comedy drama based on Elizabeth Kelly's novel about an eccentric New England family. The project centers...
Hilary Duff has found a way to beat the heat, joining the cast of the new Polish brothers comedy " Stay Cool ." The project, which shoots in July in Santa Clarita, Calif., is described as a "knowing-your-age comedy,"...
DreamWorks has acquired screen rights to " The 39 Clues ," a multiplatform adventure series to be launched in the fall by Scholastic Media. Steven Spielberg is eyeing the project as a directing vehicle. " The 39 Clues ,"...
William Hurt and Amber Heard have joined Zach Gilford in " The River Why ," an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. Matt Leutwyler is directing. The coming-of-age tale centers on a young man...
Overture continues its aggressive pace of project pickups, acquiring the pitch " Parent Class " from writers Toni Kotite and Marty Scott. The project, which James Gibb brought to the studio and will produce, revolves...
MGM has acquired April Blair's comedy pitch " Still You " and attached Aline Brosh McKenna and "Wild Hogs" director Walt Becker to produce. Story concerns the unexpected appearance of a larger-than-life ex-boyfriend who...
Christina Ricci will voice the lead role of the timid crayon Yellow in Exodus Film Group's animated CG feature " The Hero of Color City ." Ricci, who voiced the role of Gwendy Doll in the 1998 fantasy "Small Soldiers,"...
Brit thesps Stephen Graham ("This is England"), Martin Compston ("Sweet Sixteen") and Peter McDonald ("When Brendan Met Trudy") have joined the cast of " The Damned United ," a biopic of legendary English soccer coach...
Writer-director George Gallo will direct Oxymoron Entertainment's first feature, " Middle Men ," a comedy chronicling the start of the Internet porn biz. Script by Gallo and Andy Weiss centers on a straight-and-narrow...
Matthew Rhys is traveling to " Patagonia " for Brit helmer Marc Evans. Pic is about a thirty-something Welsh couple who travel to Argentina to reassess their relationship amid the Welsh settlements of Patagonia ....
DreamWorks has snapped up Chris Poole and Mike Arnold's comedy spec " Homeschooled ." Scot Armstrong, who wrote "Road Trip," "Old School" and "The Heartbreak Kid" for DreamWorks, is producing. The studio is keeping the...