Heather Graham, Jennifer Coolidge, Matthew Settle and Amber Heard will topline the indie black dramedy " Ex-terminators ." Story revolves around three women who meet in an anger-management therapy group and decide to...
Ellen Page is set to play one of English literature's most famous characters, the eponymous heroine of Charlotte Bronte's " Jane Eyre ." Alison Owen of Ruby Films, who most recently produced "The Other Boleyn Girl," is...
Brandon Routh is returning to the world of comicbook heroes. The "Superman Returns" star will topline " Dead of Night ," based on the bestselling Italian comicbook series "Dylan Dog," for Hyde Park and Platinum Studios....
William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jonny Lee Miller will topline political thriller “ Endgame ,” the latest pic by “Vantage Point” helmer Peter Travis. Pic, which also stars Mark Strong, Derek Jacobi and Timothy West,...
Helmer Simon West ("Con-Air," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider") has pacted with producer Mace Neufeld to direct " Let It Ride ." The $22 million project is a thriller about a blackmailer and con man. David Harris penned the...
Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley will star in Jonathan Jakubowicz's drug-trafficking drama " Queen of the South ." Elizabeth Avellan and Sandra Condito will produce the adaptation of Spanish writer Arturo...
James Brolin is replacing James Caan in David O. Russell's " Nailed ," with Kirstie Alley and Olivia Crocicchia also boarding the politically charged rom-com. Caan departed the film three weeks ago, in large part because...
Fox, New Regency and Davis Entertainment will produce the family action comedy " Little Big War ." Walt Becker is attached to direct. Details on Jay Longino and Michael Browning's spec script are under wraps, but it...
Ron Perlman, Taryn Manning, Joe Pantoliano and Patrick Flueger are starring in Shem Bitterman's darkly comic drama " The Job ." Bitterman is adapting his 1998 play about a hapless man named Bubba (Flueger) who is...
Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton have joined the cast of Oren Moverman’s “ The Messenger .” The duo join the already announced Ben Foster (“3:10 to Yuma”), Jena Malone (“Into the Wild”) and Eamonn Walker...
Rapper Common has signed on to co-star in " Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins " for Halcyon Pictures. Story centers on John Connor (Bale), now in his 30s, who leads what is left of the human race in a battle...
Producer Mark Ronson says he and Amy Winehouse have abandoned recording the theme to the latest James Bond film. Ronson said the singer is "not ready to record any music." He produced much of Winehouse's Grammy-winning...
Universal has picked up the mantle of " The Knights Templar ," acquiring a spec script by Adam Torchia and Justin Stanley, for filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov and Marc Platt to produce. The script, a period actioner,...
Rick Yune has been cast as the antagonist in " Ninja Assassin ," the Wachowskis-produced action film James McTeigue is directing for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Joel Silver is producing via Dark Castle, while...
Maggie Gyllenhaal will replace Toni Collette in Sam Mendes' untitled relationship comedy for Focus Features. Film, which stars John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph, is about a young couple who travel around the U.S. searching...
Comedian Demetri Martin is in negotiations for the starring role in Ang Lee’s next project, “ Taking Woodstock ,” for Focus Features. Martin will star as Tiber, an in-the-closet gay man working at his parents' motel in...
"The Sopranos" thesp Michael Imperioli makes his feature helming debut with his script " The Hungry Ghosts ." Ensemble drama begins lensing May 19 in Gotham with a projected budget under $1 million for the 24-day shoot....
New Regency has preemptively scooped up bestselling author James Patterson's upcoming young-adult novel " The Dangerous Days of Daniel X ." Described as an action adventure, "Daniel X" chronicles the adventures of a...
New Line has snapped up Chad Kultgen's spec " Dan Mintner: Badass for Hire " for $500,000 against $1 million and set up the project with Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson and Mason Novick producing. Story centers on a man who's...
James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan, David Rasche and former child actor Anna Chlumsky will star in the political satire " In the Loop " for BBC Films. Gandolfini will play a U.S. general in the unofficial adaptation of the...
Rodrigo Santoro is getting serious with Jim Carrey. Santoro, best known for his portrayal of Xerxes in "300," is playing Carrey's lover in " I Love You, Phillip Morris ." The story centers on a married father (Carrey)...
Mel Gibson has committed to star in " Edge of Darkness ," marking his first starring role in a feature film since he headlined "Signs" and "We Were Soldiers" in 2002. Gibson will play a straitlaced police investigator...
David Silverman, who most recently helmed "The Simpsons Movie," has signed on to develop and direct " The Pet ," a live-action sci-fi family comedy for Disney. Scott Rudin and Craig Perry are producing. The project,...
Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed he will reprise his role as Gandalf in the film remake of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit . "Yes, it's true," he told Empire magazine. "It's not a part that you turn down. I loved playing...
Isaiah Washington has booked his first major feature film role since exiting "Grey's Anatomy" in June. Washington will star opposite Forest Whitaker in " Patriots ," the Dimension's sports drama being directed by Tim...
Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara have joined the cast of helmer Sam Mendes' romantic comedy for Universal's Focus Features, which starts production this week in Connecticut. The as-yet named film, which stars Maya...
Miramax is producing an English remake of Patrice LeConte's French drama " Man on the Train " with writer Daniel Taplitz and producer Bob Cooper. Thomas Bezucha ("The Family Stone") is in negotiations to direct the tale...
Rogue has picked up " Drill Team ," a spec from Gregory Anderson, for Adam Shankman's Offspring Entertainment to produce. A female-driven teen dance movie set in the competitive world of high school drill teams, the film...
Miramax has signed on to remake the Israeli thriller " The Debt ," acquiring a spec from Guy Ritchie collaborator and "Layer Cake" director Matthew Vaughn and Vaughn's writing partner Jane Goldman. "Debt" revolves around...
Teri Polo is set and Dean Cain and Jay Thomas are in final negotiations to play leads in the ensemble film " Material Lies " for Starr Light Prods. Katherine Starr will write and direct. Cain will play struggling actor...
Phillip Noyce is in negotiations to direct " The Art of Making Money ," a DreamWorks project about a notorious counterfeiter who printed more than $10 million in fake bills. The DreamWorks project centers on Art...
Columbia is happy to be " Dumped ," picking up the spec script by Scott Rothman for Michael De Luca to produce. The story revolves around two lifelong friends who experience a difficult breakup when one suddenly embraces...
Liz Friedlander is attached to direct " I Am Charlotte Simmons ," the first Tom Wolfe novel the author has optioned for the screen since 1987's "The Bonfire of the Vanities." Trilogy's John Watson ("Robin Hood: Prince of...
Lionsgate has picked up " Pencilneck ," a comic book adaptation for Benderspink's Chris Bender and JC Spink to produce. Created by Victor Carungi and published by his own Paper Street Comics, the crime thriller centers...
Mike Judge, the voice behind the animated Beavis and Hank Hill, will write and direct " Extract ," a Miramax comedy starring Jason Bateman. It will be the first feature from Ternion Prods., his newly created outfit with...
The 13-year-old son of Tom Cruise is following in his father's footsteps. Connor Cruise, the adopted son of Tom Cruise and ex-wife Nicole Kidman, has a minor, non-speaking part in the upcoming Will Smith drama " Seven...
Universal has optioned " Resurrection ," an Oni Press comic book series written by "Eli Stone" co-creator Marc Guggenheim. " Resurrection " begins where most other alien invasion movies end, centering on a group of...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to this year's Sundance entry " Red ," a thriller starring Brian Cox, Robert Englund, Amanda Plummer and Tom Sizemore. Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee's film...
Mexican-born filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has been named as the director of the film version of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and its proposed sequel. The films, planned for release in 2010 and 2011, will be prequels to the...
Ewan McGregor is in talks to square off against Tom Hanks in "Angels & Demons," Columbia's prequel to "The Da Vinci Code" being directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer and John Calley. "Angels" sees Hanks...
Christian Slater and Wes Bentley are set to headline and Emmanuelle Vaugier will play the female lead in an adaptation of Stephen King's short story " Dolan's Cadillac ," Film Bridge International said Thursday. "...
Tilda Swinton will star in Italo helmer Luca Guadagnino's "Io sono l'amore" ( I Am Love ), a romantic drama in which she will play a foreign society matron in Milan who falls for a young chef. "L'amore" is about "the...
Indie shingle Bold Films has signed Joseph Ruben to direct medical thriller " Jack ," with shooting expected to begin this fall. " Jack ," penned by David Venable, centers on a doctor who rehabilitates and ultimately...
Paramount Pictures has purchased Jay Dyer's spec " Hot for Teacher ," with J.J. Abrams to produce via his studio-based Bad Robot shingle. Story revolves around three high school boys who vow to have sex before they...
A stuntman was seriously injured in a car crash while filming an action sequence for the new James Bond movie on a famously winding lakeside road in northern Italy, a local official said Thursday. The London-based...
Anna Faris, Michael Pena and Ray Liotta are starring opposite Seth Rogen in " Observe and Report ." Jody Hill, who wrote the script, is directing while Donald De Line is producing the Warner Bros./ Legendary Pictures...
Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer has nabbed the female lead opposite Tom Hanks in Columbia Pictures’ “Da Vinci Code” prequel “Angels & Demons.” Story centers on religious art scholar Robert Langdon (Hanks), who once again...
Fox 2000 is set to bring Brian De Palma’s “ The Fury ” back to the bigscreen. The label has tapped Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman to pen a contemporary reimagining of the 1978 supernatural horror film. New version will...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to " The Damned United ," a biopic of legendary English soccer coach Brian Clough, with Tom Hooper to direct from a script by Peter Morgan. Jim Broadbent, Timothy...
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" helmer Nick Stoller is reteaming with Judd Apatow and Universal Pictures for the comedy " Get Him to the Greek ," with Jonah Hill and Russell Brand attached to star. Stoller has been tapped to...