Jensen Ackles is in final negotiations to play a lead in Lionsgate's " My Bloody Valentine 3-D ." In helmer Patrick Lussier's remake of the 1981 slasher film, Ackles will play Tom, a handsome, principled man who returns...
MGM has once again delayed the release of United Artists' World War II thriller " Valkyrie ," moving the film's scheduled release date from Oct. '08 to President's Day Weekend 2009. " Valkyrie ," which stars Tom Cruise...
Toni Collette will star alongside John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph in Sam Mendes' upcoming relationship comedy for Focus Features. Collette will play a college professor and close family friend of a couple (Krasinski and...
Candice Bergen has signed on to co-star opposite Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the romantic comedy " Bride Wars " for Fox 2000 and New Regency. Story revolves around best friends (Hudson and Hathaway) who are pitted...
Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench might soon be dressing up to the "Nine." The Oscar-winning pair are in talks to join Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren in Rob Marshall's adaptation of the...
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Paul Bettany will topline helmer Shirley Barrett's " South Solitary ," about a shell-shocked soldier recovering in Tasmania, due to lense in Oz this year. Penned by Barrett and produced by Marian...
Diane Keaton will topline " The Widows' Adventure ," a road trip dramedy with Gold Circle president Paul Brooks producing with Rosa Entertainment's Sidney Sherman. Gold Circle has acquired Jason Pomerance's spec, based...
Radha Mitchell and Rosamund Pike have signed on to star opposite Bruce Willis in Disney's sci-fi thriller " The Surrogates ." Jonathan Mostow is directing the film from a Michael Ferris and John Brancato screenplay....
Frank Langella is in final negotiations to join helmer Andrew Jarecki's mystery drama " All Good Things ." Lensing begins this month in Gotham and Connecticut. Set in Gotham, plot follows a real estate dynasty scion's...
Italian actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno will play Benito Mussolini’s mistress in helmer Marco Bellocchio’s previously announced “ Vincere ,” about a child fathered out of wedlock by the 1940s fascist dictator. Mezzogiorno,...
Martin Landau, Armie Hammer and Lindsay Wagner are toplining indie project " Billy: The Early Years ," a Billy Graham biopic with Robbie Benson directing. Hammer, who stars as Batman in the upcoming Warner Bros. "Justice...
Thomas Haden Church will star with Kate Hudson in " Big Eyes ." Church will play Walter Keane, who became a celebrity in the 1950s and '60s because of a series of paintings of big-eyed children that became a mass-market...
Billy Crudup has been set to play FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in " Public Enemies ," the Michael Mann-directed crime drama for Universal that stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Mann has also set Stephen Lang to play...
Gretchen Mol will hit the books to star opposite Luke Wilson in Blowtorch Entertainment's collegiate laffer " Tenure " about two professors competing for the same permanent spot on the roster. Pic, from tyro...
DreamWorks has snapped up the graphic novel " The Return of King Doug " for Ben Stiller to produce as a potential starring vehicle. Greg Orb and Jason Oremland wrote "King Doug," which will be published next year by Oni...
Benderspink is adapting " Last Blood ," based on Bobby Crosby's comicbook centered on a band of vampires protecting the Earth's last human survivors of a zombie apocalypse. " Last Blood " was co-created by siblings Bobby...
Paul Schneider and Kerry Fox have joined the cast of Jane Campion’s “ Bright Star ,” a period pic about English poet John Keats and his secret love affair with the girl nextdoor. “ Bright Star ” is an ill-fated romance...
Scott Bakula has scored the second lead role opposite Matt Damon in " The Informant ," Steven Soderbergh's espionage thriller for Warner Independent. Bakula will play Brian Shepherd, an FBI agent who exposes an...
Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren are toplining Michael Hoffman's Leo Tolstoy biopic " The Last Station ," which starts shooting April 7 in Germany. They replace previously announced thesps Anthony Hopkins and Meryl...
Chuck Russell is writing to direct " Northern Lights ," an action film set in the field of aerobatics -- death-defying stunt flying. " Northern Lights " follows the adventures of three young pilots, each determined to be...
Columbia Pictures has preemptively snapped up Matt Bondurant's upcoming novel " The Wettest County in the World " for Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher to produce through their Red Wagon shingle. Based on a true story,...
Henry Lee Hopper, Denzel Whitaker, Shareeka Epps and Emily Meade are prepping to star in Wes Craven's tentatively titled horror thriller " 25/8 " for Rogue Pictures. Hopper, the son of Dennis Hopper, will play the lead...
Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Tenney, Charles S. Dutton, Lucas Black, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki, Kevin Durand and Willa Holland will join Paul Bettany in " Legion ," the Screen Gems thriller that marks the feature...
In a preemptive buy in the high six-figures, Paramount Pictures has acquired " One Big Happy ," a comic pitch from "Party of Five" creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman to which Steve Martin and Diane Keaton are attached...
In a preemptive spec deal, Dimension Films has acquired " Janky Promoters ," the first script that Ice Cube has written since the final installment of his "Friday" series. " Janky Promoters " sets Cube and another actor...
Mos Def and Gabrielle Union are joining the cast of writer-director Darnell Martin's " Cadillac Records ," lensing in New Jersey. Def plays Chuck Berry and Union portrays Geneva Wade, girlfriend (then wife) of Muddy...
Dolph Lundgren will star in and direct Millennium/Nu Image's " Command Performance ," an action thriller he co-wrote with Stave Latshaw. Lundgren describes "Command" as " 'Die Hard' at a rock concert," with the story...
Maria Bello is in final negotiations to take over for Maggie Gyllenhaal in Rebecca Miller's adaptation of her novel " The Private Lives of Pippa Lee ." Gyllenhaal had hoped to complete her portion in the ensemble cast...
James Marsden, Catherine Keener and Tracy Morgan are close to getting " Nailed ." Marsden will play small-town the boyfriend of Biel's character Alice, a naive waitress who gets a nail shot into her head, causing erratic...
Milla Jovovich and Kiele Sanchez have signed on to star in David Twohy's " A Perfect Getaway " for Relativity Media. Jovovich and Sanchez join Timothy Olyphant and Steve Zahn in the thriller, which revolves around a...
Director Oliver Stone has set James Cromwell to play George Herbert Walker Bush and Ellen Burstyn to play former first lady Barbara Bush in "W," a drama about the formative years of their son, President George W. Bush....
Tobey Maguire and Neal Moritz are teaming up for " Afterburn ," an adaptation of a comic book published by newbie company Red 5 Comics. Rights to the film are being picked up by Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media. The...
Judy Greer, Chloe Sevigny, Cybill Shepherd and Billy Dee Williams will star with Patrick Wilson in director Chris D'Arienzo's dark romantic comedy " Barry Munday ." Wilson will play the title character, a womanizer who...
Jessica Lucas, Lorna Raver and David Paymer will help bring scares to Sam Raimi's " Drag Me to Hell " for Ghost House Pictures and domestic distributor Universal. Raver plays Mrs. Ganush, a proud Eastern European woman...
"Fugitive" scribe Jeb Stuart will direct and Nate Parker will star in " Blood Done Sign My Name ." The film will be based on the true story of a black Vietnam veteran allegedly murdered by a white businessman and a young...
DreamWorks-based Montecito is checking IDs for " Underage ," a broad comedy spec script by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber. The story centers on a 17-year-old girl who seduces a twentysomething guy and proceeds to...
Lyle Lovett and Harry Dean Stanton are traveling with Justin Timberlake and Jeff Bridges on " The Open Road ." Stanton will play the grandfather of Timberlake's character, a young man trying to reconcile with his father...
Julie Benz will star in " Saw V ," the next outing in Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures' horror franchise. Benz has been cast as a Brit with clothes and hair too proper and elegant to be a pawn in Jigsaw's latest games....
Jaime King has given her heart to Lionsgate's " My Bloody Valentine 3-D ," being directed by Patrick Lussier. King will star in the remake of the 1981 slasher film about a murderer who kills those who celebrate...
Natasha Henstridge has joined the cast of Dave Rodriguez's " Anytown ," an indie drama that examines a racist high school attack and its aftermath. Henstridge (ABC's "Eli Stone") will play a news anchor covering an...
Summit is moving forward with " Countdown ," a sci-fi action tale based on a classic "Twilight Zone" episode, and has attached scribe Michael Brandt to direct. Brandt will make his directorial debut with the futuristic...
Hugh Jackman and "Eli Stone" co-creator Marc Guggenheim are teaming with Virgin Comics to create " Nowhere Man ," an original comicbook series that is designed to be transferred to the bigscreen as a Jackman vehicle....
Jon Heder and Dax Shepard have been set to star with Kristen Bell in “ When in Rome ,” which David Diamond and David Weissman wrote. Mark Steven Johnson will direct the feature for Disney. Bell (“Heroes”) plays Beth, a...
James Gandolfini will go from Jersey don to Gotham mayor. Gandolfini will play the mayor of New York City in Columbia Pictures remake " The Taking of Pelham 123 ," directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington...
New Regency has bought Tom Wheeler's fantasy-adventure pitch " Cutlass Islands " and set up the project with Alex Gartner at Mosaic Media and Shawn Levy's 21 Laps. Wheeler pitch centers on a pair of shipwrecked brothers...
Touchstone Pictures has acquired " Home Free ," a comedy written by sibling scribes Alexi and Noah Hawley, in a mid-six-figure deal. Storyline is being kept under wraps, but it's a male-driven comedy described as a...
The cast and crew of the still-untitled X-Files feature film sequel wrapped up work in Vancouver with a news conference Wednesday, a brief lifting of a curtain of secrecy that the production has maintained through three...
Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio will reteam for a dark thriller titled " The Low Dweller " that Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media has bought after a heated bidding war. Scott and DiCaprio will produce the film, with...
Henry Cavill has joined the cast of Woody Allen's untitled romantic comedy, which has started production in Queens. Cavill, known for his role as Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, on Showtime's "The Tudors," plays a...
Jared Padalecki is in final negotiations to star in the remake of " Friday the 13th " that Platinum Dunes is producing for New Line and Paramount. Marcus Nispel is directing from a script by Damian Shannon and Mark...