Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Aasif Mandvi have joined the cast of Touchstone's romantic comedy " The Proposal ." Disney is distributing the film that stars Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. Anne...
Ricky Gervais has announced new casting for his upcoming Warner Bros. film " This Side of the Truth " by way of his website, rickygervais.com. New cast members include "30 Rock" creator and thesp Tina Fey, mockumentarian...
"John Adams" star Paul Giamatti is going from the pursuit of liberty to " Duplicity ." Giamatti will play an industrialist engaged in a fierce game of corporate one-upmanship against a rival titan, played by Wilkinson...
Gary Oldman is in negotiations to join the cast of " Rain Fall ," a Japan-set thriller that employs sophisticated western finance techniques. Adapted from a novel by best- selling American author Barry Eisler, pic is...
James Bond pic " Quantum of Solace " will open in Blighty on Oct. 31, a week ahead of its Nov. 7 U.S. bow. Other Euro territories getting their 007 fix ahead of the U.S. are France and Belgium, where Sony Pictures...
Clint Eastwood will next direct and star in " Gran Torino " for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. Pic is skedded for a December release. Details of "Torino" are being kept under tantalizingly tight wraps....
Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in Bart Freundlich's new May-December romantic comedy for Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's Film Dept. production outfit. In the untitled feature, Zeta-Jones will play a single New York City mom...
Adam Brody and J.K. Simmons have joined the cast of " Jennifer's Body ," Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman's follow-up collaboration to "Juno." Cody's script centers on Jennifer (Fox), a cheerleader possessed by a demon who...
Beau Bridges has joined the cast of the Fox dramatic thriller " Max Payne ," based on the hit Rockstar video game. Bridges will play B.B. Hensley, a former cop and mentor figure to Max Payne , who helps him track down a...
Warner Bros. and Legendary have lined up Kevin Lima ("Enchanted") to direct " Spook's Apprentice ," a project Tim Burton and Johnny Depp once eyed as a reteaming venture. He and the "Spook's" producing team flew to...
Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel and Christopher Mintz-Plasse will voice " How to Train Your Dragon " for DreamWorks Animation. Comic adventure is set in a mythical world and centers on a scrawny...
Peter Berg is attached to direct a bigscreen adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel " Dune " for Paramount Pictures. Herbert's 1965 novel is a sweeping, futuristic tale set on the remote desert planet...
Cheryl Hines has joined the cast of Lakeshore Entertainment romantic comedy " The Ugly Truth ." Story centers on a romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) who is reluctantly embroiled by her chauvinistic...
Warner Bros. has acquired film rights to the Alexis Nolent graphic novel " Cyclops " and will develop it as a feature vehicle for helmer James Mangold. Set in the near future, the actioner concerns mercenary forces whose...
Kopelson Entertainment has hired Tiffany Paulsen to write " Rocket Ship ." The production company run by Arnold and Anne Kopelson generated the original idea, about a father and son who move to New Mexico and uncover a...
Rupert Friend will romance Michelle Pfeiffer under the watchful eye of Kathy Bates in Stephen Frears' French period drama " Cheri ." Friend will play the title character, and Bates is in final negotiations to play his...
Jennifer Coolidge is ponying up to join the cast of " Gentleman Broncos ," Jared Hess' comedy being produced by Mike White and Ben LeClair's Ripcord banner. Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement are starring...
Orlando Bloom has pulled out of Lone Scherfig's " An Education " because of scheduling clashes just as the movie began rolling, the producers said Monday. Bloom was replaced by Dominic Cooper ("The History Boys") in the...
Miramax Films and producer Scott Rudin have acquired screen rights to Richard Price's novel " Lush Life ," just published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. " Lush Life " is set up as a police procedural in which a restaurant...
Sarah Michelle Gellar is in final negotiations to star in the indie drama " Veronika Decides to Die ." Story centers on a severely depressed woman who rediscovers her will to live after learning that she has only days...
Acting sibs Willow and Jaden Smith are attached to star in Warners' adaptation of Kazu Kibuishi's " Amulet ." Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road shingle and Will Smith and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment will produce....
Robert Townsend is in final negotiations to direct the family adventure film " Lil Homiez ," written by Dallas Jackson and Townsend. Described as a hip-hop version of "the Little Rascals meets the Rugrats," "Homiez"...
Carla Gugino will play the lead opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in " Race to Witch Mountain ," Disney's reimagining of its 1975 tween thriller "Escape to Witch Mountain." In Andy Fickman's feature, Gugino will play a...
Paramount Pictures will make an animated film inspired by the '70s sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal , with director David Fincher spearheading the project. " Heavy Metal " will be stamped by the erotic and violent...
Cedric the Entertainer is set to make his directorial debut with the indie comedy " Chicago Pulaski Jones ." It centers around a young championship dancer, Jones, who heads to the big city for his shot at superstardom....
Warner Bros. has picked up rights to " Bone ," the acclaimed independent comic book series from artist Jeff Smith. Dan Lin will produce. The fantasy series followed three cousins from the Bone family who are small, white...
William Monahan is in discussions to adapt " The Chaser ," a Korean thriller whose remake rights were just picked up by Warner Bros. for mid-six figures. Leonardo DiCaprio is circling the lead role of an ex-cop who goes...
Lakeshore Entertainment and MGM have set Kevin Tancharoen to make his feature directing debut on " Fame ," a remake of the 1980 Alan Parker-directed drama. Like the original, the updated " Fame " follows the lives of...
Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella will star in ancient Egyptian epic " Agora ," the next film by Alejandro Amenabar and the first production from Fernando Bovaira's new Madrid-based banner Mod Prods. " Agora ," Amenabar's...
The final "Harry Potter" book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be adapted into two films, Warner Bros. said Wednesday. Titled " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 " and "Harry Potter and the...
Jason Patric and Thomas Dekker will join Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin in the drama " My Sister's Keeper " for New Line. Director Nick Cassavetes' adaptation of Jodi Picoult's novel follows a former district attorney...
" Confessions of a Shopaholic " has rounded out its casting, with John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave and Julie Hagerty joining the Disney/Bruckheimer Films romantic comedy, which stars Isla...
" Rosemary's Baby " is in for a rebirth. Paramount is in negotiations with horror shingle Platinum Dunes to bring back the classic for a new generation of moviegoers. The story follows a young couple who move into a...
Paramount Pictures has acquired feature rights to " Monster Zoo ," a graphic novel by Douglas TenNapel that will be published in the spring by Image. Buckaroo Entertainment's Sam Raimi and Josh Donen will produce with...
"Epic Movie" star Jayma Mays will play the love interest of Kevin James in the upcoming comedy formerly known as " Mall Cop ." The comedy is about a security guard (James) who is thrust into action when the mall he...
Joe Mantegna, Eric Balfour and Armand Assante have been cast and James Van Der Beek is in negotiations to star in the indie feature " The Fifth Mafia ." Vito J. Giambalvo is directing the crime drama, which centers on...
Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland and Paul Rudd have signed on to lend their voices to DreamWorks Animation's " Monsters vs. Aliens ." Story, which...
Paramount Pictures has acquired rights to turn the Valiant Comics series " Harbinger " into a live-action feature that will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Brett Ratner. Created by Jim Shooter, the "...
As Rogue Pictures prepares to release Neil Marshall's "Doomsday" on Friday, the Focus Features genre arm has made a deal for the writer-director's follow-up, " Sacrilege ," a horror film to be set in the Old West....
Columbia Pictures has bought the disaster spec " Animals " from first-time writer and former criminal lawyer Mike Sobel. Neal Moritz is producing through his Sony-based Original Film shingle. Contemporary-set story...
Seth Rogen has signed on to star in the comedy " Observe and Report " for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. " Observe and Report " centers on Ronnie Barnhardt, a deluded, self-important head of mall security who...
Justin Long has signed on to star opposite Alison Lohman in Sam Raimi's supernatural thriller " Drag Me to Hell " for Ghost House Pictures. Raimi and his brother Ivan penned the screenplay, a morality tale about the...
Twentieth Century Fox has set Mila Kunis to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in " Max Payne ," the John Moore-directed action adaptation of the Rockstar videogame. Kunis, best known for a long run on "That '70s Show" and...
Helmer Len Wiseman will make Lakeshore Entertainment and Columbia Pictures' " Shell Game " his next project. Set in the future, sci-fi action thriller follows a detective who is faced with a moral dilemma as he...
Material Entertainment, the U.K.-based production joint venture between New Line Cinema and Entertainment Film Distributors, is in advanced talks with Justin Chadwick to direct “ The Property ,” a contemporary London...
Luke Wilson is set to star in Blowtorch Entertainment's first original production, the college comedy " Tenure ." Mike Million will make his directorial debut with his own script about a beleaguered college professor...
"Open Season" helmer Jill Culton has been tapped to direct Sony Pictures Animation's " Hotel Transylvania ." Story centers on Simon Van Helsing, the youngest in a long line of monster hunters. The last thing Van Helsing...
Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter and Idris Elba will star in " Obsessed ," a thriller that Screen Gems will put into production this summer. In " Obsessed ," Elba will play an asset manager who has a knockout wife (Knowles)...
Warner Bros. has picked up remake rights to South Korea’s surprise hit “ The Chaser ,” and already the project is taking on the aura of the studio’s last major Asian remake hit, “The Departed.” Early discussions are...
John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph will star in Sam Mendes' untitled relationship comedy for Focus Features. Cheryl Hines has signed on to co-star. Film follows an expectant couple (Krasinski, Rudolph) as they travel the...