Uma Thurman will star in " Eloise in Paris ," an adaptation of the children's novel series. Thurman will play Nanny, caretaker of the precocious title character who was the central figure in the series written by Kay...
Brittany Snow will star in the indie feature " Vicious Kind ." Snow will play a woman targeted by the obsessed older brother of her boyfriend after he brings her home for Thanksgiving. Adam Scott will play Caleb, the...
Amanda Seyfried will star opposite Megan Fox in " Jennifer's Body ," Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman's follow-up collaboration to "Juno." Cody's script centers on Jennifer (Fox), a cheerleader who is possessed by a demon...
Ben Foster will star in " The Messenger ," a drama from Oren Moverman, who is making his directorial debut with the film. Foster will play a young Army officer who is forced to work with a partner he can't stand in the...
Jonah Hill and comedian Louis C.K. will play Ricky Gervais' neighbors in the Warner Bros. release " This Side of the Truth ." The story centers on Mark (Gervais), an average guy who discovers his newfound ability to tell...
"Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere has signed on to topline " Daydream Nation ," a teenage comedy from writer Michael Goldbach, who is making his directorial debut. Kieran Culkin is in negotiations to star as well....
Miguel Arteta is in final negotiations to direct "Superbad" star Michael Cera in the Dimension Films comedy " Youth in Revolt ." In what likely will be Arteta's first feature in six years, Cera will play Nick Twisp, a...
Fox Atomic has optioned " Girl of the Moment ," the Lizabeth Zindel novel that was published in April by Viking Young Adult. Book is a comedy about a teen girl who lands a once-in-a-lifetime chance to intern for a famous...
Screen Media Ventures has acquired world rights to " Turn The River ," a pool hall drama helmed by thesp Chris Eigemen ("The Treatment") starring Famke Janssen, Rip Torn and Terry Kinney. Pic is about a blue-collar...
Kate Hudson is set to star in " Big Eyes ," the independently financed film about painter Margaret Keane. Hudson will play Keane, the painter whose distinctive creations featuring big-eyed children became one of art's...
Keanu Reeves, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alan Arkin and Monica Bellucci have joined the all-star cast of " The Private Lives of Pippa Lee ," from writer-director Rebecca Miller. Adapted by Miller -- the daughter of playwright...
Casey Affleck is attached to star in period noir drama " The Kind One ," based on the just-published novel by Tom Epperson. Story, set in the 1930s Los Angeles, centers on an amnesiac (Affleck) who finds himself working...
Lena Headey, Sean Bean and Rupert Friend have signed up to star in director Geoff Sax's supernatural chiller " Black Death " from production banner Ecosse Films. Set in an apocalyptic medieval world, "Death" details the...
Toronto-based sales agent Arrow Entertainment has picked up world rights to " Harvest ," a druggie docudrama helmed by Nicolas Jolliet. Pic played most recently in the Time and Tide section of last month's Rotterdam...
Debra Messing is rounding out the ensemble cast of the Latino family drama " Humboldt Park " for Overture Films. In Alfredo De Villa's film, Messing plays the wife of John Leguizamo's character and joins him on a trip...
" Land of the Lost " has landed a female lead, Anna Friel, to star opposite Will Ferrell in Brad Silberling's adventure fantasy for Universal Pictures. In this feature adaptation of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1970s...
Amy Adams is in negotiations to star opposite Ben Stiller in 20th Century Fox's " Night at the Museum 2 ." Pic kicks off when the artifacts from the Museum of Natural History are boxed up and sent to the archives at the...
Michael Radford is set to direct " Taj ," the love story between 17th century Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, the queen for whom he built the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum. Michael A. Simpson and Judy Cairo are...
French director Francis Veber is back behind the camera with new comedy " A Pain in the Ass ," starring Richard Berry and Patrick Timsit, producer TF1 International said Tuesday. The film is based on the helmer's...
Rob Lowe has been set to star with Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner in " This Side of the Truth ," a comedy Gervais and Matt Robinson wrote together and will co-direct. The comedy takes place in a world where everybody...
Universal's "The Wolfman" has gotten out of a hairy situation. The studio set Joe Johnston late Sunday night to replace Mark Romanek as helmer of the pic, keeping the $100 million thriller on course to begin production...
The Weinstein Co. has set Ken Watanabe to join John Cusack and Gong Li in “ Shanghai ,” a period drama that will begin shooting in China next month. Mikael Hafstrom, who helmed Cusack in the Dimension hit “1408,” will...
Busy character thesp Garret Dillahunt has joined the cast of Wes Craven's " Last House on the Left " redo for Rogue. Dillahunt, who has memorable roles in "No Country for Old Men" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by...
U.S. actor/director Robert Englund, best known as Freddie Kruger in the “A Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise, will direct “ The Vij ,” a dark gothic fantasy in which Christopher Lee is attached to star. Based on an...
Josh Hartnett has been cast to lead Snoot Entertainment's latest effort, martial arts action pic " Bunraku ." The "30 Days of Night" thesp will play an unnamed, revenge-seeking drifter in an alternate universe. Snoot...
Lisa Kudrow and Liam Aiken have come aboard to star in "Will," the musical coming-of-age dramedy that Walden Media and Summit Entertainment will co-finance. Written by Todd Graff and Josh Cagan, the script centers on a...
James Gandolfini will join Jesse L. Martin in the indie feature “ Sexual Healing ,” which chronicles the last years of singer Marvin Gaye’s life. Lauren Goodman will helm from a screenplay she based loosely on Steven...
John Maybury will direct a feature adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic gothic romance " Wuthering Heights ." " Wuthering Heights ," published in 1847, is a tempestuous love story about obsessive passion across the class...
The production banner behind "Maria Full of Grace" and "Half Nelson" is prepping " The Girl ," a story about immigration and maternal bonding, with Emily Blunt in talks to star. The movie focuses on a Texas woman (Blunt)...
Matt Reeves is in early talks with Paramount to direct a "Cloverfield" sequel, and he has also made a deal with GreeneStreet Films to direct "The Invisible Woman." Timing of the projects will depend on how quickly...
Universal and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner have tapped Kevin Macdonald to direct " Bobby Fischer Goes to War ." The drama about the upstart chess whiz's triumph over Boris Spassky in the World Chess...
Claire Danes, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill and Imogen Poots have joined the cast of RIchard Linklater's " Me and Orson Welles ," an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow. They join Zac Efron and Ben...
DreamWorks has acquired all domestic and remake rights to Slamdance Fest entry " Paranormal Activity ," Oren Peli's micro-budget hand-held haunted house pic. Peli shot the film over one week with a high-def camera in his...
Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell and Jemaine Clement have signed to star in " Gentlemen Broncos ," Jared Hess' comedy being produced by Mike White and Ben LeClair. The script, written by Hess and his wife, Jerusha Hess,...
Gerard Butler has signed on to star opposite Katherine Heigl in the battle of the sexes comedy " The Ugly Truth " for Lakeshore Entertainment. Butler is set to play Mike Alexander, host of a TV segment titled " The Ugly...
Alessandro Nivola, who stars alongside Jessica Alba in the upcoming horror film The Eye , told SCI FI Wire that he found his co-star to be more down-to-earth than her glamorous image would imply. "I guess the thing about...
Kevin Nealon has joined the cast of Fox's adventure comedy " They Came From Upstairs ," starring Ashley Tisdale. "Upstairs," produced by Barry Josephson and directed by John Schultz, revolves around a group of teens who...
Channing Tatum has joined the " G.I. Joe " team for Paramount. Tatum will play Duke, a key leader of the G.I. Joe crew, a role originally thought to be played by Sam Worthington. Worthington, however, could not...
Julianne Moore is looking for " Shelter ." The thesp is in talks to topline the supernatural horror thriller, which is being produced by Nala Films. " Shelter ," based on a script by Michael Cooney ("Identity"), will be...
Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form have been set by New Line to re-launch Freddy Krueger, the iconic psycho who haunts the subconscious dreams of teenagers and kills them in their sleep. The...
IGN has learned that Monty Python veteran John Cleese is in negotiations to join the cast of Fox's remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly and Jaden Smith star for...
Director Mark Romanek has ankled " The Wolf Man ," putting Universal Pictures in the position of holding together a film just after it patched up "State of Play" due to after the exit of Brad Pitt. Romanek exited the...
Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien's " The Hobbit ," which is being co-financed by New Line and MGM. Del Toro's name was on a short list of directors who could tackle the...
Julia Roberts has signed on to produce and is attached to star in the film adaptation of Margot Berwin's upcoming novel " Hothouse Flowers " for Sony's Columbia Pictures. Roberts will play a recently divorced woman who...
Marion Cotillard, who was nominated for an Oscar for her star turn in "La Vie en Rose," is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in " Public Enemies ," Universal's Depression-era crime drama being...
Comedian Bill Engvall and crooner-turned-actor Billy Ray Cyrus are set to star in the comedy feature " Bait Shop " for Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The story centers around a small town bait shop owner (Engvall) who...
Marlene Forte has landed a role in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek,” alongside Winona Rider. She’ll play the role of “Chief Transporter.” Forte’s recent credits include “CSI” and “Lost.”
Laurie Holden, who played the mysterious Marita Covarrubias on The X-Files, told SCI FI Wire that she'd welcome the opportunity to reprise her role in the upcoming sequel film. "I knew it was coming, because I ran into...
Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno and Milo Ventimiglia have signed on to Screen Gems' heist actioner " Armored ." Story centers on a young armored car guard who is persuaded by his veteran cohorts to empty a truck of its $10...
"Flushed Away" helmer David Bowers has been tapped to direct CG-animated pic " Astro Boy ." He replaces Colin Brady, who was previously announced as helmer of the $50 million project. The lonely robot tale is an...