Terry Gilliam's " The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ," which was to shoot special effects scenes in Vancouver next week, has halted production after the death of co-lead Heath Ledger, according to a local British...
Straight out of Slamdance, Anchor Bay Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Jon Knautz's horror comedy " Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer " in a mid-six-figure deal with a theatrical commitment. "Slayer"...
In a deal negotiated very early this morning, the film “ Baghead ,” directed and produced by brothers Mark and Jay Duplass, sold North American rights for the mid to high six figures to Sony Pictures Classics. “ Baghead...
The next James Bond film is to be called Quantum of Solace , producers have confirmed. The title is taken from one of a collection of short stories published by 007 creator Ian Fleming in 1960. Producer Michael Wilson...
Sarah Michelle Gellar told SCI FI Wire that she's still passionate about developing Alice, a movie based on the computer game American McGee's Alice , to which she owns the film rights. The game is based on Lewis...
Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Wilkinson are set to star with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in " Duplicity ," the Universal Pictures drama written and to be directed by Tony Gilroy. Thornton and Wilkinson will play the CEOs...
Sam Mendes will next direct an untitled contemporary comedy for Focus Features in March. It follows a young couple's journey around the U.S. as they search for somewhere to put down roots and raise the baby they are...
Palm Pictures picked up North American theatrical and home video rights Wednesday to the documentary " We Are Together ," the story of a South African AIDS orphanage. Paul Taylor's film follows the orphans as they train...
Dan Fogler, Judy Greer and Martin Sheen are packing their bags for " Traveling ," Universal's Stuber/Parent comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart. The script, written by Camp and Thompson, follows a widowed...
In a deal recalling the Sundance gold rush of '07, Fox Searchlight picked up North American and most worldwide territory rights to Clark Gregg's black comedy " Choke " for $5 million. Actor-director Gregg's feature...
Paramount Vantage is in final negotiations for worldwide rights (except in the U.K.) to Nanette Burstein's docu " American Teen ." Sources varied widely on the estimated final price for the deal, expected to close by...
Juliette Lewis and Vincent Gallo will head the voice cast for Swedish animated pic " Metropia ." " Metropia ," which has been in development for four years, combines animation and live action and is set in the future...
Best picture Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Best director Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jason Reitman, Juno Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Joel Coen and Ethan...
Kirsten Dunst is in negotiations and Ryan Gosling has signed on to star in the period love story/murder mystery " All Good Things " for Michael London's Groundswell Prods. Set in the 1980s, story centers on the scion of...
Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright will play a pair of major music-biz figures in Sony BMG Film's " Cadillac Records ," which goes before cameras in March. Brody will play famed blues/R&B record exec Leonard Chess, and...
Dermot Mulroney and Hope Davis are taking the wheel for the indie dramedy " Driving Lessons ." Story revolves around a troubled family who get a second chance at happiness when the mother (Davis) suffers a memory loss...
Focus Features has purchased the Steve Coogan comedy " Hamlet 2 ," paying $10 million for worldwide rights. A late addition to the Sundance Film Festival lineup, " Hamlet 2 " premiered at the Library at 5:30 pm Monday....
Oliver Stone, who has made films about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the presidency of Richard Nixon, will next turn his attention to George W. Bush . Stone hopes to begin production on " Bush " as early as...
Tim Meadows and Gillian Vigman have 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...
" Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired ," the untold story of the scandal that caused the Polish –born director to flee America, sold Friday night to Weinstein Co. for all international rights. Deal, which excludes U.S.,...
Ken Watanabe has signed on to join John C. Reilly and Salma Hayek in Universal Pictures vampire pic " Cirque du Freak ." Reilly will play a vampire who drafts a 14-year-old to serve as his assistant. The youth is turned...
Zac Efron will star in " Me and Orson Welles ," an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow that Richard Linklater will direct. Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who,...
The trailer for J.J Abrams Star Trek 11 has been leaked online. The trailer was originally playing in theatres with Abrams monster movie Cloverfield. YouTube video
Jennifer Hudson is negotiating to star in "Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys ," a drama Perry wrote and will direct and star in for Lionsgate. Script focuses on two families from different sides of the tracks that...
"Justice League" is no longer moving faster than a speeding bullet. Warner Bros. let the options lapse on the young cast that director George Miller chose to play DC superhero staples. The studio, which had set Tuesday...
Paramount has set Mark Wahlberg to star in and Peter Berg to direct an untitled film based on the life of international drug dealer Jon Roberts, whose rise and fall was chronicled in the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys."...
Swiss shingle Ascot Elite has picked up theatrical and ancillary rights to " The Interrogation of Harry Wind " for Switzerland. The political thriller stars Klaus Maria Brandauer ("Mephisto") and Sebastian Koch ("The...
Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese are reteaming on the Daphna Kastner-helmed film " Chaos ": Keitel is producing the New York-set drama, while Scorsese exec produces. Kastner ("Spanish Fly") also penned the screenplay,...
Chris Columbus and "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere are in talks to board the Fox Atomic teen comedy " I Love You Beth Cooper for a spring start. Panettiere would play the titular character, a comely cheerleader who is...
Timothy Olyphant will topline " A Perfect Getaway " for Relativity Media. MGM will distribute the action thriller. David Twohy ("The Fugitive") has signed on to direct from a screenplay he wrote. Story centers on a...
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas and Romola Garai will star in Richard Eyre’s “ The Other Man ,” which starts shooting Feb. 14. Co-written by Eyre and Charles Wood from a book by Bernhard Schlink, it’s the...
Australian director Stephan Elliott has started shooting a movie version of Noel Coward’s witty social comedy “ Easy Virtue ,” starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. Coward’s 1924 play is the story...
Ellen Page will follow up her star-making turn in "Juno" by starring in Mandate Pictures' "Whip It!" which marks Drew Barrymore's directorial debut. Story follows the exploits of alterna-teen Bliss, who lives in a small...
"The Office's" Craig Robinson and former porn star Traci Lords have joined Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks and Jason Mewes in Kevin Smith's " Zack & Miri Make a Porno ." Ricky Mabe (ABC Family's "Beautiful People"), Jeff...
Anne Fletcher, whose movie "27 Dresses" opens this weekend, has signed on to direct Touchstone Pictures' romantic comedy " The Proposal ." The script, written by Peter Chiarelli, follows a publishing executive (Bullock)...
Italo horror-meister Dario Argento will shoot " Giallo ," an English-language homage to the genre that made him a cult helmer, with Vincent Gallo, and Argento's daughter Asia Argento attached to star. Argento's latest...
Samuel Goldwyn has picked up U.S. rights to " Fugitive Pieces ," the lit adaptation that opened September's Toronto Film Festival. A May release is planned. Produced by Robert Lantos ("Eastern Promises"), "Pieces"...
Charlize Theron has signed on to join Viggo Mortensen in the bigscreen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel " The Road " for 2929 Entertainment. Story centers on a man who embarks on a nightmarish road trip...
Jaden Smith has landed a part in Fox's sci-fi thriller " The Day the Earth Stood Still ." Smith will play the rebellious Jacob, the 8-year-old stepson of scientist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) who first makes contact...
Comedian Orlando Jones will star in the indie dramedy " Misconceptions ." Directed by Ron Satlof from a script he wrote with Ira Pearlstein, the story centers on a religiously conservative married woman from the South...
"ER" producer-director John Wells is set to direct the drama feature " The Company Men " through his John Wells Prods. shingle. Wells also wrote the script and is serving as producer of the film, which centers on the...
Attention Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, and Sean Astin: You’ve gone “There.” Now get ready to go “Back Again” - at least according to Elijah Wood’s conversations with “Hobbit” maestro Peter Jackson. “I...
"Dreamgirls" co-star Sharon Leal has landed the female lead in another musically themed feature, the Dimension Films comedy " Soul Men ." The film, directed by Malcolm D. Lee, stars Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac as...
Paul Bettany has joined the cast of Fox Searchlight's drama " The Secret Life of Bees ." Bettany will play widower, T. Ray Owens, the father of the film's 14-year-old central character, Lily Owens, played by Dakota...
Hugh Dancy and Krysten Ritter have joined Isla Fisher in Disney's romantic comedy " Confessions of a Shopaholic ," which P.J. Hogan is directing and Jerry Bruckheimer is producing. Based on the best-selling novels by...
Christian Bale is in talks to star opposite Johnny Depp in " Public Enemies ," the Depression-era crime drama Michael Mann is directing for Universal. An adaptation of Brian Burrough's book " Public Enemies : America's...
Salma Hayek is joining a freak show. The actress has signed on to star opposite John C. Reilly in Universal Pictures’ horror drama “ Cirque du Freak ,” which will mark her first acting role since her maternity leave....
Olivia Wilde will be the female lead opposite Jack Black in Columbia's biblical-era comedy " Year One ." Harold Ramis is directing a cast that also includes Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Oliver Platt, David...
Burt Reynolds is coming to Blighty to star in “ A Bunch of Amateurs ,” the first movie to be greenlit by CinemaNX, the new production financing venture backed by the Isle of Man. “Bunch of Amateurs,” which starts...
Fox Searchlight is ticketed to produce and finance David Talbert's " Baggage Claim ," about a single flight attendant who jets around the country in search of a husband. "Baggage" centers on the thirtysomething Montana...