Andy Serkis is reteaming with director Peter Jackson in DreamWorks' " Tintin ," the movie trilogy collaboration from Jackson and Steven Spielberg. Although DreamWorks would not confirm, it is believed Serkis will play...
Director John Singleton is gearing up to direct a bigscreen version of 1980s TV series " The A-Team " and talking about the casting possibilities all over town. Twentieth Century Fox is in early talks with the helmer to...
Actress-screenwriter June Diane Raphael is in final negotiations to play Jack Black's love interest in Harold Ramis' biblical comedy " Year One " for producer Judd Apatow and Columbia. Raphael will play Maya, a woman who...
Emmy Rossum has booked the female lead in 20th Century Fox's " Dragonball ," based on the popular Japanese manga. Justin Chatwin stars as Goku, a warrior who protects the Earth from a stream of rogues bent on dominating...
Gina Holden, who co-stars in the upcoming SF sequel Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem , told SCI FI Wire that she gets up close and personal with the lethal creatures. "It was an absolutely terrifying experience in the best...
Ruben Fleischer is in negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures zombie comedy " Zombieland ." Rhett Reese-Paul Wernick screenplay centers on the most frightened guy on Earth who leads a motley crew of survivors in a world...
The Film Dept. has acquired Noah Lukeman's screenplay " Brothers in Arms " and tapped "The Tourist" helmer Marcel Langenegger to direct it. Based on a true story, drama is set at the end of WWII, when Gen. George S....
Steve Norrington will direct " Clash of the Titans ," the remake of the 1981 mythical adventure that is best remembered for Ray Harryhausen's special effects. Basil Iwanyk will produce through his Thunder Road banner. In...
Robert Pattinson has joined the cast of " Twilight ," Summit Entertainment's teen-vampire thriller. Pattinson will play the role of Edward, a teenager who leads a double life as a vampire and becomes romantically...
Chris Messina is in negotiations to star opposite Amy Adams and Meryl Streep in Nora Ephron's comedy "Julie & Julia" for Columbia. Messina is in line to play the husband of Adams' title character, a depressed government...
AIR Prods. is tuning up a biopic of Eva Cassidy , whose music did not make an impact until a posthumous album became a hit in the U.K. Virtually unknown outside her native D.C., Cassidy drew her biggest success six years...
Gabriele Salvatores will start shooting in February on “Come Dio comanda” (" As God Commands "), the Oscar-winning Italo helmer’s second film based on a book by best-selling novelist Niccolo Ammanniti. “Commands,” a dark...
Ari Sandel is set to direct " Brad Cutter Ruined My Life ... Again ," a comedy project Fox Atomic has acquired and is slotting for production early next year. Donald De Line is producing. Joe Nussbaum's script concerns a...
Newcomer Isabelle Fuhrman will play the daughter of Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga's characters in the horror film " Orphan ." The story revolves around a husband and wife (Sarsgaard, Farmiga) who lose a baby and then...
Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson are in final negotiations to star alongside Will Smith in Columbia Pictures drama " Seven Pounds ." Grant Nieporte-penned screenplay centers on a guilt-ridden man who inadvertently...
Nicolas Cage is set to star in " Knowing ," a thriller to be directed by Alex Proyas. Summit Entertainment will fully finance and distribute the pic, which begins production March 17 in Melbourne. Cage will play a...
Rapper Xzibit, Amanda Peet and Scottish comic Billy Connolly have signed on for director Chris Carter's next big-screen adaptation [ The X-Files 2 ]. Citing a policy of secrecy surrounding the plot line, Fox would not...
Paul Rudd has signed on and Jason Segel is in negotiations to star in DreamWorks' comedy " I Love You, Man ." Hamburg-penned script centers on a man about to get married who actively seeks out a male friend to be his...
Joan Allen has been set to star and Lasse Hallstrom to direct " Hachiko, A Dog's Story ," a remake of the Japanese film about an Akita's relationship with its owner. Stephen P. Lindsey script is based on the true tale of...
Korean helmer Yoo Ha, who last made the kinetic gangster pic " A Dirty Carnival ," has put together a big-budget historic drama titled "A Frozen Flower." Pic will be the first from a new indie shingle confusingly called...
Indiana Jones co-producer Frank Marshall is authorized to confirm some rumors and detail some of the story, about a quest for South American relics with supernatural powers. When last we saw Indy, he was riding off into...
Rob Cohen, director of the upcoming The Mummy 3, has posted a blog entry stating that shooting for the movie has completed. Dear Mummy Family— After 91 days of shooting and 2,021 shots, “THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON...
Keenen Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans have set up one of their signature spoof films at Paramount Pictures. The three brothers penned and will star in the sendup of cop actioners. Keenen Ivory Wayans, who helmed the...
Stanley Tucci will reteam with his "The Devil Wears Prada" co-star Meryl Streep for Columbia Pictures' "Julie & Julia." Amy Adams also will star in the pic to be directed by Nora Ephron. Film centers on a frustrated temp...
Producer Thomas Schuehly ("Alexander") has acquired the remake rights to Fritz Lang's " Metropolis " and is partnering with Mario Kassar on an updated version of the 1927 silent sci-fi classic. The Munich-based Schuehly...
Will Smith, who plays the last man on Earth in the upcoming SF movie I Am Legend , told reporters that he researched the lives of prisoners of war and convicts in solitary confinement to get into the mindset of an...
Anne Hathaway has been set to star with Kate Hudson in " Bride Wars ," and Gary Winick has signed to direct the romantic comedy for New Regency. Hathaway and Hudson will play best friends who are pitted against each...
Josh Lucas will star in “ God’s Spy ,” a U.K.-Canadian thriller directed by Andy Morahan, based on the true events that culminated in the discovery of Italian banker Roberto Calvi hanging under London’s Blackfriars...
Lauren Holly and Louis Gossett Jr. are set to star in the indie feature " The Least Among You ," written and directed by Mark Young. Julia Verdin is producing. Holly will play a professor at the seminary who has become a...
Comedian Katt Williams is set to star in the workplace comedy " Mission: Intolerable ," the first film slated for production from the Weinstein Co./Robert L. Johnson-owned Our Stories Films. Williams will play a wannabe...
Columbia Pictures has acquired screen rights to " No Impact Man ," an upcoming book by Colin Beavan about his yearlong attempt to live a green lifestyle in Manhattan. Beavan, who previously wrote books on the French...
Das Films and Blumhouse Prods. are teaming on an adaptation of John Marks' novel " Fangland " that is shaping up as a star vehicle for Hilary Swank. Sriram Das of Das Films and Jason Blum of Blumhouse will produce with...
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, known as McLovin in the summer hit "Superbad," will reunite with producer Judd Apatow for Columbia's " Year One ," a comedy set in biblical times. The movie stars Jack Black and Michael Cera and...
Jamie Chung has joined Justin Chatwin and James Marsters in Fox's " Dragonball ," the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese comic. James Wong is directing the science fiction action-adventure, which centers on...
"Friday Night Lights" star Zach Gilford is in final negotiations to play the love interest of Alexis Bledel in the Fox Atomic comedy " The Post-Grad Survival Guide ." The film centers on Ryden Malby (Bledel), who...
Universal Pictures has moved " Wanted " from a spring to summer berth. Angelina Jolie starrer will now bow June 27 instead of March 28. Adaptation of Mark Millar graphic novel will go head to head with UA's "Valkyrie"...
New Line Cinema has optioned the film rights to Anthony Capella's unpublished novel " Chemistry for Beginners ," a romantic comedy about a sex researcher who falls for one of his subjects. " Chemistry for Beginners " is...
Samuel L. Jackson is attached to star in " Unfinished Country ," screenwriter Mark Wheaton's "Training Day"-style thriller for Blue Star Pictures and Inferno Entertainment. Jackson plays Elton, the chief administrator of...
Paramount Pictures has acquired life rights to intelligence operative Kathi Lynn Austin, whose adventures in arms trafficking and terrorism will inspire an action thriller vehicle for Angelina Jolie. Austin, who has most...
Edward Norton is set to play dual roles in " Leaves of Grass ," a comedic thriller to be directed in spring by Tim Blake Nelson, who wrote the script and will also act in the film. Norton will play identical twins, one...
Screen Gems has set David Anspaugh to direct basketball drama " Phenom ," which will star singer-actor Chris Brown. Brown will play a standout high school basketball player who goes pro after the media discovers he's the...
Josh Brolin is negotiating to star alongside Sean Penn in " Milk ," Focus Features' biopic about late gay-rights activist Harvey Milk . Brolin would play Dan White, the San Francisco county supervisor who killed Milk...
Ben Kingsley has signed on to co-star in Martin Scorsese's period thriller " Shutter Island " for Paramount Pictures. Leonardo DiCaprio will star as a U.S. marshal who is sent to the remote New England island in summer...
Freddy Rodriguez and John Leguizamo will star in Overture Films' family dramedy " Humboldt Park ." Story revolves around the return of three siblings to their parents' home for the holidays in Humboldt Park on Chicago's...
Johnny Depp doesn't shy away from blood in the upcoming "Sweeney Todd," for which he's being touted as a major Oscar contender, and he might again find himself awash in blood if he opts to join up with producer-director...
Helmer Steve Carr is on the beat for Columbia Pictures' Kevin James comedy " Mall Cop ." Story centers on a mild-mannered security guard (James) thrust into action when highly organized thieves take over his mall. Steve...
Judd Apatow-produced films usually don't need much marketing help. But in the case of Apatow's " Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ," Columbia Pictures is launching a novel tie-in for the unconventional comedy. Star John C....
Christian Bale is in negotiations to star in " Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins ," the fourth installment of the hit science fiction series. McG is in negotiations to direct the movie, which is being made by the...
Fox 2000 will fashion the story of the Gucci dynasty into a feature directing vehicle for Ridley Scott. Scott Free will produce with Giannina Facio. Fox 2000 got the project after Paramount Pictures put it in turnaround....
Penelope Ann Miller has joined "High School Musical" star Corbin Bleu in Rigel Entertainment's motocross action-drama movie " Free Style ." The coming-of-age story centers on a young motocross racer (Bleu) who aspires to...