" Charlie Wilson's War " will take to the boxoffice battlefield a few days earlier than originally scheduled. Universal announced Friday that the movie, in which Tom Hanks plays a Texas congressman who becomes involve in...
Daniel Craig, who made his debut as James Bond in Casino Royale, told reporters that he's eager to get started on the 22nd installment in the iconic spy franchise and excited by the prospect of collaborating with...
Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga will star in the horror film " Orphan " for Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Story revolves around a husband and wife (Sarsgaard and Farmiga) who lose a baby and then adopt a...
Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks and Adam Scott are starring in " Lovely Still ," the feature directorial debut of newcomer Nik Fackler. The script, written by Fackler, is a holiday fable that tells the...
New Line has firmed " Man That Rocks the Cradle " to be the first star vehicle for Samuel L. Jackson since the studio forged a deal with the actor's Uppity Films. Bought as a spec script by Josh Cagan and based on a...
Keri Russell has landed the female lead opposite Adam Sandler in Disney's " Bedtime Stories ." In the comedy, Russell will play a potential love interest for Sandler's character, a harried real estate developer whose...
Dimension Films has set Malcolm Lee to direct " Soul Men ," a road trip comedy to star Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. The pair will play bickering backup soul singers who haven't spoken in 20 years but reluctantly...
Universal Pictures will turn the life of Joe Namath into a feature film, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing the Hall of Fame quarterback. While other quarterbacks racked up bigger lifetime stats, Namath became the first...
Liev Schreiber will do the " Repossession Mambo " with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker for Universal. He has been cast as Law's boss at a futuristic credit union dealing in artificial organs. When Law's character receives...
Element Films and Spitfire Pictures will turn the life and death of U.S. aid worker Fred Cuny into a feature film. The companies have acquired " The Man Who Tried to Save the World ," a book by Scott Anderson ("Spring...
The Weinstein Co. said Tuesday that it has acquired publishing and screen rights to Bridie Clark's upcoming novel " I Think She's Got It ." Billed as a modern update of "Pygmalion" and set in contempo Gotham, the story...
Sandrine Bonnaire (“Intimate Strangers”) will star alongside Swiss-German actor Bruno Ganz (“Downfall”) in scribe Caroline Bottaro’s helming debut. In the French-German co-production “Joueuse” ( The Chess Player ),...
The January 2008 edition of Empire magazine has revealed the first look at Heath Ledger as The Joker in Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight .
The Weinstein Co. has locked in Gong Li and is negotiating with John Cusack to star in " Shanghai ," a period drama the studio hopes to make in China early next year. Cusack is in talks to play an American who returns to...
Venturing for the first time into toon pic distribution, New Line Cinema has taken U.S. domestic rights to “ Planet 51 ,” one of Europe’s most ambitious CGI animation movies, penned by “Shrek” and “Shrek 2” screenwriter...
Jet Li has broken the record as the highest earning actor in a Chinese-language film after raking in 100m yuan (£6.5m) for his latest movie. The 44-year-old action star will receive the record-busting salary for his role...
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...
Universal Pictures spent the weekend trying to convince Russell Crowe, its "American Gangster" topliner, to replace Brad Pitt as the star of " State of Play ." The result of that courtship will be known early this week...
Rob Cohen, director of the upcoming The Mummy 3, has posted a blog entry talking about As you can see from the new video from Todd Grossman, the production of “ The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ” is enshrouded in...
Amy Adams, star of Disney's musical fantasy Enchanted , told SCI FI Wire that it's been a surreal experience to join the ranks of famous storybook princesses such as Cinderella and Snow White. "I guess I don't really...
Neal McDonough told SCI FI Wire that he's completed work on a supernatural horror film entitled The Horsemen , in which he plays a cop with a big problem. "It's about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," McDonough said...
Scott Farrar, visual-effects supervisor and second-unit director of Michael Bay's Transformers, told SCI FI Wire that the recently announced sequel will be more ambitious visually. "We want to improve on some of the...
Steven Spielberg has excised scenes from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in which a loose-lipped extra appeared after the extra gave away spoilers for the movie to his hometown newspaper, according to...
Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan will be three of the lead voices in " G-Force ," for Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The story follows a group of ultra-intelligent animal commandoes who...
Brad Pitt is out of “ State of Play ,” a development that has put that star-studded Universal Pictures drama in a state of flux, and has put studio and star on opposite sides of who caused his exit. Pitt ankled the film...
Mean Girls" helmer Mark Waters is attached to direct Joshua Ferris' comedy-drama " Seven Days " for Universal Pictures. The script chronicles seven pivotal days in a man's life during the course of 20 years, with each...
Sienna Miller is the first thesp to enlist in Paramount Pictures' big-budget tentpole " G.I. Joe ." British actress will play the film's female lead, described as a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in...
David R. Ellis is coming back to New Line for more death. The director has signed to direct and develop " Final Destination 4 ," the latest installment of New Line's popular horror series, which the studio plans to shoot...
Steve Guttenberg will play a father whose son has disappeared in " The Well ," directed by Stephen Manuel. Aislinn Sands and Dominic Rickhards also star in the film, about an estranged couple who while in the middle of a...
John Singleton will direct " Executive Order: Six ," a thriller to be financed by Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity. Plan is to begin production early next year, and casting is under way. Philip Eisner's script, based on a...
Dean Parisot is in final negotiations to direct " Weekend Warrior ," a supernatural action comedy at Warner Bros. Andrew Lazar is producing through his Warner-based Mad Chance banner. "Warrior," said to be in the tone of...
Unified Pictures is set to produce the modern-day Capra-esque tale " 55 Holly Star ." Michael A. Nickles, who penned the script, will direct. The story centers on a down-on-his-luck man who, in a desperate search to...
Jennifer Garner is in final negotiations to star opposite Ricky Gervais in the indie comedy " This Side of the Truth ." Film is set in a world where lying doesn't exist. Story centers on an Everyman (Gervais) who figures...
Bruce Willis will star in “ The Surrogates ,” a sci-fi thriller that Jonathan Mostow will direct for Disney. The studio is eyeing a February production start in Boston. Story is set in the near future, where humans live...
Sony's "Angels & Demons" has become the first major casualty of the ongoing writers strike. Studio said Friday that it is postponing production on the Tom Hanks starrer, which is a prequel to last year's megahit "The Da...
Jason Behr and Cam Gigandet have joined the cast of Oliver Stone's investigative thriller " Pinkville ." Behr will play Lt. Stephen Brooks, the commanding officer in charge of the GIs at My Lai. Gigandet will play Fred...
Joseph Cross, Heather Graham, Barbara Hershey and Tim Curry will star in the indie satire " Son of Mourning ." Yaniv Raz will direct from a screenplay he wrote. Story, set amid an international climate crisis, centers on...
Frank Darabont, who was one of the many writers who took a stab at writing the upcoming script for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, told SCI FI Wire that he's not sure how much, if any, of his...
Casting has been completed on the upcoming sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Brothers announced. David Yates, who directed this year's Order of the Phoenix, returns to helm the next...
Seth Rogen has inked to play the titular Zack in writer-director Kevin Smith's " Zack & Miri Make a Porno " for the Weinstein Co. and Dimension Films. Elizabeth Banks will star opposite Rogen as Miri. Story revolves...
Katherine Heigl will topline the battle-of-the-sexes romantic comedy " The Ugly Truth " for Lakeshore Entertainment. Story centers on a romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) who is reluctantly embroiled...
Kristen Stewart has signed on to star in Summit Entertainment's thriller-romance " Twilight ," based on Stephenie Meyer's young-adult novel. Catherine Hardwicke will helm the film, which centers on a 17-year-old girl who...
John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson and Chris Kelly are in negotiations to star in " Cirque du Freak ," Universal's adaptation of Darren Shan's kidlit book series. Paul Weitz is directing. The story follows two best friends...
Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha are set to star as drug-dealing Hasidic Jews in Kevin Asch's comic drama " Holy Rollers ." The film, one of the first to emerge from the burgeoning "Jewsploitation" genre, is ripped from...
Oliver Stone is eying Michael Pitt to play Lt. William Calley, the Army officer who was found guilty of ordering the 1968 My Lai Massacre, in his upcoming Vietnam War drama " Pinkville ." As an actor, Pitt is no stranger...
Likely Story founder Anthony Bregman will produce Carter Smith's psychological horror feature " Come Closer " for Miramax. Adapted from Sara Gran's 2003 novel, the surreal tale will take viewers into the mind of a woman...
The thriller " Seven Days " is the latest South Korean film set for a Hollywood remake. Summit Entertainment has acquired rights to the film from Korea's Prime Entertainment in a deal sources put in the low-six figures....
Twentieth Century Fox is bringing the Japanese manga phenomenon " Dragonball " to the bigscreen. Justin Chatwin will star as Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on...
Thomas Jane will make his feature directing debut on " The Dark Country ," a noir thriller that is being shot in 3-D high definition, as well as 2-D high-def. The thriller concerns a couple who find their honeymoon to be...
Chris Hemsworth and Clifton Collins Jr. have joined the cast of Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek." Hemsworth will play Captain Kirk's father, George Kirk. Collins will play Ayel, the cohort and general to...