New Line has tapped Robert Duvall for the holiday comedy " Four Christmases ," starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. The mini-major's planning on a December production start for " Four Christmases ," which is set...
Fox 2000 has attached Ridley Scott to direct " Stones ," a supernatural thriller scripted by Matt Cirulnick. Scott Free will produce. Project is a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious...
Jada Pinkett Smith is making her directorial debut with the drama " The Human Contract ." Pinkett Smith wrote the script, and husband Will Smith will exec produce. Pic will star Jason Clarke ("Brotherhood"), Paz Vega,...
Mickey Rourke is getting into the ring with " The Wrestler ," the indie drama that Darren Aronofsky will direct in January. Rourke will play Randy "The Ram" Robinson," a role that Nicolas Cage had reportedly been set to...
Timothy Olyphant and Joe Anderson will star in " High Life ," a Gary Yates-directed adaptation of the Lee MacDougall play. MacDougall wrote the script with Yates ("Seven Times Lucky"). Pic is a comic caper that follows...
Alexis Bledel has signed on to topline Fox Atomic's college comedy " Ticket to Ride ," which will be helmed by Vicky Jenson. The "Gilmore Girls" star will play Ryden Malby, a college grad who is forced to move back into...
Twentieth Century Fox has Mark Wahlberg in the crosshairs for " Max Payne ," a live-action adaptation of the bestselling Rockstar videogame that will begin early next year. John Moore will direct. Wahlberg is negotiating...
"Star Trek" is beaming up Winona Ryder. Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto). Scripted by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the film revolves...
Josh Hartnett and Sam Rockwell are set to star in " End Zone ," a George Ratliff-directed adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Hartnett will play a gifted running back who is fumbling his attempts to acclimate to...
Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter and Columbus Short are starring in " Quarantined ," a remake of the Spanish horror movie "Rec" that John Erick Dowdle is directing for Screen Gems. " Quarantined " centers on a downtown...
Benderspink has optioned the rights to the comicbook series " Starkweather " from Archaia Studios Press. Property, created by David Rodriguez, revolves around a young boy who comes from a line of sorcerers but doesn't...
Bruce Greenwood has been cast as Christopher Pike, the Starship Enterprise's first captain, in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature for Paramount. The character of Capt. Pike appeared in the original unaired pilot that Gene...
Gotham Mayor Michael Bloomberg will appear in the upcoming " Sex and the City " movie. Bloomberg shot his cameo (as himself) in Bryant Park yesterday at what appeared to be a tented fashion show. "We believe strongly in...
Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have made an offer to Mike Newell to direct " Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time," a live-action feature based on the videogame. The vidgame has spawned six installments and...
Roman Polanski will direct political thriller " The Ghost " as his next feature. Robert Harris will team with Polanski to adapt Harris' novel of the same name, published last month by Simon & Schuster, for the bigscreen....
Guillermo del Toro will write, direct and produce the sci-fi actioner " Champions " for United Artists. Based on the 1968-69 British TV series, " Champions " will follow the adventures of a team of secret government...
Billy Bob Thornton has joined the cast of the DreamWorks' Shia LaBeouf starrer " Eagle Eye ." Penned by Daniel McDermott, story revolves around a slacker (LaBeouf) and a single mother (Monaghan) who are framed as...
After winning big on the potentially risky "Lord of the Rings" franchise, New Line is betting yet again on a pricey fantasy book series, "His Dark Materials," with the first pic " The Golden Compass " set to bow Dec. 7....
Josh Lucas has signed to topline " Tell-Tale ," Scott Free Prods.' psychological thriller being directed by Michael Cuesta. Inspired by the classic Edgar Allan Poe story "The Tell-Tale Heart," the contemporized...
Hayden Christensen is starring in " Beast of Bataan ," the true story of the trial of Masaharu Homma, the Japanese general who was implicated in the Bataan Death March. Based on Lawrence Taylor's tome "A Trial of...
Jennifer Connelly has signed on and Kathy Bates is negotiating to star in " The Day the Earth Stood Still " for 20th Century Fox. Keanu Reeves has already boarded the sci-fi remake. Story kicks off as aliens land on...
Image Entertainment is acquiring U.S. rights to Stuart Gordon's psychological horror film " Stuck ," starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea, from Rigel Entertainment. " Stuck " is based on the true story of a Ft. Worth,...
After a recent resurgence with sequels "Rocky Balboa" and the upcoming "Rambo," Sylvester Stallone is taking aim at an MGM remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson starrer " Death Wish ." Stallone is in talks to direct and...
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are set to star in " Duplicity ," a Universal Pictures drama that was written and will be directed by Tony Gilroy. Jennifer Fox is producing with Laura Bickford. " Duplicity " offers the...
Brittany Murphy will star in Mick Davis' psychological horror pic "3:30 a.m." Davis wrote and will direct the movie, which Milcoz Films and Future Films are producing. Story, about a young woman who leaves Gotham after...
Simon Wincer has signed on to direct " The Holy Road " -- a sequel to "Dances With Wolves" -- for Moonstone, Amicus Entertainment and Double Eagle Films. Story picks up 11 years after "Wolves" as the Comanche tribe is in...
Sony Pictures is acquiring producer Peter Jackson's sci-fi flick " District 9 " in all English-language territories (including North America), Russia, Italy, Korea and Portugal from financier QED Intl. Terri Tatchell and...
While their plan to team on "Halo" remains on hold, Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp are going forward this spring on " District 9 ," a live-action sci-fier that will mark Blomkamp's feature directing debut....
Meryl Streep will be whipping up some culinary delights as legendary chef Julia Child in Columbia Pictures "Julie & Julia." The film follows Powell, a government worker, who decides to cook her way through Child's...
David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Orlando Jones are attached to star opposite Justin Chatwin and Jack Black in " Ye Old Times ," a wild comedy about romance at a Renaissance fair. Arquette and Lillard will play members...
Woody Harrelson is starring and Katie Holmes is in talks to join Giovanni Ribisi and Jason Lee in writer-director David Michaels comedic fantasy adventure " The Other Side " from Myriad Pictures. The story follows a...
Paramount Pictures has acquired graphic novel " The Killer " and will develop it as a directing vehicle for David Fincher. The graphic novel was written by Matz, whose real name is Alexis Nolent. The author works for...
Fans of "The X-Files" no longer have to rely on Internet rumors in seeking the truth about a sequel to the popular series' 1998 movie. On Wednesday, Fox announced production will start Dec. 10 in Vancouver on the sequel,...
Billy Zane will don a World War II Army uniform for his role in " The Hessen Affair ," the behind-the-lens debut for Belgian producer-turned-director Paul Breuls. Zane joins Lyne Renee, Michael Bowen and Noah Segan in...
Josh Zuckerman and Amanda Crew will star and James Marsden is in talks to appear in Sean Anders' raucous teen comedy " Sex Drive " for Summit Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment. Zuckerman ("Feast") will play Ian, an...
Focus Features and writer-director Jim Jarmusch are back together again. The distributor has picked up worldwide rights to the helmer's next film, tentatively titled " The Limits of Control ." The film will center on a...
MTV Films has acquired the rights to " Hyperactive ," a graphic novel by Scott Christian Sava about a teenager whose overactive metabolism grants him incredible speed and enhanced agility. In the story, teen Joey Caram...
Billy Campbell has joined Tea Leoni, Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear in the romantic comedy " Ghost Town " for DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment. The story centers on a dentist who dies briefly during routine dental...
Woody Harrelson has joined Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn in the MGM romantic comedy " Management ," which is shooting in Portland, Ore. Harrelson will play Aniston's boyfriend, a yogurt mogul named Jango. Zahn will...
Matt Dillon and Columbus Short have signed on to topline the heist thriller " Armored " for Screen Gems. Story centers on an armored car guard (Dillon) who is persuaded by his veteran cohorts to empty the truck of its...
Before they shot a frame of film, Gerard Butler escaped " Escape From New York ," the remake of the John Carpenter film. Right after his turn as the Spartan in "300," Butler made a deal to play Snake Plissken in a film...
Alan Cumming and Rebecca Romijn, who previously appeared together in “X2,” will star in “ Hatter ,” written and directed by James Killough, about a hedonistic fashion designer and a journalist who knows the secret of his...
Writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the team behind "Crank," will do it again for " Crank 2: High Voltage " for Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment. Lionsgate and Lakeshore also are partnering to...
Heath Ledger and Sean Penn are in talks to star in " Tree of Life ," with River Road Entertainment finally bringing writer-director Terrence Malick's long-gestating drama to life. Ledger would take the lead opposite an...
Alanis Morissette has joined the cast of novelist Philip K. Dick's semiautobiograhical feature adaptation " Radio Free Albemuth ." In writer-director John Alan Simon's film, Morissette plays Sylvia, a woman who shows up...
Ving Rhames will portray the infamous heavyweight fighter Sonny Liston in the biopic " Phantom Punch ," which Robert Townsend will direct. "Phantom" will chronicle Liston's rise to fame as a boxer and the single "phantom...
Lee Daniels will direct " Push ," an independently financed adaptation of the bestselling novel by Sapphire (Ramona Lofton). Rocker Lenny Kravitz will make his feature-starring debut alongside Mo'nique, Paula Patton and...
Kopelson Entertainment has paid high six figures for " Upside/Down ," a romantic comedy spec script by Susan Brightbill. Arnold and Anne Kopelson will produce. Story concerns a successful thirtysomething woman who...
Warner Bros. has set Greg Berlanti to direct " Green Lantern ," a live-action take on the DC Comics superhero. Berlanti will write the script with Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green. Donald De Line will produce; Andrew...
Mario Van Peebles has signed on to direct his sci-fi screenplay " The Uniter ," which Don Kushner and Brad Wyman ("Monster") are producing. " The Uniter " chronicles the journey of a political fugitive who escapes from...