Diversifying from its mainly horror and animation fare, Barcelona mini-major Filmax Ent. will adapt Valerie Tasso’s best-selling erotic novel “Diario de una ninfomana” ( Diary of a Nymphomaniac ). Filmax will produce the...
France's TF1 Intl. has taken international rights outside the U.S. and Italy to Spike Lee's WWII drama " Miracle at St. Anna ," about black American soldiers and Italian partisans fighting German troops in Tuscany....
Paramount Pictures is beaming up Simon Pegg to play Scotty in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek." Pegg joins Eric Bana, Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Leonard Nimoy in the latest bigscreen incarnation of the...
The "300" team of director Zack Snyder, screenwriter Kurt Johnstad and Hollywood Gang have reunited for " The Last Photograph ," a drama based on an original idea by Snyder. Story revolves around a photograph that...
Brad Silberling has found his next directorial effort in " Land of the Lost ," Universal's big-screen adaptation of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1970s live-action Saturday morning series. Will Ferrell is set to star in the...
The upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the most anticipated movie scheduled for release in the next year, according to a poll of U.S. moviegoers, the Reuters news service reported. The fourth...
In a seven-figure pitch deal, Columbia Pictures has acquired " Empire ," a drama that John Logan will write for Michael Mann to direct and Will Smith to topline. Neither the studio nor the principals would elaborate on...
Frank Langella will costar with Cameron Diaz in " The Box ," a horror film to be directed by "Donnie Darko" helmer Richard Kelly. Langella plays Arlington Stewart, a stranger who presents a mysterious box to Diaz in the...
Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Liz Sheridan, Clint Howard and Marla Sokoloff will star in indie pic " Play the Game ." The film was written and is being directed by Marc Fienberg, who will also produce with...
Tobe Hooper will direct the feature adaptation of Stephen King's novel " From a Buick 8 ." " From a Buick 8 " centers on a mysterious Buick stored in a state trooper barracks. After one of the troopers dies, his son...
Warner Bros. has preemptively picked up " School of Fear ," a kidlit book proposal from Gitty Daneshvari, for an adaptation to be produced by Graham King and his GK Films banner. The 89-page proposal details a four-part...
Eric Bana has signed on to play "Star Trek" villain Nero in Paramount Pictures' bigscreen adaptation of the sci-fi series. Plot details and even character descriptions of the J.J. Abrams-helmed project are being kept...
Warner Bros. is developing a screen version of Beau Willimon’s play “ Farragut North ,” with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star and George Clooney eyeing the project as director. The protagonist is a young communications...
Warner Bros. has acquired North American distrib rights to " Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins ," triggering an early 2008 production start for a film that seeks to reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be...
Warner Bros. has tapped its top Thundercat. Vidgame vet Jerry O'Flaherty will helm the studio's CG-animated " Thundercats " feature, based on the popular '80s cartoon series, comicbook and toy line. The project marks the...
Sanaa Lathan and Matthew Broderick are starring in indie feature " Wonderful World ," with Matt Leutwyler and Miranda Bailey producing. Story centers on a depressed, divorced and unemployed father who finds solace in his...
Jake Gyllenhaal will team with helmer Doug Liman for DreamWorks' "Untitled Moon Project." Actioner revolves around a private expedition to the moon and the race for lunar colonization. Screenplay was originally penned by...
Michael Cera and Kat Dennings are attached to star in Mandate Pictures' " Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist ." Sony Pictures will distribute worldwide. Based on the novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, story...
Producer-writer Bonnie Garvin has acquired the rights to the real-life story of journalist Hannah Allam's experience covering the Iraq War. The story centers on Allam's quest to save the life of her interpreter, Ban...
Hollywood Gang Prods is dreaming of a violent Christmas. Written by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan, the novel revolves around Santa Claus, who turns his back on Christmas and goes into seclusion after nuclear war has...
Rahda Mitchell will star opposite Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas in caper drama “ The Code ” for Nu Image’s Millennium Films. Mimi Leder helming is helming; Ted Humphrey penned the script about a veteran thief who...
Italian actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno has joined the cast of Wim Wenders' “The Palermo Shooting ,” which has just started shooting in the Sicilian city. “Palermo,” which will contain cameos by Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed and...
What Queen Latifah does in Vegas, stays in Vegas -- at least for now. The actress-rapper-singer will make a cameo appearance in Fox's "What Happens in Vegas ... ," starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz. The romantic...
NBC is heading east with " Outsourced ," an India-set comedy project to be directed and exec produced by Ken Kwapis based on the indie comedy of the same name. The single-camera project, which has received a premium...
Simon West will direct an adaptation of David Zucchino’s nonfiction book “ Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad ” for producers Freedom Films and Emmett/Furla Films. The “Con Air” helmer will also produce...
ThinkFilm is reteaming with “Half Nelson” producers Silverwood Films and Hunting Lane Films for Derek Cianfrance’s romantic drama “ Blue Valentine .” The feature, written by Cianfrance with Cami Delavigne and Joey...
Zack Snyder, who is directing a movie based on Alan Moore's Watchmen , told SCI FI Wire that he will shoot the film with some of the techniques developed in making 300, but will also make use of real sets for the story's...
Warner Bros. has picked up " Hangover ," a comedy spec from Jon Lucas and Scott Moore with Todd Phillips on board to direct and produce. The deal follows Phillips' just-renewed production deal with the studio and his...
Writing team David A. Lee and Daniel Vaillancourt (“MTV’s Undressed”) have optioned the English-language remake rights to the 2005 Spanish-language feature film “ Reinas ” (“Queens”) from Warner Bros. Spain. The original...
Warner Bros. has made a preemptive bid for bigscreen rights to " Shining City ," an upcoming tome about a milquetoast dad who unwittingly inherits a prostitution ring. Donald De Line will produce the project based on...
Universal has snapped up " Girly Style ," a pitch from "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody -- possibly the only writer in town to have started out as a stripper. Mason Novick is on board to produce "Girly," described as a...
Scribe Ehren Kruger and the writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are in negotiations to team to write the screenplay for DreamWorks/Paramount's " Transformers 2 ." Director Michael Bay, star Shia LaBeouf and...
Eddie Murphy and helmer Brian Robbins are in final negotiations to reteam for the DreamWorks comedy " A Thousand Words ." Pair recently collaborated on the laffers "Norbit" for DreamWorks and the upcoming "Starship Dave"...
Eduardo Rodriguez has signed on to direct zombie pic " Fragile " for Rogue Pictures. Based on the graphic novel by Stephano Raffaele, story kicks off after an airborne virus has reduced much of the Earth's population to...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have arrested a man in connection with the theft of computers, photographs and documents from director Steven Spielberg's upcoming fourth "Indiana Jones" film. The Tuesday...
New Line Cinema has optioned " The Plucker ," an illustrated novel by Brom. Temple Hill Entertainment partners Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen will produce with Terry Thoren. Published in 2005 by Harry Abrams, " The Plucker...
Universal has booked bigscreen rights to the children's tome " The Night Tourist " in a high six-figure deal. Katherine Marsh's young adult tome, published by Hyperion Children's last month, revolves around a ninth-grade...
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" endured another hit this week when computers, photographs and proprietary information were stolen from the production. A spokesman for director Steven Spielberg...
Natalie Portman has signed on to star alongside Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in Jim Sheridan's love-triangle drama " Brothers " for Relativity Media. Based on Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish-language film, story centers...
Bradley Cooper will pal around with Jim Carrey's " Yes Man " for Warner Bros. Thesp plays the best friend of Carrey's character, who decides to change his life by saying yes to everything that comes his way. Studio is...
Summit Entertainment has set Catherine Hardwicke to direct " Twilight ," an adaptation of the novel that hatched Stephenie Meyer's bestselling young adult fantasy series. Melissa Rosenberg ("Step Up") will write the...
Fox Atomic has tapped vidgame scribe JT Petty to write and direct " Goth ," which is based on a best-selling Japanese novel. Described as a gothic love story, the project revolves around two high school teens from...
William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat and Steven Kaplan will star in Brian Hecker's coming-of-age comedy " Bart Got a Room " for Plum Pictures. Kaplan plays Bart, a high school senior living in a Florida retirement...
Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have been tapped to write " Friday the 13th ," the remake of the horror classic being produced by Platinum Dunes for New Line. Paramount released the original "Friday" in 1980, making Jason...
British scribe Steven Moffat is writing DreamWorks' " Tintin ," the movie trilogy collaboration from Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg that adapts the European comic strip created by Herge. Moffat is best known for...
David Reynolds has been tapped to write " Nightmare Academy ," Universal's adaptation of the kid-lit series by Dean Lorey. Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay are producing. The trilogy, the first book of which was published...
Kathy Baker, James Brolin, Eileen Atkins, Richard Schiff and Liane Balaban have joined Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson in Overture Films' romantic drama " Last Chance Harvey ." Baker plays the ex-wife of Hoffman, a...
New Regency Prods. is getting caught with its hands in the candy jar. The production company has acquired the rights to best-selling author Brandon Mull's latest, " The Candy Shop War ." The picture will be distributed...
Morgan Freeman and Antonio Banderas are set to star in caper drama " The Code " with Mimi Leder helming and Nu Image's Millennium Films producing. Ted Humphrey has penned the script. Freeman will portray a veteran thief...
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan has started work on a sequel to " The Queen ," which will dig into former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair's relationships with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. The...