Michael Moore may have few qualms about visiting Cuba, but Iran has proved a step too far. Helmer has turned down an invitation to visit the Iran Intl. Documentary Festival, which unspools Oct. 15-19 in Tehran. Moore's "...
Michael Grais will adapt " Home Before Daylight ," an autobiography by a longtime Grateful Dead roadie, for the bigscreen. He's also producing. Project will trace the music- and drug-filled exploits of the Bay Area band,...
Entertainment Film Distributors has acquired U.K. rights to AV Pictures' thriller " The Tournament ." Lensing starts July 11 in Bulgaria. Pic tells the story of a battle royale that takes place every 10 years in an...
For the last week, [producer Frank Marshall has] been working on his fourth "Indiana Jones" movie, and as the crew wrapped up the New Haven segment Tuesday, Marshall said the city was a terrific host. "It's been...
The upcoming Simpsons movie takes a typically irreverent dig at religion and environmentalists, and features a nude scene involving Bart that had the audience at a preview show applauding. A 10-minute clip from " The...
Keith David will voice the villain, Dr. Facilier, in Walt Disney Pictures' musical animated feature " The Princess and the Frog ." Walt Disney Animation Studios will produce the fairy tale, which is set in New Orleans,...
Penn, who had been repped by Endeavor, is rewriting a remake of " The Dirty Dozen " for Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver, and his screen credits include "X-Men: The Last Stand," "Fantastic Four" and "Elektra." He...
The NTV web and Warner Bros. Japan are joining forces to produce and distrib helmer Masaya Kakehi's "Shinigami no seido" (literally " Accuracy of the God of Death "), a horror/fantasy starring Takeshi Kaneshiro....
Jamie Lee Curtis has joined Walt Disney Pictures' lost-dog comedy " South of the Border ." Curtis joins Piper Perabo as the only other live-action character in the film. The rest of the cast, which includes Drew...
Fox Searchlight has snapped up theatrical rights in North America to the docu "Young @ Heart," about a Massachusetts seniors chorus that covers tunes ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Coldplay. "Young" is helmed by Brit...
"Lackawanna Blues" helmer George C. Wolfe is set to direct the Jamie Foxx starrer " Blood on the Leaves " for Paramount Pictures. Based on Jeffrey Stetson's 2004 novel, the story centers on a district attorney who...
Helmer Kevin Dowling has signed up to join the team of Fox’s upcoming New Orleans-set drama “ K-Ville .” Dowling will serve as a director and supervising producer on the frosh drama. He was most recently a director and...
Phedon Papamichael is set to direct " From Within ," an independently financed thriller that will star Thomas Dekker ("Heroes"), Elizabeth Rice, Adam Goldberg and Jake Weber. Set in a small, God-fearing town, story...
Media Rights Capital has set Cameron Diaz to star in " The Box ," a horror film to be directed by "Donnie Darko" helmer Richard Kelly. Kelly wrote the script based on Richard Matheson short story "Button, Button."...
Universal Pictures has set Jim Carrey to star in " Sober Buddies ," a comedy Carrey will produce with Stuber/Parent's Scott Stuber and Mary Parent and Michael Peyser. Andrew Kurtzman is writing the script, about a...
Kevin Costner will produce, finance and lend his voice to " The Explorers Club ," an animated series that will originate on the Internet during the holiday season in 12 four-minute segments. Created, written and directed...
Warner Independent has hooked a director for " Queen of the South ," its adaptation of a femme Scarface tale set in Spain, and is now looking for its stars. "Secuestro Express" helmer Jonathan Jakubowicz will direct the...
David Ondaatje has signed on to direct a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's first film, " The Lodger ," for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Re-imagined as an urban thriller set in Los Angeles, the film marks Ondaatje's...
Megan Fox has joined the cast of " How to Lose Friends and Alienate People ," the adaptation of the Toby Young memoir being directed by Robert B. Weide. Fox joins a cast that includes Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Jeff...
Russell Crowe will join Leonardo DiCaprio in " Body of Lies ," the William Monahan-scripted adaptation of the David Ignatius novel that Ridley Scott will direct for Warner Bros. Crowe will play Ed Hoffman, the...
Ryan Gosling is set to star opposite Rachel Weisz in Peter Jackson's feature adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel " The Lovely Bones " for DreamWorks. Story revolves around a young girl who has been murdered...
Thesp Bradley Cooper has been tapped to co-star with Sandra Bullock in Fox 2000 laffer " All About Steve " directed by tyro helmer Phil Traill. Kim Barker script follows an eccentric, brilliant crossword puzzle fanatic...
HandMade Films has hired Charles Shyer to direct " Eloise in Paris ," the first of several planned bigscreen adaptations of the Kay Thompson-Hilary Knight children's book series about the precocious kid who lives in...
Djimon Hounsou will star in drama " Get Some ," the first film greenlit by the revamped Summit Entertainment. Story centers on a rebellious teen, portrayed by Sean Faris, who's coerced into an underground fight club amid...
William Wisher has been set by 20th Century Fox to get " Escape of The Pacific Clipper " off the tarmac. Wisher ("Terminator 2: Judgment Day") will script and produce a fact-based adventure about a race to get a Boeing...
Writer-director Chris Eska's " August Evening " has been acquired by Maya Entertainment, launching its distribution division. Produced by Connie Hill and Jason Wehling, pic is the story of an undocumented worker and his...
Monday, June 18, 2007 marked the first day of principal photography of the new Indiana Jones film. Director Steven Spielberg shares with us a brief video from that day. The new Indiana Jones movie is a Lucasfilm Ltd....
"Sony Pictures is going to be making many more 'Spider-Man' pictures," [Sam] Raimi told MTV News Friday night. "I just don't know what [my] future holds yet." In Los Angeles to honor young filmmakers whose Spidey spoofs...
DreamWorks is reteaming "Disturbia" star Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso for " Eagle Eye ," a thriller that will shoot in the fall. LaBeouf, who stars in the Michael Bay-directed DreamWorks/Paramount actioner...
Overture Films has picked up all North American rights to " Righteous Kill ," a $60 million thriller starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino as two detectives tracking a serial killer. Rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is in...
Oliver Platt has signed on to play Bob Zelnick in Working Title and Universal Pictures' big-screen adaptation of " Frost/Nixon " and has landed a recurring role on FX's "Nip/Tuck." Ron Howard is directing " Frost/Nixon...
Overture Films has acquired " Exempt ," a spec script by Ian Shorr, that Benderspink will produce. The action thriller follows a fast-talking high schooler who, after getting kicked out of school and sent to a tony...
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has picked up rights to " Outpost " for a series of territories, most of them English-speaking. Story follows mercenaries in war-torn Eastern Europe who discover a secret in a...
Brett Ratner is set to direct " Playboy ," the Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment film about the life of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Brian Grazer is producing, and John Hoffman is writing the...
Matt Dillon is in final negotiations to co-star in the Walt Disney Pictures comedy " Old Dogs ." Penned by David Diamond and David Weissman, the story revolves around a divorced father of 6-year-old twins and his...
Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Idris Elba and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges have been cast in " RocknRolla ," Guy Ritchie's return to the caper genre being produced by Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment....
Paramount Pictures has acquired " Dubai ," a geopolitical drama spec script by tyro scribe Adam Cozad. Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce, and Eric Bana will be executive producer. Story centers on a young economist who...
MTV Films has hired Holly Brix to write " The Lost Girls ," an adaptation of a teen thriller novel titled "Bad Girls." Michelle Manning is producing through her MM Prods. label. The book, written by Alex McAulay,...
Overture Films has nabbed North American rights to " Righteous Kill ," the Robert De Niro and Al Pacino detective thriller being produced by Millennium Films. Project features the second bigscreen pairing of De Niro and...
The man with the hat is back: For the first time since 1989, Harrison Ford dons the familiar costume on Thursday, June 21, 2007, as the upcoming "Indiana Jones" adventure begins production under the direction of Steven...
Morgan Freeman will play former South African President Nelson Mandela in " The Human Factor ," an independently financed drama, based on the upcoming John Carlin book " The Human Factor : Nelson Mandela and the Game...
Angela Bassett will co-star with Tyler Perry in Lionsgate Films' " Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns ." In this story about love and family, Bassett will play Brenda, a single mother living in inner-city Chicago who takes...
Amy Adams is in negotiations to star opposite Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in " Doubt ," John Patrick Shanley's screen adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play for Miramax Films and producer Scott Rudin....
Big Pita, Little Pita Prods. partners Alicia Keys and Jeff Robinson have hooked " Catfish ," a script by neophyte scribe Charisse Waugh. Based on a true story, " Catfish " focuses on a strong-willed black woman who...
Collina Films has signed writer-director Nadav Schirman to pen an English-language adaptation of his documentary " The Champagne Spy ." The docu, Schirman's debut feature, is set to screen at the Los Angeles Film...
DreamWorks has scooped up the film rights to British kids book series " Children of the Lamp ," and set it up with Nina Jacobson to produce. Scribe Lee Hall will adapt. The first three books in author P.B. Kerr's fantasy...
Kate Hudson's next movie will be " Bachelor No. 2 " for Lionsgate, starring opposite Dane Cook. From a script by Jordan B. Cahan, storyline revolves around a man who is hired by men who have been dumped to take their...
HBO Films is turning to the British stage for a new project, signing scribe David Hare to adapt his British play " My Zinc Bed " for the shingle. Uma Thurman, Paddy Considine and stage thesp Jonathan Pryce will star in...
DreamWorks and Red Hour are teaming on the comedy " In Deep " as a potential starring vehicle for Ben Stiller. Mark Romanek is attached to direct the project, which is based on an original screenplay by George Beckerman....