Dane Cook is in negotiations to star in "Bachelor No. 2," a comedy that Howard Deutch is in final negotiations to direct for Lionsgate. Written by Jordan B. Cahan, the script focuses on a man named Tank, known for being...
The Weinstein Co. has acquired U.S., Australian, and New Zealand rights to Woody Allen's suspense drama "Cassandra's Dream," starring Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell and Tom Wilkinson, it was announced Wednesday by TWC...
Stuber/Parent's Scott Stuber and Mary Parent will produce Universal Pictures drama "Traveling." Aaron Eckhart is set to star in the pic, which will mark the directing debut of Brandon Camp. Camp wrote the script with...
Zooey Deschanel has inked to star with Mark Wahlberg in M. Night Shyamalan's 20th Century Fox thriller "The Happening." Helmer's "Unbreakable" and "Sixth Sense" producer Barry Mendel will produce with Sam Mercer. Pic...
Amber Heard has been cast as the female lead in "Get Some," a teen drama directed by Jeff Wadlow. Craig Baumgarten and David Zelon are producing. Written by Chris Hauty, the story centers on a transplanted Iowa teen...
"Transformers," the big-budget summer action flick from Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, will have its world premiere at the Taormina Film Fest, Deborah Young, the event's artistic director, said...
Acclaimed Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat, who joins the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, told SCI FI Wire that he had no problem integrating himself into the hit franchise. "It was like [we were] family...
Mena Suvari, who co-stars in the upcoming zombie film Day of the Dead, told SCI FI Wire that she takes on an uncharacteristic action role as an Army corporal in the remake of George A. Romero's 1985 movie. Suvari's...
Director Christopher Nolan has made an inventive decision to film four sequences of "The Dark Knight" with Imax cameras. The next installment of Warner Bros. Pictures' Batman franchise, which again will star Christian...
John Woo is attached to direct and produce "Ninja Gold," a new intellectual property from video game creator Warren Spector. " 'Ninja Gold' is a great property that is rich in mythology and perfect for John's unique...
HBO Films has assembled a formidable ensemble cast for the Depression-era feature "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery," which is being released by Picturehouse, HBO's venture with New Line Cinema. Joan Cusack, Chris...
Christopher Meloni and James Franco have been cast opposite Diane Lane and Richard Gere in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Nights in Rodanthe." George Wolfe is directing the romantic drama, which is being produced by Denise Di...
Another Hollywood remake of a Hong Kong hit was announced Monday as Jackie Chan's JCE Movies Ltd. sold the rights to action-comedy "Enter the Phoenix" to Flashpoint Entertainment, producers of "The Bourne Ultimatum." The...
And now Lucas, of course, has his eye on another American classic: Indiana Jones. The fourth chapter in the film series, with Lucas producing and close pal Steven Spielberg directing, begins shooting in Los Angeles this...
Robert Rodriguez, the director who helms one of the two movies in Grindhouse, told SCI FI Wire that he got the idea for the project after watching 1970s exploitation movies at Quentin Tarantino's house. "Quentin is the...
Sandra Bullock has said yes to starring in "The Proposal," a romantic comedy from Touchstone Pictures. Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing, while Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are exec producing...
Rosario Dawson, who played the lethal hooker Gail in Robert Rodriguez's Sin City, told SCI FI Wire that she'll likely reprise the role in the upcoming sequel film, which will again be based on Frank Miller's...
Jaime King will star in "The Pardon" opposite Jason Lewis. Tom An-ton is directing the indie period drama, which is being produced by Rand Falbaum. Based on true events, "Pardon" centers on Toni Jo Henry (King), the...
"The Lives of Others" star Sebastian Koch is joining up with acting veteran Klaus Maria Brandauer ("Out Of Africa") to star in the spy thriller "The Interrogation of Harry Wind" from first-time Swiss director Pascal...
Miramax Films nabbed all North American rights to one of the most sought-after titles of the fest, Julian Schnabel's French-language drama "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) for around $3...
Writer/director Sam Raimi confirmed to SCI FI Wire that he has spoken with New Line Cinema honcho Robert Shaye about helming The Hobbit, a Lord of the Rings prequel film based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book, but only once and...
Warner Bros. Pictures and Joel Silver are trying to get the power of Grayskull. The studio and producer are in negotiations with toy company Mattel to acquire the rights to one of the most popular cartoons of the 1980s,...
Mike Myers is attached to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the long-in-the works remake of the 1947 Danny Kaye classic that is set up at 20th Century Fox. This is the latest incarnation for "Mitty," which over the...
Cuba Gooding Jr. will produce and is attached to star in "Harold," an edgy teen comedy produced and financed by Danny Fisher's City Lights Pictures and Morris S. Levy of M.E.G.A Films. "Harold" revolves around the title...
Carla Gugino and David Boreanaz are starring in "Our Lady of Victory," a basketball drama directed by Tim Chambers. Whitney Springer is producing the movie, which is being executive produced by former Philadelphia 76ers...
Anika Noni Rose will voice Princess Tiana in the Walt Disney Co.'s musical animated feature "The Princess and the Frog," slated for a holiday 2009 release. Walt Disney Animation Studios will produce the New Orleans-set...
Robert Rodriguez has signed on to direct "Barbarella," a new feature adaptation of the classic sci-fi comic book series that Universal Pictures is fast-tracking for a 2008 worldwide release. The character was...
Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") have signed up for Walden Media's next family-oriented feature, "Nim's Island," which is set to begin shooting in the Australian state of Queensland in early...
Albert and Allen Hughes are coming aboard to direct "The Book of Eli," a postapocalyptic Western written by Gary Whitta for Warner Bros. Pictures. Joel Silver is producing with Silver Pictures' Susan Downey and Erik...
Director Michael Winterbottom, whose Angelina Jolie starrer "A Mighty Heart" unspooled Out of Competition on Monday, has signed up for "7 Days," starring John Simm for Film4, the U.K. movie arm of Brit broadcaster...
Shannyn Sossamon, Vinnie Jones and Stephen Rea have joined producer Parkland Pictures' crime thriller "The Heavy." Screenwriter-director Marcus Warren's British feature centers on a henchman played by Gary Stretch, who...
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles will switch gears after wrapping the dark drama "Blindness," by directing a romantic comedy based on the novel "Love's Labors Lost" by Brazilian screenplay writer Jorge Furtado....
Avi Arad, who is producing the upcoming The Incredible Hulk, told SCI FI Wire that the movie will not make use of any of the elements of the first Hulk movie. "It's a new Hulk," Arad said in a news conference while...
Rowan Atkinson is to star in a new movie version of David Copperfield. He will play Mr Micawber, one of Charles Dickens' best-known comic characters. Director Peter Howitt is planning to shoot the film early next year,...
Luke Goss is joining the cast of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. The former Bros singer has previously worked with director Guillermo del Toro on Blade , according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ron Perlman has signed up again...
Finally unveiling his new documentary "Sicko" on Saturday, Michael Moore met with the international press, where he challenged the premise behind the U.S. Treasury Department's investigation into whether he violated the...
Sebastian Koch ("The Lives of Others") and Julia Jentsch have signed on to star in Constantin Film's adaptation of Theodor Fontane's classic 19th century novel "Effi Briest." Jentsch ("Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days")...
Producer Emmanuel Benbihy has assembled a who's who of hot helmers to head to New York to shoot his upcoming project "New York, je t'aime" (New York, I Love You), with names including Zach Braff, Mira Nair, Park...
Juliette Binoche has certified her participation in prolific Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's latest film produced by Marin and Nathanael Karmitz, MK2 said Saturday. "Certified Copy," set for an October or November...
U.S.-based Phoenix Pictures will produce the thriller "The Soundman" and has tapped writer-director Wesley Strick to helm. Strick, whose writing credits include "Cape Fear" and "Arachnophobia," also penned the...
Kirk D'Amico's production/financing company Myriad Pictures is teaming with Christine Vachon's Killer Films to produce an adaptation of crime writer James Ellroy's memoir "My Dark Places." Ellroy's 1996 book tells the...
Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones adventures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Harrison Ford already has boarded the project, which will be produced by Lucasfilm and...
Universal Pictures has set Angelina Jolie to star alongside James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in Wanted, an action film based on a graphic novel that Timur Bekmambetov will direct, Variety reported. The movie will be...
Jet Li is in negotiations to play the villainous title character in Universal Pictures' The Mummy 3, being directed by Rob Cohen, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The plot details of the script, written by...
hia LaBeouf (Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers) is in final talks to star in Steven Spielberg's fourth Indiana Jones movie, playing the son of the adventurous archaeologist, who will again be played by Harrison Ford,...
The Walt Disney Co. is in production on Toy Story 3 via its Pixar Animation Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The announcement came during Disney's annual shareholder meeting in New Orleans. "We are finally...
If Batman and Superman can be reborn, why not Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock? On Christmas Day 2008, the storied "Star Trek" franchise will begin anew on the big screen, and its creators are almost as ecstatic as the series'...
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are teaming to play New York police investigators hunting a serial killer in Jon Avnet's $60 million thriller "Righteous Kill" for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films. The...
Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to star as a mysterious supervillain in the Frank Miller-helmed comic book adaptation "The Spirit" for Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment. The story centers on Denny Colt, an...
Fresh from directing Angelina Jolie in the Out of Competition selection "A Mighty Heart," British director Michael Winterbottom will welcome Colin Firth, Hope Davis and Catherine Keener to lead his next project,...