Will Smith's Overbrook banner and Sony have purchased Steve Bloom spec script "Sisters of Mercy" for mid-six figures. Smith and James Lassiter are producing for Overbrook along with Alex Siskin, who brought the project...
The Works has acquired Andrew Piddington's "The Killing of John Lennon" for U.K. distribution and international sale. The drama follows Chapman's movements in the three years leading up to his murder of Lennon. All...
Spanish helmer Antonio Cuadri, whose Catalina Sandino Moreno ("Maria Full of Grace") and Sienna Guillory ("Eragon") starrer "Heart of the Earth" closes March's Miami Film Fest, is advancing on romantic comedy "Women's...
Harrison Ford turned down a £20 million offer to make a new spin-off 'Star Wars' movie. Hollywood legend Ford, 64, snubbed director George Lucas' big bucks offer in favour of playing heroic archaeologist Indiana Jones...
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson released a statement saying that he found "regrettable" comments made by New Line Cinema chief Robert Shaye to SCI FI Wire that Jackson would never work for the studio again under...
William Shatner revealed to SCI FI Wire that the upcoming 11th Star Trek movie will indeed, as rumored, deal with the early years of Capt. James T. Kirk and Spock—and that he will definitely appear in the movie if...
Becoming the first Hollywood studio to take up the mysterious death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, Warner Bros. has scooped up film rights to a book on the subject for Johnny Depp's shingle Infinitum Nihil to...
Felicity Huffman will topline Picturehouse's adaptation of Brit miniseries "The Politician's Wife," to be produced by Sara Risher though her ChickFlicks shingle and Jerry Leider. The 1995 Channel 4 mini concerned an MP's...
Columbia Pictures has tapped veteran comedy scribes Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel to rewrite the next installment in the "Pink Panther" franchise. Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber penned an earlier draft of "The Pink...
Fox 2000 has picked up "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City," being written and to be directed by Paul Weitz. Michael Costigan is producing. Project, originally set up at Columbia Pictures, is an adaptation of the...
Columbia Pictures has acquired Kurt Wimmer's spy-thriller spec "Edwin A. Salt." Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing alongside Sunil Perkash. The fictional film centers on Edwin A. Salt, a CIA officer who is fingered as a...
Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise, told SCI FI Wire that he'll have a lot more to do in the upcoming fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, including (spoiler!) a...
After his panel at the New York Times' 6th Annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, EW sat down with Mission: Impossible III helmer and Lost creator J.J. Abrams to get an inside look at his new enterprise: a Star Trek movie. While...
In the latest comment in the controversy surrounding a proposed movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, New Line head Robert Shaye told SCI FI Wire in no uncertain terms that the studio won't work with Lord of the...
Sandra Bullock has set her sights on the world of tango and Argentina. Through her Fortis Films, the actress-producer is set to produce a film version of Marina Palmer's memoir "Kiss & Tango" with an eye to star for Fox...
Meryl Streep is set to star in "Mamma Mia!," the bigscreen adaptation of the hit tuner that Universal and producing partners Playtone and Littlestar are mobilizing for a summer start. Littlestar's Judy Craymer will...
The firm has signed on Michael Connelly and Terrill Lee Lankford to pen the screenplay for "The Equalizer," its feature remake of the popular '80s TV series. Pic will be directed by "Wicker Park" helmer Paul McGuigan....
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Tilda Swinton are in negotiations to star in Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, "Synecdoche, New York". Indie production companies Sidney...
Rob Cohen is in talks with Universal Pictures to take the reins on a third edition of its "Mummy" franchise. Not much has been disclosed about the story crafted for "Mummy 3" by scribes Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, but...
Madonna's Maverick Films has teamed with HBO Films for "Hosed," a feature comedy to co-star four members of the "Jackass" gang -- Chris Pontius, Steve "Steve-O" Glover, Preston Lacy and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna. The film,...
Focus Features has locked cast and a February start date for "In Bruges," the feature directorial debut of Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson will star with Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy and Jeremie...
Forest Whitaker is negotiating to make his next film “Afterwards,” with French filmmaker Gilles Bourdos, based on Guillaume Musso’s novel “Et après…” Whitaker will play Nathan Del Amico, a brilliant New York lawyer, who...
Theater director Phyllida Lloyd is in negotiations to make her feature directorial debut on "Mamma Mia!" -- Universal Pictures and Playtone's adaptation of the popular ABBA musical created by Judy Craymer and Catherine...
Lionsgate has hooked spec script "The Bass Master," a broad comedy penned by Tab Murphy and Devin Maurer that Todd Garner will produce through his shingle Broken Road Prods. Pic will be set in the world of competitive...
Twentieth Century Fox Film has picked up Latin American rights for the first producing effort from Mexican scribe Guillermo Arriaga, "El Bufalo de la noche" (The Night Buffalo), starring Diego Luna. Film darkly portrays...
"Borat" will debut on DVD March 6 without any changes to the bigscreen version, as lawsuits seeking to have the pic altered for disc have been defeated. If anything, Fox's disc could offend even more sensitive souls --...
Ed Bass, one of the producers behind "Bobby," and Karen Sharpe Kramer, the widow of "Mad World" director Stanley Kramer, have teamed to make a sequel to the comedy classic. Titled "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD World,"...
M. Night Shyamalan will battle the elements when he tackles "Avatar: The Last Airbender," a live-action big-screen adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon animated series, for Paramount Pictures' MTV Films and Nick Movies....
As of right now the plan is to hold the film for a few years and go into the franchise "with a new fresh story," Lee tells Bloody-Disgusting. So the good news is that one day we might see the return of Samara! The...
Joining the cast of HALLOWEEN are DANNY TREJO as ISMAEL CRUZ a sympathetic worker at Smith's Grove Sanitarium, LEW TEMPLE as NOLE KLUGGS a co-worker of Ismael at Smith's Grove. And last but not least good old KEN FOREE...
Charlie Matthau will direct his scripted adaptation of "Freaky Deaky," the 1988 Elmore Leonard novel. Matthau will produce with Michael Meltzer. Pic is set to be financed by Eric Peterson, a Vegas-based entrepreneur with...
James Cameron is set to direct "Avatar," his first dramatic feature since the Oscar-winning blockbuster "Titanic" in 1997. Fox Filmed Entertainment chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman said Monday that Cameron will...
British director Nigel Cole has taken the helm of a feature adaptation based on classic children's character Eloise, the first project planned from the new-look HandMade Films stable, the company said Monday. Cole will...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) President David Bishop today announced, as part of the company's first quarter Blu-ray line-up, that Bond will be making his way to Blu-ray with the much anticipated release of...
Liam Neeson is set to star in "Taken," a Pierre Morel-directed drama that Luc Besson wrote with Robert Mark Kamen. In "Taken," Neeson will play an ex-soldier whose daughter is kidnapped by slave masters while traveling...
James Cameron and 20th Century Fox announced that they will go forward with the long-planned $200 million production of sci-fi tentpole "Avatar." Pic pits a band of humans against in a battle against an alien on another...
George Clooney is close to a deal to star opposite Robert De Niro in Marc Forster’s “36,” a remake the French cop saga “36 Quai des Orfevres”. Dean Georgaris (”The Manchurian Candidate”), is translating the script, set...
Spike Lee has signed on to direct a feature on the life of James Brown, according to Variety. "Like everybody, I was surprised and saddened that James Brown died," Grazer said Tuesday. "Having known him well, and after...
Harrison Ford is set to return as Indiana Jones in May 2008, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg confirmed details of the project Monday after Lucas tipped off the...
Ian McKellen has signed on to voice the narrator role in Matthew Vaughn's romantic fantasy Stardust , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, which boasts a cast including Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle...
Jason Bateman is to star opposite Will Smith and Charlize Theron in Peter Berg’s superhero drama Tonight, He Comes , according to Production Weekly. Script, originally by Vincent Ngo and rewritten by Vince Gilligan, has...
Masi Oka is to star in Columbia Pictures' casino-set thriller 21 , according to the Hollywood Reporter. The breakout star of NBC's rookie hit "Heroes" and a special effects artist-turned-actor, Oka is in talks to play a...
Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she is indeed interested in playing Ava in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City 2 . "We've talked about it," Jolie told Sci-Fi Wire. "And I've read the comic, and I don't think...
Ben Stiller says he is planning a Zoolander sequel, Zoolander 2 . Stiller confirmed that he is trying to get the original cast back, and is currently working with Owen Wilson. It's almost more difficult to work together...
'My Name Is Earl' star Jason Lee is set to star in and produce Warner Bros.' comedy Krater , says the Hollywood Reporter. Set in the late 1970s and early '80s, the story follows the leader (Lee) of a rock band known as...
The Weinstein Co. are set to make the multimedia adventure movie Alex and the Ironic Gentleman , says the Hollywood Reporter. The feature, based on a book by first-time author Adrienne Kress', follows plucky 10-year-old...
Dimension Films have bought the domestic rights to the horror movie Storm Warning , says the Hollywood Reporter. The feature, helmed by Jamie Blanks, follows a husband and wife on a fishing trip gone very wrong. When...
Sandra Bullock is to star in and produce the comedy One of the Guys , according to the Hollywood Reporter. Currently in the pitch stage, the film's premise centers on a true guy's gal (Bullock) who throws her all-male...
John C. Reilly is to star in the musical biopic parody Walk Hard , according to Production Weekly. The movie spoofs the recent phenomenon of Oscar-baiting musician biographies. Jake Kasdan will direct from a script he...
Sam Raimi is to produce a new adaptation of The Shadow , according to Variety. The deal comes after a lengthy negotiation with the studio to nab the rights to the Walter B. Gibson superhero with the power to impair the...