Noted character actor Stephen Root (“No Country for Old Men,” “True Blood,” “The West Wing”) has joined the cast of “Cedar Rapids” and “The Conspirator” says The Hollywood Reporter.
In Fox Searchlight’s ensemble comedy “Rapids,” Root plays the proud …
“Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, Disney’s latest adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, has been cancelled reports Variety.
The project, which aimed to begin shooting in February, has been indefinitely postponed and director McG has withd…
Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Pride and Prejudice”) is in talks to direct the action adventure thriller “Hanna” for Focus Features reports Heat Vision.
Seth Lochhead and David Farr’s script centers on a 14-year-old Eastern European girl who has been raise…
Anna Faris is in negotiations to join the romantic comedy “Wedding Banned” for Touchstone Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
“Banned” revolves around a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter (Faris) on her wedding day to prevent her from ma…
Emmett/Furla Films, Cheetah Vision Films and Richard Jackson are teaming to produce and co-finance three to five pictures per year says Variety.
The deal kicks off with “The Gun,” a drama scripted by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson who will co-star with Val …
Stephen Susco (“The Grudge”) has signed on to pen the film adaptation of comic adaptation “Hack/Slash” says STYD.
The story chronicles the adventures of Hack, a young woman who travels to small towns across the country hunting slashers.
Susco will pe…
Lionsgate has picked up Andrew Knauer’s action thriller spec “Last Stand” which Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing says Reuters.
The story centers on a cartel leader that uses a Gumpert Apollo, a race car famed for drug smuggling, to break out of a …
Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are teaming up on the comedy “TMI” for Universal Pictures says Variety.
Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Marc Klein are penning the comedy with the storyline being kept under wraps. The premise deals with “too much honesty” not b…
Jim Field Smith (“She’s Out of My League”) and George Kay have solved a family-oriented adventure-comedy pitch to Paramount Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
Story details are being kept under wraps but is said to be a fantasy-tinged comedy in t…
Five days before its US domestic release, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has become the top-selling pre-release title in online ticketing provider Fandango’s ten-year history.
The film, which is currently taking in 86% of weekly ticket sales on Fandang…
