Mar 5, 2010
Jackman Fights For Selma - Hugh Jackman is on board to star in the civil rights movement feature Selma for director Lee Daniels
(Precious). The true story is based on the historic 1965 march in the Alabama town that marked the political and emotional peak of the civil rights movement.
Feb 5, 2010
Jackman Gets a Feel for Real Steel - Hugh Jackman has joined director Shawn Levy for the sci-fi sports drama Real Steel, based on a story by Richard Matheson (I Am
Legend). Jackman portrays an ex-fighter who becomes a winning promoter for giant robot fights after uncovering an apparently unbeatable discarded robot, just as he bonds to his newly-discovered 13-year old son.
Jan 29, 2010
Gibson and DiCaprio Take on Vikings - Director Mel Gibson and star Leonardo DiCaprio are teaming-up to make a Viking movie in the same vein as Gibson's own Apocalypto and Braveheart, from a script by William Monahan (Kingdom of Heaven, The Departed). Though details are still unknown, with such a pedigree it's bound to be interesting...
Jan 15, 2010
Pearce and Cage After a Hungry Rabbit - Nicolas Cage and Guy Pearce have joined the cast of the action thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps for director Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, The Recruit). Cage portrays a man who becomes involved with an underground vigilante organisation after his wife becomes the victim of a brutal crime.
Jan 1, 2010
Gibson Takes a Vacation - Mel Gibson will star in How I Spent My Summer
Vacation, based on his own screenplay. The story revolves around a career criminal who gets thrown into a hard-knock Mexican jail where he learns to survive thanks to the help of a 9-year-old boy. The film will be directed by Adrian Grunberg - Gibson's Assistant Director on Apocalypto.
Dec 18, 2009
Director Frears Takes The Dog - Director Stephen Frears (The
Queen) is set to helm Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog, based on Beth Raymer's memoir. High Fidelity scribe
D.V. DeVincentis is adapting The story centers on a group of fiftysomething math wizards who manage to break the sports book system in Las Vegas and the younger woman who becomes involved in their dealings.
Nov 27, 2009
Grindhouse's Machete Gets Full Treatment - Writer / director Robert Rodriguez is now filming a full-feature spin-off of the "fake" trailer Machete he created for the homage to exploitation flicks, Grindhouse. Danny Trejo returns as a former Mexican police officer who turns the tables on the crooks who double-crossed him. A star cast including Robert De
Niro, Jessica Alba, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez and Rose McGowan have also joined.
Nov 13, 2009
Fincher's Network Attracts Talent - Director David Fincher
(Se7en, Panic
Room) is set to helm The Social Network, with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield already cast. From a script by Aaron Sorkin (creator / writer of The West Wing), the story revolves around the founding of the web phenomenon Facebook and the falling out of its directors.
Oct 30, 2009
Proyas Takes on Tripods - Director Alex Proyas (Dark
City, I, Robot) is in talks to produce and direct a new adaptation of the first chapter in John Christopher's classic British sci-fi novel trilogy The Tripods. The War of the Worlds - type story follows three teens fleeing from alien invaders bent on enslaving mankind. Two of the three novels were previously adapted in the 1980's
BBC cult series.
Oct 16, 2009
Ridley Scott Takes on Red Riding - Director Ridley Scott
(Gladiator, Blade
Runner) is in talks to direct a US-based remake of the three-part U.K. miniseries Red Riding. Based on a four novel series by David Peace, itself based on the real life Yorkshire Ripper killings, it's a study of power and police corruption framed around the investigation of the disappearance of several young girls. Steve Zaillian, who also worked with Scott on American Gangster and Hannibal, is in talks to write the script.
Sept 25, 2009
Brody and Whitaker Join The Experiment - Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet are set to star in the remake of Oliver Hirschbiegel's German psychological thriller Das Experiment. Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring is directing from his screenplay. The story centers on a group of ordinary men recruited to take on the roles of guards and prisoners as part of a research study examining how the effects of assigned roles and power affect the participants, with some deadly consequences.
Sept 11, 2009
Smith and Theron Set for Hancock 2 - Will Smith, Charlize Theron and director Peter Berg are all said to return for the sequel to the superhero action / comedy Hancock. Despite poor critical reception, the movie made over $600M worldwide, so it was inevitable... The story involves a third immortal entering their lives, though the actor who may take the part is being kept a secret. No release date has been set.
Aug 14, 2009
Kidman Takes on Little Bee - Nicole Kidman has agreed to star and produce Little Bee, based on the Chris Cleave novel. The story revolves around a fateful encounter on an African beach in which a 16-year-old Nigerian orphan meets a British couple who have wandered into an area outside the safety of their vacation resort.
July 31, 2009
Le Carré's Soldier, Spy Back in Action - Following the international success of Let The Right One In, Swedish director Tomas Alfredson will be doing a new adaptation of John Le Carre's classic Cold War spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from a script by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen). The story involves a retired British intelligence officer who is asked to return to uncover a Russian mole in the agency. The novel was originally adapted to acclaim in the 1979 mini-series starring Alec Guinness.
July 24, 2009
Eastwood Ready With Mandela Film - Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela in director Clint Eastwood's
(Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven) film Invictus. Based on John Carlin's novel Playing the Enemy, the film chronicles the end of Apartheid in South Africa and how Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World Cup to help heal the wounds of his nation. Matt Damon also stars a the captain of the country's rugby team. Release is set for Dec 11, 2009.
July 10, 2009
Washington Climbs Scott's Unstoppable - Denzel Washington is set to star in yet another film with director Tony Scott
(The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Man on
Fire), this time on the action-thriller Unstoppable. The story revolves around an experienced train engineer and a newbie conductor who find themselves in a race against time to stop an
unmanned freight train carrying enough combustible liquids to wipe out a city.
June 19, 2009
Firth, Spacey Enter Orwell's Catalonia - Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are attached to star in the adaptation of George Orwell's memoir Catalonia for director Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire). The book revolves around Orwell's travels to Barcelona with his wife to fight in the Spanish Civil War alongside the brigade's charismatic commander Georges Kopp.
June 5, 2009
Clooney Turns Gentleman Hitman - George Clooney is set to star in A Very Private Gentleman for director Anton Corbijn from a script by Rowan
Joffe. Based on the Martin Booth novel, the story revolves around an assassin hiding out in an idyllic Italian
town whose friendships and romantic entanglements complicate his carrying out a final assignment.
May 29, 2009
Michael Moore's Next - Following Fahrenheit 9/11 and Sicko, Oscar-winner Michael Moore's new documentary feature will explore the root causes of the present global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans involved. The film is set for the one-year anniversary of the present crisis.
May 22, 2009
Ghostbusters 3 is Calling - Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold
Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver are all set to reprise their roles in the third installment of the '80's comedy Ghostbusters 3. Long in the making, the script involves a new generation of ghostbusters taking over the duties of the aging team. A new director is being pursued to replace original helmer Ivan
Reitman.
April 24, 2009
Verbinski Goes Into Bioshock - After helming the first three chapters of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, director Gore Verbinski has decided to let someone else take the reigns for the upcoming fourth installment in the popular series starring Johnny
Depp. Instead, he has his eye on an adaptation of the bestselling video game Bioshock, an atmospheric first person-shooter involving the exploration of the ruins of a retro-futuristic underwater city.
April 17, 2009
Neeson, Fiennes Join Titans Remake - Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are in talks to play warring gods in director Louis Leterrier's
(Transporter 2, The Incredible
Hulk) remake of the 1980's Greek mythology stop-motion adventure flick Clash of the Titans. Neeson would play Zeus, the king of the gods while Fiennes would play a new addition to the film: Hades, ruler of the underworld who aims to overtake Zeus and rule over all.
March 20, 2009
Johansson and Rourke Join Iron Man 2 - The sequel to last
summer's blockbuster hit Iron
Man starring Robert Downey Jr. is already set for Summer 2010, and
Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke are on board to join as the film's
villains as The Black Widow and The Crimson Dynamo, respectively.
February 13, 2009
Watts Feeds The Birds - Actress Naomi Watts is set to star in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds for director Marin Campbell (Casino
Royale, The Mask of
Zorro). The latest adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story would only bear a faint resemblance to the Hitchcock film, where a small village found itself attacked by thousands of vicious birds.
February 6, 2009
Jordan Enters Graveyard - Director Neil Jordan (The Crying
Game, Interview with the
Vampire) is set to helm the live-action film adaptation of best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman's award-winning The Graveyard Book. The story revolves around a young boy who is raised in a
cemetery by ghosts.
January 30, 2009
Boorman Takes the Road to Oz - Director John Boorman (Deliverance, Excalibur) is attached to helm a computer animated adaptation of L. Frank Baum's tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Written by Boorman and the team behind Robots, the story will retain the main characters and settings, but will not follow the musical approach of the live-action classic The Wizard of Oz.
January 23, 2009
McG Goes 20,000 Leagues - Director McG (Charlie's
Angels) is set to helm 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo as his next project. Set up as a family film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the story will take place before the events of the classic Jules Verne novel (and Disney live-action
adaptation) to focus on the early days of the titular figure. Will Smith is rumored to be the director's choice for the lead role.
January 16, 2009
Oldman and Washington Read Eli - Gary Oldman and Denzel Washington have been signed for the post-apocalyptic action film Book of Eli, for directors Allen and Albert Hughes (Menace II
Society, From Hell). The story revolves around a lone warrior (played by Washington) who fights his way across a devastated America in order to protect a book that may save mankind. |
