Sam Worthington, currently trying to break the record of most films attached or linked to in the shortest time possible, is now rumoured by Pajiba to have signed on to Warner Bros’ Dan Dare, an adaptation of 1950s British comic series Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. Read the full story

Renowned artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci will soon be able to add ‘action-hero’ to his repertoire. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros plan to give Da Vinci his own big-screen outing, having picked up a treatment entitled Leonardo Da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, from producer Adrian Askarieh. Read the full story

We reported that Ritchie was working on a King Arthur film separate from Bryan Singer’s Excalibur remake, and that both projects were at Warner Bros. Warren Ellis (Red) was working on a script for Ritchie. Now it looks like it’s getting a rewrite, courtesy of John Hodge (Trainspotting).

Hodge’s draft will be influenced by Sir Thomas Malory’s ‘Le Morte D’Arthur’, which was published in 1485. [Variety] Read the full story

In the time of remakes and franchise revitalization, it seems that Warner Bros. has its sights set on a true American classic. According to Steven Zeitchik from the LA Times, the studio is not only determined to remake the beloved childhood musical (as MGM was in 2008), but is actually examining two existing projects with intent of pursuing one for the silver screen. Collider reports that these projects have actually been dead for at least a year, so don’t expect any new movement soon. Nonetheless, check them out below. Read the full story

The studio that is known for taking chances (Inception, Where The Wild Things Are, Observe and Report) are developing two new projects that seem to be quite the opposite. The first is a Gilligan’s Island film, based on the three season CBS TV show that ran from 1964 to 1967. Brad Copeland who worked on the excellent Arrested Development and the not-so-excellent Wild Hogs is writing a screenplay for WB. The Dark Knight producer Charles Roven wants to start production as “early as next year, but won’t move forward on seeking a director or cast until Copeland’s script is completed.” Their plan is a modern take “on the well-known premise and characters.” It is rumored they are looking Michael Cera to play Gilligan and Beyonce Knowles to play Ginger. Roven told Variety:

“The characters are so good. We think it’s going to be a great story to transport these cultural icons to the modern day.”

The next project being developed at the studio is a film based on the classic videogame Space Invaders. With Asteroids at Universal and Missile Command at Fox, this idea isn’t too crazy. LA Times reports that WB is “negotiating to acquire feature rights to the landmark shooter from Taito, the Japanese company that originally manufactured the game.” Producers Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan, The Day After Tomorrow), Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity) and Guymon Casady are attached.

Gilligan’s Island could just be a stupid, generic, harmless adventure, but I think Space Invaders does have a bit of promise. They could go the Starship Troopers route and make a ridiculously entertaining sci-fi action film, but with development in such an early stage we really don’t know much about either project.

What do you think of Gilligan’s Island and Space Invaders films? Has Hollywood run dry of ideas?

The old friends and past Oscar winners are back in the saddle again, and this writing up a contract to get paid for it. THR is reporting that the duo is close to closing a first-look deal with Warner Brothers for a company of their creation, its name not yet known.

It could be a rejuvenation of LivePlanet, the company the two ran under Disney’s roof for a decade (until 2007) while they conducted Project Greenlight, the filmmaking show which resulted in three unsuccessful indies (Stolen Summer, The Battle of Shaker Heights and Feast). LivePlanet also had a hand in Affleck’s critically-hailed directorial debut Gone, Baby, Gone and this year’s Tron Legacy.

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Warner Bros. has released 30+ new photos of the Kevin Smith directed buddy cop comedy Cop Out starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis. Check them out below followed by the detailed press release on the next page. Read the full story

According to sources at Variety, Warner Bros. is apparently setting into motion a new Three Musketeers film that is going to be written by Peter Straughan and produced by the man behind last years Sherlock Holmes, Lionel Wigram. According to Variety:

Straughan’s script will play up the action and sexier elements of the story much the same way that Wigram, who co-wrote and produced “Sherlock Holmes,” reimagined the detective as a bare-knuckle boxing, martial-arts savvy sleuth molded by Robert Downey Jr.

No director or cast has been approached yet and no release date has been set either.  Check back to TFS for updates on the project.

What would you want to see from a Three Musketeers reboot?

The Hughes Brothers came back after a 9 year hiatus with The Book of Eli. It looks like they are getting right back into it as Vulture reports they are in talks to direct the live-action remake of Akira. They say the script is by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man) but we know The Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta was working on it at one point, so this connection makes sense. The film is to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s company, Appian Way as well as Andrew Lazar, who is doing Jonah Hex for Warner Brothers as well. Vulture reports the synopsis below. Read the full story

Since the initial release of the trailer back in December people all across the blogosphere have been attacking Kevin Smith’s latest film Cop Out for a whole host of different reasons. Whether it be nit picking the fact that Smith’s name isn’t on the trailer, which as Smith himself defended (his name is never on ANY of his trailers). Or the fact that people say the movie looks like a stupid, watered down action comedy. It has become clear, at least to this writer, that people have lost sight of what this movie is: Kevin Smith’s attempt at a studio picture. There are some things that need to be addressed. Read the full story