I'll be damned, this is actually happening. Last week we reported that Joss Whedon was a leading contender to direct The Avengers, now Deadline says Marvel is in final negotiations with the Firefly/Buffy helmer. ...
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will make his directorial debut, an R-rated comedy titled Ted. Deadline reports Universal will produce the live action and CG mixed story about "a man and his teddy bear" (voiced by MacFarlane)....
Gattaca and Lord of War director/writer Andrew Niccol has found his new project, THR reports. Titled I'm Mortal, it "is set in the not-too-distant future where the aging gene has been switched off. ...
After much production turmoil Deadline is reporting that Bennett Miller (Capote) will start directing duties on Moneyball this July for Columbia Pictures. They have brought the budget down from $60 to $47 million after making a few deals (namely lessening Brad Pitt's original $15M paycheck). ...
It was reported a few months ago that Star Trek star Chris Pine was to take over the next Jack Ryan film, stepping in the shoes that Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford, and Alec Baldwin previously held. We know it isn't an origin story and won't be based off any of the Tom Clancy novels....
It looks like The Green Lantern star Ryan Reynolds won't be caught dead in his superhero suit. /Film is exclusively reporting that the star won't be wearing any spandex, rather "a grey tracking motion/performance capture suit with led lights." ...
Last weekend we posted a LA Times on set interview with director Christopher Nolan and some the cast of Inception, my most anticipated film of the summer. It seems as though that story has been updated with brand new stills. ...
We finally have the first look from George Nolfi’s sci-fi romance The Adjustment Bureau via Universal Pictures. The joins the ranks of Philip K. Dick short stories turned films. Some work great (Minority Report, Blade Runner) while others are quite the opposite (Next, Paycheck). ...
Into The Wild star Emile Hirsch will star in The Darkest Hour, a new sci-fi action flick directed by Chris Gorak (Right At Your Door) for Summit and New Regency....
We reported over two months ago that Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief star Logan Lerman was in talks to play Spider-Man in 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb's new take on the superhero. ...
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