Warner Bros. has tapped Ben Affleck to direct their feature version of Stephen King’s THE STAND, reports Deadline.com.

Warner Bros. has hired Drew Pearce, the creator of the superhero spoof comedy TV series NO HEROICS, to write SHERLOCK HOLMES 3, reports Heat Vision.

Universal is in talks with Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (DOCTOR STRANGE) to adapt Mark Millar and Tony Harris comic WAR HEROES, reports Heat Vision.

John Orloff (LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE) is in talks to pen Bryan Singer's feature remake of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, reports Deadline.com.

Director Matthew Vaughn, comic book writer Mark Millar and WATCHMAN artist Dave Gibbons are teaming up for the comic THE SECRET SERVICE, reports Heat Vision.

Ryan Knighton, who is an author and contemporary literature teacher at Capilano University, has landed the job of adapting Paul Hoffman's WINGS OF MADNESS: ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT AND THE INVENTION OF FLIGHT, which will mark Chris Wedge's live-action directing debut, reports Variety.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announces today that tickets for the 39th Annual Annie Awards are now on sale.

Solipsist Films has picked up the rights to Top Cow's upcoming vampire graphic novel IN THE DUST, reports Heat Vision.

Paramount and Hasbro have hired ZOMBIELAND scribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to transform MICRONAUTS into a feature film, reports Deadline.com.

Sony Pictures Television has begun development on a ZOMBIELAND TV series, writes The Hollywood Reporter.