Jon Landau, producer of AVATAR, told MTV that director James Cameron is working on a prequel novel that could hit bookshelves by the end of the year.

VARIETY is reporting that Steven Spielberg and Peter Chernin are in talks to develop TERRA NOVA, which follows a family that travels back in time 150 million years.

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER is reporting the first story details on RIDDICK.

Summit Entertainment has hired Scott Kosar (THE CRAZIES) to rewrite VLAD, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD scribe Justin Haythe is in talks to pen Disney's THE LONE RANGER, reports the Heat Vision blog.

Unique Features, run by former New Line heads Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye, is producing a feature based on Maggie Stiefvater's supernatural romance SHIVER, reports VARIETY.

Paramount has tapped Chase Palmer to write a new draft of DUNE, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

DEADLINE.COM reports that David Goyer, who recently left FLASHFORWARD as showrunner to pursue his film career, is working on the follow-up to THE DARK NIGHT.

Big Cartoon Database reports that Emmy-winning Hanna-Barbera writer Barry Blitzer has passed away on January 27 in Santa Monica, California due to complications from abdominal surgery.

Disney has hired Jessie Nelson (FRED CLAUS) to write a sequel to ENCHANTED, reports VARIETY.