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CGI-Animated Musical in the Works at Lucasfilm

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HEAT VISION is reporting that Lucasfilm is developing a CGI-animated musical at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in Northern California.

Seth MacFarlane to Host 2010 Writers Guild Awards West Coast Show

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Family Guy creator and acclaimed writer-producer Seth MacFarlane is set to host the 2010 Writers Guild Awards’ West Coast ceremony on Saturday, February 20, at the Hyatt Regency Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

Worthington in the Lead to Play Dracula

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LATINO REVIEW is reporting that Sam Washington is a frontrunner to play Dracula in Universal's DRACULA YEAR ZERO.

Details Emerge on New Planet Of The Apes Film

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20th Century Fox has not given up plans on rebooting the PLANET OF THE APES franchise, despite reports the project was killed, VULTURE reports.

Kevin Falls Crafting Powers TV Pilot

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Kevin Falls (JOURNEYMAN) is writing the TV pilot for Sony's adaptation of POWERS at FX, PREMIUMHOLLYWOOD.COM reports.

Oscar Nomination Ballots Due January 23

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The 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers no later than 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.

Up, Mr. Fox, Coraline Land BAFTA Nods

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Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker have each received eight nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010.

Summit Entertainment Makes Push into TV

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Summit Entertainment is jointly developing and producing a TV series based on PUSH with E1 Entertainment, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Levine Tapped to Develop Zombie Romance Novel

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Jonathan Levine (THE WACKNESS, ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE) has been tapped to write and direct an adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie romance novel WARM BODIES, according to VARIETY.

D.J. Caruso Lands I Am Number Four

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According to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S HEAT VISION BLOG, D.J. Caruso (EAGLE EYE, DISTURBIA) has landed a deal to direct I AM NUMBER FOUR.