Variety reports that Jon Favreau will head the development of THE MAGIC KINGDOM.

Tim Herlihy, who has penned such Adam Sandler comedies as BILLY MADISON and THE WEDDING SINGER, will adapt the web short PIXELS for Sandler's Happy Madison and Columbia Pictures, reports Heat Vision.

Working Title has put into development a new MERLIN project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

While not directly based on the Disneyland attraction the Tiki Room, Disney is in talks with Ahmet Zappa and Michael Wilson (MONSTER WITNESS RELOCATION PROGRAM) to acquire their spec script TIKI, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

J Blakeson (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED) is in talks to direct Warner Bros.' HELL AND GONE, written by Jonah Nolan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Steve Pink (HOT TUB TIME MACHINE) has signed on to helm THE TOXIC AVENGER remake, reports Deadline.com.

Seth Grahame-Smith has been tapped to pen the newest draft of Tim Burton's DARK SHADOWS adaptation, reports Deadline.com.

ZOMBIELAND producer Gavin Polone is set to make his directing debut on PSYCHO KILLER, reports Variety.

Silver Pictures is in talks with Dennis Iliadis (THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT) to take the helm of THE DEMONOLOGISTS, reports 24 Frames.

Warner Bros. has bought a pitch from Kevin and Dan Hageman (LEGO movie) that delves into the inner mayhem of the ACME warehouse made infamous in Looney Tunes cartoons, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

AVATAR writer Laeta Kalogridis will rewrite the script for the James Cameron-produced remake of FANTASTIC VOYAGE, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Warner Bros and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way have tapped Jason Rothenberg (THE SPARROW) to write a new TWILIGHT ZONE feature, reports Deadline.com.

Shock Till You Drop reports that the MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D team of director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer are re-teaming for a remake of HELLRAISER.

Universal has hired Robert Nelson Jacobs (THE WATER HORSE) to transform Cate Tiernan's YA book series SWEEP into a feature film, reports Variety.

Paramount Pictures has hired THE SHIELD creator Shawn Ryan to adapt Tom Clancy's novel WITHOUT REMORSE, reports Vulture.

Direct from the New York Anime Festival, here is the latest blurb from BANDAI regarding Lucky Star manga and other anime titles.

If you have a predilection for the horror, supernatural genre, then this new manga from VIZ may be exactly what you're craving. And with a rating of 'M' for Mature readers, hopefully we won't be stuck with the usual teenage fluff.

Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, the comic book legend and Yoshiki, Asia’s most influential music artist, join forces to develop a music Super Hero comic book and motion comic series.

David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter) has been set to write and direct Columbia Pictures’ Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, an action-adventure based upon the bestselling PlayStation 3 game, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures.

At New York Comic-Con, MTV Geek, a new genre site focusing on comic books, games, animation, toys, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and technology content, announced content deals with Bill Plympton and Stan Lee.