Showtime is developing a small screen adaptation of the graphic novel THE DAMNED, reports Deadline.com.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin has ruled that writer James Muller must repay 20th Century Fox's attorney fees after losing his lawsuit against the studio over ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Millennium/Nu Image has bought Paul Sloan's jungle-set spec script, reports Heat Vision.

Damien Chazelle (GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH) has been hired to write a sequel to THE LAST EXORCISM, reports Heat Vision.

FilmNation Ent., in a bidding war, has won the rights to Mike Jones' spec script IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER, reports Deadline.com.

ABC has snagged a modern day twist on JEKYLL & HYDE from UP IN THE AIR scribe Sheldon Turner, reports Live Feed.

Noah Oppenheim, former TODAY SHOW producer turned screenwriter, has been tapped to pen MGM's remake of WAR GAMES, reports Deadline.com. Seth Gordon

Karl Gajdusek (UNKNOWN) has been hired to write Working Title's VIKING, reports Variety.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 39th Annual Annie Awards.

Sony Pictures has already received a first draft for THE SMURFS 2 from the original film's writers, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Warner Bros. and Robert and Susan Downey are teaming up to bring the true-life story of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis to the screen, reports Heat Vision.

Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott explains what’s really involved in writing an award-winning animated feature screenplay.

Disney has inked a high-six against seven figure dealt adapt Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias' book THE FINEST HOURS into a feature film, reports Deadline.com.

HitFix has broken the news that HARRY POTTER director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves are working with Warner Bros. to adapt a multi-film adaptation of Stephen King’s THE STAND.

NBC has put into development a modern-day version of FRANKENSTEIN, reports Variety.

Disney has tapped Robert Ben Garant (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM) to pen an adaptation of the manga TUXEDO GIN, reports Deadline.com.

Add CLUE to the pile of Hasbro board game-inspired film projects that Universal has dropped, reports Deadline.com. After signing a six-year deal with the game maker in 2008, Universal has also dropped MONOPOLY and MAGIC: THE GATHERING. Universal is still making films from the Hasbro-owner properties BATTLESHIP, STRETCH ARMSTRONG, CANDY LAND and OUIJA.

Melisa Wallack, who wrote Relativity's untitled Snow White project, has been hired by Universal to write its adaptation of EMILY STRANGE, reports Heat Vision.

TAXI DRIVER writer Paul Schrader and AMERICAN PSYCHO author Bret Easton Ellis are teaming up on a shark-themed horror flick called BAIT, reports Heat Vision.

Dark Castle has purchased John Richardson and Chris Roach's spec script NON-STOP for Jeff Wadlow (NEVER BACK DOWN) to direct, reports Heat Vision.