Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Odd Lot’s Gigi Pritzker are set to bring an adaptation of the classic videogame SPACE INVADERS to the big screen, reports Heat Vision.
Christopher Meloni, who recently left his starring role on LAW & ORDER: SVU, is in talks to join Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL, reports Vulture.
Ben Barnes (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN) is in talks to play the lead in THE SEVENTH SON, based Joseph Delaney's YA novel THE SPOOK'S APPRENTICE, reports Variety.
Julia Ormond is in negotiations to play Superman's biological mother Lara Lor-Van in Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL, reports Deadline.com.
Relativity Media has hired Alex Tse (WATCHMEN) to write the reboot of THE CROW, reports ComingSoon.net.
Open Road, the distribution firm formed by theater chains AMC and Regal, have picked up the rights to Andrew Niccol's adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's book THE HOST, reports Deadline.com.
Russell Crowe is in talks to take the role of Superman's father Jor-El in MAN OF STEEL, reports Variety.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired the global rights to Detention Films' DETENTION, reports ComingSoon.net.
Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and CJ Entertainment & Media have purchased the remake rights to the Norwegian found-footage film TROLL HUNTER, reports Deadline.com.
MGM has tapped David Silverman (THE SIMPSONS MOVIE) to direct its adaptation of Jarrett Krosoczka's book series PUNK FARM, reports Variety.
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS' Bret McKenzie, who had a small role in the LORD OF THE RINGS series, will be returning to the world of Middle Earth in Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT, reports Variety.
With fewer and fewer programming slots available in key co-production territories and the amount of producers vying for these slots, it is no wonder that the stakes are high. At Kidscreen this year, attendees did their best to maximize this precious opportunity.
Day 2 of Kidscreen and the Delegates Lounge, restaurants and bars at the hotel were a buzz with people talking about creative ideas and how to turn them into the next big hit, and, perhaps most importantly, how to finance them!
SMALLVILLE writers and producers had primary claims of their lawsuit against Warner Bros. thrown out, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ben Hibon, who directed the wonderful "Three Brother" animated sequence in HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1, has signed on to helm PAN, a new take on J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN, reports Variety.
Pierre Morel (TAKEN) is set to helm EDF as his next project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ole Bornedal, the Danish director behind the critically acclaimed thriller JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY, has been tapped to helm Lionsgate's DIBBUK BOX, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Mad Chance and Circle of Confusion are set to adapt IDW's graphic novel LORE into a feature film, reports HEAT VISION.
Warner Bros. has bought the rights to Colin Trevorrow's screenplay WORLD WAR X, reports VARIETY.
Columbia Pictures is in negotiations with CRANK directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor to take the helm of GHOST RIDER 2, reports VARIETY.
300 producers Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton are developing a film based on Conn Iggulden’s EMPEROR book series, which follows the early days of Julius Caesar, reports Deadline.com.
Steve Hanson's Hanson Inc. has licensed the film rights to Kahlil Gibran's famed 1923 collection of poetic essays, THE PROPHET, reports VARIETY.
VARIETY reports that Harrison Ford is in negotiations to join the cast of Jon Favreau’s adaptation of the graphic novel, COWBOYS AND ALIENS.
Kevin Dunn and Julie White, who have played Ron and Judy Witwicky, respectively, in the TRANSFORMERS franchise, have signed on to the third installment, reports VARIETY.
On Friday, SMALLVILLE creators/exec producers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough and series co-producer Tollin/Robbins Prods. filed suit against Warner Bros. TV and the CW.
