NBC has ordered a pilot for the future-set drama BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE from COUGAR TOWN co-exec producer/director Michael McDonald, reports Deadline.com.
Steven Soderbergh has been looking for a lead for his THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. adaptation and now Deadline.com reports that he is eying his MAGIC MIKE actor Channing Tatum.
Zviah Eldar, Gravity’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer, today announced the signing of multi-disciplined Creative Director Alex Postelnicu.
Academy Award-winning animation production company Rhythm & Hues Studios returns to the IAAPA Attractions Expo Nov. 15-18 with Executive Producer Charlotte Huggins leading its new Special Projects Division.
Noted animation producer / director / technologist / multimedia guru / man of international mystery Christopher Panzner has launched a brand new bi-yearly digital magazine, LHOOQ (pronounced “Look”), a pluridisciplinary (pronounced “double-you tee eff”) look at mindstyle, lifestyle, arts, literature, anything, everything. The first issue includes a great piece spotlighting three well-known Canadian (pronounced “Kun-ay-dee-yan”) animation-type folks, none other than Mike Fallows, Chris Robinson and L. Elliot Taylor.
AMC has purchased the UFO drama THUNDERSTRUCK from writing/directing team Paul Boardman and Scott Derrickson and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA exec producer David Eick, reports Deadline.com.
TRAFFIC writer Stephen Gaghan has finished rewrites on M. Night Shyamalan's ONE THOUSAND A.E., reports Variety.
Max Irons (RED RIDING HOOD) has been cast as the second male lead in the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, reports EW.
The American Cinematheque presents an evening of madcap Animated Entertainment with Animator BILL KOPP and Voice Talent Brad Garrett, Tom Kenny, Jess Harnell, Jeff DeGrandis & Margaret Loesch In Person!
Bil Keane, the creator of the one-panel comic FAMILY CIRCUS, passed away from congestive heart failure on Nov. 8, 2011 at his home Paradise Valley, Arizona (via The Huffington Post).
Legendary Pictures has hired Max Borenstein to pen the latest draft of GODZILLA, reports Heat Vision.
Evan Spiliotopoulos, the writer of SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and BATTLE FOR TERRA, has been tapped to pen Universal's adaptation of '70s videogame classic ASTEROIDS, reports Heat Vision.
SFX reports that Robert Zemeckis has exited the director's chair of HERE THERE BE MONSTERS.
Jake Abel is the top choice to join his LOVELY BONES co-star Saoirse Ronan in the big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's THE HOST, reports Deadline.com.
Emilie de Ravin, Claire from LOST, has joined the cast of ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME, reports TV Guide.
Global VFX and digital studio MPC is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Justin Lane as managing director to their New York office.
Brian K. Vaughan (LOST) has been hired to write DreamWorks TV's adaptation of Stephen King’s 2009 novel UNDER THE DOME, reports Deadline.com.
Hayley Atwell (CAPTAIN AMERICA) has joined the cast of THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN NEMO, reports Deadline.com. She joins David Morrissey (RED RIDING) as her uncle and Hugh Bonneville (TV's DOWNTON ABBEY) as Nemo. A sequel to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, the story has Morrissey and Atwell's characters freeing Capt. Nemo from jail to have him help investigate sea monster attacks.
The $10 million 3-D production will be shot entirely on greenscreen sets. Pearry Teo
Globomedia is developing a 19th century werewolf drama titled LUNA, EL MISTERIO DE CALENDA, reports Variety.
Like a well oiled machine, Katabatic Digital (www.katabatic.tv) continually rolls out artfully produced high-end commercials, music videos, and advertising campaigns.
Miley Cyrus has been cast as Dracula's teen daughter Mavis in Sony Picture Animation’s HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, reports EW.
Lionsgate TV has begun pitching an animated version of HAROLD & KUMAR, reports Deadline.com.
Sony Pictures Animation and Imagemovers have tapped Chad Damiani and JP Lavin (MAX STEEL) to adapt Chuck Sambuchino's novel HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK, reports Deadline.com.
J.J. Abrams has selected Benicio Del Toro as the villain in his STAR TREK sequel, reports Variety.
20th Century Fox has come down to four actors to play John McClane's son in A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, reports Deadline.com.
