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Teen Soap Opera Writer Heads To X-MEN Franchise

November 19, 2008 Rich Drees

With 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand pulling in $459 million at the box office world wide, it seems only natural that studio Twentieth Century Fox is looking to extend its X-Men comic book movie franchise [click for more]

I AM LEGEND Scripter To Take A Whack At OLDBOY Remake

November 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Steven Spielberg and Will Smith’s English version of the Korean director Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy may be getting a screenwriter. Scripter Mark Protosevich is reportedly in early talks with DreamWorks to write the remake. As if [click for more]

CAPTAIN AMERICA Enlists Writing Duo

November 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are in negotiations to script Marvel Studio’s Captain America comic book adaptation. The film, now entitled First Avenger: Captain America, will tell the story of how the Army experimented on [click for more]

Seth Gordon Working On SUICIDE SQUAD

November 18, 2008 Rich Drees

Seth Gordon, the director behind the really fun documentary The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters, has signed to helm the feature Suicide Squad for Working Title Films Universal Studios. The film, from screenwriter Chris [click for more]

Crappy Screenwriters Roundup: ROBOTECH and XXX 3 Edition

November 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Screenwriters are often overlooked in the production process. If a film is a hit the praise goes to the actors or directors, likewise the blame if the project bombs. But it is the writer who [click for more]

Forster To Document WORLD WAR Z

November 14, 2008 Rich Drees

Marc Forster, whose Bond installment Quantum Of Solace opens in theaters today, has been hired by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B to direct their adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie apocalypse novel World War [click for more]

Jaden Smith To Be New KARATE KID

November 11, 2008 Rich Drees

Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, is set to take the title role in a remake of the 1984 film The Karate Kid. We first mentioned this project being in development back in [click for more]

Brett Ratner’s Dilemma- Ruin CONAN or BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 First?

November 10, 2008 Rich Drees

Well, the headline pretty much sums it up, but here are the details. The Hollywood Reporter is stating that Brett Ratner is in final negotiations to take on directorial chores for Nu Image/Millennium’s long in [click for more]

Joe Johnston Drafted For CAPTAIN AMERICA

November 10, 2008 Rich Drees

Director Joe Johnston has signed to direct Captain America: The First Avenger for Marvel Studios. No writer has yet been hired for the project, though the studio hopes to have one locked down soon. Johnston [click for more]

Spielberg And Smith Looking At OLDBOY Remake

November 8, 2008 Rich Drees

Recently, we’ve reported on two film remakes – Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and David Mamet working on an English language version of Akira Jurosawa’s High And Low and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski penning an update [click for more]