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SGT. ROCK To Fight In The Future?

November 10, 2009 Rich Drees

Here’s one from the “They just don’t get it, do they?” file. The Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision blog has broken the story that producer Joel Silver’s two-decades in the gestation adaptation of DC Comics’ classic [click for more]

OLDBOY Remake Hammered Dead

November 10, 2009 Rich Drees

When it was announced a year ago this week that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were entertaining the idea of teaming for an English language version of the Japanese manga Oldboy, many Asian film fans [click for more]

Comics Scribe Millar Helming Mystery Superhero Flick

November 2, 2009 Rich Drees

Comic book writer Mark Millar has announced that he will be directing a superhero movie next March. Thing is, he isn’t saying what superhero it is. Millar made the ambiguous statement this weekend on his [click for more]

MEN IN BLACK III Gets A Writer

October 30, 2009 Rich Drees

Tropic Thunder scripter Etan Cohen has been hired by Columbia Pictures to write a third Men In Black science-fiction comedy. And that’s it… There’s not much else to report about the project. Stars Will Smith [click for more]

UPDATED: Shane Black Writing DOC SAVAGE

October 26, 2009 Rich Drees

UPDATE: It turns out that Kurtzman and Orci are NOT the pair that are producing the Doc Savage adaptation. According to Collider, it is actually Neil Moritz and Ori Marmur, the producing team currently working [click for more]

Wil Wheaton To HIT SOMEBODY?

October 5, 2009 Rich Drees

Although he is still working his way through post-production on the upcoming Bruce Willis-Tracey Morgan cop comedy A Couple Of Dicks as well as currently promoting his new book Shootin’ The Sh*t, Kevin Smith has [click for more]

HALLOWEEN 3D On Hold

September 30, 2009 Rich Drees

It looks as if no sooner has the Weinstein Company/Dimension announced plans for a third installment of their revitalized Halloween franchise, in 3D no less, than they’ve put those plans on hold. According to Deadline [click for more]

Diablo Cody Enrolls At SWEET VALLEY HIGH

September 24, 2009 Rich Drees

Scripter Diablo Cody will be adapting the long-running Sweet Valley High ‘tween book series for Universal. The studio is currently in negotiations to for the rights to the books, with Cody already attached to the [click for more]

HIGHLANDER Remake Gets A Director

September 23, 2009 Rich Drees

Justin Lin, director of the recent Fast & Furious,has been picked my Summit Entertainment to helm their in development remake of Highlander. As of yet, the studio has no cast attached to the project and [click for more]

HOLMES Sequel In Development, Pitt As Moriarty

September 21, 2009 Rich Drees

Franchises have become such an important part of a studio’s business model that second installments are starting to be prepared even before an initial entry in a potential series has been seen by the public. [click for more]