In what amounts to their first move since winning the Best Picture Oscar for "Argo," George Clooney and Grant Heslov are planning to produce "Coronado High," a feature film adaptation of Joshuah Bearman's upcoming article, which Sony Pictures is in talks to acquire and develop as a potential directing vehicle for Clooney.

A representative for Clooney declined to comment and Bearman did not immediately reply to TheWrap's request for comment.

Bearman's article has not been published yet so details remain thin, but those familiar with the story say it involves a...

Armie Hammer must be a fan of classic television shows, as "The Lone Ranger" star has agreed to play Illya Kuryakin in Warner Bros. adaptation of the 1960s TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," TheWrap has confirmed.

Guy Ritchie is directing the spy movie, which finds Tom Cruise stepping into Robert Vaughan's shoes as Napoleon Solo, who works with Kuryakin as an agent of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement.

David McCallum played Kuryakin on the small screen.

Hammer has worked with Warner Bros. before, having co-starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's drama "J. Edgar." He was also in line to play Batman in a previous incarnation of the studio's long-gestating adaptation of "Justice League."

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After playing the mother of a young boy in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," Jennifer Garner is in negotiations to play the mother of the title character in Disney's adaptation of the beloved children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," TheWrap has confirmed.

Steve Carell is set to play Garner's husband in the family film, which quirky filmmaker Miguel Arteta is directing from a script by Lisa Cholodenko and Rob Leiber.

Based on the 1972 book by Judith Viorst, "Alexander" follows a young boy who wakes up with gum in his hair and proceeds to have a miserable day, learning along the way that other people have them too.

Garner exudes a soothing maternal presence that makes her just the right fit for these types of family films, and her comic talents should mesh nicely with the humor that...

Brit Marling is in final negotiations to star in an untitled dramatic thriller formerly known as "The Keeping Room" that Daniel Barber is directing from a script by up-and-coming screenwriter Julia Hart.

Wind Dancer Films, Gilbert Films and Anonymous Content are producing the film, which will co-star Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") and Nicole Beharie ("Shame").

Olivia Wilde was originally attached to star but she is no longer involved with the project.

Hart's script, which appeared on the 2012 Black List of Hollywood's best unproduced screenplays, follows three Southern women -- two sisters and one African American slave -- who are forced to defend...