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Bradley Cooper Goes Head Hunting for Warner Bros.

May 24, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 52 weeks ago

Bradley Cooper will produce -- and perhaps star in -- a movie about a legendary sniper

  

Anthony Hopkins May Join Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis in 'Red 2'

May 24, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 52 weeks ago

The 'Silence of the Lambs' star wants to hop aboard the adult action sequel, but the deal has to be worked out

  

Fox Moves 'Life of Pi' to Thanksgiving Weekend

May 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Fox has moved up Ang Lee's adaptation of the bestseller from Christmas to Thanksgiving

  

Lego's 'Hero Factory' May Get Live-Action Treatment at Universal

May 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Studio negotiating for rights to make film based on toymaker's "Hero Factory" line. Film 360 and Marc Gordon would produce

  

Sony Acquires 'Predestination," Spierig Bros. Tale Starring Ethan Hawke

May 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The sci-fi thriller is based on Robert A Heinlein’s short story “All You Zombies”

  

eOne Acquires North American Rights to Charlie Matthau's 'Freaky Deaky'

May 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Walter Matthau's son wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel

  

ICM Finalizes Buyout of Rizvi Traverse and Jeff Berg

May 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

ICM agency to be run by 29 different partners from all of its departments 

  

'Wimbledon' Scribe Adam Brooks to Direct 'Happy Mother's Day' for Walden Media

May 21, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

"Happy Mother's Day" follows four mothers on their special day

  

Universal Buys 'The Disciple Program' For Mark Wahlberg

May 18, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Tyler Marceca wrote the hotly pursued spec script, which will be directed by Morten Tyldum

  

Anthony Bourdain's First Novel Heads to the Big Screen

May 18, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Dignity Film Finance will adapt celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain's first novel for the big screen

  

Susan Sarandon Joins 'Still of Night' Opposite Michelle Monaghan

May 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Jonathan Mostow's thriller "Still of the Night" centers on a woman's desperate search for her missing sister

  

Jack Black to Join Shirley MacLaine in 'Wild Oats'

May 17, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Jacki Weaver and Alan Arkin co-star in film about two senior citizens on the lam

  

SXSW Hit 'See Girl Run' Gets North American Distribution

May 16, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Phase 4 Films has acquired the film, which stars Robin Tunney and Adam Scott

  

Joel Edgerton Writing and Starring in 'Felony'

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Australian actor is best known for his performances in "Warrior" and "Animal Kingdom"

  

John Woo Directing Remake of Japanese Mob Movie

May 16, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

"Face/Off" director will oversee English-language version of "Day of the Beast"

  

The Weinstein Company Acquires 'The Sapphires' with Chris O'Dowd

May 15, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Australian film centers on an Aboriginal girl group that performs in Vietnam

  

Channing Tatum in Talks to Star in Roland Emmerich's 'White House Down'

May 14, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

"21 Jump Street" and "The Vow" star Channing Tatum may add another movie to his busy schedule

  

Sam Neill Joins Schwarzenegger and Stallone in 'The Tomb'

May 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

"Jurassic Park" star Sam Neill will play a prison doctor to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone's inmates

  

Taylor Lautner Starring in Action Thriller 'Tracers'

May 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

"Twilight" hunk Taylor Lautner will follow up "Breaking Dawn" by playing a bike messenger in hot water with the mob

  

Robert De Niro Joins Michael Douglas in 'Last Vegas'

May 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The two Oscar-winners will play friends who go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party

  

Catherine Zeta-Jones Joins Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren in 'Red 2'

May 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Also rounding out the cast of Summit's action comedy sequel are Mary-Louise Parker and John Malkovich

  

Exclusive Media to Produce, Finance Cameron Diaz's 'Agent: Century 21'

May 10, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro star in the film about a real estate agent dropped in the middle of a Mexican drug war

  

Guillermo del Toro Takes on 3D Stop-Motion 'Pinocchio'

May 10, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Guillermo del Toro will direct his first animated feature, a retelling of "Pinocchio," for Jim Henson Co. 

  

Juliette Lewis to Star in Remake of Fellini's 'Nights of Cabiria'

May 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The "Natural Born Killers" and "Cape Fear" actress will headline 'The Days of Mary," a remake of the Fellini Oscar winner 

  

Jonah Hill Joins Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

May 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Jonah Hill will play a close friend of Leonardo DiCaprio's character in Marin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street"

  

Mary Pickford Returns to the Big Screen in Biopic

May 3, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Poverty Row Entertainment has acquired the rights to a Mary Pickford biography

  
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