“Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof delighted Fox executives Saturday by turning in an apparently very good script for Ridley Scott’s “Alien” prequel. Nondisclosure agreements about the plot have been signed by everyone involved but The Vulture was able to intercept a few details. The film is set 35 years before Scott’s original 1979 horror/sci-fi classic and [...]
According to insiders close to Vulture, Fox has whittled the pack down to two in their quest to find a director to helm the sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” The finalists are “Twilight: Eclipse” director David Slade, and Robert Schwentke, known for “Flightplan” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” Apparently the studio has ok’d both men [...]
Hollywood is notorious for its bandwagon tendencies. Notice how many vampire flicks surfaced immediately following the success of the “Twilight” films? This time around the trend centers on Jules Verne’s classic undersea adventure, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” And since it’s in the public domain, studios won’t have to embarrass themselves with cheap and transparent [...]
Once the king of home video movie rentals, Blockbuster has found itself in dire straits competing with popular services like Netflix and Redbox. But the struggling company is doing everything it can to avoid bankruptcy announcing Tuesday that it had struck a deal giving first lien on its Canadian assets to Warner Bros., Sony and [...]
After much speculation, THR’s Heat Vision Blog finally broke the news that Chris Evans will play Steve Rogers, who you know as the iconic and ultra patriotic comic book hero, Captain America. Sources revealed that the actor not only accepted Marvel’s offer this past weekend but that the “dealmaking moved so fast it’s now all [...]
Natalie Portman will add another project to her already full plate with Fox’s high school comedy, “Booksmart.” Variety reports that Portman will produce that juvenile comedy concerning “two overachieving high school seniors who realize the only thing they haven’t accomplished is having boyfriends, and each resolves to find one by prom.” Sarah Haskins and Emily [...]
Sam Worthington will be replacing Tom Cruise on Spyglass Entertainment’s thriller remake, “The Tourist,” reports THR. The in-demand Aussie who starred in McG’s “Terminator Salvation” will be joining Oscar-winning actress, Charlize Theron, on the remake of the 2005 French spy thriller the centers on an American tourist manipulated by a female Interpol agent in Europe. [...]
Tony Scott’s new drama with Fox, “Unstoppable,” hit a snag a couple of weeks ago when long-time collaborator, Denzel Washington, pulled out of the project. But it looks like the film may just live up to its name. Variety reports that Washington has is back on track to star in the pic. Pre-production has already [...]
Brandon Camp, the man behind the upcoming “Love Happens,” is confirmed to be helming the family comedy “Relativity” for Walden Media with Brad Epstein (“Dan in Real Life”) producing, reports Variety. The story follows a relatively close-knit family that comes together for the parents’ 30th wedding anniversary only to have their adult children find that [...]
Liam Neeson is in talks to take on the role of Col. John “Hannibal” Smith in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming bigscreen adaptation of the 1980s TV series, ‘The A-Team,’ according to Variety. Bradley Cooper is in the running to play Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck in the Joe Carnahan-directed pic. Variety goes on to report: “Ridley [...]
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