TFC Morning Report – Friday, March 20, 2009 – Peter Segal in talks to direct Little Fockers
Top Story: 50 First Dates director Peter Segal is in talks with Universal Pictures to direct Little Fockers, the second sequel to Meet the Parents. (Variety)
In Other News: Production Weekly says Warner Bros. is set to lense The Green Lantern in September. Martin Campbell will direct. Ryan Gosling and Chris Pine have both been rumored as potential Hal Jordans. (CS)
Disney’s live action adaptation of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, starring Nicolas Cage, is set for a July 10, 2010. (erc BoxOffice)
Okay, a little more drama–and some comedy. Mary J. Blige has joined the cast of Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself with Taraji P. Henson. (Variety)
Catherine Hardwicke has put pen to paper, signing to direct If I Stay. The story of a girl torn between life and death, her family and her boyfriend, seems right up Hardwicke’s alley. (Variety)
Michael C. Hall, Ben Schwartz, Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman have joined Barry Blaustein’s dysfuntional-family dramedy Peep World. (THR)
Opening Today:
Knowing
Duplicity
I Love You Man
Fin.