Gary Ross signs up for Venom – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Gary Ross must have made the folks at Columbia happy with his Spider-Man 4 screenplay. The Pleasantville writer-director has also been tapped to rewrite and direct Venom, a film about the Spidey villain who was forced into appeared in Spider-Man 3. (Variety) In Other News: Bill Condon’s Richard Pryor: Is it Something I Said? is moving forward, possibly setting up shop at Columbia with Happy Madison. Eddie Murphy won’t star in the film though. Instead Marlon Wayans will take over the role of the iconic comedian. (Variety)...
Read MoreAdrien Brody set for ‘Predators’ – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed Predators has found its prey. Academy Award winner Adrien Brody will star in the franchise reboot. I wonder if the film ends with the Predator choking on an Oscar. (Variety) In Other News: New Line is prepping a sequel to the comedy classic Vacation. The film will focus on the son of Clark Griswold, who is now a father, taking his family on a road trip. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo could both make appearances as the grandparents. (THR) Don’t expect a second Simpsons movie any time soon. (Variety)...
Read MoreParanormal Activity director goes to Area 51 – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: After scooping up more than $500,000 at midnight screenings this past weekend, Paramount plans a major expansion of the Oren Peli’s spooktastic Paranormal Activity on Oct. 9. At the same time, Peli announced he is also making plans for his next feature. The director will create a found footage-style thriller about Area 51. (Variety) In Other News: Gregg Araki’s Kaboom, a film about the sexual awakening of a group of college students, has a cast. Roxane Mesquida, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Lynch and Rooney Mara are set to star. (THR) Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment are teaming for the exorcism thriller The Vatican Tapes. (THR) Mark Wahlberg will star in the remake of the Icelandic thriller Reykjavic-Rotterdam for Working Title Films. (Variety)...
Read MoreLet the Right One In remake adds Richard Jenkins – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Academy Award nominee Richard Jenkins will join Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz in the upcoming remake of Swedish vamp masterpiece Let the Right One In. The film, titled Let Me In, will be released by Overture in 2010. (Variety) In Other News: Michael Bay announced that he is signed on for Transformers 3 and that the film will in face come out on in 2011 as rumored earlier, not in 2012. (MichaelBay.com) That J.J. Abrams spy project I mentioned yesterday. It’s officially at NBC. (THR) Opening Today: The Invention of Lying Toy Story (3D) Whip It Zombieland Capitalism: A Love Story...
Read MoreUp in the Air moves back to December – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The release for Oscar frontrunner Up in the Air is moving back to Dec. 4. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy moved to Nov. 13 for an earlier release after a very positive reception at Toronto and Telluride. However, that date put it within a week of another George Clooney film, The Men Who Stare at Goats. Overture wouldn’t blink. Now we wait an extra two weeks for the Clooney movie we actually want to see. (THR) In Other News: J.J. Abrams’ latest spy series has all the networks in a tizzy. The show about two married spies is the prize in a bidding war between ABC, NBC, and CBS . NBC, for once, might just be winning. (THR) Speaking of NBC, the entertainment company NBC Universal may become part of the Comcast family. (Variety) Hugh Jackman is in...
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