Jessica Alba is a Focker – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Jessica Alba is in talk to play funny in Little Fockers, the second Meet the Parents sequel. The starlet will play the sexy pharmaceutical rep who drives all the boys wild. That’s range, folks. Paul Weitz directs and Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro return. (THR) In Other News: Temple Hill Entertainment has picked up the screen rights to The Hills star Lauren Conrad’s debut novel, L.A. Candy. (Variety) Uma Thurman will star in Ceremony, a comedy about a young man who falls for an older bride-to-be. Michael Angarano will play the young man. (Variety)...
Read MoreStephen King adapts novella for series Haven – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Stephen King has signed on to turn his Hard Case Crime mystery, The Colorado Kid, into a series for E1. Though the novella had no surface elements of the supernatural, the series, titled Haven, will focus on the mysteries and curses plaguing the inhabitants of an isolated New England community. (Variety) In Other News: Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in Fox’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s The Deep Blue Goodbye. (Variety) Roman Polanski’s The Ghost, a political thriller about a British politician and his ghostwriter, is now in jeopardy because of the director’s arrest in Switzerland. All I can say is: “Free Roman”! (THR)...
Read MoreThe Crazies (2010) teaser poster
Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s The Crazies doesn’t hit theaters until February, but we have a little teaser for you today courtesy of Overture Films. Looks like the cover to a great pulpy horror novel. Is this going to be a successful Romero update like Dawn of the Dead? Or will it be a disaster like that Day of the Dead movie that I’m sure came out at one point but you probably haven’t seen? We’ll find out on Feb. 26, 2010. Check out the trailer for George Romero’s 1973 classic after the...
Read MoreAntichrist Fantastic Fest poster
More Antichrist wickedness. Designed by artist David V. D’Andrea for the Fantastic Fest screening of Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. The film hits theaters Oct. 23 and will be available on demand Oct....
Read MoreRoman Polanski arrested in Zurich – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: Roman Polanski arrived in at the Zurich Airport planning to attend the Zurich Film Festival where he was to receive a lifetime achievement award. Instead, he was greeted at the airport by Swiss authorities who arrested the director. The Swiss Justice Ministry cooperated with Los Angeles County’s request for extradition so that Polanski, who fled the US for France after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in 1978, can face sentencing in the States. Polanski had avoided visiting countries that would likely extradite him to the US and visited Switzerland numerous times in the past three decades. No word yet on when Polanski what prompted the arrest on this occasion or when he will actually delivered into US custody. (Variety) In Other News: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs topped the domestic box office for...
Read MoreQuotables: Modern Family – Pilot
“If Haley got pregnant, would you ever pretend she got mono for a few months and then tell everyone the baby’s yours?” –Middle daughter Claire’s reaction to her older sister having a boy...
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