Al Pacino in talks for ‘Blink’ – TFC Morning Report

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Top Story: Al Pacino is in talks to star in the upcoming adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell’s nonfiction bestseller Blink.  Stephen Gaghan will write and direct the project for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner. Gaghan wrote the Oscar-winner Traffic and wrote and directed Syriana.  Could another exciting ensemble piece be on the way? (THR’s Risky Business)

In Other News: Madeleine Stowe will direct Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, and Robert Pattinson in the period drama Unbound Captives.  Hugh Jackman will play a rugged frontiersman who saves Rachel Weisz as she searches for her lost son in 1859. Jackman? A rugged frontiersman? They may have to change the name of this one to America. (Variety)

In un-casting news, Nicole Kidman has left the still-untitled Woody Allen project. Now that Kidman is out, there’s talk of the movie actually making money at the box office. (Variety)

First time scribe Evan Daugherty has been brought in to write a draft of Grayskull, Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures’ Masters of the Universe movie. (THR)

Next summer, people will be kicking off their Sunday shoes. The Footloose remake starring Zac Efron will hit theaters on June 18, 2010. (erc BoxOffice)

Kevin Spacey will play disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in the upcoming film Captain Jack. (Variety)

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