The directors attached to Warner Brothers’ new proposed “Logan’s Run” remake have as short of a life as the characters in the film, and  Carl Erik Rinsch is no exception. The commercial director, who was the latest attached to helm the remake of the 1976 movie, has left the project to instead concentrate on Universal’s ’47 Ronin’ with Keanu Reeves, Slashfilm.com is reporting. Now Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman, the producers of ‘Logan’s Run,’ are yet again looking for someone else to direct the movie, which was penned by ’28 Days Later’ screenwriter Alex Garland. Other directors who have previously been attached to the film include Joseph Kosinski, Robert Schwentke…

According to a report by Heat Vision, Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman are producing a big-screen adaptation of “Sgt. Rock”, the WW2 comic book from DC Comics. Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”, “Constantine”) is directing the project, based on a script by Chad St. John (“The Days Before”). Andrew Rona of Silver Pictures is also onboard as a producer, and Kerry Foster is the project’s executive producer. Joel Silver has been trying to get the project off the ground for the past 20 years. Debuting in 1959, DC’s Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his WW2 infantry unit called Easy Company. He first appeared in “Our Army at War,”…

Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped “Snatch” and “Sherlock Holmes” director Guy Ritchie to direct a live-action adaptation of DC Comic’s “Lobo,” a title about a foul-mouthed hyperactive bounty hunter from space. Don Payne wrote the most recent script, and Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona will be producing the project, which will be a co-production between Weed Road and Silver Pictures. The film will focus on Lobo, a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, ultra-violent, and indestructible anti-hero bounty hunter who drives a flying motorcycle and comes to Earth seeking four fugitives who are bent on wrecking even more havoc than him. He teams up with a small…

Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox has begun overhauling the “Fantastic Four” movie franchise for a “reboot” over the two films that were released in 2005 and 2007. Akiva Goldsman has been hired to produce the reboot, and Michael Green, (co-exec producer, “Heroes”) who co-wrote the script for the upcoming “Green Lantern”, will write the script. It is unclear if any of the cast from the previous films will be returning for the new film. “The Fantastic Four” first appeared in 1961 from Marvel Comics and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The title follows Reed Richards, his wife Sue, Sue’s brother Johnny, and Reed’s childhood friend…

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to produce a big-screen adaptation of the hit British TV series “Primeval”, just as the 3rd season of the show begins this weekend on BBC America, and the series is rolling along on the Sci-Fi channel. “Primevil” follows a team of scientists and adventurers from the British government who are dealing with portals to the prehistoric past called “anomalies” that allow various creatures to venture into the present. The film will be produced by Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster for Weed Road, Goldsman’s production company. Emily Cummins will also produce. No other information about the film has been released yet in terms of a…

According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, writers from the WB’s Superman hit “Smallville”, have been signed to write a film adaptation of “Robotech” for Warner Bros. Akiva Goldsman, Chuck Roven, Tobey Maguire and Drew Crevello are attached to produce, and the film will be executive produced by Frank Agrama and Jason Netter. Robotech is an animated sci-fi robot franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series, “Super Dimension Fortress Macross”, “Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross”, and “Genesis Climber Mospeada”. Brought to the US in 1985, it was one of American audiences’ first exposures to Japanese anime, albeit…