Rene Russo Joins Thor
Rene Russo has joined the cast of Marvel Entertainment’s “Thor” as the Asgardian queen goddess Frigga, wife of the Norse god Odin. Kenneth Branagh is directing, with Mark Protosevich and…
Bryan Singer To Direct X-Men First Class Origins
Bryan Singer has signed on to direct the next scheduled “X-Men” film for Fox, “X-Men: First Class Origins”. Singer previously directed “X-Men” and “X2: X-Men United”, and in an interview…
James Remar Joins The Cast Of Red
James Remar from the hit TV series “Dexter” has joined the cast of “Red” from Summit Entertainment, the adaptation of the Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Wildstorm/DC Comics comic book…
The Help Getting Film Adaptation
Kathryn Stockett’s hit novel “The Help” has been fast-tracked by Chris Columbus’ 1492 Productions for a big-screen film treatment. Tate Taylor has written the script and will also be directing…
Damn Nation Gets Thor Writers
The writers for the Marvel Entertainment’s upcoming “Thor” adaptaions, Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, have been attached to write the script for Paramount’s futuristic vampire fim “Damn Nation.” Based…
Creature From The Black Lagoon Gets New
Universal’s remake of the monster horror classic “Creature from the Black Lagoon” has a new director. Carl Eric Rinsch is now attached to take the director’s chair. Gary Ross wrote…
Dreamworks Picks Up I Saw You
DreamWorks Studios has picked up a pitch from screenwriter Andrea McCloud titled “I Saw You”, based on the comics anthology of the same name that is edited by Julia Wertz.…
Leonardo DiCaprio Joins Mel Gibson Upcoming Viking Saga
Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Mel Gibson’s as-of-yet untitled period drama about Viking culture. William Monahan is writing the script, which Gibson, Graham King, and Tim Headington…
Bryce Dallas Howard Joins Hereafter
Bryce Dallas Howard has signed to star in Clint Eastwood’s supernatural drama “Hereafter” for Warner Brothers, joining Matt Damon. Written by Peter Morgan, “Hereafter” is the story of a blue-collar…