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GK Films Plans Sci-Fi Tale The 5th Wave

March 9, 2012
GK Films and Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures are planning to adapt a forthcoming sci-fi novel, The 5th Wave , for the big screen. Variety has the news, saying that the film will be based on a just-sold proposal by Rick Yancey. Planned as a trilogy of books, Yancey's ...

Lionsgate Plans Nicolas Cage Comic Book Heist Tale, Action No. 1

March 8, 2012
A based-on-truth Superman story is on the way with Action No. 1 , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . Written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon ("Reno 911!"), the film will offer a comedic take on the theft of actor Nicolas Cage's ...

Tom Hardy to Ride in ’60s Biker Tale

March 8, 2012
Tom Hardy, who stars as Bane in this summer's The Dark Knight Rises , is planning another project with Warner. Bros. Variety has word that the Inception star will both produce and headline a film about a motorcycle gang, set in the 1960's. Mark L. ...

Sony Plans Period Dracula Tale

February 27, 2012
A new take on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is underway at Sony Pictures, Deadline reports. This version will arrive through screenwriter Jason Keller and producers Palak Patel and Joe Roth. Little is known about the specific take of Keller's pitch, but it is said to be a period tale, likely ...

Lily Collins Eyes Romeo and Juliet Tale Rosaline

February 23, 2012
Lily Collins looks to be interested in playing the title role in Fox 2000's Rosaline , Variety reports. The film is based on the debut novel of Rebecca Serle (titled "When You Were Mine"), set for release later this year. On her official site, Serle describes ...

Review: ‘Borrowers’ tale ‘Arrietty’ has warm charm (AP)

February 14, 2012
AP - Considering the eccentric, almost psychedelic fantasy worlds created in Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's tales, a story of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of a house seems almost normal.

Russell Crowe Eyes Dracula Tale Harker

February 10, 2012
First announced for development at Warner Bros. just over a year ago , Harker is planned to offer a new take on the "Dracula" mythos. Today, Vulture reports that the project may have found its titular lead in Russell Crowe. To be directed by Jaume ...

Director Set for Vampire, Zombie & Human Tale The Kitchen Sink

February 8, 2012
Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has set Robbie Pickering ( Natural Selection ) to direct The Kitchen Sink , which is about a human, a vampire and a zombie teaming up to prevent an alien invasion. Jonah Hill was previously attached to make it his directing debut. ...

Hammer Films Plans Jack the Ripper Tale Gaslight

February 8, 2012
Following last weekend's successful debut of their The Woman in Black , Hammer Films has acquired the rights to the Ian Fried script Gaslight , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . The film, which made the 2011 "Black List" of unproduced screenplays, was ...

Anne Rice’s The Tale of the Body Thief Moves Forward

February 8, 2012
Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are teaming up with Reliance Big Entertainment, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman to bring the Anne Rice novel The Tale of the Body Thief to the silver screen.The story centers on the vampire Lestat, who was portrayed by Tom Cruise in Interview with ...

Anne Rice’s The Tale of the Body Thief Planned for Feature

February 7, 2012
The vampire Lestat appears set for a potential return to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter has word that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment has secured the rights to the Anne Rice novel The Tale of the Body Thief . Previous big-screen Rice adaptations include ...

Will Smith and Russell Crowe Join Winter’s Tale

February 2, 2012
Will Smith and Russell Crowe have joined the cast of writer Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut, Winter's Tale. We reported back in November that Russell Crowe was loosely attached to portray the villain, and now he has officially signed on.The story is set in both present day and the late 19th ...