The 63rd Cannes Film Festival have announced their preliminary slate today. There are still five in competition slots open to be announced at a later date, but for now this is what we will be seeing at the festival....
Every piece of news surrounding Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life seems to be small and far apart, but worth sharing. His upcoming epic has some science fiction in it, but not too many details have been released. ...
Eagle Eye and Disturbia director D.J. Caruso has found another start for his new sci-fi film I Am Number Four. District 9 and upcoming A-Team star Sharlto Copley has joined, Heat Vision reports. ...
The Steven Spielberg-produced Jackie has found a director and lead, EW reports. Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem For a Dream) will direct his fiancee Rachel Weisz as she plays Jackie "about the immediate days following President Kennedy’s assassination." ...
I'll be damned, this is actually happening. Last week we reported that Joss Whedon was a leading contender to direct The Avengers, now Deadline says Marvel is in final negotiations with the Firefly/Buffy helmer. ...
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will make his directorial debut, an R-rated comedy titled Ted. Deadline reports Universal will produce the live action and CG mixed story about "a man and his teddy bear" (voiced by MacFarlane)....
Gattaca and Lord of War director/writer Andrew Niccol has found his new project, THR reports. Titled I'm Mortal, it "is set in the not-too-distant future where the aging gene has been switched off. ...
After much production turmoil Deadline is reporting that Bennett Miller (Capote) will start directing duties on Moneyball this July for Columbia Pictures. They have brought the budget down from $60 to $47 million after making a few deals (namely lessening Brad Pitt's original $15M paycheck). ...
It was reported a few months ago that Star Trek star Chris Pine was to take over the next Jack Ryan film, stepping in the shoes that Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford, and Alec Baldwin previously held. We know it isn't an origin story and won't be based off any of the Tom Clancy novels....
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