Ringan Ledwidge is set to direct the micro-budget sci-fi thriller "Glimmer" at DreamWorks. Carter Blanchard penned the script about a group of teenagers who discover a portal to the past. When one of them changes history, the effects start to snowball with tragic consequences. Mark Sourian and Adam Kolbrenner are producing. Shooting kicks off … [Read more...]
RZA To Direct Genghis Khan Biopic
October 29, 2012 by
Wu-Tang Clan frontman turned "The Man With the Iron Fists" director RZA is already moving onto his next gigs with two more feature projects in the works. First up, he's signed on to direct John Milius’ long in development epic biopic about the ruler of the largest empire the world has ever seen - Genghis Khan. The story will be told from the … [Read more...]
Joe Wright To Direct A “Houdini” Biopic
October 13, 2012 by
"Atonement" and "Anna Karenina" filmmaker Joe Wright is reportedly in discussions with Lionsgate-Summit about directing their controversial Harry Houdini biopic "Houdini" says The Los Angeles Times. The film is based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman's 2006 biography of the famed illusionist, a book that has become famous for insinuating that … [Read more...]
Taccone To Direct New Line’s “Spy Guys”
September 23, 2012 by
Lonely Island comedian Jorma Taccone is attached to direct the action-comedy "Spy Guys" which New Line has just acquired says Heat Vision. The story follows a CIA operative who, while attending a friend’s wedding in Europe, is framed and becomes an enemy of the state. Forced to reveal his true identity to his very normal buddies, they all end up … [Read more...]
George Nolfi Set To Direct “XOXO”
August 29, 2012 by
George Nolfi ("The Adjustment Bureau") is attached to both direct and oversee a rewrite of the social-media thriller "XOXO" at Lionsgate, Protozoa Pictures and Groundswell Productions says Variety. Mark Heyman ("Black Swan") penned the script about a rising executive who flirts online despite being engaged. He begins a virtual relationship with … [Read more...]
Wes Ball To Direct Fox’s “Maze Runner”
August 25, 2012 by
Wes Ball is set as director of the adaptation of the James Dashner's young adult dystopian novel "The Maze Runner" at 20th Century Fox and Gotham Group says Deadline. A young man named Thomas awakens with no memory and deposited into a community of boys trapped inside an enormous maze. He soon learns they are part of a mysterious test, and finds … [Read more...]
Jon Chu To Direct “Masters of The Universe”
July 31, 2012 by
Jon M. Chu ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "Step Up 2: The Streets") has just begun talks to helm a new live-action take on the classic He-Man Mattel toy line "Masters Of The Universe" at Sony Pictures and Escape Artists says Deadline. The toys and famous cartoon series follows He-Man, a prince who transforms into a warrior and becomes the last hope for … [Read more...]
Walter Hill To Direct “Baby Jane” Remake
July 12, 2012 by
Walter Hill is set to write and direct a remake of the 1962 classic "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" at Aldrich Co. says THR. Robert Aldrich's classic starred Bette Davis as former child star Baby Jane Hudson and Joan Crawford as her crippled sister Blanche. Hill said the plan is to create a modern film without modernizing the period. Hill … [Read more...]
“Bates Motel” Goes Direct To Series
July 8, 2012 by
Cable network A&E is bypassing a pilot and has ordered the "Psycho" prequel "Bates Motel" straight to series says The Live Feed. Carlton Cuse ("Lost") and Kerry Ehrin ("Friday Night Lights") are behind the project, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic. Pre-production is underway with casting to begin shortly ahead of a premiere in … [Read more...]
Google reportedly planning stable of Nexus devices with Android 5.0, will sell ’em direct
May 16, 2012 by
Hand firmly grasping hat? Good. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on quite the bombshell today, noting that Google is about to cause its carrier partners in the States all sorts of grief -- indirectly, of course. Just weeks after placing its heralded Galaxy Nexus on sale for $ 399 unlocked, the report states that said move is only the beginning … [Read more...]
