April 24, 2024

Sandler Might Re-Team With Barrymore

Adam Sandler is attached to an untitled rom-com project at Warner Bros. Pictures and his own Happy Madison label. Sandler's "The Wedding Singer" co-star Drew Barrymore is being eyed as the female lead. The story centers on a couple who, after a disastrous blind date, find themselves stuck together with their kids from a previous marriage. A … [Read more...]

“Playbook” Duo Re-Team On “Ends of the Earth”

"Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell and actress Jennifer Lawrence are reuniting on the drama "The Ends of the Earth" at The Weinstein Company. The fact-based love story follows a powerful oil tycoon who has everything stripped from him after he is caught in an affair. "Argo" screenwriter Chris Terrio penned the script while Todd … [Read more...]

“Silver Linings” Trio To Re-Team

"Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell and actors Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are set to re-team for Russell's untitled Abscam drama formerly titled "American Bullsh*t" at Annapurna Pictures and Sony Pictures. Russell's "The Fighter" lead Christian Bale also stars in the project which explores the Abscam sting operation in … [Read more...]

Cooper, Cianfrance Re-Team For “Chef”

Bradley Cooper is in talks to reunite with his "The Place Beyond The Pines" director Derek Cianfrance on the long-gestating "Chef" at The Weinstein Company. Currently being shopped around at the AFM, "Eastern Promises" writer Steven Knight penned the script about a disgraced chef whose addiction problems lead him to lose his Michelin two star … [Read more...]

Bale, Nolan Re-Team On “Transcendence”?

They've worked together several times before, now Christian Bale could be re-teaming with "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister on the latter's directorial debut. The L.A. Times reports that Bale "has apparently been in Pfister's sights" to play one of the three lead roles in the project. Entitled "Transcendence", Christopher Nolan and … [Read more...]

Stiller, Hill Re-Team For “Aloha”

"The Watch" trio Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and director Shawn Levy are re-teaming for the Hawaiian island-set comedy "Aloha" at 20th Century Fox says The Hollywood Reporter. Nicholas Stoller ("Get Him to the Greek") is in negotiations to pen the script but plot specifics are being kept under wraps. Stiller and Hill are attached to star, Levy to … [Read more...]

Pattinson, Cronenberg To Re-Team

Working together on "Cosmopolis" obviously agreed with them as filmmaker David Cronenberg and actor Robert Pattinson look to be reuniting for the former's next feature, the news breaking on the eve of the debut of "Cosmopolis" in Cannes tomorrow. Pattinson tells Les InRockuptibles (via RPLife) that "I'm filming another movie with Cronenberg but I … [Read more...]

Fassbender, Scott Re-Team For “Counselor”

Ridley Scott has now committed to direct and has been talking with Michael Fassbender ("Shame," "X-Men: First Class") about starring in "The Counselor", a film based on author Cormac McCarthy's first original spec screenplay says Deadline. A formal offer hasn’t been made, but it's looking likely that Fassbender would play a respected lawyer who … [Read more...]

Scorsese, Monahan Re-Team For “Gambler”

"The Departed" director Martin Scorsese and scribe William Monahan are teaming for another remake, this time Karel Reisz's 1974 drama "The Gambler" says Deadline. The original film is loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short novel of the same name and followed a New York City English professor (James Caan) with a basketball game gambling … [Read more...]

Bale, Malick Re-Team For Mystery Tale

They previously worked together on 2005's "The New World", now filmmaker Terrence Malick and actor Christian Bale look set to be re-teaming for the next project from the perfectionist director. Twitchfilm reports that Bale has been cast as the lead in the currently untitled project which is due to shoot in early 2012. Bale was originally attached … [Read more...]