Joe Roth ("Alice in Wonderland") is set to produce the young adult fantasy adaptation of Laini Taylor’s "Daughter of Smoke & Bone" at Universal Pictures. The first in a trilogy, the story follows a 17-year-old art student whose father occasionally sends her on errands around the world collecting human teeth for a mysterious purpose. She … [Read more...]
Casting News: Heard, Roth, Dyer
December 15, 2012 by
Three Days To Kill Amber Heard has closed a deal to star in McG's action thriller "Three Days to Kill" at EuropaCorp and Relativity Media. Kevin Costner plays a dying Secret Service agent who decides to retire in order to reconnect with his estranged family. Heard plays a woman who offers him access to an experimental drug that could save his … [Read more...]
Roth, Crowe Take On Dracula
July 11, 2012 by
Eli Roth is in talks to helm a Dracula re-imagining at Warner Bros. Pictures and Appian Way reports Deadline. In this version, Russell Crowe is attached to play Dracula who is tracked by now Scotland Yard detective Jonathan Harker. Crowe would serve as the villain for this film, but the as yet uncast Harker is being planned as a potential … [Read more...]
Roth, Fincher Team For “Cleopatra”
November 17, 2011 by
David Fincher is circling the director's chair while his "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" scribe Eric Roth is in early discussions to write a new draft for the "Cleopatra" biopic at Sony Pictures says Variety. Based on Stacy Schiff's bestselling book "Cleopatra: A Life", Angelina Jolie remains attached to star as the Egyptian queen in this story … [Read more...]
Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy Are “Broken”
October 8, 2011 by
Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy and Rory Kinnear have signed on to star in a film adaptation of Daniel Clay's novel "Broken" for BBC Films and Lip Sync says The Hollywood Reporter. Mark O’Rowe adapted the script for this story of a young North London girl who witnesses a violent attack which brings chaos to her life. Robert Emms, Zana Marjanovic, Bill … [Read more...]
