Moby Dick "Contraband" scribe Aaron Guzikowski is in negotiations to rewrite Universal's long-gestating adaptation of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". The aim is to scale back the budget for director Timur Bekmambetov. Ahab will also be depicted as more charismatic, rather than just hell-bent on revenge. [Source: Chicago Tribune] The … [Read more...]
“Miss Peregrine,” “Last Man” Script Deals
December 4, 2011 by
Jane Goldman ("X-Men: First Class," "The Woman in Black") is set to adapt Ransom Riggs' novel "Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children" which Tim Burton is circling to direct at Chernin Entertainment says Deadline. The book follows a 16-year-old whose childhood was filled with stories his grandfather told him about an orphanage for unusual … [Read more...]
“Tintin” Sequel Gets Another Script
November 2, 2011 by
A while back it was revealed that frequent British TV scribe Anthony Horowitz ("Poirot," "Alex Rider: Stormbreaker") had been hired to pen the first draft for the sequel to Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" which opened last week to big box-office in Europe. At the time he was hired to adapt Herge's two-parter "The Seven Crystal Balls" … [Read more...]
Baldwin Re-Writing “Logan’s Run” Script
October 31, 2011 by
Andrew Baldwin has come aboard to re-write the script for "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn's remake of "Logan's Run" at Warner Bros. Pictures says Heat Vision. William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson penned the original 1967 novel (and its two subsequent sequels) set in a utopian future where anyone over the age of 21 is mandatorily … [Read more...]
‘Angels’ Duo Pen “Zorro” Reboot Script
October 6, 2011 by
Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia ("Warehouse 13," "Human Target") have been hired to pen a reboot of the "Zorro" franchise for Sony Pictures reports Deadline The project is neither a remake or a continuation of the recent two-film franchise that they began with 1998's acclaimed "The Mask of Zorro" and followed with the less well-received 2005 … [Read more...]
“Warrior” Director Sells “Samurai” Script
September 30, 2011 by
"Warrior" helmer Gavin O’Connor and "Ice Age" writer Michael J. Wilson have sold their action adventure spec script "The Samurai" to Warner Bros. Pictures says The Playlist. The story follows an assassin who breaks out of a Texas jail. While international authorities pursue him, he becomes involved with a woman and her kid with the trio taking a … [Read more...]
Jim Henson’s “Sand” Script Becomes Comic
August 30, 2011 by
Comic publisher Archaia has converted late "Muppets" creator Jim Henson’s unproduced "A Tale of Sand" script into a comic reports LA Weekly. Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy says “It’s the last and only screenplay that Henson never got to produce in his lifetime so we’re bringing it to life as a graphic novel.” Both Henson's daughter Lisa and The … [Read more...]
Script News: “Kiss”, “Games”, “Smurfs,” “Viking”
August 22, 2011 by
The Long Kiss Goodnight 2 Renny Harlin and "Burn Notice" producer/writer Ben Watkins are teaming to pen a sequel to Harlin's action/comedy "The Long Kiss Goodnight". The story will focus on Samantha’s (Geena Davis) now young agult daughter Caitlin who teams up with Samuel L. Jackson’s character Mitch to seek revenge on the people who take her … [Read more...]
“Rambo 5” Has Scored A New Script
August 19, 2011 by
New "Conan the Barbarian" writer Sean Hood has reportedly submitted a screenplay for "Rambo: Last Stand" at Millennium Films reports Empire Online. Hood says "I met with Mr Stallone twice last year. He gave me a book, an older screenplay, and about twenty pages he'd written himself to use as inspiration for the last chapter of the Rambo … [Read more...]
