Matt Cook ("999," "By Way of Helena") is set to write and direct the Vietnam War drama "Matterhorn" at Thunder Road Pictures. Basil Iwanyk will produce. Highly decorated veteran Karl Marlantes spent thirty years penning the book on which the project is based. The story is set in Vietnam in 1969 at a fire-support base located between Laos and … [Read more...]
Bomer, Griffiths, Saint To Tell A “Tale”
September 22, 2012 by
Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths and Eva Marie Saint are set to join the cast of Akiva Goldsman's directorial debut "A Winter's Tale" says Deadline. Based on the Mark Helprin novel, the story follows a dying young woman (Jessica Brown Findlay) who falls in love with a thief (Colin Farrell) who breaks into her palatial home on the West Side of … [Read more...]
Moore Plots “A Knight’s Tale” TV Series
September 21, 2012 by
"Battlestar Galactica" show runner and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" producer Ron Moore is developing a TV series adaptation of Brian Helgeland's 2001 medieval romantic adventure flick "A Knight's Tale" for Sony Pictures TV and ABC says Deadline. The original film starred Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a medieval peasant masquerading as a knight … [Read more...]
Revenge Tale “Motor City” Halts Production
September 4, 2012 by
Production has been abruptly shut down on Albert Hughes' revenge drama "Motor City" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Crew members have been advised to return home says Deadline. Shooting was to kick off on September 17th with Gerard Butler, Mickey Rourke and Adrien Brody starring in the story of man who gets out of prison and is bent on revenge against … [Read more...]
“Bomber” Heist Tale Gets Adapted
September 2, 2012 by
Mythology Entertainment and Anyway Entertainment have scored the screen rights to former FBI Special Agent Gerald Clark and journalist Ed Palattella's upcoming non-fiction book "Pizza Bomber" about a disastrous 2003 bank robbery says Deadline. A Pennsylvanian pizza delivery man entered a bank telling the teller he’d been shackled with an explosive … [Read more...]
Newman To Helm Chewbacca Tale
August 5, 2012 by
"Fanboys" director Kyle Newman is developing "Chewie", a film about 7'3" Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew's life, for Inferno Entertainment says Heat Vision. Evan Susser and Van Robichaux's Black List script is set against the backdrop of the making of "Star Wars" in 1977 and tracks Mayhew trying to balance a career as a hospital worker and chasing … [Read more...]
Universal Acquires ALS Tale “Breathe Deeply”
June 18, 2012 by
Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for Susan Spencer-Wendel's memoir "Breathe Deeply" says Variety. Spencer-Wendel quit her job as Florida court reporter after being diagnosed last year with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which forced the 44-year-old author to confront her own mortality. It is expected that because of the motor … [Read more...]
Moretz, Considine Join Zombie Tale “Maggie”
May 12, 2012 by
Chloe Moretz is in negotiations to play a zombie in the $ 10 million indie drama "Maggie" for Inferno Entertainment reports Variety. Set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, the story concerns a father (Paddy Considine) and his unconditional love for his daughter (Moretz). Commercials director Henry Hobson makes his feature directorial … [Read more...]
Murdoch Tale “Times” Gets Optioned
April 17, 2012 by
What's It All About? Productions has acquired film and TV rights to Harold Evans' bestseller "Good Times, Bad Times" reports Variety. Evans was the editor-in-chief of the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981, championing crusading investigative reporting which lead to such famous stories as civil settlements for the British … [Read more...]
Downton’s Findlay Tells A “Winter’s Tale”
March 21, 2012 by
"Downton Abbey" actress Jessica Brown Findlay has scored the female lead in Akiva Goldsman's adaptation of the 1983 Mark Helprin novel "Winter's Tale" for Warner Bros. Pictures reports Deadline. The story follows a dying young woman who falls in love with a thief who breaks into her home, a palatial West Side mansion, in a drama that takes place … [Read more...]
