Ted Elliott
(Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Mask Of Zorro)
has signed on to pen a full length feature based on
The Lone Ranger. Jerry Bruckheimer will
produce.
Steve Zahn and Timothy Olyphant will be now be joined by
Milla Jovovich and Kiele Sanchez (Lost) in the
thriller known as The Perfect Getaway. The
David Twohy-directed effort centers around a couple who
go on their honeymoon and end up meeting two crazed
murderers.
Josh Duhamel, Jon Heder, Anjelica Houston, Dax Sheperd,
Will Arnett and Kristen Bell have all signed on to
appear in When In Rome. The plot, which
centers around Bell's character, deals with a lonely
museum curator who attracts many suitors after stealing
enchanted coins from the Trevi Fountain.
Guy Ritchie appears to be ready to follow up Revolver
with a trilogy of films. The first, which will
star Thandie Newton, Gerald Butler and Jeremy Piven, is
set to be called RocknRolla.
Sigourney Weaver will appear next to Tim Allen in
Crazy On The Outside, which is about a man who gets
released from prison and tries to get his parole office
to date him.
Michael Dougherty has signed on to direct Calling All
Robots. No word on any plot details yet, but
the performance capture film is said to be of the sci-fi
variety.
Tobey Maguire has acquired the rights to Afterburn,
which is about treasure hunters in a post-apocolyptic
world where the Easter Hemisphere has been destroyed by
a solar flare. As of now there is no script or
director attached.
Due to a scheduling conflict Maggie Gyllenhaal has
dropped out of Pippa. Maria Bello will
replace her in the story of a woman dealing with her
husband's decision to leave her.
Dreamworks is trying to get a movie called C.O.D.
going. The plot would center around a bike
messenger who is forced to deliver three bombs around
Manhattan or his family will be harmed.
As if the first Crank wasn't ridiculous enough,
the people behind it have decided to take things to a
new level in Crank 2. The movie, which will
star Jason Stratham, is said to follow Chevy Chelios and
his quest to get his heart back after it's taken and
replaced by an artificial one that requires jolts of
electricity to keep working.
James Cromwell (Babe) has been cast as George
Bush in Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, W.
Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Charles S. Dutton and Lucas
Black have signed on to join Paul Bettany in Legion.
The film's plot will follow the archangel Michael and
his attempt to defend a group of people who are trying
to allow the second coming of Christ to be born.
Even though no official work has begun on the proposed
Hobbit films, Ian McKellen has been assured that
he will be welcomed back as Gandalf.
The Weinstens have apparently decided that both versions
of Fanboys will see release on DVD. Also,
there is some consideration to do the same in theaters.
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