Projects Announced
Guess Who’s Next In Line For Its Hollywood Make Over! It’s “American Psycho”! In what could be Occupy Wall Street’s first tangible success, Patrick Bateman will be back serially killing again. Lionsgate is working on a remake of the 2000 film “American Psycho,” which was based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, an individual with knowledge of the project confirmed to TheWrap. The do-over will place Bateman in modern-day New York City. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/american-psycho-remake-being-prepped-lionsgate-33436
Tom Cruise Is Really Looking Forward To “Top Gun 2″
Will Maverick fly again? If Tom Cruise gets his way, the cocky flyboy will soar once more. Cruise has confimred he’s juiced up for a follow-up to his 1986 smash hit “Top Gun.” Cruise said that he has been talking to director Tony Scott about the project, and they’re trying to hammer out a storyline. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/tom-cruise-hoping-board-top-gun-sequel-33427
Escape Artists Hires Benji Cosgrove and Cory Palmer To Write A Comedy Rookie screenwriters Benji Cosgrove and Cory Palmer have been hired to write an untitled R-rated comedy for Escape Artists. The filmmakers are keeping the plotline secret for the moment, but it is known to be a winter-related family comedy. Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Steve Tisch and Jason Blumenthal, who originated the idea, are developing and producing. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/benji-cosgrove-cory-palmer-escape-artists-271495
According To Lionsgate’s Michael Burns, We Haven’t Seen The Last Of “Saw” According to Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns, the torture porn franchise “Saw” could be making a return — for the eighth time. Burns revealed Lionsgate’s upcoming slate of films, which may eventually include “Saw.” http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/12/08/saw-8-may-happen
Entertainment Studios Acquires Rights To Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic The life story of the late singer, dancer and actor Sammy Davis Jr. will be developed for the stage and as a feature by Entertainment Studios, it was announced Thursday, on what would have been the entertainer’s 86th birthday. Entertainment Studios acquired the life rights to the story from Davis’s daughter Tracey Davis, whose mother is actress May Britt, the second of his three wives. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sammy-davis-jr-byron-allen-271544 Project Updates
Marisa Tomei and Joshua Jackson Just Got Tangled In An “Inescapable” Situation Marisa Tomei and Joshua Jackson will star in the upcoming political thriller “Inescapable,” Myriad Pictures and Alliance Films announced Thursday. Alexander Siddig will co-star in the film, which will be directed by his “Cairo Time” collaborator Ruba Nadda. Nadda also wrote the script. “Inescapable” centers on a Syrian expatriate whose journalist daughter goes missing in Damascus. He returns to his country to track her down and calls on a former love to help him. Jackson plays an embassy official of dubious allegiance. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/marisa-tomei-and-joshua-jackson-join-thriller-inescapable-33452
Katherine Heigl Signs Up For Double Duty In “The Follower” Katherine Heigl is starting to flex her power muscles. The actress is closing in on a deal to produce and star in “The Follower,” a thriller written by “Chaos” directer/screenwriter Tony Giglio. There are currently no plot details, but considering Giglio’s previous work he’s almost guaranteed to throw a car or two in the story. http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/12/08/katherine-heigl-the-follower/
Harrison Ford Considers A Role In Jackie Robinson Biopic Harrison Ford is circling the Jackie Robinson biopic “42.” No, Ford wouldn’t play the African-American baseball trailblazer. If he boards the Brian Helgeland-directed film, he’ll take on the part of Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/will-harrison-ford-rediscover-his-mojo-jackie-robinson-biopic-33449
Warner Bros. Wants Guy Ritche To Take Over “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
Warner Bros. is in talks with director Guy Ritchie and producer Lionel Wigram about taking over the spy movie “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” TheWrap has confirmed. Ritchie and Wigram have a production deal at the studio beginning in January. Warner Bros. has wanted to make a movie based on the 1960s television series for nearly 20 years, and a number of high-profile directors, including Quentin Tarantino, Matthew Vaughn and David Dobkin, have been tied to it. Most recently, Steven Soderbergh was on board to direct. He pulled out in November after he and the studio could not agree on some casting and budget issues. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/warners-looking-guy-ritchie-direct-man-uncle-33456
The Cast For “Ender’s Game” Keeps On Growing: Adds Ben Kingsley Ben Kingsley is in talks to join the cast of “Ender’s Game,” Odd Lot’s sci-fi film adaptation of the novel by Orson Scott Card. “Hugo” actor Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld are starring in the pic, set in a future where the Earth is under attack by an insect-like race and mankind has created a battle school to train fighting forces. In this environment enters Ender Wiggin, a kid who is tormented by bullies and an older brother but proves to be a master at a three-dimensional, zero-gravity laser tag-like game. That sets him on a path as a possible savior of the human race. Kingsley will play a legendary war hero presumed to be long dead. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-kingsley-enders-game-271571 Get Ready For Uma Turman To “Smash” Your TV Sets “Smash” has booked film star Uma Thurman for a multi-episode guest arc. The midseason drama — about the creation of a Broadway musical based on Marilyn Monroe’s life — has cast Thurman as a “famous and somewhat difficult movie star” who flirts with the idea of starring in the theater production. Thurman will appear in five episodes of the much-anticipated NBC series. http://www.aoltv.com/2011/12/08/uma-thurman-joins-smash/ Business/Legal News Looks Like That’s It For ABC’s “Man Up”
This looks like the end for ‘Man Up’: ABC has pulled the comedy from its schedule. The struggling freshman series will be replaced by reruns of Tim Allen’s new sitcom “Last Man Standing.” Since its debut to 7.7 million viewers and a 2.4 rating in October, “Man Up’s” viewership has dipped as low as 4.8 million and a 1.6 rating.
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/12/08/man-up-abc-schedule/ Marg Helgenberger Parts Ways With “CSI”
It’s been 12 years of blood, small fibers and gun powder residue for Marg Helgenberger on “CSI,” but the time has come for her to say goodbye. Helgenberger has played Catherine Williows on the CBS series since the series premiered in 2000. She’s seen cast members leave only to return — Jorja Fox — and welcomed several new castmates, most recently Ted Danson. The cast is optimistic Helgenberger hasn’t swabbed her last mouth. http://www.aoltv.com/2011/12/08/marg-helgenberger-csi-goodbye/
This Week In "You Stole My Idea:” Former James Cameron Employee Claims “Avatar” Was His
Filmmaker James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment were sued Thursday by a former employee who claims he spent two years developing a movie that became the basis for “Avatar” but he has been excluded from participating in its success. Eric Ryder filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming that in 1999, while he was a Lightstorm employee, he wrote a story called “K.R.Z. 2068,” as well as created treatments, photos, 3-D imagery and character elements for a planned movie the company was developing. The “K.R.Z.” project was to be an environmentally-themed 3-D epic about a corporation’s colonization and plundering of a distant moon’s lush and wondrous natural setting. The story allegedly included “a corporation spy,” “anthropomorphic, organizally created beings populating that moon,” and a relaitonship between the spy and one of the beings that culminates in the spy becoming a leader of the group’s revolt against the corporation’s mining practices. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/james-cameron-avatar-lawsuit-271595
ABC’s “Castle” Gets Some Extra Episodes
Good news for “Castle” fans: ABC has ordered an additional episode. That means the episode count for the Monday night procedural, starring Nathan Fillion as a mystery novelist and Stana Katic as a New York detective, will go up to 23 for the fourth season. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/castle-episode-abc-271597
“Coma” Miniseries Announces Its Cast Tony and Ridley Scott have lined up an all-star cast, including multiple Oscar winners, for A&E’s reboot of Michael Crichton’s medical thriller “Coma.” Lauren Ambrose and Steven Pasquale headline the miniseries about a doctor who begins to suspect that something is amiss when healthy patients begin to fall into comas. Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods and Geena Davis also star. Additional supporting cast includes James Rebhorn, Joe Morton and Joseph Mazello. The miniseries is a retelling of Crichton’s 1978 film based on Robin Cook’s book. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lauren-ambrose-steven-pasquale-coma-271039
CBS Bought A TV Show From Queen Latifah
CBS has nabbed a police procedural from the Queen. The network has made a script deal for an untitled cop show from Queen Latifah. The project, about a street savvy Philadelphia woman who realizes her calling as a homicide detective after a defining moment, hails from Flavor Unit Entertainment and CBS Studios. Charles Murray will pen and executive produce the drama, with Latifah set to executive produce through her production banner Flavor Unit Entertainment. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/queen-latifah-charles-murray-cbs-271062 Ed Asner Is Back To “Hawaii Five-0″ After 36 Years
After 36 years, Ed Asner is returning to “Hawaii Five-0.” The Emmy winner will guest star in a spring episode of the CBS drama, reprising his role of August March, the network announced Thursday. The episode will for the first time feature original footage from the 1975 episode, “Wooden Model of a Rat,” in which Asner originally guest starred, explaining his back story as an up-and-coming world-class smuggler.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ed-asner-returning-hawaii-five-271529 Industry Moves
Brian Edwards Exits Relativity Media Relativity Chief Operating Officer Brian Edwards is the latest top executive to leave the fledgling studio headed by Ryan Kavanaugh, a company spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap. Edwards was with the studio for less than six months, having joined Relativity from his post as COO and general counsel of Mark Burnett Productions. He left the company in early October, a Relativity spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap. The studio declined to comment on Edwards’ reasons for leaving. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/more-relativity-shakeups-brian-edwards-out-coo-33459 Technology/Multi-Platform Content
MPAA Is Not Willing To Compromise On Those Anti-Piracy Regulations With support for current proposed anti-piracy legislation waning, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released on Thursday a compromise proposal that would likely receive the endorsement of the tech community. The proposed legislation — which targets advertisers and credit-card companies that work with websites that offer pirated content — would crack down on copyright violations without infringing upon free speech, supporters say. It would also, presumably, face less heated opposition from tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft, all of whom have been critical of earlier proposals. However, it faces a huge roadblock. In a statement released after Issa and Wyden unveiled their proposal, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) came out swinging, saying the proposal doesn’t go far enough. http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/wyden-issa-release-alternative-anti-piracy-bill-33433
Redbox And Verizon Team Up For New Content Streaming Venture
Redbox DVD-kiosk company will team with Verizon to launch an Internet business to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon.com, Hulu, Apple’s iTunes and others. Redbox and Verizon plan to launch their TV and movies product by the middle of next year, and it will include content for streaming and downloading. The product, dubbed Project Zoetrope internally, will sell various subscription tiers beginning at about $6 per month. Some tiers would include DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/redbox-verizon-internet-streaming-coinstar-271546 Website to Watch
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Surely you’ve visited Weather.com for a weather report at some point, likely recently. So you may be wondering why on earth feature it here? Because the Weather Channel’s online site recently enhanced its features for people with physical disabilities. Via a partnership with eSSENTIAL Accessibility, Weather.com has retooled its site with new accessibility features targeted to helping individuals who have trouble typing, moving a mouse or reading a Web page.
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