SUPERMAN 6 FAST TRACKED WITH ZACK SNYDER
"300" and "Watchmen" helmer Zack Snyder has been chosen to direct the relaunch of the "Superman" film franchise as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures reports the trades. General Zod is being rumoured to play the villain in the project which "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan will serve as producer on, while David Goyer ("Batman Begins") is penning the script. Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder will also produce. The project is moving quick as the studio has to be in production by next year or risk losing select copyrights to the heirs of the character's creators. One possibility already shot down though is Brandon Routh returning as the Man of Steel. Snyder tells Variety that the chances of the "Superman Returns" star coming back into the fold are "unlikely" as "we're looking in another direction"... (full details)
NEW WONDER WOMAN SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
“Ally McBeal”-“Boston Legal” creator David E. Kelley is teaming with Warner Bros. TV to pitch a new “Wonder Woman” series to the networks.
The project is based on the DC Comics character, a superpowered girl who emigrates to the United States from an all-female island.
Warners and Joel Silver hired writer-director Joss Whedon (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “The Avengers”) to try to turn the property into a big-screen project about half a decade ago, but it never came together.
Wonder Woman is no stranger to TV. She was the star of a Cathy Lee Crosby movie-of-the-week in 1974. Lynda Carter played the Amazonian princess in a Wonder Woman seris that began life as a 1975 TV-movie then ran for three seasons from 1976 to 1979. The character has appeared in scores of cartoons as a member of both The Justice League and its juvie cousin, Super Friends.
A longtime writer for "L.A. Law," Kelley’s other creations include “Doogie Howser,” “Picket Fences, “Chicago Hope,” “Snoops,” “The Practice,” “Boston Public,” and upcoming ABC legal dramedy “Harry’s Law.” He also wrote “Lake Placid” and “Mystery, Alaska” for the big screen.
BATMAN 3 CLOSER TO PRODUCTION
Christian Bale is apparently already at work with a trainer and dietician to get in his best shape yet for the third "Batman" feature... (full details)
HANGOVER 2 PLOT LEAKED
The upcoming "The Hangover" sequel will involve around the guys going to Thailand and Ed Helms' Stu character waking up after having had sex with a local transsexual prostitute and trying to figure out what happened. Along with the main trio, Mr. Chow is back as well... (full details)
LILLARD NOT IN SCREAM 4
Though he was spotted visiting the set of the fourth "Scream" movie back in August, Matthew Lillard will NOT be appearing in the upcoming fourth "Scream" film according to director Wes Craven... (full details)
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2
Roland Emmerich has suggested that Will Smith's character will become the U.S. President in the proposed "Independence Day" sequel… (full details)
MORE HARRY POTTER BOOKS MAY BE ON THE WAY
Talking with Oprah Winfrey, author J.K. Rowling says she should writer further "Harry Potter" books, however she quickly added "I feel I’m done, but you never know"... (full details)
NEW WONDER WOMAN SERIES IN DEVELOPMENT
“Ally McBeal”-“Boston Legal” creator David E. Kelley is teaming with Warner Bros. TV to pitch a new “Wonder Woman” series to the networks. The project is based on the DC Comics character, a superpowered girl who emigrates to the United States from an all-female island.
Warners and Joel Silver hired writer-director Joss Whedon (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “The Avengers”) to try to turn the property into a big-screen project about half a decade ago, but it never came together.
Wonder Woman is no stranger to TV. She was the star of a Cathy Lee Crosby movie-of-the-week in 1974. Lynda Carter played the Amazonian princess in a Wonder Woman seris that began life as a 1975 TV-movie then ran for three seasons from 1976 to 1979. The character has appeared in scores of cartoons as a member of both The Justice League and its juvie cousin, Super Friends.
A longtime writer for "L.A. Law," Kelley’s other creations include “Doogie Howser,” “Picket Fences, “Chicago Hope,” “Snoops,” “The Practice,” “Boston Public,” and upcoming ABC legal dramedy “Harry’s Law.” He also wrote “Lake Placid” and “Mystery, Alaska” for the big screen.
GALVESTON DISASTER MOVIE STARTS
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up scribe Daniel Sussman's natural disaster-themed original script “Galveston" reports Risky Biz Blog. The story revolves around September 8th 1900, the day a Category 4 hurricane destroyed the Texan Gulf Coast city and killed 8,000 people - four times the death toll of Hurricane Katrina. As the time the booming port town was the biggest in the state and never regained that level of prominence. Polly Johnsen, who is also developing the "Excalibur" remake and an adaptation of David Peace's novel “Occupied City" for Warners, will produce.
SUPERBAD'S EMMA STONE TO BE SPIDERMAN'S GIRL
Sony Pictures Entertainment will imminently offer the role of Mary Jane Watson to Emma Stone, who starred for the studio in "Zombieland" and "Easy A." It's another good role for Stone, who is currently shooting the Tate Taylor-directed adaptation of the Kathryn Stockett bestseller "The Help" for DreamWorks. She plays Skeeter, the college student who comes home determined to expose the class differences between the matriarchs and their house servants in the South in 1962.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER
A movie version of Seth Grahame-Smith's book "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" is in the works. Fox won the rights to the moviefication of the project over the weekend - THIS piece in Variety says pre-production will begin immediately on the $69 million project, which is currently targeting a 2012 release. Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (WANTED, NIGHT WATCH, DAY WATCH) will produce the 3D picture - which Bekmambetov will also direct... (full details)
