Wednesday 13 August 2008

The Random

Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan's bestselling "The Wheel of Time" novel series in a seven-figure deal.

The guys who wrote the Viking v Aliens movie, Outlander, are scripting the new Conan movie.

Lars Von Trier's next project is a psychological thriller that turns into a horror movie, according to Variety. It's called ANTICHRIST and will be headlined by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

J.J. Abrams to Follow Star Trek with an Earthquake Flick

Check out this cool Watchmen poster to original art comparison.

George Clooney has optioned Jonathan Mahler's novel THE CHALLENGE about a Navy lawyer who teams with a law professor to ensure that Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver Salim Hamdan is given a fair hearing.

An advanced and not particularly positive review of the script for "Masters of the Universe".

Corey Feldman has confirmed that he has received no offers to star in Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" despite Net talk to the contrary.

Screenwriter Justin Marks talks about how the film adaptations of the comic "Hack/Slash" and the video game "Street Fighter" are progressing.

Both "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" will get simultaneous IMAX releases next summer.

A first look at "The Dark Knight" DVD releases planned for Germany is up at Batmans.de. The film will hit DVD & Blu-ray in the US on December 9th.

Albert Torres has confirmed that they're still trying to adapt Chuck Palahniuk's "Survivor" into a workable screenplay.

A couple of new photos from the much-delayed Tom Cruise-led Hitler assassination flick "Valkyrie".

Linda Hamilton's agent confirmed on Monday that the actress has not been approached in any way to be involved in the upcoming "Terminator Salvation".

Radiohead have written their first film score - for the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke reports Pitch Fork Media.

Principal photography is underway on locations across London and at Ealing Studios on "Dorian Gray".

Stone Village has acquired Dikran Ornekian and Ryan Colluci's Brazillian werewolf action thriller spec script "Lobo" reports MSN.

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