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12/20/2002
Nicole Kidman and Lauren Bacall may team up again ("Dogville" was the first time the two stars worked together) for Jonathan Glazer's "Birth." In "Birth," a 10 year-old boy falls for an older woman (played by Kidman), and begins to believe he is the reincarnation of her late husband. Bacall would play Kidman's mother.
12/19/2002
DreamWorks Pictures may have a "Sopranos" connection as actor James Gandolfini is in negotiations to star in "Surviving Christmas." Ben Affleck's already signed on to star as a wealthy young man who hires a family to share the holidays with. Gandolfini would play the father of the family.
12/18/2002
Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart and Tim Blake Nelson are in talks to join director Jeff Nathanson's "Providence," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Inspired by a true story, Matthew Broderick stars as a filmmaker who gets millions of dollars from a mysterious benefactor (Alec Baldwin) on the condition that he shoot his film in Providence.
12/17/2002
Ryan Reynold (Van Wilder") joins the cast of "Waiting" for writer/director Robert McKittrick. The movie centers around a group of young adults who work out their personal crises while working at a busy restaurant.
12/11/2002
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding's" Nia Vardalos has agreed on a deal with Universal to distribute "Connie and Carla." Spyglass Entertainment will produce the film, which is set to begin filming in April 2003.
12/11/2002
It looks like Sylvester Stallone will be stepping back into the ring for "Rocky VI." The Hollywood Reporter reports MGM is nearing a deal with Stallone to write, star in and produce another "Rocky."
12/10/2002
"Friends'" Matthew Perry will take a dramatic turn in the indie film, "Fever." Robin Tunney co-stars in the film which follows a couple whose relationship is shaken up by an incredible event.
12/10/2002
Mad Max Rockatansky will return! Mel Gibson has signed on to reprise his "Mad Max" character for the hefty sum of $25 million. The next "Mad Max" film is called "Fury Road" and will be written/directed by George Miller.
12/06/2002
Wesley Snipes has signed on to star in "John Doe" for Revolution Studios. Zak Penn wrote the script and will be making it his feature film directorial debut. Snipes will play a homeless man who suffers from amnesia and tries to put his life back together. More info...
12/06/2002
Director Jonathan Liebesman may have found his next project in "The Immortals" for Universal Pictures. The film follows four 20-somethings who are given the opportunity to become immortal.
12/06/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Julia Stiles ("O") is in talks to star in the romantic comedy, "The Prince and the Freshman" for director Martha Coolidge. The film centers around the romance between a British prince and a small-town American girl.
12/06/2002
Matthew Lillard joins Josh Hartnett in "Wicker Park" for Lakeshore Entertainment/MGM. Lillard will play Hartnett's best film. Production is scheduled to start December 16, 2002 in Montreal.
12/06/2002
Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton have joined the cast of "Code 46" for director Michael Winterbottom. Set in the future, the movie centers on a couple who go on the run after the government discovers the woman was cloned from the DNA of the man's mother.
12/03/2002
Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart and Ed Asner are joining Well Ferrell for New Line Cinema's "Elf." Ferrell stars as Buddy, a man raised by elves who is sent away to be with his real parents. Deschanel will play Ferrell's love interest.
12/03/2002
Margaret Leslie Davis' "Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles" is being developed by Frank Darabont's Darkwoods Prods. and Production Partners Inc. The true story follows the legendary Los Angeles building designer, Mulholland, from his rise to fame and to his eventual fall.
12/02/2002
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton will be joined by Keanu Reeves on director Nany Meyers' upcoming as yet untitled comedy. Nicholson plays an older man who has a pretty, young girlfriend. He's shocked to find himself actually falling for his girlfriend's mother.
11/26/2002
Kate Beckinsale will star opposite Hugh Jackman in Universal Pictures' "Van Helsing." More info...
11/26/2002
Lasse Hallstrom will direct Universal Pictures' "Bombshell." Based on the true life novel, "Bombshell: The Secret Story of America's Unknown Atomic Spy Conspiracies," the film has Leonardo DiCaprio attacted to star and produce.
11/25/2002
Joan Cusack is joining Jack Black and Mike White for "School of Rock." Cusack will play the principal of a school where Black's character is masquerading as a substitute teacher.
11/25/2002
Miramax Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to "The I Inside," starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, and Robert Sean Leonard. The film centers on a man who wakes up with amnesia after nearly dying.
11/21/2002
Jodie Foster's "Flora Plum" is back on track, with "Moulin Rouge's" Ewan McGregor, Meryl Streep and Claire Danes all set to appear in the circus-set film.
11/21/2002
Robert De Niro will direct Leonardo DiCaprio in Universal Pictures' drama, "The Good Shepherd." The film is expected to begin production in late 2003, after DiCaprio films "The Aviator." "The Good Shepherd" follows a young Yale graduate who is recruited to become one of the first officers in the CIA.
11/20/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christina Ricci is in negotiations to join Charlize Theron in "Monster," helmed by first-time director Patty Jenkins. Theron will star as the first female serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Ricci would Wuornos' lesbian lover.
11/19/2002
"Dumb & Dumber" returns with Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson signed on to play the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels characters as teens. The prequel titled "When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb & Dumberer" will also feature Eugene Levy, Mimi Rogers, Luis Guzman and Rachel Nichols.
11/19/2002
Warner Bros. Pictures announced Carroll Ballard ("Fly Away Home") will direct "How It Was With Dooms." The movie is based on Carol Cawthra Hopcraft's book "How It Was With Dooms: A True Story From Africa" and follows a boy and his relationship with an orphaned cheetah.
11/19/2002
"Honey" starring Jessica Alba (TV's "Dark Angel") and Lil' Romeo has wrapped production. More info...
11/15/2002
Neve Campbell and Sam Shepard will join Val Kilmer for "Blind Horizon." Michael Haussman will direct the movie for Millennium Films. Shepard will play a sheriff who is suspicious of a man (Kilmer) who has lost his memory. Campbell plays a woman who claims to be Kilmer's wife.
11/14/2002
Colin Farrell is in talks to star in "The Jacket," directed by Antoine Fuqua. Farrell will play a man falsely imprisoned for murder.
11/14/2002
Ivan Reitman will team with DreamWorks Pictures for the romantic comedy, "The Fool." "Men in Black II's" writer, Barry Fanaro, wrote the script for movie, based on an unpublished novel by Susan Trott.
11/13/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Annette Bening will star in "Being Julia," based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel, "Theatre."
11/13/2002
Bruce Willis will star and produce "Hostage" for Revolution Studios. As of now, no director is attached to the project. More info...
11/13/2002
Filming has begun on the prequel to the horror hit, "The Exorcist." In "Exorcist: The Beginning," Stellan Skarsgard will portray a young Father Merrin, the role originally portrayed by Max Von Sydow. More info...
11/12/2002
Actor Clint Eastwood will be the 39th person to be honored with the Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award. More info...
11/08/2002
Based on porn star John Holmes and the murders on Wonderland Avenue, "Wonderland" the film has begun production in Los Angeles. More info...
11/08/2002
Universal Pictures has announced an open casting call for a role in the next "American Pie" film, "American Wedding." More info...
11/08/2002
Jessica Lange will join Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney and Billy Crudup in director Tim Burton's "Big Fish." Lange will play the wife of Finney's character.
11/08/2002
"School of Rock" has added Mike White to its cast, joining Jack Black ("Shallow Hal"). White wrote the script, but did not write the role of 'Ned' for himself. Black stars as a musician who works as a substitute teacher.
11/08/2002
Singer-turned-actress Mandy Moore is being chased after for a starring role in Edmonds Entertainment/Gold Circle Films' remake of the classic film, "A Summer Place." The original starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue as teens who fell hard for each other while on summer vacation.
11/08/2002
The dinosaurs of Jurassic Park will be rampaging again as Universal Pictures has decided to go forth with a fourth installment of the lucrative franchise. Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy will be producing.
11/08/2002
Tony Goldwyn will direct the film version of Betty Ann Waters' life. Waters was a high school dropout who nonetheless represented her brother in a murder trial. After her brother was convicted of a murder/robbery, Waters spent 12 years attempting to earn her law degree and then challenged his conviction.
11/08/2002
Steven Soderbergh had indicated he was on a break from directing but will wear his director's hat for one of the three parts of "Eros." Soderbergh will replace Pedro Almodovar.
11/08/2002
"Casanova" comes to the screen with director Lasse Hallstrom behind the camera. Casting will not occur until 2003 using a script written by Michael Cristofer.
11/08/2002
Director Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity") is in talks to direct "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" for Regency Enterprises. The film revolves around a married couple who discover they are enemy assassins hired to kill one another.
11/08/2002
David Gordon Green will direct the screen adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's "Dunces." The film will shoot on location in New Orleans and was written by Steven Soderbergh and Scott Kramer. Drew Barrymore's production company Flower Films will be involved in the production and Barrymore will play a role in the film, according to Variety.
11/07/2002
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced funny man Steve Martin will return for another round of hosting the Academy Awards. More info...
11/05/2002
Romola Garai will join Diego Luna in the long-awaited "Dirty Dancing" sequel, "Havana Nights." More info...
11/01/2002
The American Film Institute has chosen Robert De Niro to be the 31st recipient of their Life Achievement Award. More info...
10/31/2002
Alec Baldwin will join the cast of John Hamburg's romantic comedy, which begins production next month. The film stars Ben Stiller as an anal-retentive man who analyzes risks for a living. Jennifer Aniston co-stars as a woman who turns Stiller's life upside down.
10/30/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones are in talks to star in Revolution Studios' as yet untitled psychological suspense drama. The film will be directed by Ron Howard and will be based on the novel "The Last Ride" by Thomas Eidson.
10/29/2002
Michelle Yeoh will produce and star in "The Masked Crusader," a film described as a female version of Robin Hood. Yeoh's production company, Mythical Films, expects filming to begin in January.
10/29/2002
James Garner and Joan Allen will join Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands in New Line Cinema's "The Notebook." Directed by Nick Cassavetes, the movie is based on the book by Nicholas Sparks and follows a couple of teens who meet, fall in love, and are reunited after World War II.
10/28/2002
MGM and Halle Berry will team up again for "Need," directed by Luis Mandoki. Berry would portray a New York therapist who discovers one of her patients is having an affair with her husband.
10/28/2002
Not every Stephen King novel translates well onscreen, however "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" director Peter Care is going to tackle the job of bringing King's "Bag of Bones" to the big screen for MGM. King does have the right to approval the deal with Care, and Care would direct the film from a screenplay adapted by David Velos.
10/24/2002
Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear may soon be getting very, very close. Both are in talks to star as conjoined twins in the Farrelly Brothers' "Stuck on You."
10/24/2002
Jimmy Fallon has signed on to star opposite Claire Danes and Steve Martin in the romantic comedy, "Shopgirl." The film tells the story of a struggling salesgirl (Danes) who falls in love with two radically different men (played by Martin and Fallon).
10/24/2002
The Hollywood Reporter that Walt Disney Co. is in negotiations with Joaquin Phoenix to star in "Ladder 49," their firefighter project from director Jay Russell.
10/24/2002
Director Mike Tollin's "Radio" - starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris - has begun filming in South Carolina. More info...
10/23/2002
Production has begun on "Seabiscuit," starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper, and based on the best-selling novel by Laura Hillenbrand. More info...
10/23/2002
Variety reports Nicole Kidman has joined the cast of "The Stepford Wives," to be directed by Frank Oz. The remake of the classic 1975 thriller will be updated and transformed into a more modern black comedy.
10/20/2002
Billy Crudup has joined the cast of Tim Burton's "Big Fish" and will begin filming in January, 2003. Based on the novel, "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions," "Big Fish" also stars Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney.
10/18/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Regency Enterprises is working on a deal to pick up the horror film, "Wrong Turn," from director Rob Schmidt. Starring Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Desmond Harrington and Emmanuelle Chriqui, "Wrong Turn" follows a group of young people stalked by terrifying mountain men.
10/17/2002
Diego Luna has signed on to star in the next installment of "Dirty Dancing" - the 1987 film that showcased Patrick Swayze's moves. More info...
10/17/2002
Robert Redford, Helen Mirren and Willem Dafoe star in the psychological thriller, "The Clearing," from first-time director, Pieter Jan Brugge. Production is underway in North Carolina. More info...
10/15/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports Hayden Christensen is in negotiations to sar in "The Other Side of Simple." Christensen would play Vince Vaughn's younger brother in the crime thriller.
10/15/2002
The sequel to "Scooby-Doo" isn't even in the can yet and already Warner Bros. has decided to go for a third installment. "Scooby-Doo 3" will be written by Dan Forman and Paul Foley.
10/15/2002
The psychological thriller, "The Number 23," will be directed by Joel Schumacher. The film centers on a man who believes an obscure book titled "The Number 23" is based on his own life.
10/15/2002
It was always a question of who was going to flinch first and now we have our answer. Miramax Films has decided to move "The Gangs of New York" from December 25, 2002 to sometime earlier in the month. DreamWorks will Leonardo DiCaprio all to themselves on Christmas Day.
10/13/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Natalie Portman, Penelope Cruz and Jay Rodan have joined the cast of writer/director John Duigan's "Head in the Clouds." The project is described as an epic romance that takes place during World War II.
10/11/2002
Emile Hirsch ("The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys") and Elisha Cuthbert ("24") will star in "The Girl Next Door" for Regency Enterprises. Directed by Luke Greenfield, "The Girl Next Door" is about a HS senior who falls for the girl next door. After falling for her, he (and the whole town) discover she's been in a porn flick.
10/09/2002
The film based on the classic Dr. Seuss tale, "The Cat in the Hat", is now in production, with a cast that includes Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Kelly Preston, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes and Spencer Breslin. More info...
10/08/2002
"American Pie's" Thomas Ian Nicholas will go behind the cameras for "Stealing Sinatra." The film marks Nicholas' directorial debut and centers around two brothers who go to LA to pursue their dream of being famous club DJs.
10/08/2002
The Hollywood Reporter says Gary Winick ("Tadpole") is in negotiations to direct "13 Going on 30," starring Jennifer Garner. Garner would play a character similar to Tom Hanks' character in "Big."
10/08/2002
The Edward Zwick film, "The Last Samurai," has begun principal photography. Tom Cruise stars as Capt. Nathan Algren, a respected military man hired by the Japanese to train the country's first army. More info...
10/07/2002
"Hollywood Homicide" has begun filming in Los Angeles, with Ron Shelton directing and Josh Hartnett and Harrison Ford starring. More info...
10/04/2002
Production has begun on "Mona Lisa Smile" directed by Mike Newell and starring Julia Robert, Julia Stiles, Kirsten Dunst and Maggie Gyllenhaal. More info...
10/04/2002
Rap star Lil' Romeo will take on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in MGM's upcoming version of the classic tale renamed "Lil' Romeo and Lil' Juliet." More info...
10/04/2002
Jennifer Aniston ("The Good Girl") is in negotiations to stare opposite Ben Stiller in the as yet untitled John Hamburg project for Universal Pictures and Jersey Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Aniston would portray a married woman who gets involved with Stiller's character.
10/04/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Lee Tamahori will direct Halle Berry in "The Guide" from Paramount Pictures. Production will begin in early 2003 with Berry playing Jane Whitfield, an Indian with special powers who is able to erase the past.
10/03/2002
Production has started on director P.J. Hogan's live action version of "Peter Pan," starring Jeremy Sumpter ("Frailty") and Jason Isaacs ("The Tuxedo"). More info...
10/02/2002
Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film, "Kill Bill," starring Uma Thurman as a former assassin seeking revenge, will have its own video game from Black Label Games. More info...
10/01/2002
Val Kilmer is in negotiations to star in Lions Gate Films true-crime film, "Wonderland." Kilmer would play the late porn star, John Holmes. Also in talks for the film are Christina Applegate, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Kudrow and Josh Lucas.
10/01/2002
Interscope Records has announced the line-up for the soundtrack to "8 Mile," Eminem's feature film debut. The soundtrack will feature tracks from Eminem, Jay-Z, Nas and Macy Gray. More info...
09/30/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robert DeNiro, Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos are in final negotations to star in the horror-thriller, "Godsend." Kinnear and Romijn-Stamos would star as a couple who lose their son and turn to a scientist to bring him back.
09/27/2002
Eric Bana has been added to the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Troy," starring Brad Pitt. Bana will play Hector with Pitt starring as Achilles.
09/27/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports John Travolta is negotiating with Intermedia Films to star in "Joe's Last Chance," the story of a hit man who is saved by the man he's supposed to kill.
09/27/2002
Warner Bros. announced that production has begun on director Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River." More info...
09/26/2002
"Red Dragon's" director Brett Ratner has signed on to Warner Bros. Pictures, "Superman." More info...
09/25/2002
As if "I Spy" wasn't enough, Owen Wilson has now been cast opposite his "Zoolander" co-star, Ben Stiller, in the big screen version of the hit 70s cop show, "Starsky and Hutch." Stiller will take over the Paul Michael Glaser role of Starsky, and Wilson will be Hutch.
09/25/2002
The Hollywood Reports announced that Nicolas Cage is now attached to the Castle Rock Pictures project, "Back Up." Described as a sci-fi thriller, "Back Up" will feature Cage as a police officer who is brought back from the dead to investigate his own murder.
09/25/2002
Variety is reporting that "The Others" star Nicole Kidman is in talks to star in "Birth," from director Jonathan Glazer. Variety describes the film as the story of a 10 year-old boy who believes he is the reincarnation of a 35 year-old woman's dead husband.
09/25/2002
Tom Hanks will be very busy with two starring roles in upcoming projects - "Polar Express" and "The Ladykillers." "Polar Express" will combine live-action with CGI and will start production in February 2003. Hanks will then move on to "The Ladykillers," a remake of the Alec Guinness/Peter Sellers black comedy.
09/21/2002
Nicole Kidman is in very preliminary discussions to become a witch (again) in Columbia Pictures' comedy, "Bewitched." No director is attached to the project and all talks at this point are sketchy at best.
09/19/2002
Production has begun on the sequel to "Tomb Raider," "Lara Croft and the Cradle of Life: Tomb Raider 2." Angelina Jolie returns in the title role. More info...
09/19/2002
"Blue Crush's" Kate Bosworth will star in DreamWork Pictures' romantic comedy, "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!!!" Bosworth will play Rosie, the winner of a date with Hollywood's hottest star, Tad Hamilton.
09/19/2002
Milo Addica (screenwriter, "Monster's Ball") will team with Universal Pictures on an as-yet-to-be titled biker feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story is about a gang of hard-core bikers who are betrayed. Russell Crowe has been mentioned as a potential star of the film.
09/19/2002
Angelina Jolie ("Life or Something Like It") and Ethan Hawke ("Training Day") are negotiating to star in "Taking Lives," from Warner Bros. Pictures. "Taking Lives" follows a female FBI profiler who is hunting for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims.
09/19/2002
Milo Addica (screenwriter, "Monster's Ball") will team with Universal Pictures on an as-yet-to-be titled biker feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story is about a gang of hard-core bikers who are betrayed. Russell Crowe has been mentioned as a potential star of the film.
09/17/2002
Colin Farrell is in talks to star in "At Home at the End of the World" from "The Hours" writer, Michael Cunningham. "At Home at the End of the World" would be directed by Michael Mayer. According to Variety, the film centers around a love triangle between two men and an older woman.
09/17/2002
Universal and Imagine have bought "The Serpent and the Eagle," the tale of Spain's Cortez and his attack on the Aztecs. Director Ron Howard would helm the film.
09/17/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports "Will and Grace's" Debra Messing will be playing Ben Stiller's wife in Universal Pictures/Jersey Films' as yet untitled romantic comedy from writer/director John Hamburg. Stiller will play an anal-retentive man who analyzes risks for a living.
09/17/2002
Natalie Portman will star in "Large's Ark," which will be actor Zach Braff's directorial debut. Braff wrote the script and will direct and co-star in the film. Braff will play a man who returns home to a family he hasn't seen in 10 years. His life changes when he meets a young woman (Portman) and rediscovers himself.
09/12/2002
Warner Bros. Pictures issued a press release regarding actor Brad Pitt's involvement in the films "The Fountain" and "Troy." More info...
09/11/2002
"J.A.G.'s" Catherine Bell will be jumping to the big screen as she joins the cast of Universal Pictures' "Bruce Almighty." Bell will co-star with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston as a co-worker of Carrey's.
09/10/2002
The director of "Kissing Jessica Stein," Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, will be directing the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy, "Legally Blonde." The production is tentatively scheduled to get underway in November 2002.
09/05/2002
Rachael Leigh Cook and Jonathan Tucker will star in "Stateside," a film about a rich teen (Tucker) who falls in love with a mentally ill rock star (Cook). Agnes Bruckner, Carrie Fisher and Ed Begley Jr. are in talks to join the "Stateside" cast.
09/05/2002
Singer LeAnn Rimes is attached to star in director Rocky Lang's "The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth." Rimes would play Jackie Mitchell, a ball player who was the only woman to strike out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back.
09/04/2002
"Mona Lisa Smile" has a new cast member in the form of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Set in 1953, Gyllenhaal will play a native New Yorker who is a wild child/party girl.
09/04/2002
Reese Witherspoon signed on to star in the sequel to the romantic comedy, "Legally Blonde." In "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blue" Witherspoon's character, Elle Woods, will develop political aspirations. More info...
09/03/2002
Production has begun on director Brian Robbins' "The Perfect Score," starring Erika Christensen, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. More info...
09/04/2002
"Lord of the Rings' " Orlando Bloom has joined the cast of "Pirates of the Caribbean" with Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush. Bloom's character will team up with pirate Depp to save the woman he loves.
08/31/2002
Jason Biggs has been added to the cast of Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl," starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.
08/31/2002
Kelly Preston has joined the cast of "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat." Preston will play the mother of Spencer Breslin and Dakota Fanning.
08/29/2002
Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly and Tony Goldwyn will join Tom Cruise for director Ed Zwick's, "The Last Samurai." "The Last Samurai" is set in 1870s Japan and tells the story of the the traditional samurai solders at the time of the birth of modern Japan.
08/28/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dougray Scott and Laura Elena Harring will be joined by Jurgen Prochnow for the indie thriller, "The Poet." Scott plays a professional assassin who accidently kills the wrong man. He falls for the victim's sister (played by Laura Elena Harring) while researching the man's life. Prochnow will play Inspector Vashon.
08/28/2002
Universal Studios picked up "False Advertising" from screenwriters Abdi Nazemian and Micah Schraft. "False Advertising" is based on the Doris Day/Rock Hudson film, "Lover Come Back," and will be set in the world of advertising, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
08/24/2002
Morgan Freeman will play opposite Owen Wilson in director George Armitage's "The Big Bounce" for Warner Bros. Pictures. The Hollywood Reporter describes the project as a sexy noir thriler.
08/23/2002
Revolution Studios announced the release dates for the romantic comedy, "Punch-Drunk Love," starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. The film has already won critical acclaim at various festivals. More info...
08/23/2002
Salma Hayek will make her debut as a director with Showtime's "The Maldonado Miracle" starring Peter Fonda, Mare Winningham and Ruben Blades. More info...
08/22/2002
Jessica Alba's co-star in Universal Pictures' "Honey" will be Mekhi Phifer. The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "a music-driven coming-of-age drama about a sexy and tough yet vulnerable inner-city woman."
08/19/2002
Revolution Studios announced the change of name for their romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes. More info...
08/14/2002
Coming off the surprise success of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," director Joel Zwick with direct the romantic comedy, "Centerfold." "Centerfold" is the story of a college guy who sends his girlfriend's picture to a calendar contest. Everything changes when a national magazine offers her fame and fortune as a centerfold.
08/13/2002
Hot rising star Ryan Gosling ("The Believer") is in negotiations to star in "The Notebook" for director Nick Cassavetes, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. The story revolves around two teens who fall in love and are reunited after World War II.
08/12/2002
Production started on "Envy" from director Barry Levinson and starring Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Rachel Weisz. More info...
08/12/2002
Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston are starring in "Bruce Almighty" from director Tom Shadyac. Morgan Freeman co-stars in this comedy about a man who angers God and has to pay the price. More info...
08/08/2002
Seann William Scott, Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy and Alyson Hannigan have all made deals with Universal Pictures to return for the third installment of "American Pie." Adam Herz, writer of the first two "American Pies" is expected to write the script for the third installment.
08/08/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Demi Moore is in negotiations to star in "Charlie's Angels 2," but not as a heroine. She'll play a former member of the angels who has gone bad.
08/03/2002
Production began on the Coen Bros. film, "Intolerable Cruelty." George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Billy Bob Thornton headline the romantic comedy. More info...
08/02/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Universal Pictures has acquired "Columbian Gold." Based on a magazine article, the story is described as a murder mystery with Miguel Arteta attached to direct and Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella's Mirage Enterprises attached to produce.
08/01/2002
"Star Wars" fans have only to wait until November 12, 2002 for the DVD release of "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones," which promises to be packed with bonus features including never before seen deleted footage. More info...
08/01/2002
The best selling "tell all" novel, "The Nanny Diaries," will be adapted for the screen by Jenny Bicks, according to Miramax Films. Bicks has previously adapted "American Girl." More info...
07/28/2002
Production has begun on "Matchstick Men" starring Nicolas Cage, Alison Lohman and Sam Rockwell. Ridley Scott will produce and direct the feature. More info...
07/26/2002
Chris Rock will make his directorial debut with DreamWorks "Head of State." Rock will also star in the film and co-wrote the screenplay. More info...
07/25/2002
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Speedman ("Felicity") is set to star with Kate Beckinsale in "Underworld." The Hollywood Reporter describes "Underworld" as a modern day Romeo and Juliet set in the world of warring vampires and werewolves. Beckinsale will play a powerful vampire with Speedman playing the werewolf she falls for.
07/25/2002
Christina Applegate is negotiating to join Ben Affleck for the DreamWorks Pictures' film, "Surviving Christmas." Affleck stars as a rich record executive who feels lonely during the holidays. He returns to his childhood home and pays the current residents for pretending they're his family. Applegate would play the daughter of the family.
07/24/2002
Laura Linney and Liam Neeson are reuniting for the romantic film, "Love Actually." The film takes a look at 10 interconnected love stories and will be directed by first-time feature film director, Richard Curtis.
07/23/2002
Andy Garcia may be joining the cast of "Blackout," along side Ashley Judd and Samuel L. Jackson. "Blackout" is a thriller about a female police officer who becomes the center of a murder investigation when her ex's start passing away.
07/22/2002
Justin Theroux ("Mulholland Dr.") is up for the male lead opposite "Amelie's" Audrey Tautou in the romantic comedy, "Nowhere to Go But Up." According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Theroux's character would be a young screenwriter who had a hit, and then fails to follow up on that success due to writer's block.
07/20/2002
Gabrielle Union joins Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for "Bad Boys 2." Union will be Smith's love interest, along with being Lawrence's half-sister.
07/18/2002
Owen Wilson may be signing on to "The Big Bounce," playing the role of a drifter who - according to The Hollywood Reporter - gets involved with the gorgeous mistress of a wealthy, powerful man. The film will be directed by George Armitage and is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.
07/17/2002
Disney is bringing back the 1959 feature "The Shaggy Dog." Hot on the heels of the success of "Snow Dogs" and "Scooby-Doo," "Shaggy" will tell the story of a family man who changes back and forth from man to sheepdog. The studio is still looking for the right man to fill the role.
07/15/2002
"Spider-Man" fans will be lining up on October 31, 2002 for the film's heavily anticipated release. Loaded with extras, the DVD is bound to break existing DVD sales records. More info...
07/15/2002
DreamWorks Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to director Satoshi Kon's anime film, "Actress." This will be DreamWorks first anime project. "Actress" is a romantic adventure tale about an actress who retires at the height of her career and retreats to an isolated house.
07/12/2002
The Vin Diesel action/romance "XXX" has now gone where no other film has gone before. If you're traveling into Los Angeles via LAX, you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about. More info...
07/11/2002
Steven Spielberg is teaming with HBO again for an eight episode miniseries about the life of King Arthur. The miniseries will explore the mythology of King Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table, and will mix documented accounts of true historic figures who may have inspired the legends.
07/10/2002
Singer Charlotte Church will make her acting debut in the musical comedy, "I'll Be There," from Morgan Creek Productions. The film will also feature the directorial debut of actor Craig Ferguson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "I'll Be There" (tentative title) is the story of a 80s pop star (Ferguson) whose downward spiral ends when he discovers he has a daughter (Church).
07/03/2002
Felicia Henderson will write, produce and direct Fox Searchlight Pictures' "Papa Was." Starring Boris Kodjoe, the film tells the story of a long-term friendship between 2 men that falls apart when one man falls in love for the first time.
07/02/2002
Seth Green will be joining Mark Walhberg, Edward Norton, and Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job." Donald Sutherland is said to be in negotiations to join the cast.
06/28/2002
Variety reports that Ryan Reynolds ("National Lampoon's Van Wilder") is joining Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Till Death Do Us Part." Reynolds will play the son of a CIA agent (Douglas) who is engaged to the daughter of a podiatrist (Brooks).
06/26/2002
Hot off her performance in "Unfaithful," Diane Lane is in negotiations to star in Walt Disney's romantic comedy, "Under the Tuscan Sun." Set to begin shooting in September, "Under the Tuscan Sun" is about an American woman who travels to Italy in search of a more satisfying life.
06/26/2002
As if the original wasn't enough, there's talk going around that Natalie Portman and Ricky Martin are the favorites to star in a follow-up to the 1987 film, "Dirty Dancing." "Havana Nights" will be directed by Guy Ferland and is the story of a 17 year-old girl who lives in Cuba and falls for a local dancer.
06/26/2002
Bruce Willis has signed on (can the other original cast members be far behind?) for the sequel to "The Whole Nine Yards." Filming is scheduled to start in October 2002 with the original film's screenwriter, Mitchell Kapner, penning the sequel.
06/26/2002
In one of the richest deals in history, DreamWorks-based Montecito Pictures has acquired "The Ugly Americans" from the team of Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer. The trio worked together on "Seinfeld" and most recently worked on "The Cat in the Hat." "The Ugly Americans" is about a pair of American high school students about to graduate. One of them is passing German, only with the assistance of his German pen pal. Things take a turn when the pen pal shows an interest in meeting up and turns out to be an attractive fraulein.
06/24/2002
Hugh Dancy ("Black Hawk Down") is in negotiations to star in Miramax Films' romantic comedy, "Ella Enchanted." The film is set in a medieval fantasy world and stars Anne Hathaway ("The Princess Diaries") as a woman named Ella who was charmed by a fairy at birth. The fairy cast a spell and now Ella must always obey every order she is given. Dancy would star as Prince Charmont, her love interest.
06/20/2002
Liv Tyler is in negotiations to join the cast of "Jersey Girl" for director Kevin Smith. Tyler would be working with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez who are already on board the film. According to 'The Hollywood Reporter,' Liv would play a video store clerk who has a big impact on Affleck's character.
06/20/2002
Universal Studios announces its plans for the DVD version of "The Scorpion King" due to hit stores in October 2002. More info...
06/19/2002
The final piece of the casting puzzle has fallen into place for New Regency's film version of John Grisham's novel, "The Runaway Jury." Rachel Weisz ("The Mummy") has joined the all-star cast. More info...
06/19/2002
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Trent Ford will be the male lead opposite Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember") in the romantic comedy, "How to Deal." The film looks at a teenager who is down on love because she's surrounded by failed romances.
06/18/2002
Matthew Lillard ("Scooby-Doo") will be involved with the as yet untitled Valentine's Day pitch project for Signpost films. The film is about the trials and tribulations of a romantic and a cynic's dealings with that most romantic of holidays, Valentine's Day.
06/17/2002
Warner Bros.' live-action "Scooby-Doo" scored at the box office during its opening weekend. More info...
06/17/2002
Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron will be joined by Edward Norton for Paramount Pictures' "The Italian Job," from director F. Gary Gray. Wahlberg stars as Charlie, the head of a group of robbers, and Theron plays Wahlberg's love interest. Norton joins the cast as a double-crossing robber.
06/17/2002
Variety reports that "Coyote Ugly's" writer has been signed to write a sequel. Jerry Bruckheimer Films will be involved in the project once again.
06/17/2002
"Kate and Leopold's" Hugh Jackman is in negotiating to star as the famous vampire hunter, Van Helsing in a movie of the same name. Writer/director Stephen Sommers sets the film in the late 19th century and tells the story of Van Helsing as he is summoned to Eastern Europe to battle evil.
06/16/2002
"Gigli" stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are negotiating to work together again for Miramax Films' "Jersey Girl." Kevin Smith ("Jay and Silent Bob") wrote the script which will center around a man who marries a woman with a 6 year-old daughter, and how that affects his life.
06/11/2002
Warner Bros. Pictures' is bringing "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" to life with Brendan Fraser ("The Mummy") set to star. Director Joe Dante has been attached to the project. The studio is expecting production to begin in July 2002 with a very tentative release date of November 2003.
06/08/2002
Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, and Philip Seymour Hoffman have joined the star-studded cast of Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain." They'll be joining a cast which already includes Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger. More info...
06/04/2002
Pierce Brosnan's Irish Dreamtime Productions will produce Brosnan's next project, the romantic comedy "Laws of Attraction." Brosnan will play a divorce lawyer who falls for a fellow divorce lawyer.
06/03/2002
"Love & Basketball's" Sanaa Lathan will star opposite Denzel Washington in "Out of Time," directed by Carl Franklin. Washington will play a police officer who gets caught in affairs with two different women.
06/02/2002
The Kevin Costner-directed "Open Range," has added Annette Bening to its cast. "Open Range" is the story of the everyday lives of four men living in the Wild West. Bening will play Sue, the love interest of Kevin Costner's character.
06/03/2002
Melanie Griffith has joined the cast of "Shade," from first-time director, Damian Nieman. Griffith's character is the ex-girlfriend of Sylvester Stallone, who rekindles their relationship when Stallone blows back into town. The film takes place in the world of poker hustlers who work the bars and clubs of Los Angeles.
05/31/2002
Variety reports that Naomi Watts and Kate Beckinsale are in discussions to star in "Rain Falls" for Fine Line Features. "Rain Falls" is the story of the emotional fallout after a suburb becomes involved in the hobby of partner-swapping.
05/27/2002
Josh Hartnett is the latest addition to the cast of MGM's thriller, "Wicker Park." The film will be directed by Paul McGuigan. The story centers around a man's obsessive search for his lost love.
05/25/2002
Academy Award-winner Halle Berry is in negotiations to star in "Need," to be directed by Luis Mandoki. Berry would play a successful therapist who finds out that one of her patients is having an affair with her husband.
05/20/2002
Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg reunite for Paramount Pictures "The Italian Job." Based on the 1969 film of the same name, Theron would play Wahlberg's love interest in addition to being an expert safecracker and skilled driver.
05/17/2002
"The West Wing's" Allison Janney is in talks to star as Mandy Moore's mother in the upcoming New Line Cinema film, "How to Deal." The project will be directed by Clare Kilner and stars Moore as a teenager who decides that love doesn't exist.
05/03/2002
"Frasier's" Davie Hyde Pierce and Sarah Paulson have snared sought-after roles opposite Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger in the romantic comedy, "Down With Love." "Down With Love" is an homage to the 1960s romantic movies that starred Doris Day and Rock Hudson.
05/03/2002
Kate Hudson and Robert Downey Jr. are in negotiations to star in director Rob Reiner's next project, "Alex and Emma." The story is about a writer/compulsive gambler who hires a stenographer to help him transcribe his next novel. They fall in love while working together.
04/25/2002
An A List of talent headlines Lions Gate Films' "Confidence." Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Weisz have signed on to star in the thriller from director James Foley. More info...
04/25/2002
The director of "Not Another Teen Movie," Joel Gallen, is in talks with MGM to helm the romantic comedy, "Romantic Comedy." The film will use tricks and storylines from romantic comedies to help the leading man win over his best friend who is in a relationship with a boring boyfriend.
04/24/2002
Billy Bob Thornton and Geoffrey Rush have joined Universal Pictures' "Intolerable Cruelty." Catherine Zeta Jones stars as a gold-digger and George Clooney co-stars as a tough as nails divorce attorney. The two end up falling in love.
04/24/2002
Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the Rings") signed on as Tilda Swinton's son and - obsessive thumbsucker - in Good Machine's "Thumbsucker." Scarlett Johansson ("Ghost World") is in negotiations to play his love interest, Rebecca Crane.
04/23/2002
The nominees have been announced for the 2002 MTV Movie Awards and "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" leads the pack. More info...
04/21/2002
Miramax has bought the rights to "Accidentally Yours," a comedy about an accident-prone guy who falls in love with a woman who works in a china store.
04/20/2002
Adam Shankman is keeping busy these days. He's set to direct Disney's "Skinner's Eddie," from Douglas Carter Beane's spec script. The plot's not being discussed but it is known that "Skinner's Eddie" will be a romantic comedy.
04/19/2002
"Destiny's Child" singer Beyonce Knowles will follow up her stint in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" with a starring role opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. Knowles will play a choir girl who becomes Gooding's love interest in Paramount Pictures' "The Fighting Temptations."
04/15/2002
Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts began work on their new romantic comedy, "Le Divorce," from director James Ivory. More info...
04/14/2002
Eugene Levy ("American Pie") has joined the cast of Disney's "In the Houze." Levy will play Steve Martin's best friend.
04/09/2002
Mandy Moore's next big screen picture will be "How to Deal," directed by Clare Kilner. Moore will play a teenager surrounded by examples of love gone bad. She decides love just doesn't exist until she's proved wrong.
03/27/2002
Principal photograhy has begun on the eagerly anticipated Ang Lee film, "The Hulk," starring Eric Bana as Bruce Banner/The Hulk and Jennifer Connelly as his love interest, Betty Ross. More info...
03/22/2002
Denis Leary and Robin Tunney have signed on for Alan Rudolph's indie film, "The Secret Lives of Dentists." The movie centers on a dentist who has a beautiful wife and children. He falls ill and the line between reality and fantasy blurs when he has a fever dream.
03/11/2002
DreamWorks will be handling the romantic comedy, "Win a Date with Ted Hamilton." The story revolves around a pretty grocery clerk who wins a date with a very handsome, very single, Hollywood movie star.
03/08/2002
Denzel Washington will be collecting a $20 million paycheck for his upcoming work in the MGM romantic thriller, "Out of Time." Washington will play a police officer who gets caught in an affair between two women.
03/03/2002
"You Can Count on Me's" Mark Ruffalo is in negotiations to star with Meg Ryan in the violent, erotic love story, "In the Cut." Ruffalo's character is a detective who becomes obsessed with Meg Ryan's character while investigating a murder.
03/02/2002
Mathew McConaughey may join Kate Hudson for Danny DeVito's romantic comedy, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." The movie centers around a womanizer who makes a bet with his buddies that he can last at least 10 days in a relationship.
02/28/2002
Frank Oz is negotiating to direct the romantic comedy, "The Ultimate Low Self-Esteem Movie." The Miramax Films project is about a woman who always falls for the wrong guy. She finally finds Mr. Right, only to learn that he's a homicidal maniac.
02/21/2002
Elijah Wood will be working opposite pop princess/actress Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember") in the romantic comedy, "Try Seventeen." The film is about a teenager who goes to college and ends up learning mor about life from his neighbors than from school. More info...
02/21/2002
Brittany Murphy ("Don't Say a Word," "Riding in Cars With Boys") is teaming with "That 70's Show's" Ashton Kutcher for "Just Married," a romantic comedy from director Shawn Levy. Kutcher and Murphy portray newlyweds on a honeymoon from Hell.
02/15/2002
The star of "Scary Movie 2," Anna Faris, will star opposite Rob Schneider in "The Hot Chick" from Walt Disney Co. The story revolves around a girl (Faris) who wakes up one day to find she looks like a 30-year old man (Schneider). Faris' character becomes involved in a romance with Schneider.
02/08/2002
Paramount Classics has acquired the rights to the supernatural romance, "Till Human Voices Wake Us," starring Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce. Paramount Classics anticipates releasing the film in 2003. More info...
02/03/2002
Miramax Films purchased the film adaptation rights to the 2001 Tony Award winning play "Proof," the Pulitzer Prize winning drama written by David Auburn. "Proof" is an exploration into the more human questions of family, love, and genius.
02/03/2002
Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger have committed to the romantic comedy, "Down With Love," from director Peyton Reed. The movie is said to be a homage to the old Doris Day/Rock Hudson romantic films.
01/29/2002
The Screen Actors Guild announced their nominees for their 8th Annual event and "A Beautiful Mind," once again, tops the list. More info...
01/20/2002
"A Beautiful Mind" and "Moulin Rouge" came out the big winners at this year's Golden Globes. More info...
01/15/2002
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill issued a statement disclosing their reaction to the romantic drama, "A Beautiful Mind." More info...
01/08/2002
"Vanilla Sky's" Alicia Witt has signed on to star in the untitled Sandra Bullock/Hugh Grant romantic comedy, directed by Mark Lawrence.
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