-Shia LaBeouf is attached to star in the film adaptation of Joe Hill's bestselling novel "Horns" says Variety. LaBeouf will play Ig Perrish, a 26-year-old who awakens from a hangover to find horns sprouting from his head. As his horns grow bigger, Ig sets out to investigate the unsolved murder of his girlfriend and the case's connection to his cursed fate.
-Fourteen years since "Face/Off", stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta look to be reuniting on two indie thrillers reports Vulture.
-Oscar-winning "The King’s Speech" director Tom Hooper has begun negotiations to direct a film adaptation of the stage musical version of "Les Miserables" for Universal Pictures and Working Title reports Variety. While "Speech" scribe David Seidler has been hired to work on two scripts according to Variety--And the 'The King's Speech' PG-13 Version Gets Release Date
-Filmmakers Colin and Greg Strause talk up their next project, to Movieweb saying "War of the Ages", is going to be a mash-up of fights between history's greatest warriors.
-Actor C. Thomas Howell recently told Retroradio that The Lizard (Rhys Ifans) will be the main antagonist who battles Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) in the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man".
-David Fincher is in talks to helm the log gestating PG-13 3-D biopic based on the life of ancient Egyptian ruler Cleopatra says Deadline
-Director Doug Liman is teaming with producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman to create a biopic of Morris Abraham called "Two Gun" says The Hollywood Reporter.
-Indie film star Brit Marling is keeping VERY BUSY reports Movieline and Thompson On Hollywood (via The Playlist).
-Coming Attractions reports that due to the 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11th, the entire region is expected to continue to experience aftershocks for years to come and may affect James Cameron's Avatar sequels.
-At Disney's annual shareholders meeting recently, Chief suit Bob Iger revealed that the studio is considering a film adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's best-selling children's novel "Peter and the Starcatchers" a Peter Pan prequel reports The Wrap.
-Vulture reports that with a budget estimate of $125 million, Paramount will likely drop World War Z unless it can find a co-financier.
-Actress Sienna Guillory has confirmed via Twitter that she has joined the cast of Resident Evil 5.
-Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby and Ruth Negga are all set to star in neo-noir thriller "The Samaritan" for Anonymous Content reports Variety. The story follows a former grifter (Jackson) who sets out to put his life of crime behind him after serving a twenty-year prison sentence. He meets an elusive young woman (Negga), but it's not long before the son (Kirby) of his former partner asks him for help with an ingenious plan. David Weaver directs from a script he co-wrote with Elan Mastai ("Alone in the Dark").
-Director Paul Greengrass is helming the Martin Luther King Jr assassination drama "Memphis" reports Deadline. Set in the days leading up to Dr. King's assassination in Tennessee in April 1968, this pic recounts when his marriage was faltering, his outspokenness on the Vietnam War cost him his relationship with President Lyndon B. Johnson, and his intent put him on the fringes of the rising Black Power movement.
-Lily Collins has been offered the role of Stormy Llewellyn in Stephen Sommers' adaptation of Dean Koontz's 2003 novel "Odd Thomas" says Variety.
-Lily Collins has been offered the role of Stormy Llewellyn in Stephen Sommers' adaptation of Dean Koontz's 2003 novel "Odd Thomas" says Variety.
-Emma Roberts is attached while an offer is out to Zach Galifianakis for roles in the coming-of-age comedy "Adult World" reports The Playlist. Andrew Cochran penned the script. Roberts plays a recent Stanford graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, but instead winds up working for an adult book store. Scott Coffey ("Ellie Parker") will direct.
-Filmmaker Francis Lawrence ("Constantine," "I Am Legend") is in talks to take over on Sony's long-gestating Houdini biopic reports Variety.
-Deadline reports that author Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer)'s hatching plans to buy back the film rights to his character LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch from Paramount
-THR says "Serendipity" scribe Marc Klein has sold his romantic comedy script "Unreasonable Doubt" to Universal Pictures
-"I Love You, Man" co-stars Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg are set to team again for the long-gestating romantic dramedy "Celeste and Jesse Forever" reports The Los Angeles Times. The story centers on a couple who is getting divorced but wants to remain friends while they pursue new relationships. Jones and Will McCormack penned the script. Lee Toland Krieger will direct.
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