-The team behind "Gnomeo & Juliet" are coming back together for the live-action and CG-animated combo feature "Will Gallows and the Snake Bellied Troll" says Deadline.
-Terry Gilliam is working on a script adaptation of Paul Auster's 1994 novel "Mr. Vertigo" reports The Los Angeles Times.
-Framelight Prods. and Arcana Studios are set to co-produce film adaptations of the graphic novels "El Arsenal" and "Frozen Wasteland" says Variety.
-Universal Pictures has picked up John Mann and Jon Gunn's script pitch for a new live-action adaptation of "The Nutcracker" reports Heat Vision.
-Green Hat Films has picked up the film rights to Guy Lawson's Rolling Stone article "Arms and the Dudes" reports Variety. The story follows two stoners, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. The two made 85 deliveries before federal agents raided their Miami Beach offices in 2007. The pic is being developed as a potential directing vehicle for "The Hangover" films Todd Phillips.
-Neil Burger ("Limitless") is in talks to direct a new take on classic Depression Era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde for Kamala Films reports Deadline. The film will be based on Jeff Guinn's 2010 book "Go Down Together" which gives us a less romanticized version of the duo than seen in the classic 1967 film with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
-David Fincher iwill executive produce a biopic about famed photographer Dorothea Lange says Variety. Despite contracting polio at age seven and being left with a permanent limp, Lange went on to become an acclaimed American photojournalist best known for her work in the 30's. Her poignant images humanised the tragic consequences of the Great Depression. Her work had a major influence on documentary photography and inspired John Steinbeck to write the classic novel "The Grapes of Wrath".
-First there was Stanley Kubrick's famous 1960 epic film. Now there's the popular cable series with a new season on the way Film producer Graham King and his GK Films are developing a new feature film incarnation about Spartacus, the rebel leader who took on the Roman Empire reports Variety.
-Summit Entertainment has scored screen rights to John Huddy's 2008 non-fiction book "Storming Las Vegas" reports Deadline. The story follows Jose Vigoa, a Cuban-born commando veteran of the Soviet army who found his way to Vegas in the 1990s at a time when the town was trying to become squeaky clean. Vigoa and his crew then embarked on a violent 16-month crime wave targeting some prominent casinos while a veteran Vegas police officer was tasked with both tracking him down and burying any potential media stories. Antoine Fuqua may direct,
-"The Green Hornet" star Jay Chou stars in Dante Lam's already in the can action thriller "The Viral Factor" says The Hollywood ReporterChou and Nicholas Tse play estranged brothers on opposite sides of the law, who reunite in their bid to thwart a villain’s plan to spread a fatal virus around the world. The film will be released in late January.
-Canadian commercials and short filmmaker Trevor Cawood ("Terminus") is in negotiations to direct the feature thriller "The Karma Coalition" says The Hollywood Reporter. Shawn Christensen's script centers on a professor who learns his wife, who died five years ago, might still be alive. He battles wits with a corrupt detective, in the process suffering the consequences of discovering the secret organization responsible for faking her death.
-Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious," "XXX") has signed on to direct the $100 million Korean War tale "1950" va a Press Release The story will chronicle New York Herald Tribune correspondent Marguerite Higgins' journey across the Korean peninsula with a platoon of marines. The journey ended with the mass evacuation of nearly 200,000 South Korean civilians as the Chinese and North Korean armies moved in. Shooting aims to kick off in May ahead of a Spring 2013 release. Rachel Long and Brian Pittman penned the script while Brett Donowho, Sean Lee and John Han will produce..
-Fox Searchlight has optioned "Easy A" scribe Bert Royal's comedy spec script "A Thousand Words or Less" reports Variety. The story revolves around a national essay competition that sends three ambitious teenagers into a sexy game of one-upmanship. Royal is also attached to make his directorial debut while Shailene Woodley may star. Michelle Manning and Dana Jackson will produce.
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