-"Bridesmaids" director Paul Feig is "in the middle of very complex negotiations" about helming a third instalment of the "Bridget Jones" film comedy series reports The Daily Mail.
-Gemma Arterton, Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp and Christopher Eccleston have alll signed on to star in Paul Andrew Williams' says Screen Daily
-Michael Sucsy (HBO's "Grey Gardens") has signed a deal to direct an adaptation of Rebecca Serle's upcoming novel "Rosaline" at Fox 2000 says The Hollywood Reporter. A retelling of Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" set in the 16th century and follows 17-year-old Rosaline Caplet, the ex-girlfriend of Romeo, getting her perspective of the iconic love story.
-Former Friends star David Schwimmer wants to do a film adaptation of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" as his next directing gig reports Empire.
-There's a film adaptation of Kevin Michael Connolly's memoir "Double Take" on the way reports Deadline.
-Warner Bros. Pictures has won the film rights to the Image Comics mini-series "Undying Love" reports Heat Vision.
-Ian Ziering will join Nia Vardalos in the as yet untitled American Girl film which begins shooting later this month in Winnipeg says Variety The film is based on the popular line of dolls and accessories.
-Actor and comedian J.B. Smoove has been cast in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy "The Dictator" says The Hollywood Reporter Smoove will play the character called "Usher" Filming is currently underway in New York.
-Niels Arden Oplev, the director behind the Swedish-language film adaptation of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", is in negotiations to direct the thriller "Game Theory" says Deadline.
-John Malkovich is set to star in the Russian crime drama "Siberian Education" reports Variety.
-"Salt" writer Kurt Wimmer has apparently penned a script for a remake (NOT a sequel) of Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action classic "Point Break" says Twitchfilm
-Michael Bay is going back to the basics for his post-Trasformers pic with the low-budget dark comedy "Pain and Gain" reports MTV News.
-James Cameron says that the next 2 "Avatar" films will not complete a trilogy Speaking with Fox News. he said "We’re shooting two films back-to-back, so I’m writing two scripts, not one, which will complete a [three]-film story arc – not really a trilogy, but just an overall character arc so I’m pretty excited about that. We’re doing a lot of preliminary work right now on new software and new animation techniques and so on. We’re creating a new facility in Manhattan Beach so everybody that’s not already dead is coming back." Cameron added "There’s always an expectation…My job is take the audience on a journey and entertain them. The second I am sitting down writing, I just go to Pandora. I don’t think about that stuff, about standing on a red carpet. It has its own life, really. The characters have their own lives."
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