*Valkyrie screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie is working on no less than three projects that are being tailored for Tom Cruise reports Variety.*Fellow screenwriter Hossein Amini meanwhile, has been hired to pen the new Jack Ryan flick says The Hollywood Reporter.
Amini's Ryan story is planned as an origin tale not one from Tom Clancy's novels and will feature a new, younger star in the tile role.
I guess Harrison Ford will not be coming back to play Ryan?
I vote for either this guy or this guy--since both of them have been rumored anyway.
*Director Ari Folman("Waltz with Bashir") has acquired rights to sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem's short story "The Futurological Congress " says The Hollywood Reporter.
"Congress" is set in a futuristic world in which everything appears to glisten -- there is an abundance of money and good feeling -- but it all turns out to be dark and drug-induced.
*Writer-director Billy Ray is attached to adapt and direct a film version of the horror fantasy novel "Conjure Wife" says Variety.
The debut novel by fantasy and science fiction writer Fritz Leiber Jr."Conjure" is a supernatural thriller about a New England college professor who discovers that his good fortune is the result of his wife's secret, magical interference.
*Barry Sonnenfeld is attached to direct and produce " The How-to Guide For Saving The World" according to Variety.
BenDavid Grabinski's action comedy script tells the story of a loser who discovers a book on how to prevent an alien invasion and then has to put that knowledge to use when one actually occurs...
-As the regular season draws to a close...The Chicago Bears could still make it to the post-season with a win over the Houston Texans and a little help...
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