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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Bag Of Tricks

Some truly scary industry bits start off this latest post--Happy Halloween folks...!!

-Producer Mark Canton has optioned the film rights to soap actor-turned-novelist Ryan Brown's recently published zombie tale "Play Dead" says Variety.

-Dennis Iliadis ("The Last House on the Left" remake) is in negotiations to direct the horror film "The Demonologists" according to The Los Angeles Times.

-Several high profile genre directors have signed on for the thriller spoof and potential franchise starter "Paris I'll Kill You" says The Hollywood Reporter.

-It appears that Tom Hardy and Angelina Jolie are out of Snow White and the Huntsman  The Wrap recently reported that Johnny Depp was being offered the lead role as Hardy has opted out to focus on his role in "The Dark Knight Rises" instead when it begins production in April. And then, Just Jared reported that Jolie had passed on the project and Charlize Theron is now said to be under consideration for the evil queen role. Whatever the case production is geared up to begin in January.

--Ed Harris joins the crime thriller "Man on a Ledge" according to a press release.

--David Mirkin ("The Simpsons Movie," "Heartbreakers") will write, produce and direct a film adaptation of Richard Branson's memoir Losing My Virginity reports Variety.

-- John Carpenter will direct a film adaptation of the comic "Darkchylde" reports STYD.

--The first set photos of Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried on the set of I'm.mortal  are up at Just Jared.



--Swedish actress The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo star, Noomi Rapace will star with her ex-husband in an English-language biopic about the colourful Swedish boxer Boss Hogberg reports The Los Angeles Times.

--"Ridley Scott has reportedly just completed meetings with actresses for the lead role in his  Untitled Alien Prequel #1  and wants the above mentioned Rapace Studio suits will be heavily involved in making the  decision and may want someone with more box-office clout says Deadline

- Directors Colin and Greg Strause are planning ahead and have already finished a 45-page outline for a sequel to November 12th's "Skyline"--if the low-budget alien invasion film does even moderately well, the sequel will get the go ahead says Film School Rejects

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