Dracula Untold Trailer: "Never Forget Who I Am..."

While it briefly popped up online the other day before it was yanked--Universal Pictures has officially released the trailer for its "Dracula" reboot called "Dracula Untold".

Formerly known as "Dracula Year Zero"--the project centers on Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans) and his lust for blood which inspired the mythology behind Bram Stoker's classic novel. In this version Dracula is a Transylvanian prince who risks eternal damnation in order to save his wife and son from a Turkish horde.

Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks and Art Parkinson also star.

Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless wrote the latest draft of the screenplay from which commercials guy Gary Shore is now in poised to direct. Michael De Luca will act as producer.

 "Dracula Untold" is set to hit theaters on October 17, 2014

Doug Liman Coaching "Victory" Remake

"Edge Of Tomorrow" director Doug Liman is in talks to chart a remake of the 1981 World War II Soccer film Victory says THR.

The original film directed by John Huston starred Max Von Sydow, Sylvester Stallone, Sir Michael Caine, sports icon Pelé, Ossie Ardiles and Russell Osman. The story centers on allied prisoners of war interned in a German Pow camp who are forced to play a soccer match against a professional German team, all the while plotting their post-match escape.

Gavin O'Connor ("Warrior") is writing the adapted script for Warner Bros.

Bernie Goldmann and Gianni Nunnari are producing the film. Jon Berg and Racheline Benveniste are overseeing the film for the studio

Liman is also due to call action on the film adaptation of Ubisoft's video game "Splinter Cell" with Tom Hardy in line to star.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron Goes To SDCC 2014!

Actor Mark Ruffalo has confirmed to Collider that the cast of Joss Whedon's superhero team up sequel "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" will be making an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con next month:

"Yeah, we're gonna go out there. We're all flying, we're flying from London. We're working. We're shooting. We're gonna stop and get on a plane and go to Comic Con together. It's gonna be amazing."

He was also asked if attendees will get to see some footage at the popular event:

"There might be some cool new Hulk, Hulk-o, Hulk-o-phobia, Hulk-o-phernalia. Hulk-a-phernalia!"

The sequel DOES NOT follow the Age of Ultron comics storyline--in which the big bad Ultron was created by Hank Pym who becomes Ant-Man. James Spader will both voice Ultron, and he'll have to do some kind of motion-capture as well--This news puts to rest the most popular theory suggesting that Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr,) robot butler J.A.R.V.I.S. (voiced by Paul Bettany) operating system from the Iron Man Films would turn into the villain.

Marvel vets RDJ, Chris Evans Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson Samuel L. Jackson Jeremy Renner Mark Ruffalo, Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders are all expected back Two time Iron Man co-star Don Cheadle is involved this time out according to USA Today. Bettany will appear on screen as The Vision an android created by Ultron as a weapon to be used against the Avengers. Vision can fire beams of radiation and turn invisible--the character ultimately turned the tables on Ultron and became an Avengers member himself.

TV's Hulk Lou Ferrigno has confirmed that he'll return to do the voice of the big guy in the sequel. Ferrigno has said four words as the character so far - "Hulk Smash" in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" and "Puny God" in "The Avengers".

Thomas Kretschmann has landed the role of 2nd bad guy Baron von Strucker. In the comics, the seemingly immortal Strucker is one of the leaders of Hydra, and an enemy of both S.H.I.E.L.D and The Avengers He seemingly beat out rumored candidates Marton Csokas and Dougray Scott who were being considered for the BvS role. The character will have Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and her twin brother Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) apparently working for him in the sequel (American Horror Story favorite Evan Peters plays a different incarnation of the speedy superhero in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past"--in a very cool sequence in the film). Korean actress  Soo-hyun Kim will play a bad gal role.

Radar Online has an unidentified source that claims that RDJ is campaigning to get his pals Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster a role in the movie.

Some non principal filming took place in South Africa Production on the 'Avengers' sequel continues to meet a release date of May 1, 2015.

Bob Orci Talks "Star Trek 3"

Now that it's been confirmed that Roberto Orci is going to direct Star Trek 3 he has started talking a bit about his plans for the next film.

Orci co-wrote and produced J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" '09 and "Star Trek Into Darkness" with longtime partner Alex Kurtzman. Abrams commitments to the Star Wars: Episode VII kept him from coming back. Names like "Attack the Block" filmmaker Joe Cornish, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" director Rupert Wyatt and G.I. Joe: Retaliation" director Jon M. Chu were in the mix to call action.

Kurtzman meanwhile is turning his attention towards the Spider-Man film series at Sony Pictures.

"Thor" and "X-Men: First Class" writers and "Fringe" producers Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz were eyed to script the sequel but opted not to do it.

Now J.D. Payne, Patrick McKay and Orci are co-writing the next film.

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho are all expected to return to the Final Frontier in their respective roles as Kirk Spock Uhura Dr. McCoy Scotty Chekov and Sulu.

Abrams Bryan Burke and David Ellison will produce the film

Skydance was reportedly behind Orci's hiring to helm the film, but they had to convince Paramount.

The sequel is going to move forward quickly to make a 2016 bow coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the "Star Trek" franchise.

During a recent edition of the podcast Humans From Earth with Geoff Boucher, Orci promises the next film will be more like the original series than the previous two movies with the crew now out exploring space on their five-year mission:

"In [Into Darkness] they set out finally where the original series started. The first two films - especially the 2009 [reset] - was an origin story. It was about them coming together. So they weren't the characters they were in the original series. They were growing into them and that continues on in the second movie. So in this movie they are closer than they are to the original series characters that you have ever seen. They have set off on their five-year mission. So their adventure is going to be in deep space... they are in deep space now, so lets see what's out there."

Orci also promised less secrecy this time out (yay!):

"I think it is going to be more of a mix. On the one hand you want the story to have surprises. Otherwise why even go to the movie?. On the other hand you want to share enough of it to let people know what they are going to get and what they can expect and what the experience is going to feel like. In terms of behind the scenes, audiences are now so savvy, I think it is kind of fun to be more transparent. And let people into the process of how you are doing things and let them watch you do the movie. You can see behind the scenes without knowing what the context of the scene is or what the story is."

Box Office Preview: One For The Ages?

This weekend Michael Bay's sequel Transformers: Age Of Extinction (reviews) arrives...that means you can expect high contrast, saturation, explosions, good looking females running, an epic scale and some really cool visual effects shots.

The Earth has been left scarred after the events of the first three movies, with humanity picking up the pieces after the Transformers disappeared. The new film follows a high school student, and daughter (Nicola Peltz) of Mark Wahlberg's Cade Yeager--an inventor who discovers a buried Transformer, which sets the stage for their return. Jack Reynor plays her race car driver boyfriend.

The post-apocalyptic thriller "SnowPiercer" (reviews) begins its limited run. The film is an adaptation of a French comic "Le Transperceneige and is set in a future when an Ice Age has killed off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but a revolution bubbles up.

Chris Evans, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton Jamie Bell Kenny Doughty Oscar winner Octavia Spencer Ewen Bremner and Kang Ho star for "The Host" director Joon-ho Bong.

Pamela McClintock of THR:

Paramount's Transformers: Age of Extinction is hoping to set off early fireworks and become the first movie of 2014 to cross the $100 million mark in its North American debut this weekend, as well as reboot director Michael Bay's action franchise with a new leading man, Mark Wahlberg.

Pre-release tracking services show the movie opening in the $100 million range, although Paramount is trying to temper expectations by noting its been three years since the last film in the series, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, played in theaters, taking in $97.9 million on its first weekend in 2011. Also, Age of Extinction has a new look and feel sans Shia LaBeouf, previous star of the Paramount and Hasbro toy-to-film series.

Studio insiders say anything on par with the debut of Dark of the Moon would be a major victory for Age of Extinction, which cost north of $200 million to make.

The first three Transformers movies took in a combined $2.7 billion at the worldwide box office, and all opened over Fourth of July week, instead of a week before, as Age of Extinction is doing (Dark of the Moon is the highest grossing, with $1.12 billion in ticket sales).

Age of Extinction should do massive business overseas, where it is rolling out this weekend in Russia, Australia and most of Asia, including China (it opens later in Japan). Normally, it would have debuted day-and-date around the globe, but Paramount is waiting in many markets because of the World Cup (Russia's team has already been eliminated from the soccer championships).

Domestically, the 3D tentpole is widely expected to score the best opening of the year to date, besting the $95 million debut of Captain America: The Winter Soldier in April.

Young stars Nicola Peltz and Jack Reynor also make their first appearance in the franchise. Age of Extinction takes place four years after a devastating face-off between the Autobots and the Decepticons in Chicago, and introduces the Dinobots (i.e., dinosaurs) for the first time.

During production of Dark of the Moon, both Bay and LaBeouf confirmed it would be their final Transformers film. A number of other directors were considered, but Bay ultimately decided to return and make the movie for Paramount and Hasbro.

No other movie dared go up against Age of Extinction and open nationwide this weekend, although a slew of specialty films begin their limited runs -- including three from The Weinstein Co., John Carney's Begin Again, starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Hailee Steinfeld, Korean film Snowpiercer (a Radius-TWC release) and French biopic Yves Saint Laurent.

Steve Pink Charts "Overnight" Stay

THR says that Hot Tub Time Machine 2 helmer Steve Pink will call action on the family comedy Overnight.

Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) was in talks to direct, but a deal was never reached.

The story follows a father and son winning the chance to spend the night inside a new FAO Schwarz style store. Their sleepover is interrupted when thieves break in.

 Will Ferrell is being eyed to play the dad.

Oren Uziel penned the screenplay.

 Sony Pictures put the project in turnaround where Disney picked it up last year. Pink is also set to direct “Vacation Friends”, starring real life duo Anna Faris and Chris Pratt.

Frank Darabont Tipped For "Snow White And The Huntsman 2"

The Wrap reports that Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption") has been offered the job of directing Snow White and the Huntsman 2.

Darabont beat out Andy Muschietti ("Mama") and  Gavin O'Connor ("Warrior"). While  the decision has been made, he has reportedly not yet been presented with an offer yet.

Back in August 2012--it was revealed that Universal Pictures originally planned to continue the franchise by featuring two more films with Kristen Stewart as Snow White, then a spin-off with Chris Hemsworth alone. Due to Stewart's troubles for cheating on Robert Pattinson with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, the studio was scrapping the current draft for the sequel, and “exploring options to continue the franchise” –with or without Stewart, And at that time said that"no decision has been made."

The reason Darabont was selected was that he seemingly pitched a new spin on the sequel that indeed puts the focus on the Huntsman character. As a result, Stewart may not even need to return as Snow White, if she does, it'll be in a significantly reduced capacity. It also means a title change.

 Production could happen soon though, Hemsworth's schedule is clear once he wraps "Avengers: Age of Ultron »
 
Universal reportedly wants the sequel ready in time for a 2016 release.

Batman v Superman-DOJ: Scoot McNairy Gets Unknown Role

Scoot McNairy ("Argo," "The Rover") has seemingly joined Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman/Batman team-up film called "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" according to Deadline. Nobody at the studio will confirm the news or reveal what the role is.

DOJ will see the return of Henry Cavill as Superman/Clark Kent, Ben Affleck will play Bruce Wayne/Batman amid lots of fallout--while Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane are set to reprise their roles as Lois Lane, Perry White and Martha Kent. "Fast Five" star Gal Gadot's playing Wonder Woman.

How big Gadot's role as WW is, is unknown at this point. Godot beat out Olga Kurylenko and Elodie Yung for the role. Thor: The Dark World" actress is Jaimie Alexander was also linked.

Some time ago there was noise that the production was seeking is a love interest for the Dark Knight in the film. The Type? A woman in their late 20s of any ethnicity.  Adding that she be tall and "possess physicality".

The notice DID NOT give a name for the character, which led to speculation that it was anyone from Vicki Vale to Wonder Woman. A leaked casting call had fanboys thinking that the Amazon warrior was in the pic.

A love interest for Bats suggests that he will have a larger part in the film than expected.

Rumors started that reportedly confirmed that Jason Momoa has been cast as Aquaman for both DOJ and "Justice League".  In response Momoa posted a new photo via Instagram that seemed like a response to the chatter that could go either way (though most likely it's a denial) - The pic sees him  holding a pitchfork like a trident, but he's also holding up his middle finger.

Momoa has been linked to Warner Bros' upcoming DC Entertainment plans for a long time but he's been suggested for numerous other roles like Doomsday or Metallo alien hero Martian Manhunter who also happens to like Oreo Cookies. The imposing actor has been asked about the talk several times but has always denied that he's up for a role.

 Ray Fisher is playing the role of Cyborg in the film. Jeremy Irons has been cast as Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth. Jesse Eisenberg is playing Lex Luthor

There were reports that suggested that the chatter about former "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston was playing Lex in the upcoming movie were true were denied by the actor. In fact he and fellow early frontrunner Mark Strong were never offered the role. Tom Hanks was internally discussed but an offer was never made.

Instead, they stuck with a next generation' mandate. We were told that Joaquin Phoenix came up as a contender for Lex. The trade says that he passed.

Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey and Tao Okamoto ("The Wolverine") have joined the cast. Specifics about their new characters are being kept under wraps. Australian actor Mulvey ("Zero Dark Thirty) has  been rumored for the role of an (unnamed) villain in the film for quite some time now....

 Spanish site El Multicine which claims that "Looper"and "Edge Of Tomorrow" actress Emily Blunt is close to inking a deal for an unspecified role.

Batman on Film also suggests that the character of Commissioner Jim Gordon is in the film, however there's no word on potential casting or confirmation at this time. The character is front and center in Fox Broadcasting's fantastic looking new Fall TV Series prequel Gotham starring  Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, and Jada Pinkett Smith

More rumors ran recently that Girls co-star Adam Driver was the frontrunner to play the character of Dick Grayson, the post-Robin Nightwing incarnation in the film. The original story mentioned that two other actors are in the mix for the role. Less than 24 hours later "Gossip Girl" and "Easy A" star Penn Badgley and "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" and "We Need To Talk About Kevin" star Ezra Miller were said to be in mix for the part. Driver denied any such talk...With good reason since he was really up for Lex. He turned it down due to scheduling conflicts. Denzel Washington was also among a list potentials for Lex generated by Thinkmcflythink as were Idris Elba and Colin Salmon.

Speculation is that Jason Momoa is up for the bad guy--say perhaps Doomsday or Metallo. Or another notion is that he might play alien hero Martian Manhunter who also happens to like Oreo Cookies. The imposing actor denies that he's up for a role

Singer Justin Bieber uploaded a photo on his Instagram account showing him holding up what appeared to be a personalized script for the film with the hashtag "#Robin" but it turned out to be a prop for a Funny or Die skit.

The speedster The Flash is said to be in the script.

Meantime: The star of The CW's popular Arrow TV series Stephen Amell posted a "Justice League" comic image on his official Facebook page.  We already know that Flash (Grant Gustin) showed up there for a few eps before getting his own show this Fall (Watch an extended trailer). Could more of DC Entertainment's "Justice League" be coming to "Arrow"? For now the DC Cinematic Universe will NOT co-exist with the TV heroics...There are rumors about where the films might go as well as the  TV side of things...

"Man Of Steel" writer David S. Goyer was back on the keyboard but now--THR reports that  Chris Terrio, who won an Oscar for writing Affleck's “Argo,” has been hired to write the latest draft of the MOS 2 script. 

Goyer is in the midst of developing several projects including an adaptation of author Neil Gaiman's  popular comic book series Sandman, which he’ll produce with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven return to executive produce the multi-hero film.

Sources say the new movie is going for the tone of the relationship and fight seen in Frank Miller’s 1980s ground-breaking mini-series The Dark Knight Returns.

The release has been delayed a full 10 months for a number of reasons. As a result, the original release date of July 17th 2015 is no longer doable. Now, the studio is targeting a May 6th 2016 release. They quickly inserted the fantasy Pan into that original slot. MOS 2 will go head to head with "Captain America 3"--or not...

Production is officially underway on the film.

Once DOJ is completed  Snyder will helm the long planned Justice League movie.

"Take Cover!"--Into The Storm Trailer

The full trailer for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema's found-footage natural disaster thriller once called Category Six and then "Black Sky," before settling on "Into the Storm" has blown in...

 The script by John Swetnam follows multiple characters who are brought together in small-town Oklahoma who must confront intense tornado activity.

Prison Break and The Walking Dead's Sarah Wayne Callies plays a meteorologist gathering data  close-up tornado observation who has teamed up with a storm chaser (Matt Walsh) intent on getting the ultimate shot. Richard Armitage plays an assistant school principal who goes from overseeing a graduation ceremony to frantically trying to find his missing son.

Nathan Kress, Arlen Escarpeta, Jeremy Sumpter, Kyle Davis and Jon Reep also star.

Steve Quale ("Final Destination 5") called the shots--he is also known for his work as James Cameron's visual effects supervisor and second unit director on "Avatar" and "Titanic".

Todd Garner will produce the film.

"Into the Storm" is set for an August 8th 2014 release.

Twister for a new generation?

Bentley And Alexander Set To Say "Broken Vows"

Wes Bentley and Jaimie Alexander will star in psychological thriller Broken Vows says The Hollywood Reporter. 

The story follows a charming yet troubled man named Patrick (Bentley) who seduces Tara (Alexander), but when she rejects him, he is sent spiraling into madness and delusion, erupting into psychotic rage.

 Jim Agnew and Sean Keller wrote the script from which Bram Coppens will make his directorial debut.

Wendy Benge is producing the pic while Larry Ladove (The Butler, Life of Crime) will serve as executive producer.

The Karate Kid 2 Loses Breck Eisner; Gets New Writers

Deadline reports that Breck Eisner has vacated the job of calling action on the sequel The Karate Kid 2. Scheduling conflicts is given as the reason for the departure.

Harald Zwart directed the 2010 film--itself a remake of the 1984 crowd-pleaser

Starring Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson the redux grossed $56 million on its opening weekend and ended up making $343 million worldwide.

Smith and Jackie Chan are reprising their roles for the sequel, but no story details have been released.

Two new writers Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been hired to redraft the script following the work of Kung Fu Panda scribes Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff  who wrote the previous draft.

The director is still attached to helm The Last Witch Hunter, in which Vin Diesel is set to star.

Hanks & Ryan Team For "Ithaca"

THR reports that "Sleepless in Seattle" Joe Versus the Volcano and "You've Got Mail" duo Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks will reunite for "Ithaca" on which Ryan will make her directorial debut.

 Based upon author William Saroyan's novel "The Human Comedy," the action is set in 1942 in a small California town where a fourteen-year-old teen is determined to be the best bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen.His older brother has gone to war, leaving him to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother. He also struggles with a message that will change him forever..

Hanks will cameo in the film.

Sam Shepard, Melanie Griffith and Jack Quaid also star.

Erik Jendresen ("Band Of Brothers") wrote the adapted screenplay.

Janet Brenner, Laura Ivey, Ryan and Jendresen are producing the film.

Hanks and Gary Goetzman will executive produce.

The film begins shooting next month in Virginia

EW Travels Down "Mad Max: Fury Road"

The latest issue of EW gives us our first good look at George Miller's reboot of the Mad Max franchise "Mad Max: Fury Road".

Tom Hardy will star as post-apocalyptic drifter Max Rockatansky made famous first by Mel Gibson.

The plot sees Max get caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived.

Aussies Megan Gale John Howard, Angus Sampson and Gillian Jones join Nicholas Hoult, Riley Keough, Charlize Theron Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Adelaide Clemens also star. Aussie Supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw will make her acting debut in the pic.

The cover photo of Hardy as Max and the first shot of Theron as Imperator Furiosa is pretty sweet.

Miller says 'Fury Road' involves only a few digital effects and "even less dialogue," rather it's in "the crucible of very intense action, the characters are revealed."  In fact, the film really is just one big action set piece. Miller says: "I wanted to tell a linear story–a chase that starts as the movie begins and continues for 110 minutes."

 Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures have confirmed that has a U.S. release date of May 15th 2015.

Rooney Mara Will Reside In "A House In The Sky”

Variety reports that Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) will produce and star in the drama "A House in the Sky”.

The story charts 15-month imprisonment of Amanda Lindhout (Mara). She was abducted in 2008 in Mogadishu, Somalia, by a rebel terrorist group and kept in captivity for 460 days with photographer Nigel Brennan, before they were released following ransom payments by their families.

 The memoir co-authored by Sara Corbett details the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her captors as who kept in chains, nearly starved, and subjected to abuse.

Megan Ellison will also produce and Annapura Pictures' Chelsea Barnard will executive produce the project.

Dermot Mulroney Pegged For "Insidious: Chapter 3"

Dermot Mulroney ("August: Osage County") will star in the horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 3".

The casting news comes via Twitter:

HUGELY excited to officially announce that great actor/great human Dermot Mulroney has been cast as one of the leads in Insidious Chapter 3!
— Leigh Whannell (@LWhannell) June 25, 2014

 Plot and character details are being kept under wraps.

 Stefanie Scott ("A.N.T. Farm") also stars

The first two films starred Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, and Barbara Hershey. it’s unclear if any of them will actually return

"Saw" and "Insidious" writer/actor Leigh Whannell will direct here. He wrote and starred as 'Specs' in the first two films and is expected to do so again for this one, as well as calling action 

Director James Wan said that  Insidious: Chapter 2 was his last horror film. He's now hard at work on Fast & Furious 7 but remains onboard as producer with Jason Blum and Oren Peli 

The film is slated to begin shooting on July 7th ahead of an April 3rd 2015 release.

Jack Reynor Sought For Baseball Biopic

Deadline reports that Transformers: Age Of Extinction star Jack Reynor is poised to star in the as yet Untitled Biopic about famed baseball player Josh Hamilton.

A true prodigy at 15, Hamilton was the first player chosen in the 1999 MLB draft and signed with the The Tampa Bay Rays for a then record $4 million. After a car accident, he ended up living on his own for the first time and had trouble adjusting- turning to booze and cocaine which destroyed his career. Years later he came to terms with his destructive ways and is slowly trying to turn it around.

 Casey Affleck will write and direct the film.

Basil Iwanyk and Kevin Walsh will produce alongside Hamilton, his wife Katie and Hamilton’s business manager Steve Reed.

Sudeikis Joins Jared Hess' New Comedy

THR reports that Jason Sudeikis is set to join an as yet untitled action comedy.

Previously titled "Loomis Fargo"-- Based on the real life 1997 theft of an armored car in North Carolina, the film would follow a band of Southern armored car guards who pull off a huge heist of $17 million.

 Sudeikis would play a hitman here

 Zach Galifianakis Owen Wilson and Kristen Wiig will also also star. Jim Carrey
was poised to star at one point but has moved on.

"Up All Night" creator Emily Spivey wrote the original draft of the script which numerous writers have taken a crack at it including Danny McBride and Jody Hill.

Jared Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite") is directing the project while Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn are producing the film.

Cameras should be rolling the cameras next month in North Carolina to meet an August 2015 US release date.

Will Poulter In Talks For "The Revenant"

Variety reports that We're the Millers star Will Poulter is in line to join the period revenge thriller "The Revenant".

Based on author Michael Punke's novel, the story follows Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) a gold-seeking fur trapper who is mauled by a bear. When the two men who are were supposed to take care of him rob him and leave him to die alone, the man wills himself to survive and goes on a 350 mile journey though the wilderness.

Leo's "Inception" co-star Tom Hardy would likely replace Sean Penn who was attached to co-star in the pic a few years ago.

Alejandro González Iñárritu is directing from an adapted screenplay he co-wrote with Mark L. Smith (The Hole),

González Iñárritu Steve Golin, Keith Redmon, David Kanter, Arnon Milchan and James W. Skotchdopole are producing the film. 

Production is slated to begin in September ahead of a Fall 2015 release.

Ben Kingsley Tipped For Disney's "Jungle Book"

It has been announced that Ben Kingsley has joined  Disney's new live-action film adaptation of author Rudyard Kipling's classic India-set 1894 short story collection called The Jungle Book.

The majority of the tales focus on Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves whose friends include a bear named Baloo and a panther by the name of Bagheera. They also encounter a tiger adversary named Shere Khan (Idris Elba will both mo-cap perform and provide the voice).

Kingsley will play the black panther Bagheera.

Lupita Nyong'o is playing Rakcha, the wolf who takes in the orphan Mogwli. Scarlett Johansson will portray the sling python Kaa.

Mowgli and the bear Baloo have yet to be cast.

Justin Marks will write the script for "Iron Man" director Jon Favreau.

Robert Legato ("Avatar") will oversee the motion capture elements in the film

The film is scheduled for release on October 9th 2015.

Since the property is in the public domain, Warner Bros is developing its own version with Harry Potter film series writer Steve Kloves working on the script. Filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu had been attached to direct, but he left over scheduling conflicts. Now motion capture actor Andy Serkis is set to direct that version

Emayatzy Corinealdi Steps In For Zoe For "Miles Ahead"

Emayatzy Corinealdi ("Middle of Nowhere") is in negotiations to replace Zoe Saldana as the female lead in the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead aka Kill The Trumpet Player says Deadline.

Actor Don Cheadle’s set to star in and make his feature film directorial debut here. The story chronicles a few dangerous days in Davis (Cheadle)’ life when he teams up with a Rolling Stone journalist (Ewan McGregor) to hunt down a stolen recording intended to reignite his career.

Corinealdi would play Davis' wife Frances Taylor while Boardwalk Empire's Michael Stuhlbarg has joined the film as well

Keith Stanfield ("Short Term 12") will play Junior, an edgy but impressionable trumpet player involved in the theft.

Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson penned the script.

Cheadle Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum Darryl Porter Vince Wilburn Jr, Lenore Zerman and Pamela Hirsch will produce the pic 

Herbie Hancock is the musical supervisor.

Production begins next month in Cincinnati.