Spielberg to Direct ‘Harvey’

Steven Spielberg is a curious fellah, because sometimes I feel like he’s got so much on queue, its a wonder how anything gets done. But, time to add another to the beard’s long list of upcoming projects. Spielberg will be directing a remake of the 1950 classic Harvey, about a man and his best friend …

Ridley Scott to Direct ‘Alien’ Prequel

It makes me ridiculously happy to report this. Ridley Scott is returning to the Alien franchise as director. 20th Century Fox has hired scribe Jon Spaihts to write a prequel to the 1979 film that Ridley Scott directed. The film tells the story of a commercial towing ship that responds to a distress signal from …

Howard to Direct ‘Mosaic’

Ron Howard has signed on to direct ‘The Parsifal Mosaic,’ an adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s espionage thriller. The book will be adapted by scribe David Self, which tells the story of a CIA operative who thnks he witnessed the execution of his lover after she was identified as a KGB double agent. No actors have …

Pirates 4 Start Date Confirmed

Oren Aviv has told Coming Soon.net that the next ‘Pirates Caribbean’ has a start date. He told the web blog “We’re going to shoot ‘Pirates 4’ in April and May of next year. We are going to release it hopefully in 2011 is the plan” Their hoping that Pirates 4 will be the start of …

Bardem Leaves ‘Wall Street’ Sequel

Actor Javier Bardem has backed out of the sequel to Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street,’ due to scheduling difficulties. The sequel is called ‘Money Never Sleeps,’ and stars Shia LaBeouf, as the soon to be son in law of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Bardem was set to play a villian, a hedge fun manager. Bardem will …

Vatche on Sam Raimi Directing WOW Film

All I have to say is holy. crap. Sam Raimi, director of Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, and Spider-Man has signed on to direct World of Warcraft, an adaptation of the infamous massively multiplayer online role playing game. The game comes from Blizzard Entertainment, also known for their Diablo and Starcraft franchises. The report has …

Cage to Join Hornet

Nicolas Cage is in preliminary talks to join the cast of ‘The Green Hornet.’ The film is being directed by Michel Gondry and sells Seth Rogen as the title crime fighter. Cage is in talks to play the gangster villain. Also Cameron Diaz will possibly join the cast as the reporter/love interest. The film is …