George Clooney to Sign WB Dev Deal

George Clooney is about to sign a 2-year thetrical development deal with Sony Pictures. “I’ve felt like part of the family for almost 20 years,” Clooney said in an official press release. “I’m tremendously excited to be working at Sony Pictures, and we all feel like it’s a perfect match for Smokehouse. Grant Heslov and …

“Green Lantern” Has a Director

Variety is reporting that James Bond veteran Martin Campbell is very close to signing to helm the Green Lantern movie for Warner Bros. Campbell directed Pierece Brosnan’s first Bond film, “Goldeneye,” as well as Daniel Craig’s debut film, “Casino Royle.”  Having Campbell take on this project gets things going- Warner Bros. is now thinking “Lantern” …

‘Watchmen’ Will Open March 6th

A deal has been reached between Fox and Warner Bros., meaning that the hotly awaited movie “The Watchmen,” will open on March 6th as planned.  To give you the short-short version of the deal, Warner Bros. will distribute the film, Fox will get 8 1/2% of the gross, a cash settlement and a piece of …

Fox Throws Hissy Fit Over ‘Watchmen’

20th Century Fox is asserting its right to create, shoot and distribute a movie based on Alan Moore’s popular comic book.  What’s that you say, Warner Bros. is already doing that?  Send in the lawyers… A  judge has agreed refused to throw out the case, which is good news for Fox.  The short short version …

New Sherlock Holmes Coming from Warner Bros

Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) has signed on to write and direct a new version of Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros. The new film will be inspired by a new comic from Lionel Wigram which paints the classic character as more action oriented. Some of Holmes’ abilities will play a  bigger …

WB Pushes ‘Justice’

Things are all ahead full on Justice League, set to be released in 2009. Production was set to begin prior to the strike, but was held off so the writers could give the script another polish (since when do studios make smart moves like that, which makes me wonder how bad the script really is). …