Is Antoine Fuqua trying to compete with Guillermo del Toro for the 'guy attached to the most projects' award? In the past year alone we've heard that he might direct a Tupac Shakur film, a movie called Afterburn, a Chinese epic, the Eminem boxing film Southpaw, the Summit project Storming Las Vegas, and a Showtime…
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When Matthew Vaughn was announced as director of X-Men: First Class, you wouldn't have been errant in guessing that this news would quickly follow. Vaughn and Jane Goldman worked closely together on Stardust and Kick-Ass, so it was logical to guess that she might contribute to First Class as well. Indeed, we're now hearing that…
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There was recently some doubt that Bryan Singer would direct Fox's X-Men prequel X-Men: First Class. The director seemed to have been set to make the film in December of last year when he announced that a deal had been signed to reunite him with Fox. But Singer has to make Jack the Giant Killer…
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Last night, Bryan Singer finally confirmed that he has signed on to direct the X-Men spin-off/prequel film X-Men Origins: First Class. THR is now reporting that Fox has hired a new screenwriter to work with Singer on developing the project: Jamie Moss, writer of the 2008 Fox Searchlight film Street Kings. Moss also worked on…
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DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese postcyberpunk manga Ghost in the Shell after Steven Spielberg took personal interest in the popular anime property. Variety reports that the studio plans to develop Shell into a 3D live-action feature-length film. Created by Masamune Shirow (Appleseed), Ghost in the Shell was first published in 1989 in Young…
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