• Sacha Baron Cohen Will Be A British Spy For 'The Incredible Hulk' Director

    Though much of it has been spent under the radar, director Louis Leterrier has so far crafted himself a pretty eclectic career. He's done the action thing, the superhero thing, the fantasy thing, the mystery thing and now he's moving onto the comedy thing.The director of The Transporter, Clash of the Titans, Incredible Hulk and Now You…

    Read More
  • Scott Rudin And 'Wreck-It Ralph' Writer Reviving 'Good Times' As Feature Film

    A set of '70s sitcoms produced or developed by Norman Lear managed to change the tone of American television. All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude all addressed social and political issues to varying degrees through the basic structure of the sitcom. Originally developed…

    Read More
  • Sacha Baron Cohen May Spoof Bond

    Briefly: Sacha Baron Cohen's next project with Paramount may be a slightly more traditional type of comedy than his Da Ali G Show spin-off satires have been. The writer/actor just sold a pitch to the studio that "follows a James Bond-like spy forced to go on the run with his long-lost brother, a moronic soccer…

    Read More
  • James Bobin In Talks, Zach Galifianakis Attached To 'A Confederacy Of Dunces'

    There are long-simmering projects, and then there's A Confederacy of Dunces. A cinematic adaptation of John Kennedy Toole's canonical novel has been in development since the early '80s, and has gone through many hands in the decades since with no success. But Hollywood keeps trying, and now the latest big names to try and crack…

    Read More
  • Joel And Ethan Coen Are Making A TV Comedy About A Private Investigator

    Coen Brothers fans, prepare for paroxysms of excitement. Los. Bros. Awesome are making a TV show. But settle down just a bit, however, because they're not going to be writing every episode, and at this point we're not even certain that Joel or Ethan will direct an installment. But plans are afoot to create a…

    Read More
  • Alexander Payne Returning To Postponed Roadtrip Script 'Nebraska'

    After a few years of relative inactivity (public inactivity, at least) director Alexander Payne is really getting back to work. He's wrapped a feature adaptation of The Descendants, which we could see late this fall during the Sept festival circuit, and now has revived a script that he started considering back in 2004 when Sideways…

    Read More