After making three movies in three years (2009's Fired Up!, 2010's Easy A, and 2011's Friends With Benefits), filmmaker Will Gluck has spent the past couple of years weighing his options for his next project. At various points, he's circled the heist flick Sex on the Moon, the action comedy Secretaries Day, the true crime…
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One of Will Smith's kids has his own remake franchise brewing (Jaden, and The Karate Kid) so now the erstwhile Fresh Prince is working on balancing his family dynamics by crafting a similar film for daughter Willow. The property in question this time is Annie, in which Willow Smith will play the moppet adopted by…
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What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 21 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Thanks to the wild popularity of Glee, Ryan Murphy has become a first choice for any film musical. We've heard his name bandied about as a choice for a Rocky Horror Picture Show remake and the film version of Wicked. And now he is evidently the top choice to direct the new version of Annie…
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Late last week we heard that Will Smith might be developing a remake of Annie at Columbia/Sony, the idea being to create a star vehicle for his daughter Willow Smith. At the time there was a rumor that Jay-Z would be involved with the music for the film, just as he was in the production…
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I can't promise this will be the last remake news for the week, but after this one I'll try to present some news that has the spark of the new. Will Smith and Sony are working on a new version of Annie. Much like the new version of The Karate Kid, which Mr. Smith developed…
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Last month it was revealed that Jaden Smith had been cast in director M. Night Shyamalan's new project, a science fiction film scripted by ournalist-turned-screenwriter Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli) titled One Thousand A.E. At the time we didn't know much about the project, with story details being kept tightly under wraps. The only…
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Production Weekly were good to their tweet and this weekend's edition is a monster. Their publication, in case you don't know, is designed to inform craftspeople and crewfolk from the film industry about projects that will be hiring - and, not to put too fine a point on it, result in people getting work. As…
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