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VIDEO: Martin & Jamie Are Sheneneh & Wanda In New Movie

VIDEO: Martin & Jamie Are Sheneneh & Wanda In New Movie

Variety reports that Screen Gems has acquired Sheneneh and Wanda, a comic vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence to star in. The duo would play female characters they developed during their stand up comedy days in the caper film. Clark Kent says:...

 
Fox To Develop An As-Yet-To-Be Titled CIA Thriller

Fox To Develop An As-Yet-To-Be Titled CIA Thriller

Fox is developing a CIA-themed project from writer Harris Wilkinson (Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming) and Peter Chernin’s new 20th Century Fox TV-based production company, reports Variety. Clark Kent says: I really gotta see how this is. Nothing...

 
Adam Sandler To Cross Dress In New Movie?

Adam Sandler To Cross Dress In New Movie?

It seemed like maybe Adam Sandler was looking at ripping that crap-of-a-comedy stigma from him when he starred in Funny People, reminding the world that the old Sandler was a mix of ridiculous laughs and dramedy. But here’s another reason to assume...

 
Someone Is Allowed To Make A New ‘Monster Squad’…?

Someone Is Allowed To Make A New ‘Monster Squad’…?

You will see this headline pass through your Google readers and your Twitter feeds today: “Mike Mitchell to Helm Monster Squad.” Your heart will race, your skin will flush with fury, and you’ll set off to your favorite site to pound...

 
‘Hancock 2′ Is Official… Does Anyone Care Though?

‘Hancock 2′ Is Official… Does Anyone Care Though?

A few weeks ago, Hancock 2 went from being some enthusiastic Will Smith talk to hiring some scriptwriters to make it a reality. It was unknown if anyone but Peter Berg and Will Smith would return for a sequel, but according to Variety, Charlize Theron...

 
Guy Ritchie To Bring Lobo To The Big Screen!

Guy Ritchie To Bring Lobo To The Big Screen!

Warner Bros. Pictures has set Guy Ritchie to direct Lobo, a live action adaptation of the DC Comics title about an alien interstellar bounty hunter, reports Variety.

 
Gough and Millar Pen ‘I Am Number Four’ For Michael Bay

Gough and Millar Pen ‘I Am Number Four’ For Michael Bay

Even Michael Bay needs a break from explosions, robots, and Megan Fox. As Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was demolishing the box office, DreamWorks and Bay bought up the rights to James Frey’s I Am Number 4.

 
I Want Angelina Jolie To Be In ‘Wanted 2′

I Want Angelina Jolie To Be In ‘Wanted 2′

Anne Thompson says that Jolie is reading the current script, with hopeful Universal execs waiting for her thumbs-up. Clark Kent says: I’ll give her some thumbs up… but it won’t be for reading! Haha!

 
A New ‘Bioshock’ Director Has Been Announced

A New ‘Bioshock’ Director Has Been Announced

Variety reports that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who made his Hollywood breakthrough with 28 Weeks Later, is in talks with Universal Pictures to replace Gore Verbinski as the director on the BioShock motion picture.

 
Will Bryan Singer Remake ‘Excalibur’…?!

Will Bryan Singer Remake ‘Excalibur’…?!

Hello, and welcome to another exciting round of ‘What Will Bryan Singer Direct Next?’ Will it be: a) the Battlestar Galactica reboot that was announced last week, or b) X-Men: First Class, the ‘young mutants’ X-Men spin-off written by Hosh Schwartz,...

 
 
 
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