- God help us but a 'Friday the 13th' remake has been assigned scribes which makes it seem all the more inevitable. Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have been tapped to write the remake of the horror classic being produced by Platinum Dunes for New Line.
- Only a few weeks after the mock 'Escobar' movie "Medellin" premiered on TVs "Entourage", a studio announces its intentions to make such a movie. Javier Bardem and Christian Bale - no mention of Adrian Grenier, sad to say - will topline "Killing Pablo", a Yari Film Group project that Joe Carnahan ("Smokin' Aces") will direct.
- Variety has announced that Peter Morgan has started work on a sequel to ''The Queen'', which will dig into former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair's relationships with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
- Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman will re-team for director Wes Anderson's stop-motion animation pic "The Fantastic Mr Fox." Anderson tells MTV "George Clooney is going to be Mr. Fox. Bill Murray has a part. Jason [Schwartzman] is doing a voice. That's our team." Cate Blanchett voices Mrs. Fox.
- Universal is working with Peter Berg to do a flick based on John Pearson's book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty. Story revolves around the true kidnapping of J. Paul, which is fascinating.
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