Sparkly Vampire Lovers Beware, You've got some Witchy Competition Heading Your Way! DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the young adult book series "Wicked." Brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay have signed on to write the adaptation based on their own pitch. The [...]
Read moreTake A Preview Look At JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS Animated DVD
DC Animation and Warner Bros. team up for an animated feature for DVD out next spring. “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths” combine the talents of award-winning animation/ comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League) with Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green [...]
Read moreAnimated XOMBIE Goes Bigtime Thanks To Dreamworks!
James Farr's online animated horror series Xombie could be getting the big screen treatment thanks to DreamWorks. The studio is in negotiations. "Xombie" is based on a Devil's Due comic book by James Farr, itself based on his online animated series. [...]
Read moreShawn Levy To Direct Rock’Em, Sock’Em Robots In ‘Real Steel’
Action director Peter Berg, who had been talking with DreamWorks about taking on the studio's futuristic robot boxing movie "Real Steel," has moved on, opening up the gig to Shawn Levy. Levy is known for directing and producing broad, hit comedies [...]
Read moreJon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. To Play ‘Cowboys & Aliens’
"Iron Man 2" is in the can, and now director Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. want to play "Cowboys and Aliens." Favreau is circling to direct the long-gestating DreamWorks/Universal project, which has had Downey attached since last summer. Imagine Entertainment's [...]
Read moreCreators Of Smallville To Adapt “I Am Number 4”
Smallville creators, Al Gough and Miles Millar have signed on to adapt "I Am Number 4" for producer Michael Bay and DreamWorks Studios. In June, the studio pre-emptively purchased the film rights to the unpublished science fiction novel written by Jobie [...]
Read moreSpielberg To Produce ‘Halo’ Movie?
Rumors that Steven Spielberg is in negotiations to develop the proposed Halo movie have begun to circulate after a report appeared on IESB, apparently the Indiana Jones producer expressed interest in the project after reading a script from screenwriter Stuart [...]
Read moreDreamworks Secures ‘$825 Million Dollars’ In Financing
MUMBAI – DreamWorks Studios has at last secured the financing it needs to get its production slate up and running. Partners in the new venture, Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and Indian billionaire Anil Ambani announced Wednesday night that the studio will [...]
Read moreDreamWorks & Bay Buy Rights To ‘I Am Number Four’
Flush with the cascading waterfall of revenue from their "Transformers" sequel, director Michael Bay and DreamWorks are getting right back into business together. Early Friday afternoon, the studio completed a deal to purchase preemptively the film rights to "I Am Number [...]
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