And so now comes talk that director Christopher Nolan is thinking of rebooting the Superman franchise.
The topic at the Batcave on Monday night was the future of that other superhero — you know, the one from Metropolis. “It’s very exciting; we have a fantastic story,” Christopher Nolan said while sipping tea in the sleek editing [...]

It was just a matter of time before another rainbow classic from Hollywood’s golden era gets on the radar of the movie studios to be remade - or rather updated for modern audiences.
Fresh off Disney’s massive success with Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” Warner Bros. wants to remake another childhood classic. Like, really classic.
The studio [...]

Harrison Ford says an idea for the storyline for the fifth Indiana Jones film has been agreed.
The Hollywood actor says he, director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas have come up with a rough outline for the follow-up to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
He said: “Steven [Spielberg] and George [Lucas] and I are sort of [...]

Peter Sarsgaard is in negotiations to play the villain in “Green Lantern,” a big-budget movie based starring Ryan Reynolds as the DC Comics superhero.
Sarsgaard will play Dr. Hector Hammond, the pathologist son of a senator who is seen as a disappointment in his father’s eyes. He becomes infused with psychic powers when he discovers a meteor. [...]

‘The Hangover’ was last year’s surprise movie hit that nobody saw coming and now it’s killing sales on DVD. But the news through the grapevine has been talk of a movie sequel. When the movie crossed over into mainstream pop culture, three significant things happened.
Number one, a sequel was guaranteed. Director Todd Phillips is preparing it [...]

Eddie Murphy has always credited Richard Pryor as being his inspiration for getting into comedy. Murphy did a pitch-perfect imitation of Pryor in his concert film, “Raw,” and he cast his idol in his sole directorial effort, “Harlem Nights.” It seemed only natural when it was announced in February that Murphy would star in a film about Pryor’s [...]

New Line is going on a “Vacation.” The Warner Bros. division is developing a sequel of sorts to the 1983 comedy classic, with “Wedding Crashers” director David Dobkin attached to produce and possibly direct.
A writer has not yet been hired, but the idea for the script is already developed. The story focuses on Rusty Griswold, [...]

Universal Pictures has added Barbie to its star stable. 
 
The studio has made a deal with Mattel to build a live action film around its signature toy line. Studios are placing a premium on building films around well-known concepts. Universal brass feels it has landed the queen of globally branded toy figures.  
Laurence Mark will produce.
 
According to [...]

Columbia Pictures is developing a third installment of the high-octane “Bad Boys” franchise, tapping Peter Craig to pen the screenplay.
The hope is to have a script that would reunite director Michael Bay, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. At this point, with the project in the early stages, none has a [...]

In a recent panel at Comic-Con, director Peter Jackson spoke about the status of the Tintin movie with Steven Spielberg directing the first in a trilogy of movies about the plucky comic book boy reporter:
“[Director] Steven [Spielberg] has just finished his cut of the film he directed, the first one, so I’m going to get [...]