Compiled by the staff at Moviehole, Quick News is an assortment of news bites and other miscellaneous items, linkage and plugs that we just couldn’t find either time or space (or both) to place as individual news items. If you’d like something included in this section email us or tweet us!
Mark Wahlberg may be taking on “Bait and Switch“, an action-comedy (a’la “The Other Guys”) from tyro scribe Matthew J. O’Neill (More..)
George Clooney is tipped to reprise his role as bank-robber Jack Foley from “Out of Sight” for another Elmore Leonard film adaptation, “Road Dogs“. Says the author, “Clooney is one of the few actors who can deliver the words exactly the way that I heard them when I wrote them. I’ve sent the new book to George. The role is the same guy as Out Of Sight. I don’t know if he’s read it yet though” (More…)
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new animated series “The Governator” has been snapped up – or will likely be by the time you finish this column – by most international territories. (More…)
David Gordon Green (“Your Highness”) tells ThePlaylist he’s penned a remake of ’60s classic “Ice Station Zebra“. “I just finished a script for Warner Bros. that’s a remake of ‘Ice Station Zebra’ that’s a big military movie”, revealed Green. “And I got to go camp out on the Arctic Circle with the Navy and explore those kind of… you know just the lingo and the politics of what’s going on in the arctic right now so it truly is a passport. Like literally Warner Brothers says, ‘Do you want to get on a jet with the Navy and get on a submarine?’ and you’re like, ‘absofuckinglutely!’”
Danny McBride says he and Jody Hill have penned a bank-robbing yarn based on a real-life hold-up. “These rednecks robbed Loomis Fargo for over $17 million. And they would have gotten away with it, except they stayed in the town they were living in. They literally moved from trailers into the richest neighborhoods in town, lived like kings, bought their wives tit jobs. Jody wants to make it like a southern Godfather.” (More…)
Dane DeHaan (“In Treatment”) will star in director Max Landis’ “Chronicles“, a teen drama about some kids who develop powers resulting from an encounter with some kind of mysterious substance (More…)
The “300” follow-up will happen, but it won’t be called “Xerxes” says producer Mark Canton. (More…)
MI6-HQ have heard that the next James Bond flick, which Sam Mendes will direct returning star Daniel Craig in, may shoot in South Africa.
Jay Baruchel (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”) has joined the cast of the Robert Pattinson starring David Cronenberg directed “Cosmopolis” (More…)
“Shawshank Redemption” star Tim Robbins is headed for a film adaptation of Dean Koontz’ “Old Thomas“. Addison Timlin is also in talks. Anton Yelchin is already onboard. (More…)
Catherine Tate (“Doctor Who”) and James Spader (“Less than Zero”) are the hot tips to replace Steve Carell on “The Office” next season. (More…)
Thandie Newton is joining Tyler Perry on the actor/writer/director’s next, “Good Deeds” (More…)
Former “Prison Break” star William Fichtner has joined two new flicks, the Neill Blomkamp/Jodie Foster science-fictioner “Elysium” and the indy comedy “Wrong” (More…)
James Marsh’s “Shadow Dancer” has attracted the likes of Gillian Anderson, Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough and Aidan Gillen. Guy Pearce and Rebecca Hall were previously set to star. (More…)
Maggie Grace has signed to reprise his role of Liam Neeson’s spunky kid in “Taken 2“. (More…)
Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”) will play a vixen who sucks The Three Stooges into a murder-for-hire scam in the Farrelly Brothers’ “Stooges” flick. (More…)
Penelope Cruz and Woody Allen, whose last collaboration was “Vicki Christina Barcelona”, will reunite on Allen’s next flick (More…)
That “Apes” prequel movie has a new title : “Rise of the Planet of the Apes“, according to ComicBookMovie.com
