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Greg Poirier, known for his National Treasure: The Book of Secrets script, is now being hired by CBS films to write the remake of the classic western series, Gunsmoke. Westerns are becoming the rage again or at least the idea of taking something traditional and putting modern action twists on it like Jonah Hex is [...]

Movies on classic board games and toys are all the rage in Hollywood as of the moment, besides remakes and comic-book adaptations, these properties are seeing some interesting film takes. Sure Transformers and G.I. Joe are expected but Universal’s 6 film agreement with Hasbro  - Battleship, Clue, Quija and more - and even Mattel looking [...]

A few days Corey reported that Kyle Ward was set to pen the script for Hitman 2, now the writer is going to also be adapting the video game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the big screen. Columbia has found Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. The studio is developing the action-adventure video game for a feature film, setting [...]

MTV has released a 45-second preview of the new G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra clip they’ll be airing at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards pre-show on Sunday, May 31 at 7 PM ET on MTV. Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster Transformers, join forces with Spyglass Entertainment for another extraordinary [...]

Empire Magazine has just posted a new international poster for G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, which is set to hit theaters on August 7. I like the poster and it does show the infamous Cobra Commander that we have seen in the previous released material.
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, whose previous collaboration was the worldwide blockbuster [...]

So the “geniuses” behind Smallville, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Shanghai Knights and Spider-man 2 are trying their hands at writing the big screen version of Robotech.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar will pen the script for Robotech for Warner Brothers. The film will be produced by Akiva Goldsman [...]

So the artist formerly known as Two-Face, Aaron Eckhart will star in a new a sci-fi action film for Columbia Pictures.
The Hollywood Reporter,
“the story was written by Chris Bertolini, and it surrounds itself around a Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle on the streets of Los Angeles against an alien invasion.”
Eckhart will play this [...]

Defamer has revealed a photo of Ben Kingsley on the set of Bruckheimer/Walt Disney Pictures‘ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which opens in theaters May 28, 2010.

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Toby Kebbell, and directed by Mike Newell, the fantasy adventure is based on the Ubisoft video game , [...]

Hollywood Elsewhere has reported that Josh Brolin will star in Jonah Hex, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor for Warner Bros.
Based on the graphic novel the film will follow Hex–known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform–a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always [...]

Jerry Bruckheimer is rolling out all the stops for Disney. Prince of Persia is on its way, The Lone Ranger and Pirates 4. Now you can chalk a third National Treasure on that list.
Again at this week’s Walt Disney Studios Showcase, both Jerry Bruckheimer and Nicolas Cage came out on stage to officially announce the [...]