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DreamWorks is putting together a biopic on one of the composers in history, George Gershwin.
The studio bought the script from writer Doug Wright, who penned the highly acclaimed Memoirs of a Geisha. Apparently, the deal for the script sale is almost near complete.
The film is said to follow Gershwin’s life, from his early years in [...]

DreamWorks is adapting the Japanese comic Ghost in the Shell as a live-action 3D film. Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment originally brought the project to DreamWorks and are attached as producers.
Ghost in the Shell was created by Masamune Shirow and was first published in 1989. Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with [...]

No they are not developing the highly acclaimed Broadway musical but rather a series of books. Hollywood has always had a love affair with the supernatural and even more so now with films like Twilight, Harry Potter and everything in between (Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant) making the box office cash. Now Dreamworks, who are on [...]

Paramount Pictures has brought in Carl Ellsworth to rework the action-thriller screenplay C.O.D. (Cash on Delivery). DreamWorks picked up Lars Jacobson’s original script back in March 2008 for mid-six figures where Paramount held onto it after DreamWorks moved out on its own.
The C.O.D. story line follows a New York City bike messenger who is forced to deliver three [...]

The Shawn Levy directed Dreamworks film, Real Steel, now has its star and that is Hugh Jackman. The robot boxing film based of a short story from Richard Matheson, revolves around a world where human boxing is outlawed because of excessive violence, and replaced by robot boxing with 2,000-pound robots duking it out. Jackman would play [...]

Yesterday it was announced that Robert Redford would be directing a Lincoln film called The Conspirator, which will start shooting next month with independent financing and a cast headed by James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
However, for several years Steven Spielberg has wanted to bring a biopic of the famous American President to the big screen [...]

You may remember awhile ago that I made a solid case for Micheal Bay to reteam with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci for the big-screen adaptation of Cowboys vs. Aliens. Turns out Dreamworks thought Jon Favreau would be a better choice for the director chair. I can dig that. The Risky Biz Blog reports that Favreau has officially [...]

Back in June of this year there was a story we ran on Michael Bay where he is planning on undertaking a new sci-fi venture to produce and possibly direct with DreamWorks. The deal was for a project titled I Am Number Four, the first of a six-book science fiction deal.
Smallville creators and Spider-man 2 writers, Alfred Gough and [...]

IESB has learned Steven Spielberg is “in active negotiations” to get his hands on the immensely popular Halo game franchise to resuscitate the deceased movie. Read below for an excerpt from their article:
“IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I’ve confirmed it three times over with studio executives and our close ties [...]

Steven Spielberg’s next film will be an adaptation of Harvey , the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Mary Chase.   Harvey will be a co-production between 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks, and will be the first screenplay written by popular novelist Jonathan Tropper.
Harvey is the sory of Elwood P. Dowd, an eccentric man who develops a friendship with Harvey, an invisible rabbit who [...]