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Good Universe
May 15, 2013
Good Universe announced today that Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, Breach, Shattered Glass, and the upcomingCaptain Phillips) will direct Departure for the studio, from an original script he wrote. Jim Whitaker (The Odd Life of Timothy Green, American Gangster) will produce the sci-fi/romance. Joe Drake and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Spencer Wong willRobert Downey Jr. wished upon a star for Ben Stiller to direct his upcoming adaptation of “Pinocchio,” and it looks like it’s coming true: Stiller is in talks with studio Warner Bros. to helm the feature.
Negotiations to secure Stiller are in early stages, according to Deadline, though discussions with writers who could pen the project are reportedly already taking place. Downey, who will play Geppetto, was originally supposed to star… Continue reading Ben Stiller for 'Pinocchio'? He May Direct the Robert Downey Jr. Movie
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Variety
March 5, 2013
Tim Miller, currently attached to direct Deadpool, has now signed on for another Twentieth Century Fox project with the action thriller Artemis.
Artemis’ plot is still unknown, although it is said to be set in outer space. Andrew Lobel, the screenwriter behind the upcoming Tunnels, is attached to draft the screenplay.
Miller’s career so far has been as
George Nolfi, the director behind The Adjustment Bureau, has made plans for another science fiction project at Universal Pictures, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter. He’ll work from an original concept by The Last Stand screenwriter Andrew Knauer.
Details on the film’s plot are currently unknown but Nolfi and Knauer are expected to collaborate on the screenplay. Nolfi will also produce alongside Michael Hackett.
Nolfi
One of the best movies of the past decade, period. “Step Brothers” is a delirious, borderline surreal comedy about two middle-aged men (Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly) who, after their parents get married, are forced to live together. It very loosely resembles a film as we traditionally understand it, and was probably even more out of control without Judd Apatow’s guiding hand (director Adam McKay cites Apatow
