Watch the Men Fight

The ongoing court dispute between 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers  over the rights to Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” reached a conclusion as a judge ruled in favor of Fox. The judge’s ruling stated that “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the ‘Watchmen’ motion picture”. That puts [...]

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‘The Last Dragon’ Remake

From The Hollywood Reporter:

More Samuel L. Jackson goodness is coming our way. Again.
Having most recently played a dirty cop in “Lakeview Terrace,” Jackson is set to star as a bad guy again in Columbia Pictures’ remake of Berry Gordy’s 1985 cult classic “The Last Dragon.”
Jackson will play Sho’nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, a role played [...]

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Mike Nichols, Kurosawa Remake

From Variety:
Mike Nichols is set to direct a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” for Miramax Films.
Written by David Mamet and produced by Scott Rudin, the film hasn’t started casting. Martin Scorsese originally commissioned Mamet to write the screenplay back in 1999; it took two years for Rudin to pull the rights together. Scorsese [...]

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‘Tijuana Straights’ Optioned by 2929

From Variety:
So 2929 Productions, the guys that brought us Good Night and Good Luck, Turistas, and a hodge podge of other films, have optioned the rights to Kem Nunn’s novel, Tijuana Straights. Here’s the story:
The novel’s about a reclusive ex-surfer drawn into helping a Mexican woman who’s being hunted by a killer hired by cartels [...]

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