At Tuesday's premiere of Untraceable at the Silver Screen Theatre in West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center, Colin Hanks was handling Greek worry beads on the red carpet, an item his character in the thriller could have made use of. "They're just a nice way to fidget," he said by way of explanation. Just back from Sundance, Hanks was all smiles about the reception of The Great Buck Howard, a film he recently completed with his father, Academy Award winner Tom Hanks.Another smile brought on by a combination of family and Oscars was that on Diane Lane's face. "I just kind of smiled very smugly and said, 'I knew it!'" she told reporters of hearing about the Oscar nomination for No Country for Old Men in which her husband, Josh Brolin, stars. Plans for celebrating the nomination are already in the works. "We're going to have a nice dinner," she said. "An elegant, quiet, romantic evening." – Bekah Wright
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures, which have been developing a big-screen Wonder Woman with Buffyverse creator Joss Whedon, are in the process of buying a spec script from a pair of newbies — but as a preemptive measure, to keep the rival take (set during World War II, whereas Whedon's is present-day) off the market.... Universal emerged victorious in a bidding war for a revisionist take on Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe playing the Sheriff of Nottingham as the investigator in a string of murders in which Robin is suspected.... Per Variety, Jennifer Garner will star in a remake of Christmas in Connecticut.... Unfaithful's Richard Gere and Diane Lane will reteam for Nights in Rodanthe, an adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel about a traveling doctor who has a life-changing romance.
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Per Variety, Eddie Murphy and director Brian Robbins, who have the comedy Norbit due out in February, already are reteaming for Starship Dave, the story of a crew of miniature aliens trying to save the doomed world. Murphy will play their human spacecraft and captain.... Howard and Karen Baldwin and David E. Kelley, who previously have teamed on Mystery, Alaska and From the Hip, are producing a feature based on the origins of the World Hockey Association and hockey great Gordie Howe.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Diane Lane is an FBI agent tracking a ruthless online predator in Untraceable, a thriller to start shooting in February.
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