Future moguls Dakota and Elle Fanning have left My Sister's Keeper, a film about a couple who conceives a child (Elle) to be a genetic match for her ailing sis(Dakota). Apparently, Dakota didn't want to shave her head to play sick. Diva! Oscar nom Abigail Breslin and newcomer Sofia Vassileva will fill the void.... Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Jason Leigh are exes in Spread, a sex comedy from director David MacKenzie (Young Adam).... After a series of complicated acquisitions and transfers of the rights to produce the first film adaptation of the Watchmen comic book series, Twentieth Century Fox is suing Warner Brothers over their planned flick, which stars Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino and Malin Akerman. — Mickey O'Connor
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With an eye on the possible writers' strike and a Christmas 2008 release, Columbia is fast-tracking Angels & Demons, the Ron Howard-directed follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, for a February production start.... Also per Variety, Dakota and Elle Fanning will star with Cameron Diaz in an adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel My Sister's Keeper.... Michael Mann is developing the mob drama Frankie Machine as a star vehicle for Robert De Niro.... According to the Reporter, Woody Harrelson will join Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum in Oliver Stone's new Vietnam drama Pinkville.... Jamie Foxx is a detective investigating race-related slayings in The Zebra Murders.
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Oh for the love of money Dirty Sexy Money that is Welcome to the world of the Darlings and their nonprofit-minded lawyer Nick George With a stellar cast including Peter Krause Donald Sutherland Jill Clayburgh and William Baldwin ABC just might have a killer hit on their hands We quickly learn of Nicks propensity to be a do-gooder and the Darling familys propensity to get in a lot of trouble This juxtaposition between Nicks righteousness and the Darlings sense of privilege plays intriguingly oft times to great humor Nick begins questioning whether the love of money is the root of all evil and ends wondering if maybe money isnt the real problem maybe its people wanting too much of anything The brief recap For 10 million plus an undisclosed amount for salary Nick George accepts the job his father used to hold as family lawyer to the richest family in New York the Darlings The family has very few boundaries when it comes to ot
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Warner Bros. and überproducer Joel Silver are in talks to acquire the rights to the '80s TV 'toon Masters of the Universe, for the purpose of staging a live-action feature not stunk up by Dolph Lundgren.... Per Playbill.com, Nathan Lane and John Turturro join Elle Fanning in Nutcracker — The Untold Story, a cinematic take on the beloved ballet.... Cuba Gooding Jr. is a friendly high-school janitor in Harold, an indie comedy about a prematurely balding teen.
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Per Variety, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, whose only previous cinematic scene-sharing was in 1995's Heat, are cops tracking a serial slayer in Righteous Kill.... Felicity Huffman and Bill Pullman have come on board Phoebe in Wonderland, in which a drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson) tries to tame a rebellious girl (Elle Fanning).... Jason Bateman will produce and star in The Remarkable Fellows, a buddy comedy based on an outline from the Arrested alum, and concerning two brothers who exact revenge for other people.... Frank E. Flowers (Haven) is writing, with eye to direct, a remake of 1981's Taps.... Michelle Williams, Bryce Dallas Howard and Evan Rachel Wood are set to star in the biopic Bronte.
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