AT THE MOVIES
Paramount has purchased "an original and very moving love story" from
Serendipity scribe
Marc Klein to serve as a starring vehicle for
Tom Cruise.... Also per
Variety,
Drew Barrymore and
Hugh Grant have been tapped to star in the romantic comedy
Music and Lyrics By....
Dane Cook is in final talks to play
Steve Carell's brother in
Dan in Real Life, about a widower who unwittingly falls for his brother's girlfriend.... In book deals, Paramount has bought
The Spellman Files, about a family of private investigators, while Warner Bros. has snatched up
David Ignatius' espionage thriller
Penetration, which
Ridley Scott will direct.
