A lawyer for Roman Polanski said on Sunday his client realized that some of the support he had received since his arrest had not been helpful to securing his release.

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Reuters – Tommy Lee Jones is in negotiations to direct and co-star in “The Lincoln Lawyer,” a Matthew McConaughey-starring film based on the 2005 best-seller by Michael Connelly.By us.rd.yahoo.com

Paramount Pictures is negotiating with Chris Pine ( Star Trek ) to play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the reboot of the franchise based on the Tom Clancy novels, reports Variety .
The studio and producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mace Neufeld are working with a script draft by Hossein Amini, based on an original concept.
Pine [...]

The Writers Guild of America, East Foundation, organized a weekend workshop for war veterans.

By By MICHAEL CIEPLY

BRITISH actor Charlie Bewley tells how the main stars formed their own tight-knit group.By news.com.au

Reuters – Paramount Pictures appears committed to an abnormally aggressive expansion of its suddenly hot horror thriller “Paranormal Activity.”By us.rd.yahoo.com

Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend’s new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre counts.
Just want to give a quick shout-out to EZ1 Productions who are starting [...]

The widely acclaimed Filipino actress Anita Linda gives a quietly transfixing performance as the title character of “Adela.”

By By STEPHEN HOLDEN

WOLVERINE director talks about the self-loathing and inner conflict of the X-Men film’s hairy hero.By news.com.au

AP – A Golden Globe-winning Afghan director who made the country’s first post-Taliban movie says he’s worried the group’s resurgence may threaten artistic freedom again.
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On Friday, we debuted the new Jessie poster for Toy Story 3 , and now we’ve got the entire line-up of new character posters including Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Hamm, Rex, Mr. Potato Head and Slinky. You can check out all the posters here !
If you missed the new trailer, you can still watch that here [...]

Empire magazine talked to Sir Ian McKellen about reprising Gandalf in The Hobbit and it’s sequel . Here’s the update he gave about the Guillermo del Toro-directed films: “The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon,” he revealed. “Then they’ll be budgeted, and then they’ll be cast. And they’ll be going when [...]

Sony has hired Mark Palansky to direct action-adventure Iron Jack , says Variety .
The story, set in the 1930s, centers on a renowned novelist and his quest for a legendary treasure.
Palansky’s directing credits include 2006’s Penelope , starring Christina Ricci, Catherine O’Hara and Reese Witherspoon.By comingsoon.net

Despite still being hard at work on Alice in Wonderland , it would appear that Tim Burton is in talks with his collaborators about his next project, a feature-length, stop-motion version of his 1984 short, Frankenweenie .
ComingSoon.net recently spoke with Allison Abbate, the producer behind the forthcoming Wes Anderson film, Fantastic Mr. Fox , as [...]

Gus Van Sant and author Bret Easton Ellis will team to write a feature about the double suicide of artists Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, reports Variety .
PalmStar Entertainment, Celluloid Dreams and K5 Film have acquired screen rights to The Golden Suicides , a Vanity Fair article written by Nancy Jo Sales.
Duncan was one of [...]

A new clip from Roland Emmerich’s 2012 featuring Woody Harrelson can now be watched using the player below. Opening November 13, the Columbia Pictures release stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton and Danny Glover. 2012 is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world [...]

Reuters – Turning a classic children’s book into a Hollywood movie takes courage.By us.rd.yahoo.com

Variety says that Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired screen rights to “Frenemy of the State,” a graphic novel miniseries created by actress Rashida Jones (”Parks and Recreation”), who will write the script with Will McCormack.
The adventure revolves around a young wealthy heiress who works undercover for the CIA. Jones co-wrote the original comic, [...]

AP – About the hoopla surrounding the film adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are,” Maurice Sendak is characteristically gruff.
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Bold Films has picked up Psy-Ops , an action thriller from Scott Stewart and Gus Krieger, says The Hollywood Reporter .
Stewart (upcoming Legion and Priest ) came up with the initial story, then developed it with Krieger, who will write the script.
Stuart Maschwitz, who co-founded visual-effects company the Orphanage with Stewart, is attached to make [...]