Len Wiseman ( Live Free or Die Hard , “Underworld” films) is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures’ Total Recall , it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film will be a new, contemporized adaptation of Total Recall , which was based on the story, “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K

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Len Wiseman to Direct Total Recall

According to The Hollywood Reporter , adult star Sasha Grey, who impressed many with her mainstream feature debut in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience last year, is up for a role in Mark Pellington’s indie drama I Melt with You . The film follows three college buddies, played by Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven, who look back on the emptiness of their lives during a summer reunion

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Sasha Grey Will Melt with You

Comedian Rob Schneider, fresh off his appearance in Adam Sandler’s hit comedy Grown Ups , will be entering the world of family animation with Norm of the North , a new 3D animated film from Crest Animation, directed by Anthony Bell, who also made the upcoming Lionsgate animated movie Alpha and Omega (out September 17). Schneider voices the title role with Ken Jeong and Loretta Devine also joining the voice cast. The premise involves the title character, a polar bear named Norm, and his three Arctic lemming friends, who end up in New York City after their Arctic home starts to melt

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Rob Schneider Voices Norm of the North

Let’s say you were invited to a dinner, but not just any dinner. This is a dinner for idiots and at the conclusion of the meal, you’d have to stand up in front of the entire party and give a presentation to prove the superiority of your idiocy

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On the Red Carpet with Jay Roach and His Schmucks

I got to watch Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at Comic-Con last week and I’ve been kicking myself about not writing anything about it since. I saw at a special secret premiere on Thursday night, which I followed with Flynn’s Arcade’s re-opening , then lots of glorious sleep because I was already exhausted and immediately crashed after I returned to my hotel.

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Comic-Con 2010: Quick Review of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim

This is the announcement we’ve all been waiting for. Deadline has learned that Guillermo del Toro’s next directing gig, the one that he’ll be taking on instead of The Hobbit , is an adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness .

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Del Toro Directing ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ Movie Next

Though many will agree that The Spirit may indeed be one of the worst comic book movies of all-time, that doesn’t take away any of writer Will Eisner’s influence on graphic novels and their eventual acceptance as true form of literature. As a matter of fact, Eisner’s graphic novel which brought credibility to the medium is now heading to the big screen. THR reports A Contract with God will be adapted into a live-action film with directors Alex Rivera ( Sleep Dealer ), Tze Chun ( Children of Invention ), Barry Jenkins ( Medicine for Melancholy ) and Sean Baker ( Prince of Broadway ) each helming one chapter of the story on screen.

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Four Directors on Adaptation of Will Eisner’s ‘Contract with God’

The unlikely pairing of Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake join forces to provide the voices of the classic animated characters Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, respectively in a big screen adaptation of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.

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Yogi Bear Trailer Debuts

As promised this morning with the first official poster , Warner Bros has debuted the first official trailer (via Yahoo ) for Yogi Bear in 3D (don’t forget) to go along with the stench that picnic-basket-strewn poster left. Despite featuring the voices of Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake as Boo-Boo, this really doesn’t look that good at all

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Warner Bros Unveils the First Teaser Trailer for Yogi Bear 3D

Although the series that has taken the better part of six years in Damon Lindelof’s career is finally over, the writer has been ever so busy working on screenplays for two high profile projects with Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci.

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Damon Lindelof is Getting Lost in Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel