Movie News

Justice League is officially postponed indefinitely. The reasons given are not getting a response on Australian tax breaks and "[Kieran and Michele Mulroney's script] would benefit from a little more work, something that isn't possible because of the writers' strike." Also, Warner Brothers has let the cast (most of whom were already in Australia preparing to film in February) options lapse .

Speaking of back and forth DC Comics movies news, sequel Superman: Man of Steel (its maybe, sorta working title) has been pushed back from 2009 to 2010. With Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris definitely out and the ongoing strike, there's no drafts, not even any ideas pitched. And it's still iffy whether or not Brian Singer is coming back to direct.

Ominous news concerning Kyle Newman's Fanboys. The movie's original plot has a group of friends breaking into Skywalker Ranch in the '90s to get a copy of Star Wars: Episode I for a friend dying of cancer. Well it's been decided that cancer is too touchy a topic for a comedy (*cough*BucketList*cough*), and so they're taking it out. And since there's no writers, they're going to do it with reshooting and improv.

Peter Kwong will be adapting his eco horror comic, Hybrid, into a movie for Myriad Pictures. Filming should start about the middle of 2008 in Thailand.

T.A. Pratt's Marla Mason books (about a wisecracking sorceress that fights supernatural threats) has had their film and television rights optioned by Phoenix Pictures.

Dario Argento's next movie is slasher/thriller/cop movie Giallo (Italian for "yellow"). Ray Liotta is a policeman investigating serial killings of women by psycho Vincent Gallo. Argento's daughter Asia is also cast.

In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, Teeth's Mitchell Lichtenstein talked about his next project, Happy Tears. It's a comedy/drama about a parent with dementia and the effects on the family. Production should start in April.

Willem Dafoe (...Dafoe... Sorry couldn't resist), Scott Speedman, Peter Stormare, and Clea DuVall in Anamorp. The story: "Dafoe and Speedman as detectives tracking a killer who re-creates the perspective-distorting painting technique 'anamorphosis' in a bizarre series of murders." Should be out in November.

How to Rob a Bank, a heist drama about a bank teller and a customer who get caught in the middle of the robbery, will have Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, David Carradine, Leo Fitzpatrick, and Gavin Rossdale. Also November.

Christopher Judge, Erica Cerra and Ed Wasser cast in small band of human survivors vs. CGI aliens film, Dark Swarm.

Charlize Theron has been cast in a small part (only appearing in flashbacks) in The Road.

Ellen Page will star in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! It's about how Texas beauty pageant contestant Bliss comes into her own after joining a female roller derby team.

Hayden Panettiere has been cast as the titlist character in I Love You, Beth Cooper, a movie based on Larry Doyle's novel. Chris Columbus is producing and may direct.

Forest Whitaker will play basketball coach Al Collins in director Tim Story's Patriots. It's about the Marrero, LA, highschool basketball team that won the state championship a year after Katrina.

Mark Wahlberg to star in Peter Berg's movie about drug dealer Jon Roberts.

Cobie Smulders, Morgan Fairchild, Lance Henriksen, and Vivica A. Fox now cast in The Slammin’ Salmon.