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Can Angelina Jolie Be "Unforgiven" GK Films is developing a feature adaptation of the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven , and Christopher McQuarrie writing a script that’s being tailored for Jolie to play the lead role. Jolie, who next stars with Depp in the GK-financed Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck-directed thriller The Tourist (Columbia Pictures releases the film December 10), separately announced this week she’ll make her directing debut and produce with GK’s King and Tim Headington a Bosnian love story she has written. McQuarrie , who just scripted X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 , was one of the writers on The Tourist. Unforgiven is about a woman’s attempt to rejoin society after she serves a 15-year prison stretch for the murder of two policemen. The tragedy happened after the policemen came to evict her family from their farmhouse. Her hope is to live quietly and reunite with her troubled younger sister, but the paroled woman is targeted for a revenge campaign by t

Graphic Novel "Nightfall" Gets Its Man James Wan , who co-created and directed the original Saw , has been set to direct Nightfall , the film adaptation of the graphic novel. The film is a coproduction between Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s Platinum Studios and William Stuart’s Aurora Productions. The premise: a man is sentenced to time in a prison run by vampires. The graphic novel was published in 2007 and written and created by Scott O. Brown with art by Ferran Xalabarder. Wan will oversee the development of a script. His latest film, Insidious , plays in the Midnight Madness program at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. “The minute I heard the concept, I was in, Wan said. “Reading the graphic novel cemented that. Like Saw, it’s a simple concept that, if executed properly, will be so cool." Said Platinum’s Rosenberg: “James’ experience crafting the contained horror in Saw will be a big help in his informing the visual experience of Nightfall.” Please Leave A

Star Trek Sequel To Be Compared To The Dark Knight Star Trek Dos, aka, Star Trek 2 , isn't set to hit theaters until 2012. But E! News caught up with producer Damon Lindelof (you know, cocreator of a little show called Lost) at a pre-Emmys party, and he spilled some insights into what's driving the filmmakers as they work on the sequel. Watch the interview after the Jump.. "We're looking at a movie like The Dark Knight, which went one step beyond Batman Begins," Lindelof said. "It was really about something, and at the same time it was a superhero movie. We don't want to abandon all the things that made the first movie work...but we also really want the movie to thematically resonate." Please Leave A Comment- Source- Eonline

 Jeremy Renner Joining Tom Cruise On A Mission Paramount Pictures won't be screen-testing any young actors to star opposite Tom Cruise after all. I've learned that the studio has just chosen Jeremy Renner to infuse new blood in its Mission: Impossible franchise. Renner is the Oscar-nominated star of The Hurt Locker and will star alongside Cruise in the fourth installment of the franchise that will begin production in the fall as a reboot. Brad Bird is directing and Cruise is producing with JJ Abrams . Paramount has struggled to find the right co-star to play the operative opposite Cruise. One factor was selecting an actor who could potentially carry the series on his own down the line, should Cruise's Ethan Hunt character not continue to be the emphasis. While Cruise is expected to return for a fifth installment, production chief Adam Goodman wanted a guy who could grow into a leading man in his own right. The studio boss was interested in actors like Tom Hardy and C

First Trailer For Danny Boyle's "127 Hours" Starring James Franco Here is the first trailer for the upcoming film called 127 Hours , and it stars James Franco (Aron Ralston) and is directed by Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire.)  In 2003, climber Aron Ralston and his harrowing, nearly disastrous mishap out in the Utah wilderness. The 20-something had been hiking in Blue John Canyon when a boulder dislodged, crushing his right forearm against the canyon wall. Making matters worse, nobody knew where he was. After five days, with his water gone and desperation his only option, you can guess what happened next. What makes the story even more unbelievable is that Ralston, once free, was still some eight miles away from his truck. Watch the trailer after the Jump.. Official Synopsis: 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of last year’s Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron R

Steve Carell Wants A Boyfriend For His Wife Warner Bros. is seeking " A Boyfriend for My Wife ," setting up a remake of the 2008 Argentine romantic comedy with Steve Carell's Carousel Prods. as a starring vehicle for the actor. Carell will produce along with Christine Peters ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") and Michael Cerenzie. Grace Ledding is co-producing, and Carousel's Charlie Hartsock and Vance DeGeneres are exec producing. Warners has tapped the writing team of Mark Gibson and Phil Halprin ("Snow Dogs") to adapt. In the original film, " Un novio para mi mujer ," a timid husband believes the only way out of his stifling marriage is to get his wife to fall in love with another man, so he enlists the help of a legendary yet unlikely Lothario. Carell produced and starred in Warner's marital comedy "Crazy, Stupid Love" via WB-based Carousel with Hartsock and DeGeneres. "Love," directed by Glenn Ficarra

Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell To Make A Cameo In Scream 4 It's being reported that Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell will be making a cameo in the upcoming Wes Craven film " Scream 4 ." No word on what characters they will be playing, but I am sure they will be playing some form of a sexy women in distress.  The beautiful ladies will join the cast of Courteney Cox,Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin, Nico Tortorella and Anthony Anderson . Scream 4 is set to open in theaters April 15, 2011. Please Leave A Comment- Source- USAToday

Katie Holmes Joins Sandler's Jack And Jill Katie Holmes is in talks to star opposite Adam Sandler and Al Pacino in " Jack and Jill ," a Columbia comedy being directed by Dennis Dugan. In the film, Jack, a family man, deals with his twin sister, Jill, when she visits for Thanksgiving then won't leave. Sandler will play both characters. Holmes would play Sandler's wife; Pacino is set to play himself. "Jack," being produced by Sandler and Happy Madison partner Jack Giarraputo with Todd Garner, is planning an October shoot. The role marks Holmes' first studio film since 2005's " Batman Begins ." In between, she took a break from acting but graced the screen in 2008's small-budgeted " Mad Money ." She has several ensemble indies in the can -- including romantic drama "The Romantics" and crime thriller " The Son of No One " -- and stars in the Guillermo del Toro-produced chiller " Don't