Billy Ray News

October 3, 2011
J.J. Abrams Has Another Secret Project for You to Wonder About
He's working on it with screenwriter Billy Ray. More...

March 2, 2011
Channing Tatum Attached to Peter Pan Begins
A Peter Pan origin story -- starring Channing Tatum, scripted by Billy Ray, and produced by Joe Roth -- could be coming to a theater near you. More...

October 7, 2010
Billy Ray Sees The Secret in Their Eyes
Warner Bros. has hired Billy Ray to direct a remake of the critically hailed Argentinian film "The Secret in Their Eyes." More...

February 9, 2010
Fox Moves Forward with 24 Movie
After years of whooping on TV bad guys, Kiefer Sutherland will take Jack Bauer to the big screen in a "24" film, currently being scripted by Billy Ray. More...

June 12, 2008
Billy Ray Joins DreamWorks' Motorcade
DreamWorks has tapped Billy Ray to add a rewrite to Motorcade, a long-in-development thriller "about terrorists assaulting the president's procession as it snakes through Los Angeles." More...

November 26, 2007
Brad Pitt Leaves State of Play -- Russell Crowe to Step In?
Labor negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers are scheduled to resume today, but they'll come too late to save Brad Pitt's involvement in the Taylor Hackford-directed remake of Paul Abbott's State of Play. More...

October 25, 2007
Hollywood Braces for Writers' Strike
We're just a few days away from the Writers Guild strike deadline, and things aren't looking good. More...

February 15, 2007
Critical Consensus: "Music" Is Catchy; "Bridge" Is Sturdy; "Girls" Is So-So; "Breach" Is Tense; Guess "Ghost Rider" Tomatometer
This week at the movies, we've got skulls ("Ghost Rider," starring Nicolas Cage), songwriters ("Music and Lyrics," starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore) secret worlds ("Bridge to Terabithia"), single parents ("Daddy's Little Girls," starring Tyler Perry and Gabrielle Union), and spies ("Breach," starring Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillippe). What do the critics have to say? More...

December 2, 2005
Universal Plans to "Breach" a New FBI Thriller
ComingSoon.net shares a press release from Universal Pictures, the studio behind the upcoming spy thriller "Breach," which will star Chris Cooper, Laura Linney, and Ryan Phillippe. More...

July 25, 2005
WB Elects to Do a White "House" Comedy
Screenwriter Stacy Sherman has sold her very first script, "The People's House," to Warner Bros., while director / screenwriter / husband Billy Ray will help out as an executive producer. More...