Scott Rudin News

March 4, 2009
Scott Rudin and Miramax are Believers
Scott Rudin and Miramax have acquired film rights to Zoe Heller's "The Believers," a newly released novel about "a dysfunctional New York-based family forced to examine their lives and each other after the patriarch suffers a stroke that leaves him in a coma." More...

October 29, 2008
Mike Nichols Directing Kurosawa Remake
How's this for a confluence of behind-the-scenes talent: Mike Nichols is set to direct a David Mamet-scripted remake of Akira Kurosawa's "High and Low" for Miramax, with Scott Rudin (and possibly Martin Scorsese) producing. More...

October 10, 2008
Scott Rudin No Longer a Reader
The ongoing battle between Scott Rudin and the Weinsteins over "The Reader" took another turn yesterday, when Rudin walked away from the project completely. More...

August 28, 2008
Aaron Sorkin In Talks for Facebook Movie
Aaron Sorkin is in negotiations to write the screenplay for a movie about the founders of Facebook for producer Scott Rudin. More...

July 14, 2008
Jack Black Heading Back to School
Looks like Mike White's School of Rock 2 script was pretty solid -- Paramount has given the sequel a green light, and Jack Black has signed on to star. More...

July 10, 2008
Disney, Rudin Reach Synchronicity
Paging Will Ferrell: Disney and Scott Rudin are developing a comedy based around male synchronized swimmers. More...

May 5, 2008
Daley, Goldstein Having Hours of Fun for Disney
Disney has hired John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to rewrite Greg Pace's Hours of Fun, a comedy about two friends whose collection of old novelty toys starts causing some unusual problems. More...

April 27, 2008
RT interview: Roger Deakins on No Country for Old Men
Cinematographer, Roger Deakins, comes out from behind the lens to discuss his long time collaboration with the Coen brothers and No Country for Old Men. More...

April 17, 2008
Scott Rudin Feels Philip Roth's Indignation
It won't be published until September, but Scott Rudin has already snapped up the film rights to Philip Roth's next novel, titled Indignation. More...

September 28, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: Star Trek XI Casting; Justice League News; No New Wonder Woman?
In this week's Ketchup, casting rumors abound, involving both Star Trek XI (XI!) and Justice League of America, the latter film recovering from a spoiler leakage this week. More...

September 25, 2007
Darjeeling Limited Prelude Hotel Chevalier Premiering Today!
Wes Anderson fans in or near New York, Chicago, Santa Monica, and San Francisco, take note: Hotel Chevalier is coming to an Apple store near you. More...

September 6, 2007
Rudin to Produce I, Claudius -- DiCaprio to Star?
The tug-of-war over the rights to bring Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, Claudius to the big screen has been won -- and Variety has the details. More...

August 7, 2007
Disney To Develop Dangerous Book
Depending on how you look at it, this piece of news either signifies extreme creativity in Hollywood or an utter lack thereof: The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Scott Rudin has acquired the rights to one of the year's most successful bestselling books, and will be producing the picture for Disney. More...

December 15, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: "Bourne's" Identity, "Pirates 3" Pics, Awesome "300" Trailer, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, Jason Bourne will discover his true identity in 2007 in "The Bourne Ultimatum," we've finally got some non-pirated pictures of the third "Pirates of the Caribbean," and we get to marvel at the all-new "300" trailer. More...

December 1, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: A Third "Starship Troopers," Jack Black Collaborates With Michel Gondry, Tension Between Fox And Marvel Over "X-Men," And More!
In this week's Ketchup, the campy classic "Starship Troopers" may finally get a proper successor with Casper Van Dien returning for "Starship Troopers 3" (there was a sequel?), Jack Black teams with avant-garde director Michel Gondry, and Fox and Marvel may engage in a glorious studio slugfest over the future of the "X-Men." More...

June 21, 2006
Natalie Portman Aboard "Boleyn" and "Kavalier"
The universally-adored and very cute Natalie Portman seems to have a pretty high profile pair of freshly-inked contracts. On one hand, she'll be starring in a historical drama with Eric Bana, and on the other, she'll be appearing in the big-screen adaptation of a Pultizer Prize-winning novel ... that's about superheroes! More...

April 5, 2006
Luhrman's Period Piece Gets Bumped from Production Slate
Baz Luhrmann, director of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, was planning to get his 1930's period piece underway this September, but budgeting woes, and the tenuous availability of stars Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, have conspired to send the project into development hell ... for the time being, anyway. More...

March 20, 2006
Paramount Takes a Shine to "Stoneheart"
Variety reports that Paramount has purchased the rights to Charlie Fletcher's "Stoneheart" fantasy, and get this: It's only the first chapter of a trilogy! Imagine that... More...

March 8, 2006
Kidman & Black Sign On for Baumbach's Next Movie
Noah Baumbach, writer/director of the critically admired "The Squid and the Whale," is gearing up to begin production on his next film, which is currently without a title but boasts a solid cast. Jack Black, Nicole Kidman, and Jennifer Jason Leigh join Baumbach on April 2nd to begin production on the presently nameless tale. More...

May 16, 2005
Michelle Pfeiffer "Could Never Be Your Woman"
The Hollywood Reporter brings news of Michelle Pfeiffer's next project, a romantic comedy from veteran filmmaker Amy Heckerling ("Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Clueless"). "I Could Never Be Your Woman" is about a no-nonsense professional woman who's struggling through her love life. More...

April 22, 2005
Mandy Moore Prepares to Go "Shopping"
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