Warner Bros. is in talks with “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer to helm “Gangster Squad,” a police actioner set in post-WWII Los Angeles. Studio acquired the rights two years ago to the L.A. Times’ seven-part series “Tales From the Gangster Squad.” Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick — both former studio execs with Warner term deals —…
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Ruben Fleischer is going gangster. The Zombieland director will helm Warner Bros’ period cop movie Gangster Squad, pending working out where to fit a sequel to Columbia’s hit zombie movie. Gangster is based on a seven-part Los Angeles Times article written by Paul Lieberman centered on how in the 1940s, amid corruption and chaos, the…
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Kevin and Dan Hageman have sold an original pitch to Warner Bros. that could very well blow up in their faces. The Hageman brothers came up with the idea to build a feature film around the fictional ACME warehouse — the manufacturer of anything and everything used by many of the Looney Tunes characters, most…
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Warner Bros. has picked up Kevin and Dan Hageman’s high-concept pitch for a live-action/CGI hybrid about the fictional Acme Corp., the purveyor of outlandish products shown in vintage Looney Tunes cartoons. Untitled pic won’t feature characters from the Looney Tunes universe, even though Acme products appeared most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote series…
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In what becomes the first priority project for Robert and Susan Downey’s Team Downey production shingle, Warner Bros has hired Anthony Peckham to write Yucatan as a star vehicle for Downey. The Downeys will produce with Dan Lin. Peckham is being paid seven-figures to start over on a project that the studio has wanted to…
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Those hankering for more “Departed”-like movies from Hollywood — original movies with well-paced action, a strong sense of place and a cross-section of colorful characters — will probably get their itch tickled when “The Town,” Ben Affleck’s Boston-set crime drama, hits in the fall. Now it looks as if they could be getting another scratch…
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Warner Bros.’ movie based on the Lego toys has found its latest brick piece: a director. Or in this case, a pair of directors. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the helmers behind Sony Animation’s hit “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” are in final negotiations to write and direct the Lego movie, which is being…
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Warner Bros. is building up its “Lego” movie. Studio is in talks with the “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” team of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to write and direct. Warners-based Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes”) and Roy Lee of Veritgo Entertainment are producing the family adventure, a mix of live action and animation. Warners…
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Well, well, well … look who’s getting back in fighting shape. Everyone’s favorite gigantic, havoc-wreaking lizard, Godzilla, is on his way back to the big screen via Legendary Pictures, which has acquired the rights to develop and produce a new feature based on the iconic Toho Co. character. Warner Bros. will co-produce, cofinance and distribute…
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Durable special effects juggernaut “Godzilla” will return to the bigscreen in 2012, with Legendary Pictures producing. Legendary will co-produce with Warner Bros., which is co-financing. The “Godzilla” project’s been something of an open secret in recent months after Legendary execs began talking with potential directors. Legendary held off on making a public announcement until it…
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