Jackson’s Lovely Bones goes to DreamWorks
Peter Jackson will direct an adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel, The Lovely Bones, which has just been acquired by Dreamworks after a week of bidding from all the major studios. Jackson began shopping his own script for the $80 million project last week. DreamWorks will produce alongside Film 4, and Jackson’s own WingNut Films. ….
Mexico’s top helmers looking for 5 pic deal
Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu have banded together with Cuaron’s younger brother, Carlos, and director Rodrigo Garcia in search of a group development deal. The deal is to be budgeted at $100 million, and the slate will feature one film directed by each creator. No deal has been reached, ….