Steven Soderbergh may direct The Man From U.N.C.L.E. big screen adaptation
Steven Soderbergh is in talks to take over directing duties on the long-in-development film adaptation of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at Warner Bros., THR reports. Scott Z. Burns, who wrote Soderbergh’s The Informant and the director’s upcoming medical thriller Contagion, is negotiating to write a new script for the project. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. television ….
Writer helps Man From U.N.C.L.E. big-screen adaptation take shape
Max Borenstein (Swordswallowers and Thin Men) will pen a new draft of Man From U.N.C.L.E., Warner Bros.’ big-screen take the 1960s cult TV espionage show, according to HeatVisionBlog. David Dobkin – who helmed Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus – is already set to direct the long-in-development project. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ran from ….
Eagle Eye director now eyeing Jack the Giant Killer
DJ Caruso has signed on to helm the film Jack the Giant Killer for New Line Cinema, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Neal Moritz is producing via his Original Film banner along with David Dobkin. Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) wrote the script, which begins when a princess is kidnapped, which threatens a ….
Fred Claus is a new comedy from director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers). It revolves around Joe Claus (Vince Vaughn), Santa’s bitter older brother, who is forced to move to the North Pole.
Fred Claus is a new comedy from director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers). It revolves around Joe Claus (Vince Vaughn), Santa’s bitter older brother, who is forced to move to the North Pole. Fred Claus is due in theaters on November 9, 2007, and also stars Ludacris, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Giamatti as Santa Claus. Check out the teaser ….
RIPD Coming to Theaters
David Dobkin (Clay Pigeons, Shanghai Knights, Wedding Crashers) is set to direct RIPD, which is an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic of the same name, for Universal, according to the Book Standard. Written by Peter M. Lenkov, the 1999 comic centers on the Rest in Peace Department, the dedicated and very dead police officers, made up of the deceased who refuse to go quietly. The story ….