Wowwee Ltd. today announced that they have joined forces with Arad Productions to bring Robosapien to the big screen. The feature film, which will combine live-action and CGI is targeted for release in 2009.

With worldwide sales of more that 4 million units, Robosapien is the most popular entertainment robot in the world, and has become the standard by which all other Robots are measured. A beloved icon, Robosapien and his Wowwee Robotics "family" are currently featured premiums in McDonald's® Happy Meal® and Mighty Kids Meal® program...more click on heading

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Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena will star in The Return, which Neil Burger (The Illusionist) will direct. Lionsgate will distribute and is eyeing a December release. Filming starts in May.

Burger co-wrote the screenplay with Dirk Wittenborn. The story follows three soldiers returning from Iraq who become companions on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Bill Block, whose QED Intl. is financially backing the project, will executive produce with Paul Hanson and Adam Merims.

Ocean's Thirteen writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien are producing with Rick Schwartz (The Departed) and Burger.

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Synopsis: Richard Cooper has it all. His wife, Brenda, is beautiful, intelligent and a fantastic mother to his children--but there's just one little problem: he's bored out of his suburban businessman's mind. Richard can't help but fantasize about having nearly every woman he sees. Still, it's only fantasy. Then, one fateful day, an alluring, free-spirited, not to mention stunning, old friend, Nikki, suddenly appears at his office door, putting him to the ultimate test. Just how much is Richard Cooper willing to risk when temptation comes after him? After all, he really does love his wife--at least he thinks he does.

Genres: Comedy and Remake 
Running Time: 1 hr. 34 min. 
Release Date: March 16th, 2007 (wide) 
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language and some sexual content. 
Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Warner Bros. is developing a feature on the lives of Valerie Plame and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the married couple drawn into a D.C. firestorm.

Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.

The film is a co-production between Weed Road's Akiva Goldsman and Jerry and Janet Zucker of Zucker Productions.

Jez and John Butterworth are writing the screenplay.

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DreamWorks has optioned the action-comedy spec The Secret Lives of Road Crews by Kevin Lund and T.J. Scott, with Hal Lieberman producing. The story revolves around a clandestine group of road crew workers who are the last line of defense against a subterranean alien race.

Lund and Scott recently sold an untitled action pitch to New Line Cinema, with Temple Hill Entertainment's Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen producing and Channing Tatum attached to star.

They previously set up Vivaldi at Columbia Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.

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Michelle Monaghan has signed on to star opposite Patrick Dempsey in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy Made of Honor. Paul Weiland will direct from a screenplay by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont based on an original script by Adam Sztykiel.

The story chronicles the relationship between Tom (Dempsey) and Claire (Monaghan), who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he's relationship material after all, Claire gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of honor, he reluctantly agrees -- only so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her before it's too late.

Shooting is scheduled to start in April.

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Oscar winner William Monahan is reteaming with The Departed players Leonardo DiCaprio and Vertigo Entertainment for another Hong Kong remake, a thriller titled Confessions of Pain for Warner Bros. Pictures, which acquired the rights to the film.

"Pain" follows two close friends, one a police detective and the other a private detective, who team to investigate the murder of the cop's father-in-law. As the investigation proceeds, they uncover evidence that shows that nothing is as it appears...more click on heading

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Universal Pictures will shoot Matt Damon threequel The Bourne Ultimatum next month in New York:

Lauri Pitkus, a Universal project director, said that the movie will take over parts of South and Dover Sts. and Peck Slip to film a car chase scene from March 17-18, St. Patrick's Day weekend. The film crew will be on location from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, Pitkus said, and will set up the night before.

The car chase will start at the corner of Market and South Sts. and end near the Department of Transportation lot underneath the Brooklyn Bridge at the corner of Dover and South Sts., Pitkus said....more click on heading

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After one of the busiest Presidents' Day weekends at the box office ever, things settled down despite the release of five new movies in wide release. Even so, Sony's Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, was able to hold its place as the #1 movie at the box office for a second weekend with $19.7 million, despite taking a hard plunge from its record-setting opening. In ten days, it has grossed $78.6 million.

Offering the strongest competition, Jim Carrey reteamed with Joel Schmacher after Batman Forever for the psychological thriller The Number 23 which took in an estimated $15.1 million over the weekend, a so-so average of $5,500 per theatre, placing it in second...more click on heading

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Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 79th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night where the big winner with 4 Oscars was Martin Scorsese's The Departed, which won for Picture and Director, Scorsese's first Oscars in either category after being nominated 5 previous times. The Departed also took the Oscar for Editing and for its Adapted Screenplay by William Monahan.

The Actor and Actress awards went to Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren for playing The Last King of Scotland and The Queen, respectively...more click on heading

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Legendary British ex-soccer player Paul Gascoigne, better known as "Gazza," is looking to follow his soccer career by making movies, specifically the $2.5 million action-horror film Final Run, to which he has been attached to star.

After being arrested in November for a fight at a club, Gascoigne is looking to follow ex-soccer player Vinny Jones (X-Men: The Last Stand) into the movie business...more click on heading

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Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones have signed on to the horror, The Mist for Dimension Films and Castle Rock.

It's the big screen adaptation of a Stephen King story; Frank Darabont wrote the screenplay and will direct as well as produce. The film is set after a strange storm blows through a Maine town and its citizens are attacked by deadly creatures. Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden and Amin Joseph already have been cast...more click on heading

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Start of production begins this week on the comedy Kids in America, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment announced today. The film, starring Topher Grace (In Good Company, upcoming Spider-Man 3) as recent college graduate Matt Franklin, follows Matt, his twin sister and his best friend during their misadventures at a raucous Labor Day party in 1988. Kids in America will be lensed in Phoenix, Arizona...more click on heading

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Brittany Snow (John Tucker Must Die) will play the lead in Screen Gems slasher pic Prom Night. Nelson McCormick is directing and Original Film's Neal Moritz is producing.

The film is a remake of the 1980 original that starred Jamie Lee Curtis as one of a group of teen girls stalked by a masked killer. The studio is eyeing a February 1, 2008 release.

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Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) will be presenters at the 79th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®...more click on heading

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