Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel will star in the indie dramedy Real Time.

Randall Cole will direct from a screenplay he wrote. Julia Rosenberg, Paula Devonshire and Ari Lantos are producing.

The film centers on a hit man (Quaid) who gives an old acquaintance (Baruchel), a compulsive gambler, one hour to live.

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DreamWorks has confirmed the studio will be exercising their option to produce a series of films based on famed Belgian cartoon series "The Adventures of Tintin."

Dreamworks will now enter into pre-production on the film, which should be in theaters in about two years. No further information was disclosed regarding the type of film to be produced, live action, animation or computer-generated, or which books will be adapted.

Nick Rodwell of Hergé added that "if movie No. 1 works, we will continue."

DreamWorks' Steven Spielberg first acquired the rights to the character back in 1983 and later re-established the option.

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The Walt Disney Studios will continue its fairy tale legacy in animation by taking moviegoers on an all-new "once upon a time" musical adventure with its 2009 release of The Frog Princess, it was announced today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. A musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz -- New Orleans -- The Frog Princess will introduce the newest Disney princess, Maddy, a young African- American girl living amid the charming elegance and grandeur of the fabled French Quarter. From the heart of Louisiana's mystical bayous and the banks of the mighty Mississippi comes an unforgettable tale of love, enchantment and discovery with a soulful singing crocodile, voodoo spells and Cajun charm at every turn...more click on heading

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The Walt Disney Studios is in production on Toy Story 3, via its Pixar Animation Studios.

In an appearance during Disney's annual shareholder meeting in New Orleans, Lasseter said: "We are finally in production on 'Toy Story 3'," adding the film is scheduled to come out in 2010. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are back on board to voice Woody and Buzz Lightyear, respectively.

The screenplay is by Michael Arndt, who just won the original screenplay Academy Award for Little Miss Sunshine, according to Lasseter, who said: "We got a great story."

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Helmer Seth Gordon is teaming with Little Miss Sunshine producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa to direct Only Living Boy in New York for Columbia Pictures. The "Sunshine" pair will produce the coming-of-age drama through their Bona Fide Productions.

Written by Allan Loeb (Things We Lost in the Fire), the story centers on a recent college graduate who is seduced by his father's mistress. John Fogel will serve as an executive producer.

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Universal Pictures has acquired the Nick Redfern novel "Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks in Pursuit of Werewolves, Lake Monster, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men."

Hope around is to develop a film that could be a vehicle for Jon Heder, the Napoleon Dynamite star who's about to open opposite Will Ferrell in Blades of Glory.

In the book, three guys who've separately chased monsters and UFOs unite for one last hurrah, taking one last caravan to every place in the British countryside where monsters have allegedly been spotted.

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Lakeshore Entertainment has set Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson to star in an untitled drama based on the Philip Roth novella Dying Animal. Isabel Coixete (The Secret Life of Words) will direct; production begins in April in Vancouver.

Nicholas Meyer wrote the script, having previously adapted Roth's The Human Stain for Lakeshore. The story is about a student who engages in a torrid affair with her professor and then returns years later with a revelation.

Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will produce, and the film will be distributed through their output deal with MGM.

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Welfare Queen writer Abdul Williams will write Lottery Ticket for Rogue Pictures. Music video director Erik White will helm the film produced by Evolution's Oren Koules and Mark Berg.

Rogue bought the urban comedy based on Williams' treatment. The story revolves around an 18-year-old living in the projects who must keep his winning lottery ticket a secret over a three day weekend. White, who grew up in the projects, said lottery tickets were a topic of endless discussion in his neighborhood.

"We were always wondering why some old guy in Utah who already had two houses was winning," White said. "This is all about the anticipation."

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Drake Bell ("Drake and Josh"), Kevin Covais ("American Idol"), Andrew Caldwell (Transformers, "Hannah Montana") and Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics are set to star in Element Films and State Street Pictures' youth comedy College, directed by Deb Hagan.

From a screenplay by Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison, College centers on three high school seniors who have the wildest weekend of their lives when they visit a nearby college campus as prospective freshmen.

Gary Owens and Ryan Pinkston (Punk'd) also star. Lionsgate will distribute.

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Photos of Jessica Simpsons on the set of her new film, Blonde Ambition, have turned up at SuperiorPics.

The movie, co-starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Luke Wilson, Penelope Ann Miller, Andy Dick, Larry Miller and Willie Nelson, is a loose remake of the 1988 Melanie Griffith classic Working Girl.

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Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis are toplining dark comedy Poor Things with Ash Baron Cohen (cousin of Sacha) directing.

MacLaine will also produce with Rob Hickman through his new Still Rolling Productions. Shooting is expected to start in May.

Trent Haaga's script was inspired by real news events and crime scandals surrounding recent arrests and convictions of elderly women for various "grandma gang" exploits, which have included scams and cons involving drug sales, insurance fraud and murder.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie decided not to attend the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday (25FEB07), even though Pitt's film BABEL was nominated for Best Picture.

The low-key couple were seen strolling around their new hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday afternoon (23FEB07) with daughters SHILOH and ZAHARA.

The pair decided to keep working on their respective projects and skip the glamorous ceremony in Los Angeles...more click on heading

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John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Jodie Foster will be presenters for the 79th Academy Awards® presentation, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

They join fellow actors Ben Affleck, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon as a presenter on the show...more click on heading

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Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy "Pan's Labyrinth" garnered an impressive 12 nominations Wednesday for the 49th Ariel Awards, Mexico's top film prize.

The violent saga picked up nominations in such categories as best picture, director, cinematography and actress (Spain's Maribel Verdu)...more click on heading

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Diane Keaton and Jessica Biel are slated to be Oscar presenters at the 79th Academy Awards®, show producer Laura Ziskin announced today.

They will join fellow actors Ben Affleck, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Tobey Maguire, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon as a presenter on the show...more click on heading

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