So I am off to see "The Ugly Truth" this evening. Rom-coms aren't my usual bag, but I've decided to break character and play against type for once. I don't know why I'm confessing this to you readers, other than to have something interesting to say at the top of today's Dailies. Now that that's out of the way, on to the news!!
-- "Discipline," a sci-fi novel by Paco Ahlgren, is getting an adaptation from David Permut and Steve Lee. The story follows some dude locked in a conflict with an unseen enemy. The outcome of their battle will "determine the past, present and future of human existence." Sweet. (Variety)
-- The gore-loving lunatic director Takashi Miike has added a new (and surely soon to be disfigured) face to the cast of his "Thirteen Assassins": Koji Yakusho ("Memoirs of a Geisha"). "Assassins" is a remake of the 1963 samurai action flick from director Eiichi Kudo. (Variety)
-- Morgan Freeman is "in talks" to join Bruce Willis in Summit Entertainment's ("Twilight") adaptation of the WildStorm/DC Comic "Red." It's a Warren Ellis joint, so you know to expect awesome things. (Variety)
-- Viola Davis, nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in "Doubt," will join Julia Roberts and Richard Jenkins in "Eat, Pray, Love." The story is adapted from Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, with a script from Ryan Murphy, who also directs. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sorry for the short one today. I've got to run to catch this screening. Hit it back here tomorrow for more newsbites from around Hollywood in Dailies!
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