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New Line Cinema is about to spread the "Infection" soon as the studio has acquired the remake rights to the 2004 Japanese hospital horror film. To bring the film project into life, they also have set the flick's original producer Takashige Ichise to again give hand at producing alongside Roy Lee and Doug Davison.

Has been attached to write the script is Channing Gibson. Elsewhere, the US version of "Infection" reportedly will be set in an isolated hospital where the staff, stymied by mistakes and cover-ups, races to battle a deadly infection that turns out to be of supernatural origin.

"Tonight, He Comes". Not exactly tonight actually, but Jonathan Mostow has at least agreed to direct the Columbia Pictures' upcoming action drama.

Elsewhere, Will Smith has been slated to star in as the main role and produce as well alongside the likes of Akiva Goldsman, Michael Mann and James Lassiter.

Nigel Cole, who previously directed "Calendar Girls", is taking "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" as the next film project he's willing to direct.

Based on the best-selling British young-adult book by Sue Townsend, the drama movie will be produced by Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizzotti, and Alison Owen.

"We Are Family" so says 20th Century Fox who has acquired the rights to bring the upcoming comedy to big screen adaptation. The studio moreover also has had Dan Shere to write the script and Ralph Winter to produce.

As of the story "We Are Family" centers on an advertising executive who's embarrassed by his real family and hires actors to play his parents and siblings in order to impress his fiancee.

Moviegoers will in the near future get treated with the "Smiley Face" of some notable actors who have agreed to star in the forthcoming comedy. Included as the cast among others are Anna Faris, John Krasinski, John Cho, and Jane Lynch.

Gregg Araki is the one slated to direct the movie from a script by first-timer Dylan Haggerty. "Smiley Face" tells the story of Jane who by accident eats her psycho roommate's pot cupcakes. She spends the rest of the day desperately trying to replace the cupcakes, pay the gas bill, get to her audition and accompany her friend to the dentist.

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West dives into motion picture. He reportedly is preparing himself to executive produce as well as star in an innovative feature film inspired by his music.

The as yet titled film project is of New Line Cinema's. Involves about six writers and 10-12 directors to craft the short stories, the movie is said to feature new and old music from West.

Promising "The Bourne Ultimatum" will be bigger and better than its predecessors, "Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Identity", in every way, Hollywood movie-maker Paul Greengrass has signed up to direct the action adventure drama.

"We've got a script and we're underway. It's a new story, completely different from the novel." Greengrass said. "It's going to have all the excitement you'd expect from a Bourne film and all the intensity you'd expect from a Bourne story. I can't wait - it's just going to be f**king fantastic. It's going to rock. That's honestly what it's going to do."

While comedy romance "Failure to Launch" tops the US box office, the UK box office is dominated by "The Hills Have Eyes", the remake of Wes Craven's 1997 horror classic. Debuted as the weekend's favorite, the drama thriller movie takes in 1.1 million pounds in ticket sales.

Last week's champ "Date Movie", in the meantime, slips one place to No. 2, just one place ahead of drama thriller "Syriana" which also falls one to No. 3. This week's 4th best movie is Disney animation "Chicken Little", whereas "Walk the Line" secures the 5th place.

Not only is "King Kong" big in its size, but also in its quality. Approvingly, the action adventure flick has at Empire Magazine's film awards held Monday March 13th, 2006, been named Best Film of 2005, beating the Oscar winner "Crash" which also is nominated for the same category.

Despite such fact, the racial drama mystery movie brings home at least one award for the category of Best Actress which goes to Thandie Newton. In pair to her, Johnny Depp is named Best Actor thanks to his portrayal in the adventure fantasy "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

Dimension Films has acquired the rights to the ABC series "Welcome Back, Kotter" which ran from 1975 to 1979. And hence the studio will soon turn the project into a feature film and has also set Ice Cube to produce and star in as well.

In the meantime, Tom Brady also has agreed to write the script and direct. With Matt Alvarez and Andrew Lazar give hand at producing alongside Cube, the drama flick is expected to start shooting in the fall.

Gives hand at directing the upcoming Fox's drama "Dallas", Robert Luketic has given offers to some notable actors to star in the updated take on the classic '80s series.

They who get the chance are Jennifer Lopez who is offered the part of Sue Ellen Ewing, John Travolta is set to portray J.R. Ewing and Shirley MacLaine who is about to be given the part of Miss Ellie Ewing.

According to the reports made public by Variety, Laura Linney has signed on to star in the upcoming drama comedy romance "The Nanny Diaries". The notable actress will star in alongside fellow movie star Scarlett Johansson.

Will direct the flick is Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who both wrote the adaptation of Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus' best-selling book of the same name as well.

Bingo. Warner Bros. Pictures finally finds the right man suitable for their upcoming drama thriller "Penetration". The lucky man is Ridley Scott.

According to the reports bring by Variety, the studio has set Scott to direct and William Monahan to adapt.

Adrian Lyne is having "Two Minutes to Midnight" as his next film project, which also will mark his first since the 2002 release "Unfaithful". In fact, this time the actor won't star in, rather he will take the director seat.

The movie, adapted from a script written by Sheldon Turner, is of thriller genre which story tells about a renowned divorce attorney whose wife has been kidnapped and will be killed unless he takes his own life at midnight.

Already scored an Oscar with his latest drama mystery "Crash", director-writer Paul Haggis is now in final talks to direct and produce an upcoming action drama movie entitled "Against All Enemies".

Based on Richard A. Clarke's best-selling memoir and a script written by James Vanderbilt, the flick chronicles how the Bush administration handled the al-Qaida threat before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.