Disney Pays Seven Figures For Scott Rosenberg Pitch (Deadline)

Disney has just closed a seven-figure pitch deal for an untitled action comedy pitch by Scott Rosenberg. Several studios were bidding. John Jacobs is producing..

Jennifer Lopez to Star in New Jason Blum Thriller ‘The Boy Next Door’ (Variety)

Jennifer Lopez has landed in Jason Blum’s new micro-budget thriller, “The Boy Next Door,” that the “Paranormal Activity” producer will make under his first-look deal at Universal...

Disney Picks Up Fairy-Tale Comedy 'Happily Ever After' for Reese Witherspoon (THR)

The project hails from Nahnatchka Khan, the creator of TV's "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23."Disney is taking a comedic look at the fairy-tale genre…

Universal takes ‘Bait’ for Wahlberg (Variety)

Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired Matthew J. O’Neill’s spec script “Bait and Switch,” which is being developed as a possible starring vehicle for Mark Wahlberg…

Liam Neeson Joins Star-Studded 'Ted 2' Cast (THR

He'll probably be really angry and threaten people on the phone…

Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Moves Release Date to June 29 (THR)

Universal Pictures has moved quickly to take advantage of Paramount's decision to bump G.I. Joe: Retaliation from its June 29 release date to March 2013..

‘Anger’ gets best of Jack (Variety)

At a Gotham gathering for “Black Hawk Down,” Revolution Studios chief Joe Roth was in good holiday cheer, having just gotten a commitment from Jack Nicholson to star alongside Adam Sandler in the Revolution comedy “Anger Management,” a film now headed for a March start….

'Blades of Glory' skates to top of weekend box office (THR)

Will Ferrell in tights toppled Walt Disney Pictures' latest 3-D effort, but none of the weekend's new releases came anywhere near last year's behemoth opener on the comparable weekend…

Drew Barrymore yaps for Disney animal comedy (Reuters)

Drew Barrymore will voice a pampered Chihuahua in “South of the Border,” a talking-animal Disney comedy whose lineup includes a who’s who of Latino actors.