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Reincarnation or Remake? Fincher-Helmed Peter Proud Redux on the Way

Here's one we didn't see coming. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud isn't exactly what you would call an A-list movie getting the remake treatment; however, there's some big time A-list talent behind this retelling.

David Goyer Talks Ghost Rider 2

Last we heard about Ghost Rider 2, David Goyer said he hadn't signed on yet but plans were already under way to base the sequel on a script he had written previously. Now today comes word that he is confirmed as a producer for the next installment and will polish his nine-year-old screenplay (including reworking its hard R-rated nature for a PG-13 rating), and while the continuity won't necessarily get an overhaul, the tone is certainly shifting.

Ridley Scott to Helm Red Riding

Unfortunately, this isn’t a story about Ridley Scott adapting Little Red Riding Hood (imagine that), but rather a police procedural thriller that Scott will direct from a Steven Zaillian script for Columbia Pictures.

Columbia Talking Ghost Rider 2 with David Goyer

Nicolas Cage has been talking about a Ghost Rider sequel for over a year now (see an earlier story by Foy from 9/4/08) and nobody paid him much mind, but now the trades are getting into the act and throwing around David Goyer's name to boot.

Stone Joins Zombieland

This morning Variety reports that Emma Stone has joined the roster of those who will be fighting alongside Woody Harrelson in the upcoming zomcom Zombieland, which begins shooting down in Atlanta, GA next month.

Columbia Pictures Revives Preacher Adaptation!

Back in August we got hit with the bad news that HBO decided to drop the potential Preacher mini-series and left the chance of seeing the DC/Vertigo comic in live-action form in limbo. We were getting used to the idea that Jesse Custer's fight to find God and understand the demon that possesses him may never see the light of day. That was until Columbia Pictures stepped in!