Mary J. Blige is attached to star in an untitled Nina Simone biopic for MTV Films. Paramount Pictures will distribute. (more…)

…Laurence Fishburne will adapt, direct and star in an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, reports Production Weekly. (more…)

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First Look: MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION

Release Date: February 24, 2006

Distributor: Lions Gate Films

Director: Tyler Perry

Producers: Reuben Cannon, Mike Upton

Co-Producer: Roger M. Bobb

Screenwriter: Tyler Perry

Cast: Tangi Miller, Blair Underwood, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lynn Whitfield, Jenifer Lewis, Keke Palmer, Rochelle Aytes, China Anderson, Maya Angelou Cicely Tyson and Tyler Perry (more–with some pictures)

First Look: INSIDE MAN

Release Date: March 24, 2006

Studio: Universal Pictures

Director: Spike Lee

Screenwriter: Russell Gewirtz

Composer: Terrence Blanchard

Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, and Willem Dafoe. Joining them will Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer, Peter Gerety, Peter Frechette, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Darryl ‘Chill” Mitchell, and Ashlie Atkinson (more–with pictures)