Genre: Sci-fiPremise: A plane is abducted by an alien ship.About: Dreamworks bought this in late March. Len Wiseman (Underworld) will produce and Patrick Tatopoulos will direct. ICM, who represents all parties, packaged the deal.Writer: Michael Gilvary More aliens! First of all, I want to personally thank the person who sent me this. I have a […]

Genre: ComedyPremise: Two British nerds fresh off a trip to Comic Con head off to Nevada to see the famed Area 51.About: I believe this is the third collaboration between Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Unfortunatley, their longtime director Edgar Wright is busy selling out and making Scott Pilgrim. So Pegg and Frost have decided […]

Genre: DramaPremise: A banker who gets swindled in a Nigerian internet scam travels to Nigeria to get his money back.About: From Variety – “Ben Stiller will direct/produce with Red Hour partner Stuart Kornfeld and Jeremy Kramer. While the project is meant to be entertaining, it sheds light on current issues in Nigeria and other African […]

Take a look over to the right there. There’s a whole crop of new specs I’m looking for. I know some of you have’em, so fire up that e-mail and send’em my way. Some of you have been nice enough to occasionally write me with suggestions. Keep them coming. Even though I can only review […]

Genre: Dark thriller/dramaPremise: Microscopic proteins/aliens ride human beings as passengers for their own personal enjoyment.About: Based off a 1969 Robert Silverberg short story that won a Nebula Award, this project was being circled pretty heavily by Fincher around the turn of the century. Since then, it’s been pretty much forgotten. I believe it’s currently being […]