Kevin Spacey will star in the true story thriller "Casino Jack" where he will play Jack Abramoff. Variety reports that Abramoff was a high-powered lobbyist whose bribery schemes and fradulent dealings with Indian casinos landed him in jail....(more)

Robert De Niro has committed to "Little Fockers," the third film in the "Meet the Parents" series as well as the independent thriller "Stone." Variety reports that in "Stone," De Niro will reteam with actor Ed Norton in this thriller about a correctional officer ....(more)

Al Pacino will play Napoleon in an adaptation of the book "Betsy and the Emperor," says The Hollywood Reporter. "Betsy and the Emperor" is a children's book written by Staton Rabin and will be directed by John Curran ....(more)

Loathsome as it may sound, some people - like the title character "Bob Funk" - exist to make unending complaints to everybody in the room, and if irked, against everybody in the room. Bob is one of those blowhard characters – the kind you find in offbeat independent films – who believes everything he does is right, believes if nobody else has manners than why should he, and believes he is the most interesting storyteller in the room disregard the status of his contemporaries....(more)

Paul Giamatti, Sacha Baron Cohen and Reese Witherspoon will all join Alexander Payne's next film, "Downsizing," which is being described as a social satire. The project is being setup at Fox Searchlight....(more)

Fox Searchlight has tapped Keira Knightley to star in "Never Let Me Go," reports Variety. The film is being described as a sci-fi thriller....(more)

Cast: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis By Sean Chavel The multi-ensemble intersection drama "Crossing Over" is scattershot with contrivances but strong on hard-edged authentic dialogue. Yet another L....(more)

Cast: Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Salvatore Ruocco, Vincenzo Fabricino By Sean Chavel There’s this impractical hype surrounding "Gomorrah," the new Italian mafia saga import which has captured the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, as well as a multi-winner at other film festivals, is a hot new sensation worthy of vintage Coppola. There’s nothing Coppola-esque grand about Matteo Garrone’s film, instead it’s a raw and objective docudrama of Mob racketeering: operations in construction, tourism, textiles, fuel, food....(more)

Bill Murray and Lucas Black have joined the period dramatic thriller "Get Low" for the Zanuck Company. Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek have already signed onto the project, which will be directed by Aaron Schneider....(more)