Movie Minesweeper - The Trail Mix Bowl Edition

- Charles Fox, Richard Pearce, Vilmos Zsigmond and The Fon... Henry Winkler have begun their terms as governors of AMPAS.

- film ick favourite Peyton Reed has signed to direct the movie version Yes Man. The original book was a kind of memoir by Danny Wallace, one time flatmate of Dave Gorman, the best comedy lecturer-come-storyteller in the UK. For the project/book/hell of it, Wallace spent a whole year saying yes to everything, and documenting the results. I sincerely hope the studio will let somebody more like Wallace than, say, Brad Pitt, Ben Stiller or Jack Black take the role. Simon Pegg? Actually... Nick Frost?

[EDIT: Is Jim Carrey still in talks for Yes Man? Several of you believe so... And now the producer David Heyman has made it clear that Carrey is after an Autumn shoot for this one]

- York Shackleton's Street is gaining Vivica A. Fox, Rachel Miner and most probably Laura Ramsey and Toby Hemingway. Bizarrely (well, I think it's bizarre) Luke Goss is the executive producer.

- ThinkFilm have the North American rights to Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Shame - because the film looks great, but I don't like ThinkFilm at all. They show no respect for the films they handle - at the very least when it comes to their catastrophic DVD mastering.

- Warners have shelled out for the rights to Angie Sage's Septimus Heap books. They're not like the Harry Potter books. Well... not exactly.

And that's Hollywood Reporter now also. So, I'm making my way along quite smoothly.

More soon.

Oi, Pilot! Your Name's Not On The List, You're Not Coming In

ABC have now decided which of it's series will be comissioned as full series and two film ick favourites were hanging in the balance.

The bad news is that, according to The Hollywood Reporter at least, Football Wives, with a Brian Singer pilot, is not on the list. Perhaps it was more like the execrable UK original than I'd hoped.

The better news is that, again according to the same list, The Cashmere Mafia has been picked up. The pilot was directed by Peyton Reed, one of the most underrated of studio filmmakers, and even if the series is a wash-out overall, I'm looking forward to Reed's installment very much.

It looks like the Mr. and Mrs. Smith spin-off has been left out in the cold too. Probably where it belongs.

And meanwhile over at Fox, the Terminator spin-off The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been given the nod. I blame all those wound-up insomniacs googling Lena Headey images - but let's see how long it lasts before Fox axes it. Three episodes? Four?

Lucy Liu Joins Cast Of Cashmere Mafia

The pilot for ABC's drama-comedy series Cashmere Mafia is being directed by film ick favourite, Peyton Reed. Lucy Liu has joined the cast, presumably as one of the four lead 'female executives'.

Aniston's Breasts Cause Flurry Of Legal Fist Shaking

Top tip - don't go clicking on the link in this post unless you are a) over the required legal age in your home territory b) not at work, school or the prison library and c) not offended by (apparently) semi-nude, highly-salaried one-time stars of massively successful sitcoms.

Universal have been going crazy at any websites to post the probably-very-fake image of Jennifer Aniston topless on the set of The Break-Up. There's lawsuits a-go-go, I'm sure, but I still don't know why Ansiton wouldn't wear moleskin patches over her nipples when shooting the scene. I'm not a believer, I'm afraid.

Perhaps Aniston, Peyton Reed or Eric Edwards can speak up and silence the debate/cut off Universal's 'all publicity is good publicity' campaign.

Peyton Reed In Cashmere

Sex and the City guru Darren Starr's new show is Cashmere Mafia. Why do I care? Because Peyton Reed is directing the pilot. Bring it On.