Jumper (movie)

Two potential film franchises, 20th Century Fox's science-fiction thriller "Jumper" and Paramount Pictures' family fantasy "The Spiderwick Chronicles," opened to solid business over the extended holiday weekend, while Walt Disney Co.'s "Step Up 2 the...

The 2007-08 season is not even officially a week old, but ABC and NBC are already stockpiling projects for the future -- including a possible "Knight Rider" remake at the Peacock. Each network has also given a series order to a drama project, and they're...

Having failed in his attempts to bring "The Flash" to the big screen, David Goyer is hoping to launch a different DC Comics franchise. The news of the intended project first broke over the weekend on the WizardUniverse website, which meant that the...

A man and his talking automobile. Only a couple of television shows rate that blurb, and mercifully, it isn't "My Mother the Car" that's getting an update. No, it's the much cooler one. Since its original 1980s run, "Knight Rider" has maintained a solid...

Samuel L. Jackson is returning to the studio that first paired the Oscar nominated actor with the combination of snakes and planes. According to Variety, Jackson and his Uppity Films shingle are setting up "Man That Rocks the Cradle" at New Line....

"Blade" scribe and "Blade: Trinity" director David Goyer will sink his teeth into some new vampire lore. According to Variety, New Regency has picked up the rights to Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's illustrated novel ""Baltimore, or The Steadfast...

IF you think that "Jumper," a sci-fi thriller about teleportation, isn't the obvious choice for the holiest of all love holidays, Rachel Bilson wants you to know that you're wrong. "It's the perfect Valentine's Day movie," she says. "It has a love...

Physicists and drama coaches might find it instructive to compare notes and solve a lingering sci-fi mystery. To wit, what is it about the ability to defy quantum theories of space, time and matter that turns some guys into Tobey Maguire (i.e. sweet,...

Rachel Bilson, last seen saying goodbye to "The O.C.," will help out former boss Josh Schwartz on one of his new shows. Bilson will do a guest-starring arc on NBC's new series "Chuck" this fall, Schwartz told reporters on a conference call Thursday. She'...

"Disaster Movie" is the latest and most slapdash of the movie parodies to atrophy out of the "Scary Movie" franchise. It shows more signs of the postpartum depression that these movies have felt since the Wayans Brothers gave them to Jason Friedberg and...

"Snakes on a Plane" thespian Samuel Jackson will take a lead role in "Jumpers," a sci-fi thriller from director Doug Liman ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith"). The project is based on the novel by Steven Gould which focuses on a young man who discovers that he can...

Doug Liman has set up a Jedi reunion for "Jumper," recruiting Hayden Christensen to play the lead in his new thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox has come on board to co-finance the film with Regency Enterprises, a decision...