- Go Doug Liman! The director is set to helm the adaptation of Monte Reel’s The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon, which follows the search for the last survivor of an Amazonian tribe. [Variety]
- Illeana Douglas is doing a guest stint on Entourage this upcoming season. The actress will play Ari Gold’s (Jeremy Piven) sister-in-law. File under: News that makes me Happy, (Texas). [Reuters]
- Rescue Me‘s Olivia Crocicchia will star alongside John C. Reilly in the indie comedy Terri, about a teenage boy coping with life in a small town. [THR]
- Score: A Hockey Musical, which stars Olivia Newton-John, will open the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 9. Sorry, kids, in my day, we called that “Ice Capades.” [Variety]
- Zoe Green is in talks to write a screenplay for Disney centered on gargoyles. Apparently, gargoyles are part of “a world and mythology that the studio was keen to explore.” Uh-oh — time to gear up for Team Victor vs. Team Hugo! [Variety]
I laughed innapropriately loudly at work about Team Victor vs Team Hugo.
Are we getting a live action Gargoyles movie? As in the brilliant (at least first few seasons) Disney show.