1.) We begin today with a pretty amazing photo Darren Aronofsky tweeted from the set of Noah. [Darren Aronofsky]
2.) Terrence Howard and Dawn Olivieri (“House of Lies”) are in talks to become the latest stars to board Breacher (formerly known as Ten) for director David Ayer (Street Kings, the upcoming End of Watch). Sam Worthington and Arnold Schwarzenegger are already attached to the action thriller. The script by Swordfish scribe Skip Woods follows 10 DEA agents get picked off one by one after pulling off a heist. Howard and Olivieri would play two of the team members who are engaged in an affair and have a plan to keep all the money to themselves. [Heat Vision]
3.) Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) is attached to direct a remake of the 2000 French thriller With a Friend Like Harry. The original tells of a family man joined on vacation by an old schoolmate named Harry, who he doesn’t remember. Harry seems kind and charming at first, but he eventually turns more mysteriously menacing. “Prison Break” actor Wentworth Miller is writing the screenplay, while Peirce is currently at work on a Carrie remake with Chole Moretz and Julianne Moore. The original won Cesar Awards (the French Oscar) for best actor and best director, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Anyone out there seen it and/or can point me in the right direction? [Variety]
4.) Much like they did with “Vampire Diaries” after the Twilight movies struck gold, the CW is looking to take advantage of the latest craze in adolescent entertainment: watching teenagers kill one another as part of a government-issued fight for survival. The network is in talks to obtain the rights to Koushun Takami‘s novel “Battle Royale”, which was the basis for the 2000 Japanese box-office hit. Talks of a U.S. remake have been going on for years, but the deal would give it new life as an hour-long dramatic series. Japanese law indicates Takami must give any remake his seal of approval before it moves forward. [LA Times]
5.) If you thought the Facebook movie craze ended with The Social Network and Catfish, think again. Sony has picked up the pitch for a comedy called De-Friended, from “MadTV” co-creater Fax Bahr and “In Living Color” writer Harry Dunn. The film would focus on a social media-obsessed woman in her late-30s who seeks revenge after the most popular girl from her high school de-friends her on facebook. [THR]
BONUS: Watch Tom Hardy rap with his baby… What’s the difference Tom? And someone has The Godfather theme as their ringtone.
