• Marvel Studios is looking for screenwriters to help develop their many characters for the big screen.
• Taye Diggs will star opposite Brandon Routh as the head of a vampire family in Dead of Night.
• Summit Entertainment has picked up the rights to comprehensive Harry Houdini biography for a possible film adaptation.
• New character posters for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have been revealed.
• Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn will reteam with writer Mark Millar for an adaptation of the comic book scribe's American Jesus series.
• Anchor Bay Entertainment is expanding into theatrical releases. The company, which specializes in home entertainment releases, is hoping to capitalize on major studio reluctance to finance independent films.
• Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz may reteam for a romantic comedy, tentatively titled Trouble Man.
