Here is your first, albeit 3D-inhibited, look at Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.” The film is due out March 5th 2010 and stars Mia Wasikowska in the title role. Maybe if you have 3D glasses lying around it’ll look all groovy. [MarketSaw]
Katie Holmes will star in the Guillermo Del Toro co-scripted and produced “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark.” The film is based on a 1973 ABC telepic about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures. Del Toro protege, Troy Nixey, will helm the film in Melbourne, Australia this summer. [Variety]
Edward Norton and Robert De Niro are attached to star in John Curran’s indie-psychological-thriller “Stone.” The Angus MacLachlan scripted film follows a correctional officer (De Niro) who is seduced by the wife of a convicted arsonist (Norton) up for parole. [Variety]
A new poster for Alejandro Amenbar’s “Agora” has been unveiled. The film stars Rachel Weisz as the legendary astronomer/philosopher, Hypatia of Alexandria. [Ropes Of Silicon]
James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel have joined Jacob Estes’ “The Details.” The black comedy concerns a couple (McAvoy and Banks) who discover an infestation of raccoons their back yard which produces disagreements over how to deal with the animals that lead to an escalating series of events. Hilarity ensues? [Variety]
Sundance hit “The Cove,” a film that looks at the hunting of dolphins by Japanese fishermen, is causing a stir between filmmakers, exhibitionists and the Japanese government after a screening was canceled, suspected to be the result of political power play from the Japanese-American consulate. [THR]