Coney Island baby
Darren Aronofsky was invited to make the new Batman movie. Instead he filmed addicts in Brooklyn.
Lara ducks Khmer Rouge associations
Plus: French sex'n'homicide shocker to get British release, Douglas and Zeta Jones fix a date, Morton Posh'n'Becks biography looks ripe for adaptation, Gere and Lane to reteam for remake and Tom Green finds more work after Road Trip
Zoinks! Scooby-Doo ‘scary comedy’ to hit cinemas
It's been on the cards for almost two years, but it seems that the long-awaited big screen adaptation of crimebusting cartoon Scooby-Doo has finally got the green light
Cleese Nearly Headless in Potter adaptation?
Plus: Jada Pinkett Smith may jack into Matrix mainframe, here be dragons for Matthew McConaughey and Dern confirms third Jurassic outing
The House of Mirth review – Gillian Anderson is Oscar-worthy in a brilliant adaptation
This outstanding film shows how masterly is Terence Davies’s visual sense and what a light, adroit touch he has turned out to have with period detail
Norton leaves Bruce flapping
Plus: Crudup signs for Faulks adaptation, Wes Craven does "serious" again, king of the world Cameron abandons Earth, Hawn dallies with rock chick flick
Bloody marvellous
Philip French ...a bold, breathtaking, superbly acted adaptation...
At last, Harry Potter and friends step out of the shadows
It has been announced this afternoon that the young British actor Daniel Radcliffe will be playing Harry Potter in Warner Bros's forthcoming film adaptation of the international bestseller
This one’s a hit…
Philip French: High Fidelity is an extraordinarily funny film, full of verbal and visual wit. And it is assembled with immense skill
Caine on hand for last orders
Michael Caine has signed on to play the central role in an adaptation of Graham Swift's novel Last Orders
X-Men shows superhero strength at US box-office
The comic book adaptation, X-Men, has taken $57.5m over its opening weekend, making it the biggest non-holiday, non-sequel ever
Affleck tipped to play a younger Jack Ryan
Ben Affleck seems the hot favourite to step into Ford's shoes to play Jack Ryan in the next Tom Clancy adaptation
Relative Values
Peter Bradshaw: The adaptation smudges the clarity and unity of the stage settings... On the screen everything looks too creaky
Maybe Baby
Peter Bradshaw: When most of British film-making is so brain-dead and scandalously bad, Ben Elton and BBC Films have made a respectable film, which promises to get plenty of laughs - and its investment back at the box office
Anthony Hopkins tipped for Stephen King adaptation
Castle Rock are rumoured to be lining up director Scott Hicks and actor Anthony Hopkins for a big-budget treatment of a Stephen King story, Hearts in Atlantis