Nasty Women: Anne Hathaway (Colossal, above) is in talks to join Rebel Wilson in Nasty Women. It's described as a gender-swap remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, which itself was a remake of 1964's Bedtime Story, starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. If things work out, Hathaway and Wilson will play con artists who compete to cheat a tech prodigy out of his fortune. Jac Schaeffer wrote the new version. [Deadline]
Crossbreed: Vivica A. Fox is showcased in the first image from Crossbreed. She portrays the president of the United States in the sci-fi movie, which revolves around a mission "to retrieve an extraterrestrial being from an illegal medical facility using its DNA to manufacture weapons." Daniel Baldwin (above) costars as the secretary of defense. [THR]
The Lawnmower Man: Released in 1992, The Lawnmower Man featured Pierce Brosnan as a scientist who conducted an experiment using drugs and virtual reality to enhance the intelligence of an ordinary gardener (Jeff Fahey). Now a company called Jaunt plans to turn the movie into a virtual reality series. [Variety]
The Wailing: Ridley Scott's production company is in early talks to remake the acclaimed Korean horror-drama The Wailing. Hosung Kim, head of Fox International Production Korea, acknowledged the challenges: "The locality and sensibility of The Wailing is so strong that I don’t think it would be easy to do a Western remake, and it will be important who directs it. So I told him I think the only director who could do the remake is [original director] Na Hong Jin." [ScreenDaily]
American Fable Trailer: A new trailer for American Fable emphasizes the odd and unusual aspects of the mesmerizing independent thriller. The movie stars Peyton Kennedy as a young farm girl whose family is struggling in the 1980s. Then she discovers a stranger locked in a silo and everything changes. Richard Schiff and Kip Pardue also star; the movie will open on February 17. [Movieclips]
