Variety is reporting a couple of big deals rolling out:
First, Universal will be remaking Al final del espectro (which loosely translates to The Last Ghost), a Columbian horror movie about a shut-in who sees a ghost. Nicole Kidman will star and produce, Fernley Phillips (The Number 23) will adapt the script, and the original director (Juan Felipe Orozco) will come back for the remake.
And the man with the golden touch, J.J. Abrams, has yet another supernatural thriller in the works under his Bad Robot banner for Paramount. Other than the fact that it will be written and directed by Josh Marston (Maria Full of Grace), Abrams is keeping mum on details of the untitled project--as is his custom.
Finally, MTV is reporting that Reece Daniel Thompson, the star of this weekend's much-buzzed-about indie comedy, Rocket Science, has been cast in Sophomore--another high school comedy, described as an "homage to Chinatown." In this one, Thompson will play a dorky sophomore who helps Mischa Barton get to the bottom of a stolen SAT scam. Bruce Willis and his daughter Rumer will costar, and Brett Simon will direct.
For our exclusive interview with Thompson's director on Rocket Science, Jeffrey Blitz, click here.