Jack Black is Gulliver
20th Century Fox is moving forward with a bigscreen adaptation of “Gulliver’s Travels,” with Jack Black taking on the title role as his next project. Rob Letterman (”Shark Tale”) has signed on to direct the contemporary reimagining of the classic Jonathan Swift tale. Story centers on Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel
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Jack Black back with ‘Panda’ writers
Jack Black is reuniting with “Kung Fu Panda” writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger for an untitled live-action action comedy at Universal. Black will produce with his Electric Dynamite partner Ben Cooley. A sort of comedic “The Bourne Identity,” the story sees Black as an American
Jack Black goes back to ‘School’
School is back in session for Paramount Pictures. Studio is developing a “School of Rock” sequel, with Jack Black attached to reprise his role as rock star wannabe/substitute teacher Dewey Finn, who in the original film turned a class of fifth-grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock
Jack Black is a Man-Witch no more
Apparently, Jack Black would rather conjure up a sandwich than a Man-Witch at this point. The Kung-Fu Panda star has dropped out of Warner Bros.’ supernatural comedy that he agreed to topline last year, the studio confirmed. Man-Witch centers on a man who learns he’s a witch and goes off
‘Panda’ masters Friday box office, ‘Indy’ drops to fourth
DreamWorks Animation and Paramount’s “Kung Fu Panda” easily won the Friday box office with a gross of $20 million from 4,114 theaters, giving Jeffrey Katzenberg’s company its highest opening day ever for a non-sequel and second overall after last year’s “Shrek the
Lindsay Lohan is Back in Black
“Producers have exclusively confirmed to E! News that the tabloid queen is resuming her day job, signing on to star alongside Jack Black in Ye Olde Times, a comedy tentatively set to start rolling this April. A source at Patriot Pictures, which is producing the yukfest, told E! News that the film