Former New Line heads Bob Shaye and MIchael Lynne have announced 
It’s official: The Writers Guild will strike, as soon as Monday morning. It still seems like the impact will be focused on TV, at least for the time being. Les Moonves insists that CBS doesn’t need writers to make it through the season (although he didn’t comment on how the strike will effect late night shows like David Letterman’s). SAG is pledging solidarity, but has advised its members that if they’re under contract, they must go to work. The Teamsters say they won’t cross picket lines, to which ABC responded: “If you make a decision not to cross a picket line by another union such as the WGA, know that you are refusing to perform your duties on a day that you have a call and that the Studio has the right to replace you.” More on this clusterfuck as it unfolds.- Natalie Portman has signed a two-picture deal for her production company with Jeff Skoll’s Participant Productions. She’s separately setting up her feature directorial debut, an adaptation of Amos Oz’s memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness. The script will be written by Naomi Foner, who is the mother of Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
- David Fincher will direct an adaptation of the graphic novel The Killer for Paramount.
- Variety confirms a rumor that was in the NY Post a couple of days ago: THINKFilm has shelved a planned theatrical microrelease for Bordertown, and will only distribute the film on DVD. It’s the reteaming of Jennifer Lopez with her Selena director, Gregory Nava, and it was allegedly booed at the Berlin Film Festival.
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