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The Possibility of Fireflies

Dominique Paul will make her directorial debut on an adaptation of her novel "The Possibility of Fireflies." Kelly Preston will play a single mother whose husband has abandoned her and her two daughters. Michelle Trachtenberg plays the older daughter. Joel Stevens is one of a long list of executive producers, as is Musician BT, who is also composing music for the film which will shoot in January in South Carolina.

Halo Abandoned Variety reports that both Universal and Fox have pulled out their financing for the movie version of Microsoft's "Halo." Rumors are that the $135 million dollar budget has ballooned past $200 milion, though representatives of producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have denied this. Other scuttlebutt say the real problem comes from arguments with Microsoft over profit sharing. Microsoft is already negotiationg with other possible partners, while pre-production continues. Ken Kamins, a rep for Jackson and Walsh, said: "Universal, on behalf of both studios, asked for a meeting with the filmmakers just prior to the due date of a significant payment. Basically, they said that in order to move forward with the film, the filmmakers had to significantly reduce their deals. They waited until the last minute to have this conversation. Peter and Fran, after speaking with their producing partners and with Microsoft and Bungee (the studio that designed the original game), respectfully declined."

Finding Nemo: The Broadway Musical

The Walt Disney Co. has announced that "Finding Nemo," the 2003 feature produced by Pixar Animation, will now become a Broadway musical. Initially the production will be presented as a "short-form" (30 minutes) musical at the Walt Disney World theme park in Orlando. Using puppets created by Michael Curry, who co-created the puppets for the stage version of Disney's "The Lion King," previews will start next month, while the official premiere takes place in January.

Wanted!

James McAvoy told Empire Online generally about the Universal Pictures' adaptation of the comic series "Wanted!" and, specifically, his role as Wesley Gibson: "He's [Gibson] an arsehole. A complete geek [at this moment the cordon rope topples over]. There you go! He does things like that! He's a complete and utter failure, but he begins a mission to avenge his father's death." Directed by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, the original Top Cow Publishing series is by
Mark Millar and J.G. Jones! The story tells of momma's boy Wesley Gibson who finds out that his dissociated father is an assassin known as "The Killer." On his father's demise, Wes finds he's inherited his dad's perfect aim and skill with any weapon and is then recruited into an organization of super villains.

The Oxford Murders John Hurt has taken the lead in director Alex de la Iglesia' "The Oxford Murders." An adaptation of the Guillermo Martinez novel, the tale tells of a young mathematics specialist studying in Oxford who lodges with a woman who, he finds out later, worked on the Enigma Code during World War II. Returning home one afternoon he finds the author of a book on the mathematics of serial killers waiting outside and when they enter, they find the woman murdered in her wheelchair.

Big Screen Fraggles The 1983 HBO cult hit Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock" is becoming theatrical feature. Developed by Ahmet Zappa (younger son of Frank Zappa) the film will be a full-length live-action musical fantasy starring the classic characters. Lisa Henson, who serves as co-CEO of the Jim Henson Co. with her brother, Brian, said: "(Zappa) recently created his own fantasy property ('Mighty McFearless'), and we had him in to talk about books and movies. During that conversation, I had an intuition that he might be a 'Fraggle Rock' fan. He jumped out of his seat when he heard our idea of making 'Fraggle Rock' into a feature-length movie. The Fraggles didn't really get into the human world on the series, so we plan to make the movie more about the intersection between the Fraggles and the humans. We're taking the movie as far as we can independently because the company has a big personal investment in how the movie turns out."

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