He may have been in a bit of a slump for the past few years but it looks like M. Night Shyamalamadingdong is steadily coming out of it. And yes, I know that’s not his name but I can’t help myself.

His next project, The Last Airbender, is taking it’s sweet time getting here and does look like it could have, at the very least, some interesting graphics. But it’s his next top-secret movie that’s got Hollywood buzzing.

According to Collider, the project has the potential to reunite M. Night with his Sixth Sense and Unbreakable star Bruce Willis – perhaps Bruce’s presence will help the movie to not suck like the M. Night’s last four films.

The movie is also attracting attention from Gwyneth Paltrow and Bradley Cooper which would be great for Paltrow who is currently in the middle of her own comeback with the Iron Man movies.

M. Night takes the secrecy of his scripts very seriously and so only top execs have actually seen them. Although he can’t have looked after the script to The Happening very well because it looked like a child had re-written the movie.

So in summation, I have no idea what the film’s about and the stars listed above are only interested in the film at this point. I wish I could tell you more but I’ll reserve real judgement on M. Night until we see The Last Airbender.

In a recent press release, Disney revealed the plot of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which seems redundant as someone on the production has been leaving copies of the script in London cafes.

That’s right, it’s not just politicians who can leave sensitive material in public places, this person left the script for the new movie lying around in a central London cafe.

Unfortunately, the person who found it was one of those upstanding citizen types and they handed it into The Sun who in turn handed it over to Disney. Spoil sports.

Anywho, the official press release that we can actually give you reads like so:

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides captures the fun, adventure and humor that ignited the hit franchise –this time in Disney Digital 3D(TM). In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love–or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth.

When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

Geoffery Rush reprises his role as the vengeful Captain Hector Barbossa, and Kevin R. McNally returns as Captain Jack’s longtime comrade Joshamee Gibbs. Sam Claflin stars as a stalwart missionary, while Astrid Berges-Frisbey is transformed into a mysterious mermaid.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will film on the islands of Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii, followed by locations and studio work in the United Kingdom and Los Angeles.

Sounds good to us!

Marvel Studios have hired a writing team for a big screen adaptation of Doctor Strange, and would likely be the first Marvel movie made under Disney’s control.

According to Deadline Hollywood, Conan The Barbarian writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have been hired to pen the script which could mean that the script for Conan is an impressive one.

Doctor Strange was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Strange Tales in 1963. The story of the good doctor begins when he’s Stephen Strange, a world-renowned but selfish neurosurgeon whose hands are damaged in a car accident.

After losing the ability to perform surgery, Stephen searches the world for a cure and winds up learning the mystic arts in the Himalayas.

A movie version of Doctor Strange has been in development hell for a long time until Marvel bought back the rights and are now pushing forward with the project.

Disney are ramping up their plans for a live-action movie based around the ups and downs of a high school prom by adding some cast members.

The film, said to be Disney’s attempt at a John Hughes movies, is called Prom and will star relatively unknown actors in the leads to bolster the films franchise potential.

Thomas McDonell, Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights – pictured), Danielle Campbell, Nolan Sotillo, Yin Chang (Gossip Girl), Jared Kusnitz (Surviving Suburbia), Nicholas Braun (10 Things I Hate About You), Ben Esler (The Pacific), Kylie Bunbury and DeVaughn Nixon are all making up the current cast list.

Recognise those names? Me neither, so hopefully we’ll get some fresh talent and not whatever the Disney Channel is churning out these days. But is Prom ready to take over the reigns from High School Musical?

Some graphic novels were meant to be made into movies but, as much as I love Garth Ennis’ ‘The Boys’, I’m not sure this is one of them.

The novels are set in a world where superheroes are revered, but behind the scenes they behave more like the Guns and Roses during a particularly heavy drinking session. They’re out of control so the US Government call in The Boys – a team of badasses who want to take the ’supes’ down a peg or two, usually by removing limbs.

If you thought Kick-Ass was too violent and used far too many expletives then you should probably leave The Boys well alone as it might just blow your mind. Or make you throw-up.

But regardless of our own personal feelings and strong compulsion to up-chuck, Step Brothers’ director Adam McKay is currently in talks to helm the project, according to Collider.

You might be thinking that McKay seems like an odd choice to direct such dark material, and you’d be right. Nothing on McKay’s CV indicates that he’s the man for the job but it’s always nice to see people trying something new.

On a side-note, one of the characters is Wee Hughie whose appearance is based on our very own Simon Pegg but there’s no word on whether he’s involved or not yet.

The biggest problem facing this production will most likely be how the writers will go about toning down the violence, sex, swearing and general debauchery that the novels are steeped in. Will a watered down version of The Boys be worth the effort?

David Mitchell’s beloved novel is being adapted by director Tom Tykwer, the man behind Run Lola Run.

An interesting cast is being lined up: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James McAvoy, Ian McKellen and Natalie Portman have all been offered roles, according to Production Weekly. This seems remarkably star-studded for early negotiations but we’ll watch over the coming week as these names gradually fall away from the project.

The plot of the books sounds ultimately unfilmable: the story spans about 1000 years and follows six different character’s own stories. Portman has been attached to the project on and off for the past year but now seems a bit more invested in the project.

The Wachowski Bros. are set to produce the project but I’m just hoping that they’re not allowed to touch the script. I don’t want another Matrix 1 and 2.