Morning Deal Report: Sean Penn’s Place

Posted by Scott Von Doviak

Angels and Demons nudged Star Trek out of the top box office spot, taking in $48 million over the weekend. The Enterprise crew added another $43 million to the coffers, for a total haul of $147.6 million in its first 10 days. Wolverine is hanging in there at number three, with $14.8 million, with Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Obsessed rounded out the top five.

Sean Penn will rock you! “Penn is in talks to star in This Must Be the Place, a film that will mark the English-language feature debut of Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, who is Un Certain Regard jury prexy at Cannes,” Variety reports. “Penn would play a wealthy rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father’s executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.”

Peter Berg sank your Battleship! “The filmmaker is in talks to direct a big-screen version of the Hasbro board game for Universal. Brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber have signed on to write the script,” per The Hollywood Reporter. “The game, which began in pencil and paper form in the early 20th century and is now available on platforms from cell phones to computers, consists of two players arranging a variety of ships on a grid. The game proceeds in alternating salvos as players try to 'sink' the opposition's ships by guessing where they sit on the grid.” But here’s the best part: “While plot details are being kept below deck, the studio is looking to make an epic naval action adventure.” Really? Not an intimate chamber drama?


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