Brad Pitt to adapt 'Dark Void' video game

Brad Pitt and his Plan B production house have acquired the film rights to Capcom's upcoming video game "Dark Void," which will hit stores in North American and Europe in late January 2010.

The plan is to develop the game into a franchise, and Pitt may end up starring in the project as well. The game follows Will, a pilot who crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle following a routine mission.

Will wakes up to find himself in an alternate world resembling a primitive earth where aliens with superior technology are planning to take over civilization. He decides to stop them along with some humans.

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Daily news dose: Larry Charles to direct 'Discontent;' Sony to adapt 'Shadow of the Colossus'

Here's your daily dose of film news for April 8, 2009:

• Larry Charles, who directed the hilarious "Borat" and "Religulous," is in talks to helm "Winter's Discontent," according to Variety. The film follows a widower who moves into a retirement home to - guess what - get laid. Charles most recently directed Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming comedy "Brüno."

• And another video game will move to the big screen. This time, Sony will adapt "Shadow of the Colossus," with Justin Marks ("Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li") on-board to write the screenplay. The plot of the game follows a man who must fight his way through a wasteland battling 16 creatures. (Variety)

• Believe it or not, but Al Pacino is getting ready to play Napoleon in the big-screen adaptation of Staton Rabin's children's book "Betsy and the Emperor." John Curran, whose credits include the very interesting "We Don't Live Here Anymore" and decent enough "The Painted Veil," will likely direct the project. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Alex O'Loughlin ("August Rush," "Moonlight," "The Shield") has joined Jennifer Lopez in Alan Poul's "Plan B," about a women who meets her dream boy on the same day she's going through artificial insemination. Kate Angelo wrote the script, according to Variety.

Daily news dose: Poul to direct 'Plan B,' 'Spider-Man 4' shooting in Michigan?

Here's your dose of film news for Feb. 3, 2009:

• Alan Poul is in talks to direct Jennifer Lopez in "Plan B," about a women who meets her dream boy on the same day she's going through artificial insemination. Poul's credits include episodes for "Six Feet Under" and "Rome." Lopez last starred in "El Cantante." (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham have joined Nick Moran's "The Kid," about an abused child who manages to pull himself out of a bad lifestyle to start over. The film is an adaptation of Kevin Lewis' book. (Variety)

• In a recent interview with The Oakland Press, Sam Raimi said he is considering shooting select scenes for "Spider-Man 4" in his home state of Michigan. "I'll be looking at Michigan for our second-unit photography on the new 'Spider-Man' film," he told the Press.

• Dean Parisot is set to direct Universal's remake of "Slap Shot." The original fil starred Paul Newman as the coach of a minor league hockey team. Peter Steinfeld is writing the screenplay. Parisot also helmed the remake of "Fun With Dick and Jane." (Variety)