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Daily news dose: Brendan Fraser seeks 'Vengeance,' Wayne Kramer directs buddy flick
The Screening Log — Here's your dose of quick news bits for Jan. 27, 2008... • Brendan Fraser has signed on to star in Roger Kumble's upcoming family comedy "Furry Vengeance," about "a real estate developer whose new housing subdivision pushes far into a pristine part of the Oregon wilderness, pitting the developer against a band of angry critters." Kumble also directed the awful comedy "College Road Trip." (Variety) • Wayne Kramer, director of "Running Scared," is set to helm Warner's "Fully Automatic," a buddy action flick about two cops who join a female operative to hunt down a ruthless mercenary. Joel ...

Manhattan Is Enchanted Again
Cinema Blend News — Manhattan Is Enchanted Again Though the book Enchanted, Inc. was published in 2005, it's going to have a hard time avoiding comparisons to the 2007 movie now that it's being turned into a film. It doesn't help that it's set in New York and involves magic. But Universal will try their luck at getting out from under Amy Adams' shadow, assigning Steven Rogers to write a screenplay based on Shanna Swendson's book. The story, according to Variety , follows a woman who arrives in New York from a small town, and discovers that the city is full of magic that everyone-- except her, ...

'Enchanted, Inc.' coming to the big screen
The Screening Log — Screenwriter Steven Rogers will adapt Shanna Swendson's novel "Enchanted, Inc." for Strike Entertainment, according to Variety. The plot follows a small-town woman who comes to New York and discovers magic is and has been a common thing in the Big Apple for centuries. Because she has absolutely no magic inside her, she possesses the ability to see through any spell. Rogers is the guy who also wrote "Stepmom," the decent romantic comedy "Kate & Leopold," and the disastrous "P.S. I Love You." I haven't read the book and obviously don't know what happens to this woman, but at this stage, this all ...