Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges are in negotiations to star opposite Clooney in the feature, which Heslov is directing from a script by Peter Straughan.

Ewan McGregor is in talks to join George Clooney in the Iraq-set drama “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”

Ellen DeGeneres has moved her office to the Warner Bros lot right next to George. Being the new person on the lot Ellen visits her neighbors bringing goodies along with her. One of her stops was at Smokehouse. While George isn’t there Grant is and loses a bet with Ellen.

Maple Pictures have acquired exclusive Canadian distribution rights to MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, it was announced today by Co-President Laurie May.
Based on the 2005 non-fiction book by journalist Jon Ronson, MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS tells the story of a secret unit that was created within the US Army in 1979. By defying military [...]

New York, Aug 5 : George Clooney is all set to star in a movie on the Iraq war, even though anti-war films about Iraq tend to bomb at the box-office.
What’s more, Clooney will also be producing the pic, as well as starring in it.
Clooney and his production company, Smoke House, have paid seven figures [...]

George Clooney’s Smoke House shingle has set up half-hour comedy script “The Fall of Bob” at Showtime.
Project, penned by Danny Zuker (“Stacked”), is a dark single-camera laffer that revolves around a man whose life flashes before his eyes as he jumps off a building.
Show will follow the lead character, Bob, as he narrates his life [...]

Warner Bros. has set Anthony Peckham to adapt “The Tourist,” an Olen Steinhauer novel being developed as a potential star vehicle for George Clooney.
Smokehouse’s Grant Heslov, Nina Wolarsky and Clooney will produce.
Acquired by WB in the fall, “The Tourist” is a contemporary international thriller about a spy who risks everything to reveal a conspiracy after [...]

Bollywood has met Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival, with George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt signing rupee-spinning deals for big movie collaborations.
India produces more films than any other country, and sells more than four billion cinema tickets a year, far more than in America. Now one of its biggest companies is to become [...]

Grant Heslov to direct Jon Ronson adaptation
George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm, “Men Who Stare at Goats.”
Pic is an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book about the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that was to use paranormal powers. Title refers to the notion that one [...]

TNT announced plans to extend its winning streak in scripted dramas with projects in development from big-time executive producers George Clooney, “24″ co-creator Joel Surnow and others.