X-Men is closer to coming to TV. There had been a lot of chatter that X-Men would be one of the top Fox projects this development season. Asked about the state of the project at the TCA Summer Press Tour today, Fox’s Dana Walden sounded optimistic that a deal is near. “We’re in negotiations with Marvel,” she said. “We…

UPDATE: Lionsgate has confirmed it has a closed deal for the Eli Roth-directed Knock Knock, the sexy thriller that stars Keanu Reeves as a married man whose dalliance with a couple of young beauties becomes a nightmare for him. Sources close to the distributor peg the final value of the deal at $2.5 million. There are…

It's incredible to think that this year's Sundance Film Festival is the first time Eli Roth has been to Park City with a pic. As the Knock Knock director told me when he came by our DeadlineNow studio, the story behind getting the psychological thriller into production and bringing Keanu Reeves on board as both the…

EXCLUSIVE: There are going to be plenty of film packages that spark buyers at Cannes, and here’s a fresh one that isn’t even waiting for the Croisette. Keanu Reeves has just committed to star for Eli Roth in Knock Knock, a psychological thriller that Roth wrote and will direct.  Reeves will play a happily married…