DreamWorks sets priority lineup

November 14, 2008 The writers, directors and actors the studio is talking with or already have attached are a diverse and prominent group, ranging from Clint Eastwood to Len Wiseman to Steve Carell to the writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. -- "The Trial of the Chicago 7": With a number of directors associated with it during the past year, DreamWorks hopes to attach a helmer quickly and get this high-priority project -- which Steven Spielberg himself at one time was eyeing to direct -- moving forward. -- "Cowboys and Aliens": The large-scale comic book adaptation is now being penned by writer-executive producers Kurtzman and Orci ("Transformers," "Star Trek"), who took on the gig from "Iron Man" co-writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby.

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