05.13.08: Scorsese May Direct Sinatra Biopic, Gyllenhaal & Biel Back On 'Nailed'

According to Frank Sinatra’s daughter Tina, Martin Scorsese is coming on board a Tina-produced film about the life of her combative father. Frank’s youngest daughter claims it will be a warts-and-all portrait of her legendary pop, who hung out with mobsters although she insists the actor-crooner was no Mafia stooge. “Marty has always wanted to do this,” says Tina. “I trust him implicitly.” More at Jam!

Gyllenhaal & Biel Back On Nailed
Following news that David O. Russell’s Nailed had ground to a halt last Friday over unpaid bills, prompting Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal and the other actors to down tools at the behest of the Screen Actors Guild, word comes that the film has resumed production. The political comedy about a woman (Biel) battling for the rights of the “bizarrely injured” (she has a nail in her head) on Capitol Hill, which was co-written by O Russell and Kristin "daughter of Al" Gore, has fallen victim to production company Capitol Films’ precarious financial position. But the money has been found to finish Nailed at least. More at Variety

Speed Racer Drops Back To No. 3
Seems Warner Bros bullishly overestimated Speed Racer’s weekend haul by a few million. The actual figures show that the Wachowski brothers’ day-glo kid flick limped to $18.6 million, not the $20.2 million the studio originally reported. That drops Racer down to third place in the weekend charts behind top film Iron Man and new silver medallist What Happens In Vegas, which nabbed $20.2 million. Chalk Racer up as the summer’s first big bellyflop. More at Variety