The current vogue for rockumentaries shows no signs of abating - MTV Films and Paramount Classics are to produce a biopic of US rockers Mötley Crüe based on their 2001 tome The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band. Larry Charles will direct the story charting the band's rise to fame and accompanying personal traumas. Charles, who is currently filming the Sacha Baron Cohen project Borat, has previously written for Seinfeld and HBO's hit series Entourage, and directed episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Jennifer Ehle has joined Ed Norton and Colin Farrell in the taut police drama Pride and Glory following the departure of Samantha Morton. The story follows the fortunes of a New York police family, which take a turn for the worse when Norton's character learns that his brother is a corrupt cop.