Courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter comes news of a couple writers signing on for new movies.

The first bit of news comes in the form of a biopic about the life of James Bond creator, Ian Fleming. John Orloff (A Mighty Heart) has been hired to write the film, Fleming. Why would this be remotely interesting? Fleming served as a British intelligence officer before inventing 007. i have a feeling the film will have to take a Confessions of a Dangerous Mind stance to distance itself from a blase biopic. Please no womanizing! I assume it’ll be mostly a spy film. Do you have any interest in this?

Orloff also wrote two episodes of “the greatest mini-series of all-time,” Band of Brothers. So, that’s something.

Anybody who wrote this deserves every job he gets

Also, the writer of Slumdog Millionaire, who I believe has a pretty good chance at winning the Adapated Screenplay Oscar next money, has been brought in to write Leap Year. Simon Beaufoy’s script will be a romantic-comedy vehicle for another Oscar nominee this year, Amy Adams.

“Adams is playing an uptight woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, Feb. 29, following an Irish tradition in which women propose to men on that day and the man must say yes. When weather derails her trip, she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to make an unexpected cross-country trek to pull off the perfect proposal in time.”

Aren’t romantic-comedies cute? My brother had a friend born on leap day. He’s 40,  but has only had 10 birthdays. And you thought being born near Christmas was bad.

Let's hope she doesn't get bogged down in rom-coms