1. Peter Segal, director of Get Smart and a handful of Adam Sandler movies, used to be developing a big-screen version of Captain Marvel, AKA Shazam!, at New Line Cinema. Now he has moved that project over to Warner Brothers, where he recently signed a three-year first-look deal. — Variety
2. The makers of the X-Men movies are still talking about their spin-off plans, including the nearly-finished Wolverine, the in-development Magneto and First Class, and the possibility of Deadpool. — MTV Splash Page, Variety
3. Iron Man 2 screenwriter Justin Theroux says there is no truth to the rumour that the character Jim Rhodes, AKA War Machine, was being minimized in the sequel before actor Terrence Howard was replaced with Don Cheadle. — MTV Splash Page
4. It was recently reported that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were working on a remake of the Korean movie Oldboy (2003) — but Smith now says that the reports were slightly inaccurate. Instead of remaking the movie, per se, he says they are working from the original manga comic on which that movie was based. — Film School Rejects, MTV Splash Page
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