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1.<\/a> Alfred Molina has been cast as the evil magician Horvath in Jerry Bruckheimer\u2019s modernized live-action adaptation of The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/a><\/i>. Nicolas Cage is playing the sorcerer, Jay Baruchel is playing the apprentice, and Teresa Palmer is playing the apprentice\u2019s love interest. \u2014 SlashFilm<\/a>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter<\/a><\/i> movies (2001-2002) among other things, will direct Percy Jackson<\/i>, based on the first book in the Rick Riordan series about a schoolboy who discovers that his father is the Greek god Poseidon. The story will revolve around the theft of Zeus\u2019s master lightning bolt, and it will star Logan Lerman, who played one of Mel Gibson\u2019s sons in The Patriot<\/a><\/i> (2000) and Christian Bale\u2019s son in 3:10 to Yuma<\/a><\/i> (2007). \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> It\u2019s official: Dakota Fanning will play an evil Italian vampire in New Moon<\/a><\/i>, the sequel to Twilight<\/a><\/i>. Rumour also has it that Drew Barrymore has been approached about directing the third film, Eclipse<\/i>; the first film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and the second film is being directed by Chris Weitz. \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/i> (x2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4.<\/a> New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes have set a release date of April 16, 2010 for their Nightmare on Elm Street<\/a><\/i> reboot, and they are working on a sequel to their Friday the 13th<\/a><\/i> reboot as well. No one has been cast as Freddy Krueger yet, but a grassroots movement is afoot to convince the producers to give the role to Watchmen<\/a><\/i> co-star Jackie Earle Haley \u2014 and Haley says he likes the idea. \u2014 ComingSoon.net<\/a>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, MTV Movies Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Paramount Vantage and Comedy Central have acquired the rights to Ghosts\/Aliens<\/i>, a \u201csupernatural comedy novel\u201d about \u201ctwo pothead friends who set out on a quest to discover both ghosts and aliens\u201d. This story is presumably not to be confused with Monsters Vs. Aliens<\/i>, which will be distributed in a few weeks by sister company Paramount and DreamWorks Animation. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Chris Columbus\u2019s production company has bought the rights to the graphic novel Welcome to Hoxford<\/i>, which concerns \u201ca psychiatrist who must team with a deeply disturbed patient in order to escape werewolves who run an institution for the criminally insane.\u201d \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Columbia Pictures is developing a third Ghostbusters<\/i> movie \u2014 yes, 20 years after the last one came out \u2014 but contrary to all the rumours out there, it will not<\/i> be produced by Judd Apatow. Meanwhile, co-star and series co-creator Dan Aykroyd says the cameras could be rolling as early as \u201clate fall 2009\u201d. \u2014 Patrick Goldstein<\/a>, Boston Globe<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> MGM has bought the comedy screenplay Once Upon a Time \u2026<\/i>, which is described as a \u201chumorous quest story\u201d that \u201cplays with fairy-tale convention in the vein of the \u2018Shrek<\/a>\u2018 movies and \u2018 The Princess Bride<\/a>.'\u201d \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

9.<\/a> Terry Gilliam\u2019s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus<\/i>, which stars Heath Ledger in his final role as \u201ca traveling magician who gives customers more than they bargained for,\u201d has not yet been able to secure an American distributor. \u2014 Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"