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Weitz to Direct Summit's 'New Moon'

Summit Entertainment announced today that filmmaker Chris Weitz ('The Golden Compass') has been hired to direct the second film in the studio's Twilight film franchise. The film, New Moon, is based on the second book in author Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster book series.

'Iron Man 2' Trio to Team Again for 'Avengers'

The cast and crew for Marvel Studios' 2011 film The Avengers is coming together quite nicely. Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle, whose deal to replace Terrence Howard in the Iron Man movies has been finalized, have signed for the actioner, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Columbus Gives 'Ripleys' Overhaul

Director Chris Columbus (Rent, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) is in talks with Paramount Pictures about taking the reins of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The long-gestating project has Jim Carrey set to star as newspaper columnist-explorer Robert Ripley. The project is now getting a complete overhaul, according to Daily Variety, based on a concept that Columbus pitched himself.

Oscar Winner Bardem is a 'Biutiful' Man

Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men) has lined up a lead role in the drama Biutiful, according to Daily Variety. The trade paper says that the film is about "a man embroiled in shady dealings who is confronted by a childhood friend, now a policeman." The trade doesn't specify which character Bardem will be playing.