- Christopher Lee game to step into the white robes of Saruman for “Hobbit” bridge film. (Empire)

- Ridley Scott to return to sci-fi, eyeing an NC-17 rating for “Blood Meridian.” (Eclipse)

- Seth Rogen’s “Green Hornet” gets a 2010 release date. All it needs now is a director, a co-star, and a finished script. (EW)

- Matt Damon joins Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood directed “Human Factor,” about post-apartheid healing in South Africa. (Variety)

- Elementary my dear Watson? Guy Ritchie to reinvent Sherlock Holmes. (Variety)

- Is “Nuke the Fridge” the new “Jump the Shark?” Goddamn the new Indiana Jones film was ridiculous. (FilmDrunk)