The Dailies: August 20, 2008

'Lord of the Rings'- As good as a second breakfast! “Hobbit” scripting has begun. (OneRing)

- Rev your engines. Again. Vin Diesel directing a 20-minute prequel to “4 Fast, 4 Furious,” or whatever they are calling this fourth lap around the same track. (ComingSoon)

- Has the key grip been hired for this yet? We seriously don’t have enough casting news for “Inglorious Bastards,” which just added Michael Fassbender. (Variety)

- James McAvoy and Emily Blunt to lend voices to animated “Gnomeo and Juliet.” Anybody says anything bad about Emily Blunt, I will cut you. (THR)

- First look at Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart in “Night at the Museum 2.” (Bad and Ugly)