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Disney may have given up on a physical therapist Cinderella, but Fox Searchlight didn't, and now Queen Latifah will be putting on the nurse's scrubs and hoping for romance in "Just Wright."

According to Variety, the modern day fairytale centers on a physical therapist who is assigned to help a star basketball player recover from an injury. Naturally, with all that close contact, she falls in love with him. Hey, they don't call it physical therapy for nothing. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Read more...

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FROM SPLASH PAGE: We’ve seen our share of comic books heroes make the jump from the four-color page to the silver screen over the years, but could we be on the verge of seeing a comic book enemy — better yet, Public Enemy — heading to the multiplex?

While we’re not in the habit of breaking stories based on anonymous sources, a tipster dropped us a line recently and mentioned that the faces of the iconic rap crew — Chuck D and Flavor Flav — are in talks with a major animation studio to produce a feature film based on the band and their recent comic book exploits, with an all-new P.E. album being recorded for the movie. A second, very reliable source then backed up the original tipster’s claim, stating a script is indeed in the works, adding, “The first ‘Public Enemy’ graphic novel collection comes out in May and there is a lot of interest from Hollywood.”

Read more about a possible Public Enemy feature film at SplashPage.MTV.com.

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What better way to swing into the weekend than with some exclusive Robert Pattinson news AND photos. We broke the news just a couple hours ago that Robert's forthcoming flick, "How To Be" won't even require you to leave the house. That's right, come April 29 you'll be able to check out the comedy on demand from IFC films.

And lest you thought this was another Edward-ish role for the heartthrob, check out the new look for Rob in the exclusive photo below. Plus if you click here or on the image, you'll ALSO get a look at Rob on the cover of the accompnying album!

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Marc Forster is looking ahead to "World War Z" and other possible projects following his first James Bond film "Quantum of Solace." A biopic about Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, though, is not one of those projects, contrary to speculation.

"That’s not correct," Forster told MTV News regarding claims that he would step on to direct a Kurt Cobain movie at Universal. The film is reportedly being scripted by "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" screenwriter and former Forster collaborator on "The Kite Runner" David Benioff.

Though Forster brushed off his involvement with the Cobain biopic, which incidentally will not star James McAvoy, as "a rumor," he expressed high hopes for the picture to be done well. Read more...

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While vampires are immortal, the "Twilight" books are not, and it won't be too long before Summit needs a replacement for Edward and Bella. It might be none other than legendary magician Harry Houdini. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Summit has optioned William Kalush and Larry Sloman's controversial biography "The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero" with an eye to adapting it not as a biopic, but an action movie.

The studio is planning to rewrite Houdini as a character who is part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes, and exciting enough to launch his own franchise, says the report. Read more...

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Chris Columbus may have left the "Harry Potter" series far behind, but he's clearly still hungry for a sprawling fantasy franchise. He's set to start filming "Percy Jackson", a big screen adaptation of Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series, and while he's lined up Logan Lerman to play the title role, he needs some Olympians.

The chance to play a god has attracted some appealing names, because Variety , reports that Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, and Sean Bean have joined the cast as Greek gods. Read more...

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On April 8, anime fans everywhere will probably be flocking to theaters for the release of "Dragonball Evolution," the live-action adaptation of the wildly-popular anime franchise. Little has been seen from the film but that's all changing: we have three exclusive, never-before-seen clips from the film.

Check out one of them below, and then click here to see the rest of the "Dragonball Evolution" exclusives plus interviews with star Emmy Rossum!

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Back when he was calling the shots on his remake of the classic 1978 slasher flick “Halloween,” director Rob Zombie made it perfectly clear his feelings on revisions, telling MTV News “horror movie remakes for the most part don’t work because they just imitate the original… if you’re going to follow the original then there’s no point because that movie already exists.” And while he included clear tributes to John Carpenter’s original shocker, expect Zombie’s next installment, “H2: Halloween 2,” to be all his own – starting right off at the very beginning with the classic theme music.

“We're going to do something completely different,” Zombie told MTV News. “We haven't gotten to that point yet so we could change our minds, but we want to do something totally different. The movie is very raw and very rough looking so the score has to [reflect that].” Read more...

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Contributed by Matthew Williams

You’re either reading about her recently-released film or about prior commitments causing her to drop out of "Iron Man 2” for Gulliver’s Travels. It just seems like Emily Blunt is hot news even for movies she won’t be in. However, now comes news that the actress, along with Jonah Hill, will star alongside Russell Brand in the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” follow-up, “Get Him To The Greek.”

According to Moviehole, Blunt will be playing a pop musician who “may duet” with the British comedian in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy. Read more...

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FROM SPLASH PAGE: When it comes to adapting anything associated with horror master H.P. Lovecraft, the first name to pop into your mind probably isn't Ron Howard. Nevertheless, that's who's interested in tackling Image Comics' graphic novel "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft," which is set to hit shelves this April.

According to Variety, Universal and Imagine Entertainment have bought the rights to the novel, and are planning it as a potential director's vehicle for Howard.

Read more about Ron Howard's plans for "The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft" at SplashPage.MTV.com.

Tags H.P. Lovecraft, ron howard, The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft