Terry Gilliam Finds His Don Quixote And 'Battlestar Galactica: The Plan' Gets A Release Date In Today's Dailies -- 10/7/09

--Terry Gilliam is getting back to his work on the man of La Mancha, Don Quixote. The filmmaker's seemingly cursed efforts at bringing the mad knight to the silver screen seem to have finally paid off, likely thanks to the goodwill his work on the soon-to-be-released "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" has fostered. Said Gilliam of "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote": "We're up and running again, we've rewritten the script and finally got it back, the budget's come in... and I think we've found our Quixote! But who's it going to be? Well, I'm not going to tell you, but it'll start next Spring." (Empire Online)

--Accomplished filmmaker Paul Schrader (he wrote "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull"!) is coming back to Hollywood. Halfway at least. In a joint Hollywood/Bollywood production, Schrader will direct "Xtrme City," which follows a U.S. ranger and an Indian commando as they comb the Mumbai underworld for the Yank's kidnapped sister-in-law. (Variety)

--"24" co-executive producer Jon Cassar is all set to direct "Motorcade," which may star Ryan Reynolds. The story, from a screenplay by Billy Ray, involves a terrorist group who successfully kidnap the U.S. President while he's riding through New York City in a... wait for it... motorcade! Reynolds is in talks to star as the “disgraced Secret Service agent who happens to be in the wrong place at the right time.” (Variety)

--Samuel L. Jackson has nailed down his next gig. One of them anyway, as the actor seems to have commits spanning the entirety of Hollywood. The latest news is that he'll star in an adaptation of "The Same Kind of Different as Me," a non-fiction bestseller about an ex-con (Jackson) who befriends an affluent Dallas art dealer. (Variety)

--Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA is set to star alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis in "Due Date," Todd Phillips follow-up to this past summer's hit comedy "The Hangover." No word on what role RZA will fill; the story follows two unlikely traveling companions, one of whom is heading home to witness the birth of his first child. (Variety)

--"Battlestar Galactica: The Plan," the second spin-off movie for the Ron Moore/David Eick-conceived SyFy TV series which ended earlier this year, will hit DVD and Blu-ray on October 27. Holy frak, that's good news. (Sci Fi Wire)