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- The craziest, spoiler-filled rumor about the plot of "Terminator 4” surfaces online – so crazy, it might actually be true? Check that, says director. (AICN and Terminator Blog)

- Did you hear the one about Eric Bana? No joke, "Munich" star may be headed to Judd Apatow’s new film about stand-up comedians. (CHUD)

- "He-Man" script a mix of "Batman Begins" and "Lord of the Rings," "A+" says early reviewer. (Latino Review)

- Brittany Murphy out, Mae Whitman in as voice of Tinkerbell in DVD spin-offs. (Hollywood Newsroom)

- Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley join Jake Gyllenhaal in "Prince of Persia." (Variety)

Watch Mary-Kate and Sir Ben Kingsley mix it up with Josh Peck and Method Man in this trailer exclusive premiere for the Sundance fave about a drug dealer and his addicted therapist. To watch it in glorious high-definition, click here.

Peter SarsgaardIn movies like "Flightplan," "Skeleton Key" and "Jarhead," Peter Sarsgaard has gravitated towards characters straddling the conventional lines of morality - soon, in "Rendition", he'll do it again as a Senate aide torn between defense and decency.

Next up for Sarsgaard? Two more morally ambiguous movies, both based on novels.

"I did this movie with Tommy Lee Jones called 'In the Electric Mist,' directed by this French cat Bertrand Tavernier," Sarsgaard said of the veteran French filmmaker, who'll make his American debut with the drama about an actor embroiled in a murder mystery. "It's based off a James Lee Burke novel called 'In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead.'" Read more...

'The Karate Kid'We end the week with "Indy 4," Will Smith, and David Goyer highlighting our links of the day. Enjoy!

- Will Smith crane kicks your childhood. Wax on about his plans to make a "Karate Kid" remake. (IGN)

- No time for love Dr. Jones! You're filming in the warehouse from "Raiders." (AICN)

- Another "Vampire" bites David Goyer. "Batman Begins" scribe to direct "Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire." (Variety)

- Tom Shadyac acquires spec script "Dr. Sensitive," with an eye towards directing. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Ben Kingsley to star as emperor who built the Taj Mahal. (Reuters)

Earlier this year, "Easy Rider" icon Peter Fonda paid tribute to his motorcycle movie lineage with an enjoyably evil role in "Ghost Rider." Now, his legendary partner-in-crime is eager to do the same...with some help from Quentin Tarantino. "I am doing a motorcycle movie this year that Quentin Tarantino is producing," Dennis Hopper told us this week, confirming rumors that he'd been cast in the currently-filming action film "Hell Ride," which co-stars the pic's writer and director, Larry Bishop.

The old-school flick, which tells the story of three tough guys (veteran "Kill Bill 2” actor Bishop, Michael Madsen and "24” heartthrob Eric Balfour) settling a score between them, is described as a modern day "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly," and is currently filming in the Los Angeles area. "I am playing Eddie 'Scratch' Zero," laughed Hopper, a "Blue Velvet"-like wickedness growing across his face. "And I couldn't possibly begin telling you who that is, but he is weird enough."

Adding that "I know Quentin and I love all of his work," the actor who so memorably delivered Tarantino's dialogue in "True Romance" added that when Tarantino and Bishop asked him to hop back on a hog one more time, he couldn't say no.

In other news, Hopper revealed to MTV that he hopes to step behind the camera again soon. "I am going to direct another movie this next year," said the tireless counter-culture icon, who recently turned 71. Hopper also will be seen in two more films coming out later this year. "I just did a thing with Charlize Theron, who produced her first movie," he said of the drama. "I play her father in it, and it's a terrific thing called 'Ferris Wheel.' [Another is] a wonderful thing with Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley called 'Elegy,' based on the Philip Roth novel 'The Dying Animal,'" Hopper said of the impressively-cast sexual drama, which also includes Patricia Clarkson, Deborah Harry and Peter Sarsgaard. "I play Ben Kingsley's best friend. We are both womanizers and college professors, and I am giving him advice on how to have an affair with a younger woman."