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Hugh Jackman as WolverineAt the moment, you're likely drooling with anticipation to watch "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Dark Knight" over the next few months. Heck, maybe you'll even go see "Punisher: War Zone."

But once these thrills have come and gone, what comic book movies will come next? It's a question we're all dying to know, and vague promises of "Captain America" and "Thor" movies aren't cutting it. So instead, we hold out hope for a new take on a familiar hero.

"It feels different," Hugh Jackman told us recently about "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which he's currently shooting with eyes towards a May 2009 release. "But I don't think its going be night and day." Read more...

leo.jpg- Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt to headline live-action "Akira" adaptation. (AICN)

- The Curious Case of the Teenage Plague: David Fincher to direct "Black Hole" from a script by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman. Story centers on a radical STD sweeping through American high schools. (Hollywood Reporter)

- On golden wings: Former hobbit Dominic Monaghan makes a break for "Wolverine." Will play mutant Beak. (Just Jared)

- "I can say with absolute certainty that you will see stuff you've never imagined." James Cameron checks in to give a status report on "Avatar." (AICN)

- Behind the scenes video from Richard Kelly's "The Box." (/film)

In today's Dailies: Craven's "House" gets raided, a Lostie snags corpses and Harvey Dent does Dr. Phil (not in that way). Eh, slow news day.

- The Greeks, fresh off their "300” success, turn their eyes toward remaking Wes Craven's "The Last House on the Left." (Hollywood Reporter)

- The Weitz Brothers set to adapt author Michael Moorcock's "Elric" fantasy saga. (Empire)

- "Lost" star Dominic Monaghan plays Victorian-era grave robber in "I Sell the Dead." (AICN)

- World's prettiest comedian Dane Cook plans for Lionsgate's "Bachelor No. 2." Something about getting hired to take people's ex-girlfriends on horrible dates so they come crawling back. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Aaron "Harvey Dent" Eckhart to play self-help guru in drama pic "Traveling." (Variety)