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Despite much excitement over the opportunity to direct a film, Matt Damon has decided to pass off directing responsibilities for the upcoming untitled flick he co-wrote with John Krasinski. Meanwhile, Bret McKenzie teases his "The Hobbit" cameo, Kevin Smith updates fans on "Hit Somebody" and Emma Stone finds a "Little White Corvette."

Today is January 5, and you're tuning into today's daily news round up.

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Tags Bret McKenzie, Category Six, emma stone, Hit Somebody, john krasinski, kevin smith, Little White Corvette, matt damon, Steven Quale, the-hobbit

The wizarding world of "Harry Potter" and the Whoverse are about to collide. "Deathly Hallows" director David Yates has announced his partnership with BBC to direct a big-screen take on "Doctor Who," the long-running British television series about the sci-fi exploits of the Time Lord. Yates says the movie has no writers as of yet, is two to three years from beginning production, and will have little to nothing to do with the "Who" continuity that's come before. Get all the details here.

There's more comic book movie news beyond the jump!

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Tags Andrew Garfield, david yates, doctor who, emma stone, frank miller, Harry Potter, The Amazing Spider-Man, the dark knight rises

FROM NEXTMOVIE: For women, breaking into comedy is a tough enough nut to crack without the chauvinistic "women aren't funny" comments. Not only is it not true, but with a male-dominated writers' field in Hollywood (73 percent of the WGA's film writers are men) it's only too clear that if women aren't funny on-screen, it's probably because the only funny thing they had to do in the script was fall down and go boom boom.

The widely accepted paradigm in movies (not to mention TV) is having an out-of-shape or mildly attractive but funny husband and his hot, not-as-funny wife. And it's getting stale, baby. In order for a woman to go against that grain takes massive ovaries, the ability to generate her own material, and absolutely no fear of looking stupid.

Here are our picks for the 20 funniest women working in movies today.

Check out the full list at NextMovie!

Tags elizabeth banks, emma stone

FROM MTV MOVIES: Word of mouth about a movie based on the written word proved powerful yet again as "The Help" clung to the #1 spot at the box office for the third consecutive weekend. The four-day Labor Day weekend is traditionally slow for movie theaters, and while this one was no exception, the ensemble picture based on Kathryn Stockett's debut novel took in another $19 million, according to estimates.

"The Help" debuted at #2 (behind "Rise of the Planet of the Apes") a month ago but has topped the box office each week since. With a $123.4 million domestic gross against its modest $25 million budget, "The Help" movie is a smash just like the novel. The last movie to hold onto the #1 spot for three consecutive weekends was filmmaker Christopher Nolan's acclaimed mind bender "Inception."

One of the ensemble castmembers from "The Help," relative newcomer Jessica Chastain, turned up as part of the ensemble in the weekend's #2 movie as well. "The Debt" is a remake of a 2007 Israeli film called "Ha-Hov" and features Chastain in flashbacks as a character played by Helen Mirren.

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FROM MTV MOVIES: "It feels kind of scary saying this because that means it's only downhill, but it's been the best year of my life," Emma Stone told MTV News late last year as we honored her as the actress we were most thankful for in 2010.

The past eight months, however, have hardly been downhill, and Stone might soon have to rework her conception of a superlative year. The year 2011 has seen Stone, among other things, nominated for her first Golden Globe, film her lead role in "The Amazing Spider-Man" and win advance plaudits for a dramatic, yet at times comedic, turn in "The Help," which hit theaters Wednesday (August 10).

In a summer filled with wizards and robots and all manner of nasty alien invaders, some critics are pointing to "The Help" as perhaps the finest drama of the season, highlighting not only Stone's performance, but that of Viola Davis, who could well be part of the upcoming awards-season hubbub. Other reviewers, though, haven't been as kind, citing a jumbled story structure and an overall maudlin tone that distracts from the weighty themes of the film. Read on for those critiques and more:

The Story
"What the film lacks is a strong point of view. The story is all over the place on that front, bouncing from one perspective to another. ... Skeeter Phelan (Emma Stone) has just graduated from college in Mississippi in the 1960s and returned home. The town is divided, Black and White, and nowhere is this more evident than in Skeeter's social circle, young women married as soon as possible, raising children — or, more accurately, having their children raised by the Black women who work for them. ... Skeeter wants to be a serious writer, and a New York editor (Mary Steenburgen) needs something to judge her on. So Skeeter, having gotten a job at the local newspaper writing a housecleaning column, asks Clark for help with tips. But what she really wants is to know how the 'help' is treated, about the world from their perspective, for a book." — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic

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Gerard Butler is returning to the good side of the law in Millennium Films' latest acquisition, "The Bricklayer."

The Hollywood Reporter has the news that the "Law Abiding Citizen" star has been brought on board to play former FBI agent Noah Boyd in the book adaptation. Boyd is working as a Chicago bricklayer when he is called in to stop a criminal organization demanding multimillion-dollar ransom payments. "Enigma" scribe Hanna Weg is writing the screenplay.

Check out the rest of today's casting news after the jump!

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Tags amy adams, andy samberg, Brit Marling, emma stone, gerard butler, mark ruffalo, mila kunis, Nicole Kidman, Robert-Redford, Robin Williams, Sesame Street, seth rogen, shia labeouf, Taco Shop, The Bricklayer, The Company You Keep, The League, Tyler Posey

Emma Stone just barely missed out on the police hijinks of "21 Jump Street," but she isn't done playing with cops just yet.

The "Amazing Spider-Man" and "Easy A" actress is in negotiations to join the cast of "Gangster Squad," the 1940s cop drama chronicling the Los Angeles Police Department's war on famed mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) and his fellow criminals.

If her deal goes through, Stone would play Jean, described by Variety as "a sharp-tongued siren caught in a love triangle" between the drug-dealing Cohen and a squad member played by Ryan Gosling.

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Well that hope was short-lived. Emma Stone is, in fact, not starring in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

Though on Thursday it was reported that Stone was circling the lead for the flick, Deadline has learned that she has decided to pass on the project. That still leaves the film without a lead -- or any -- actress, but hopefully we will hear some casting news soon.

In the casting news after the jump, find out which "Hangover" star is getting his own film, what new movie Liam Hemsworth is starring in, and who the latest actors are to join "Snow White and the Huntsman."

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Tags A Place Beyond The Pines, AWOL, ben barnes, Christopher Meloni, Ed Helms, emma stone, Liam Hemsworth, Lily Cole, man of steel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, ray liotta, Sam Spruell, Seventh Son, Snow White and The Huntsman, True North

"Django Unchained" has finally found its leading man, and it isn't Will Smith.

Jamie Foxx has landed the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming Western, Deadline reports, joining a cast that (supposedly) includes Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson. It's Foxx's first Tarantino film, and judging by his ability to poke fun at himself in recent years (we're looking at you, "Horrible Bosses"), it actually sounds like a really good match.

After the jump, find out the latest actress contemplating starring in "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies," who is joining the cast of "Lone Ranger" and the role Warren Beatty will be playing in his return to film.

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There are so many talented ladies around Hollywood, it would be near impossible to pick only five to nominate for the MTV Movie Awards' Best Female Performance. That's why we had you do all the heavy lifting for us, and we're darn impressed by the five lovely ladies you selected.

But the hard work isn't over, because as always, only one of these fine actresses can win the golden popcorn. Read on for a full list of the Best Female Performance nominees, then cast your vote for the winner today!

Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
Did you ever have any doubts that Stewart would make it to this list? Well, you shouldn't have. The lady better known as Bella Swan continues her tear through MTV Movie Awards nominations for the third year in a row with her Best Female Performance nod.

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Tags emma stone, emma watson, jennifer aniston, Kristen-Stewart, natalie portman