- "Transformers 2” to feature a more science-fictiony plot, Soundwave. (IGN)

- How princely: Ben "Prince Caspian" Barnes to go from saving Narnia to saving his soul as the titular character in "The Picture of Dorian Gray." (ComingSoon)

- Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams join "Greenberg," the next project from "Squid and the Whale" mastermind Noah Baumbach. (Cinematical)

- First trailer for "Australia" starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman surfaces online. (Apple)

- Laurence Fishburne to pull triple duty as director, star, and producer of "The Alchemist," an international best seller about following your dreams. (Hollywood Elsewhere)

- Blockbuster, Calculator, Gemini, and Icicle among villains set to appear in Green Arrow movie "Super-Max." Oh yeah, and the Joker, Lex Luthor, and the Riddler. (Latino Review)

At 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...

- Djimon Hounsou goes crazy over a comic book trilogy, and it could be…Conan? (CHUD)

- Protego! Daniel Radcliffe reportedly under constant protection after death threats. (Metro UK)

- A slew of pictures from the set of "X-Men Origins" pop up online. (Just Jared)

- Alternate ending for "I Am Legend" gets leaked. (/film)

- First look at Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and (holy crap) Robert Downey Jr. from "Tropic Thunder." (EW)

Considering it's been more than two years since composer Andrew Lloyd Weber first announced plans to bring his musical version of "Sunset Boulevard" to the big-screen, with nary an update since, should fans continue to hold out hope of seeing Norma Desmond get a second Hollywood close-up? Yes, but according to its lead, don't exactly hold your breath waiting for it.

"It's going very slowly," sighed Glenn Close, the five-time Oscar-nominated actress who played Desmond in the stage production and is also attached to portray her in the film adaptation. "I think a lot of people are scared [because] it's a musical."

Billy Wilder's original 1950 film noir starred Gloria Swanson as an aged femme fetale who entices desperate screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) into a whirlwind -- and soon spiraling -- life of surrealism and financial dependence.
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In a strange way, it's kind of fitting that Brett Ratner is going to direct a biopic about Hugh Hefner, titled "Playboy." After all, if you can't score an invite to the mansion to rub elbows with Pauly Shore and Stephen Dorff, isn't the next best thing dropping by Chez Ratner for some quality time in a photobooth with Bob Evans?

So with "Playboy" looking to get the fast track to your local multiplex (by the way, how is it that Larry Flynt got Milos Forman and Hef gets the director of "After the Sunset"?), let's do some casting, shall we? Who should play Hef? How about...

Ewan McGregor --  The only thing stopping us from loving this idea is Ewan tends to fall a little flat when he goes American ("Stay" still makes us sleepy thinking about it). Read more...