Jamie Foxx wants a murder, Oliver Stone wants a war and George Miller may want the apocalypse as they headline our links of the day, also with news on Robert DeNiro, Joe Carnahan, and more.

- Smoking Joe Carnahan wants help in choosing his next project. (Joe Carnahan via Slashfilm)

- Not content with just Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, George Miller is also working on a "Mad Max" sequel? (Moviehole)

- Oliver Stone has a Woody. Director's film "Pinkville" snags Woody Harrelson. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Jamie Foxx to play a trailblazing black detective investigating a serial killer in "The Zebra Murders." (Hollywood Reporter)

- The headline writes itself: Elle and Dakota Fanning combine their sinister powers, team up for "My Sister’s Keeper" alongside Cameron Diaz. (Variety)

- Michael Mann developing "Frankie Machine" for Robert DeNiro. Story centers on a retired mobster forced back into the game. (Variety)

Playing the piano earned him an Oscar, his voice landed him a Grammy, and mixing in a few dance moves earned Jamie Foxx one of last year's biggest box-office hits with "Dreamgirls." Now the multi-talented star is graduating to the cello...and who knows where this instrument will take him.

"Man, yeah, I'm getting into it," Foxx said of the intense lessons he recently undertook to become an expert on the long-bowed member of the violin family. "I'm getting it down; it's a trip when you hear the instrument starting to talk to you. It's nice."

The lessons are part of Foxx's immersion into the world of Nathaniel Ayers, the real-life inspiration for the buzz-heavy upcoming film "The Soloist," which also had Robert Downey Jr. join the cast this week. "It's about a schizophrenic person who lives underneath an L.A. freeway," Foxx explained. "But he's a brilliant cellist and violinist." Read more...

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a hot steaming cup of our links of the day, with news on Oliver Stone, Robert Downey Jr., "Cloverfield," "Harry Potter," and more.

- "The hills are alive with the sound of…thestrals?" A "Harry Potter" musical in the works? (Color us dubious) (Sunday Mirror)

- Enough with the mystery. "Cloverfield" site now roars. I yawn. (1-18-08)

- John Ridley is George Lucas's man, will write long in development Tuskegee-themed WWII pic "Red Tails." (AICN)

- Could your movie about a murdering, sociopath barber have, I dunno, less murdering? Burton told to tone down the gore in "Sweeney Todd." (CHUD)

- Good Morning, Vietnam! Oliver Stone making fourth trip to war well, to direct "Pinkville" with Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum. (Variety)

- "Soloist" becomes Duet: Robert Downey Jr. joins Jamie Foxx in musical biopic. (Variety)

Last, but certainly not least – our Friday links of the day provide news on Jamie Foxx, Scarlett Johansson, George Lucas, James Bond, and more.

- Scarlett Johansson joins Frank Miller's "The Spirit." (Hollywood Reporter)

- "Shine" on? Jamie Foxx tackles "The Soloist," musical biopic about prodigy who develops schizophrenia. (Variety)

- The return of Neil Patrick Harris! "Harold and Kumar" sequel gets a teaser trailer. (Myspace)

- Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou, and Dakota Fanning join supernatural thriller "Push." (Hollywood Reporter)

- For your eyes only: First image of James Bond from "Bond 22." (USA Today via Coming Soon)

- Lucas Land heading to Disney World? (Jim Hill Media)