So... they're going to try to kill their bosses again?

One of the summer's biggest box office surprises, "Horrible Bosses," will likely have a sequel, reuniting the same creative team from the original film. According to the Hollywood Reporter, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the screenwriting team behind the surprise $118 million hit, have just signed on to write the follow-up.

The film's leads, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis, are all expected to return for the sequel, in addition to the original director, Seth Gordon.

The other big comedy hit from last summer, "Bridesmaids," has also been at the center of sequel talk, but a new report from the Hollywood Reporter claims that Universal is ready to move ahead with a follow-up with or without star and co-writer Kristen Wiig.

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Edward NortonLooks like we'll see something of an "Avengers" throwdown on the set of "Bourne Legacy."

Edward Norton, who previously played Bruce Banner in Marvel's "Incredible Hulk," is in negotiations to join the Matt Damon-less continuation of the "Bourne" franchise as the film's antagonist. He'll star opposite leading man Jeremy Renner, cast as Hawkeye in "Avengers," giving the two actors a chance to slug it out on the big-screen, as they won't have that opportunity in Marvel's superhero team-up movie; Norton was famously booted from the Hulk role, with Mark Ruffalo coming in to take his place.

Get the rest of today's casting news past the jump, including new additions to "Rock of Ages" and a brand new passion project from "Bridesmaids" star Kristen Wiig!

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Unless you're under 18 years old and you're not into awesome, wonderful things, you have no excuse not to see "Bridesmaids" tonight. Seriously, it's fantastic for a wide variety of reasons, but here's the big one: Melissa McCarthy.

Chances are good that you know McCarthy best for her recurring roles on "Gilmore Girls," "Samantha Who?" and the ongoing sitcom "Mike and Molly." But pretty soon, those memories will fade away in favor of her work in "Bridesmaids" as Megan, the tough-as-nails and most absurdly inappropriate member of an already rowdy group of bridesmaids.

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There are a lot of funny movies coming our way this summer, and perhaps the funniest of the bunch is coming our way really soon -- Kristen Wiig's "Bridesmaids."

The "Saturday Night Live" comedian has already started clawing into the big screen with appearances in this year's "Paul" and the love-it-or-hate-it "MacGruber," but it's "Bridesmaids" that really shows what she's capable of. A relentlessly hilarious film with a surprising and touching emotional center, "Bridesmaids" is very clearly close to home for Wiig -- not only is she the main character (who is in virtually every single scene, if not all of them), she also co-wrote the comedy. In my mind, there's no question that this is her best work to date.

Given my fondness for the movie, I'm beyond psyched to present this exclusive clip from "Bridesmaids" as part of MTV's Summer Movie Preview week. You've already seen glimpses of this scene in the trailer, and it's Wiig at her absolute Wiigiest -- that's right, the airplane scene.

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Bieber and WahlbergJustin Bieber. Mark Wahlberg. On the basketball court. Say hi to your mother for me, alright?!

No, this isn't a weird "Clue" spinoff we're engaging in. Instead, it's the premise of a new basketball drama starring the "Never Say Never" sensation and the superstar actor and producer behind "Entourage" and "The Fighter." Deadline has the news, saying that Wahlberg will produce and co-star in a b-ball movie with Bieber that's described as "The Color of Money" meets "The Karate Kid." Baby, baby, baby ooh indeed.

There's much more casting news today beyond Wahlberg and Bieber's full court press. After the jump, learn who's reportedly in talks for "The Lone Ranger" (hint: not Ryan Gosling) and the identity of one of Superman's newest foes!

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PaulIt's hard to put our collective Movies Blog finger down on what exactly it is we love so much about the new "Paul" trailer.

Maybe it's the clear, loving homage to "2001: A Space Odyssey" at the beginning of the trailer when this film is an extra-terrestrial movie that's anything but. Maybe it's the way Seth Rogen's voice is so perfectly suited for this tiny rude green alien. Or maybe it's just that we're happy to see Simon Pegg and Nick Frost back together again.

Regardless of the reason, the "Paul" trailer has hit the web courtesy of Yahoo UK, and it's pretty freaking fantastic. In addition to our three heroes, Kristen Wiig joins the team to help protect Paul, and ends up having some romantic moments with Pegg in the meantime. And then there's Jason Bateman as a special agent out to capture and presumably kill Paul for setting foot on planet Earth. And is that Sigourney Weaver's voice we hear as his commander? It sure is! Read More...

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If the existence of the "MacGruber" movie teaches me anything, it's you can turn absolutely any "Saturday Night Live" sketch—no matter how short and how much they always end with the title character (presumably) dying in a huge explosion—into a full-fledged film. It certainly isn't the first time a movie came out based on an "SNL" concept; previous outings include "Blue Brothers," "Wayne's World," "Superstar" "A Night at the Roxbury" and "The Ladies Man."

With "MacGruber" exploding his way into theaters everywhere today, I took a look at five other relatively recent "SNL" sketches that could work as feature films.

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Dwayne Johnson-- The prequel to "Planet of the Apes" has a release date: June 24, 2011. The Rupert Wyatt-directed prequel takes place in San Francisco where "man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy." [THR]

-- Dwayne Johnson is getting fast and furious, as reports peg The Rock as a potential co-star in the next installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise. But that doesn't mean that Vin Diesel is out — apparently, Diesel and Johnson will find their need for speed on the same screen. [Deadline]

-- "Lost" and "Legion" villain Kevin Durand is sticking with the bad guys in two upcoming projects: "Real Steel," the robot boxing movie starring the previously cast Hugh Jackman, and "I am Number Four," the alien-centric science fiction film starring Sharlto Copley. [Heat Vision] Read More...

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Few things in life are as consistently entertaining as Jim Henson's Muppets. They date all the way back to the mid-'50s, before "Muppet" existed as a word, on the TV series "Sam and Friends." And even today, they still delight the masses with fun diversions, such as the recent Muppet/"Bohemian Rhapsody" YouTube sensation. And yet, as popular as Henson's colorful characters have remained over the years, we haven't seen a proper, theatrically released story about them since the 1999 release "Muppets in Space."

The big screen hiatus might be ending soon. It seems that James Bobin, co-creator of the HBO comedy series "The Flight of the Conchords," is Disney's pick to direct the next Muppet movie, Vulture exclusively reports. As an unnamed Disney rep put it, "the movie is James' to direct — if he wants it." No one on either side -- Bobin's reps or the studio -- would comment officially. There's a potential problem though: Judd Apatow. Read More...

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Please excuse the delay in running this week's Box Office Poll. I experienced some technical difficulties when working from home yesterday, so I put this post off for today. What a week we're in for movies. I don't know about y'all, but every wide release that opens is on my list as well as a fair few of the limited releases. So let's get to it.

Tough to say what the big one for the week is going to be. I think the top contender -- though not necessarily by a wide margin -- is "Zombieland," a comedy-horror flick starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. As a zombie apocalypse sweeps across the world, the foursome set out on a cross-country trip to... well I'm not entirely sure. They kill lots of zombies though. Read More...

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