--Sylvester Stallone has opened up on the secret scene in "The Expendables" featuring himself, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and my greatest dreams come to life. According to the actor, Willis plays the man who hires Stallone and his titular team for "a death-defying mission," but there's another operative that could take on the job — none other than Stallone's longtime rival, played by Schwarzenegger. "I talked about this scene with these guys for a long time, but I never thought it would come to fruition," said Stallone. (PopWatch)
--NBC is going from "Heroes" to "Zeroes" in an all-new television project from "Crank" duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Titled "Zeroes," the one-hour NBC project will focus on a crisis situation's final hour. "We want to drop right into it and sustain the absolute most berserk state of crisis, when all of the options have been exhausted," said Taylor. (THR) Read more...
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So I am off to see "The Ugly Truth" this evening. Rom-coms aren't my usual bag, but I've decided to break character and play against type for once. I don't know why I'm confessing this to you readers, other than to have something interesting to say at the top of today's Dailies. Now that that's out of the way, on to the news!!
-- "Discipline," a sci-fi novel by Paco Ahlgren, is getting an adaptation from David Permut and Steve Lee. The story follows some dude locked in a conflict with an unseen enemy. The outcome of their battle will "determine the past, present and future of human existence." Sweet. (Variety) Read more...
- Christopher Lee game to step into the white robes of Saruman for "Hobbit" bridge film. (Empire)
- Ridley Scott to return to sci-fi, eyeing an NC-17 rating for "Blood Meridian." (Eclipse)
- Seth Rogen’s "Green Hornet" gets a 2010 release date. All it needs now is a director, a co-star, and a finished script. (EW)
- Matt Damon joins Morgan Freeman in Clint Eastwood directed "Human Factor," about post-apartheid healing in South Africa. (Variety)
- Elementary my dear Watson? Guy Ritchie to reinvent Sherlock Holmes. (Variety)
- Is "Nuke the Fridge" the new "Jump the Shark?" Goddamn the new Indiana Jones film was ridiculous. (FilmDrunk)