- Has Tom Cruise lost that loving feeling? “Top Gun 2” reportedly in the works. (The Sun)
- Tobey Maguire joins “The Crusaders,” about the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case “Brown vs. The Board of Education.” Gary Ross attached to direct. (Variety)
- Wet Hot American Prequel? Director David Wain teases follow-up to cult comedy classic. (CHUD)
- What do you do to follow-up “There Will Be Blood”? Paul Thomas Anderson heads to the theater, will direct Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph in show he co-wrote. (Cigarettes and Red Vines)
- A bunch of new photos from “Crank 2: High Voltage” pop up online. (LATimes)
- Just for fun, the greatest piece of art ever: Carla Gugino as Sally Jupiter as a pin-up model. Poster featured in “Watchmen” trailer. (AICN)
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It's all VMAs all the time here at MTV this week, but those of us in the movie biz keep on trucking. Back today with news on Tobey Maguire, Will Smith, Seann William Scott, and more.
- Spider-Man takes on giant f'ing robots as Tobey Maguire snags "Robotech." (Hollywood Reporter)
- Will Smith to star in "Seven Pounds," about a man who falls in love while trying to kill himself. (Variety)
- Seann William Scott to scope out Richard Kelly's "Box." (Reelz Channel)
- Grab a helmet: "Jackass 2.5” secretly in production. (Slashfilm)
- Teaser poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood." (AICN)
- Wolfgang Peterson to direct "The Grays." (ComingSoon)
- Joaquin Phoenix and director James Gray are "Two Lovers." (Variety)
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