One man who will not be coming to save “Wall Street” is Oliver Stone. Last fall, as the economic situation went from bad to straight up scary, Fox announced it was fast-tracking development of a sequel to the director’s 1987 classic about ruthless businessmen in shiny suits. Now, in an exclusive interview with MTV News, Stone revealed he will have nothing to do with the project.

“I dropped out,” he said. “I didn’t want to do another ‘Wall Street’ movie. I think everything I had to stay came through.”

There was a time, however, when he and fellow scriptwriter Stanley Weiser discussed picking up the story again. “We invested this a while ago,” Stone said, “but we couldn’t come up with the right way to go about it. I think there’s an interesting movie to be made in there. I’m just not interested because it’s so complex now. I don’t think people can understand security derivatives. But these types of people [on Wall Street] -- essentially it’s the same mentality.” Read more...

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)

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)