It's back to the future at MTV, with news on "Star Trek" highlighting our links of the day.

- Beam them up? Paul McGillon and Mike Vogel to join "Star Trek"? (Trek Movie and IESB)

- Tigers beware: Steve-O says third "Jackass" film will start filming in January. (Slashfilm)

- My Sweet Lord: Martin Scorsese to direct a documentary on Beatle George Harrison. (Variety)

- Robert Redford to go "Against All Enemies," direct political adaptation. (Hollywood Reporter)

Reporting by Nha Nguyen

Tom Cruise is back in the game! His animated proclamation of love on Oprah's couch had everyone wondering whether he had lost his bachelorhood, or his mind. But who knew that Tom would soon take over United Artists? In hopes to show he's still got the skills to pay UA's bills, comes his first effort to be developed after the whole couch/underperforming "MI:3"/getting fired drama, entitled "Lions for Lambs." Fellow castmate Peter Berg recently gave us the scoop on the top-secret upcoming drama.

"It's set in Afghanistan, and [is] more about the politics that are going on behind the War on Terror. The same writer -- Matthew Carnahan -- [that] wrote 'Lions for Lambs' [also] wrote 'The Kingdom,'" he said of his soon-to-open directorial effort. "[In 'Lambs'] I play the head of the Special Forces, who sends a team into Afghanistan to try to do a mission - and it doesn't go very well." Read more...