- 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)

- Tobey Maguire loves him some comic books. Spidey star to adapt "Afterburn," about post-apocalyptic Earth. (Hollywood Reporter)

- "X-Files" creator Chris Carter spills some details on new movie, while also speaking for the first time about bizarre 9/11 connection. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Don't mess with the new trailer for "You Don't Mess With the Zohan." (JoBlo)

- James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn cast as Ma and Pa Bush in Oliver Stone's "W." (Variety)

Whether re-makes, re-imaginings and sequels are worth their time and effort is a battle that has raged among movie fans ever since D.W. Griffith decided to cash in on the success of "Birth of a Nation" with 1916's "Fall of a Nation." Yep, they've been around that long.

Every actor has to make up their own mind on how they feel about such matters, and one of our favorites is Natalie Portman, who has some interesting thoughts on the matter.

"When something works you don't touch it," Portman explained to us recently. "You try to create something new that's positive." (If you want more Natalie, our full "Rough Cut" interview with Portman is viewable here.

As such, she insisted that she'll never star in a long-rumored sequel to her first film, the ass-kicking classic "The Professional." "I really love that film," she added. "And I would work with [director] Luc Besson again, in a second, but [not on a sequel]." Read more...

Is everything about to change for Tobey Maguire? That seems to be the case, as director Peter Hedges revealed to MTV News that he's lassoed the "Spider-Man" star for his next project, the appropriately titled "Everything Changes."

While the film was first announced in 2004, it's only now revving up thanks to a clear schedule for its director and star, Hedges said.

Based on a book by Jonathan Tropper, "Everything Changes" centers around "guy who had to take care of his family at a young age because his dad left," Hedges explained. "His dad comes back and for one week he has the father of his dreams - he helps him figure out that he's trying so hard not to be his father that he's not being himself." Read more...

Any day that brings news on Wallace and Gromit is already a good day, but add in Guillermo Del Toro and Natalie Portman and, well, if this isn't nice, what is? Also news on Vin Diesel and Kevin Dillon below.

- A new Wallace and Gromit short film coming next year! (Wallace and Gromit)

- 4-tune smiles on Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, who are both set to star in 4th "Fast and the Furious" flick. 4-get it. This is ridiculous. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Natalie Portman joins Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in "Brothers." (Hollywood Elsewhere)

- Guillermo Del Toro tackling H.P. Lovecraft’s "At the Mountains of Madness" (Latino Review)

- Kevin Dillon brings his entourage to ancient Greece to star in Nation Lampoon's spoof film "301." (Variety)

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)