Hollywood moves into the dog days of summer with July's first links of the day, which include news on "Speed Racer," "Superman," and a very special birthday celebration.

- The newest addition to "Speed Racer" is one bad mutha (shut yo mouth!). Richard Roundtree joins cast of Wachowski Brothers' flick. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Robert "Wrong Turn" Schmidt to helm big-screen adaptation of Stephen King thriller "Insomnia." (Dread Central)

- "Man of Steel" postponed again. Bryan Singer to direct "Mayor of Castro Street" after "Valkyrie," say producers. (Rotten Tomatoes)

- Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow snags some great images of the "Indy 4" Yale set. (This Modern World)

- Happy 21st birthday to Lindsay Lohan. (Insert snarky comment here). (IMDB)

- Roger Ebert beautifully eulogizes influential film critic Joel Siegel, who died Friday at the age of 63. (Roger Ebert)

After a leave of absence from the big screen to concentrate on her since-cancelled Fox series "Tru Calling," Eliza Dushku is primed for her upcoming project, "The Alphabet Killer." The pic, which reteams Dushku with "Wrong Turn" director Rob Schmidt, is based on a series of real-life murders in Rochester, New York during the early-1970s.

While focused on the swath of killings, the film will take some liberties with Dushku's character, a police investigator assigned to the headline-generating crime. "It mixes in true events about a young detective who actually developed adult-onset schizophrenia while she opened up this case," Dushku says of her alter-ego. Considering the murders are still unsolved, some may take issue with modified story. The actress is unfazed, however. "It's meant only to be respectful," proclaims the ex-"Buffy" star. "There might be some controversy, but who knows."

"The Alphabet Killer" will hit theaters in Fall 2007. Dushku's "Nobel Son," co-starring Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman and Bryan Greenberg, recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and is awaiting theatrical distribution.