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8.31.07: Boyle collars Slumdog

Trainspotting director Boyle slumming into Slumdog, G.I. Joe gets a writer, Telluride and Venice have festival fever, and more

Boyle wants to become a Millionaire

Sunshine director Danny Boyle will next helm Slumdog Millionaire, the rags to riches true story of a kid from Mumbai who goes all the way on India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? British teen star Dev Patel will star in the film, which Warner Independent is likely to pick up for American distribution. More at Variety and for more on Boyle, check out our interview with the director here.

8.30.07: Zellweger heads to Miami in need of a tan

Zellweger heats up Miami, Thornton and Basinger are accused of being Informers, Batman blows up...really, and more

Zellweger and Connick Jr. rhapsodize in Miami

Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. will star in the comedy Chilled in Miami about a woman who leaves the Miami heat for the cold of Minnesota in the name of her job. Danish helmer Jonas Elmer will direct for Gold Circle Films. More at Variety. And make sure to check out where Zellweger recently placed on our list of the 100 Women in Hollywood here.

8.29.07: Between The Rock and Witch Mountain

The Rock hikes Witch Mountain, Wilson bows out of Thunder, Zombie resurrects two pic deal at Dimension, and more

Payback’s a Witch for The Rock

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has got something cooking up at Disney with the studio’s remake of Witch Mountain, in which the former wrestler will star as a cab driver who escorts twins with supernatural powers. Andy Fickman, who directed the Rock’s upcoming comedy The Game Plan, is directing the film in March. More at Coming Soon.

Zombie creeps up on two picture deal at Dimension

On the eve of the release of his remake of Halloween, Rob Zombie has signed a two picture deal with Dimension, which Zombie tells Variety is "a natural step in the evolution of my film career." More at Bloody Disgusting on Zombie's new deal, but also make sure to check out Premiere's exclusive interviews with Zombie and Halloween star Taylor Scout Compton here.

8.28.07: Downey Jr. flies Soloist

Downey Jr. makes Foxx's Soloist a duet, Willis, Tatum and Pena tickled by Stone's Pinkville, Wilson recuperates - but will his career?, and more

Downey Jr. wants just the facts for Foxx’s Soloist

From Iron Man to man on the beat, Robert Downey Jr. will star alongside Jamie Foxx in the DreamWorks drama The Soloist, the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a violin prodigy who became homeless when his schizophrenia caused him to drop out of Julliard and took up playing on the streets of Los Angeles. Foxx will play Ayers and Downey Jr. will Steve Lopez, the Pulitzer Prize winner L.A. Times columnist who discovered Ayers and wrote about him. Catch and Release scribe Susannah Grant wrote the script for the film, which will be directed by Pride and Prejudice helmer Joe Wright. More at Variety.

8.27.07: Wilson hospitalized Sunday

Wedding Crasher Wilson hospitalized, Sci-fi remake Stood Still for Reeves, Superbad pulls in super strong second week at the box office, Speed Racer's state of the art look is actually quite retro, and more

Wilson hospitalized Sunday

Owen Wilson was hospitalized Sunday afternoon. No other details have been released by the Santa Monica Police Department, who transported the actor to the hospital, though the National Enquirer and Star Magazine are jointly reporting that Wilson may have been trying to commit suicide, as the Enquirer reports, by taking pills and cutting his left wrist. Wilson's next starring role is in The Darjeeling Limited. More at Fox News.

UPDATE: Wilson just released this statement through his publicist: "I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time." More at Perez Hilton.

8.24.07: Lohan set to spend pre-movie jail time in prison

Lohan sentenced to 24 hours in prison, Van Helsing director Sommers soldiers on for G.I. Joe, Lee’s Lust, Caution hit with NC-17, and more

Lohan’s next role? Prison inmate for a day

Lindsay Lohan will serve at least one day in prison after her attorney entered a plea of no-contest to a charge of driving under the influence and guilty pleas on two additional counts of cocaine use on Thursday. The I Know Who Killed Me star also released a statement saying that, “Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed…I very much want to be healthy and gain control of my life and career and have asked for medical help in doing so.” More at Defamer.

8.23.07: Timberlake brings the sexy back to Love Guru

Timberlake rocks body to Love Guru, Howard fights back, Cube plots his Comeback, and more

Timberlake strikes the perfect chord for Myers' Love Guru

Justin Timberlake will reunite with Shrek the Third castmate Mike Myers in The Love Guru, a film which will have Timberlake as a hockey player who romances his teammate’s wife, a situation Myers’ love guru Pitka must resolve. Filming on the Paramount comedy starts next month in Toronto. More at The Los Angeles Times.

8.22.07: Mendes finds The Spirit within

Mendes adds curves to Miller’s Spirit, Bay docked for Transformers 2 over BluRay, Allen falls back on his Brothers, and more

Mendes builds up Sand Saref in Miller’s The Spirit

Ghost Rider star Eva Mendes will be lending her curves to another comic book adaptation by playing Sand Saref in Frank Miller’s adaptation of The Spirit. Mendes will join Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson in the story of a superhero who emerges from the dead to protect his beloved Central City. Mendes will play Spirit’s long lost love Sand Saref, who drifted away from Spirit when her father was killed by his uncle. Lionsgate will distribute the film. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

8.21.07: Cruz, Bardem tap musical Nine next

Cruz and Bardem see the Nine, Reynolds gives a news Flash regarding the Justice League movie, 11 injured on the set of Cruise's Valkyrie, and more

Cruz, Bardem and Cotillard meet halfway for Nine

Potential 2008 Oscar nominees Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as well as 2007 Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz, have joined the cast of Nine, the musical inspired by Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 that will be directed by Chicago helmer Rob Marshall for The Weinstein Co. Sophia Loren and Catherine Zeta-Jones are also being wooed for the film about a filmmaker who tries to please each of the women around him. More at Variety.

8.20.07: Aniston and Wilson make Marley their dog day afternoon

Wilson, Aniston and Marley make three, Superbad has a super weekend at the box office, Kidman and Fiennes catch up on Reader, and more

Wilson and Aniston bite into hot dog adaptation Marley and Me

Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston have signed on to star in Fox’s adaptation of Marley & Me, John Grogan’s memoir about his beloved dog. The Devil Wears Prada director David Frankel will direct the film. More at Variety. Also, make sure to check out Aniston and the 99 other women that made this year's Women in Hollywood list here.

8.17.07: The Spirit moves Johansson

You too? Johansson joins Aniston and Barrymore in comedy, Foxx performs Soloist, Fanning and Hounsou Push for thriller, and more

Johansson Into You, into Mary, and into The Spirit

Besides invading our brand new list of the top 100 women in Hollywood, Scarlett Johansson has been busy lining up roles in the star-filled romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You with Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Connelly, in addition to booking gigs as the femme fatale Silk N. Floss, who is the foil to Samuel L. Jackson's villainous Octopus, in Frank Miller’s adaptation of the Will Eisner comic The Spirit for Lionsgate, and the title role in Mary Queen of Scots for director The Painted Veil director John Curran. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

8.16.07: Aniston is into Drew’s ‘You’ tube

Aniston Just friends, Emmerich ships out on a Fantastic Voyage, Monaghan knows how to handle a convoy, and more

Aniston’s seriously Into You

Jennifer Aniston will star alongside Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Ginnifer Goodwin, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, and Kevin Connelly in the New Line ensemble comedy He’s Just Not That Into You, an adaptation of Greg Berendt and Liz Tuccillo’s self-help book about male-female relations. Aniston has the plum role of a long-suffering girlfriend of a man with commitment issues. Filming starts in September. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

8.15.07: Cera leads Revolt

Cera recaptures Youth, Cruise steals Stiller's Thunder, Norton rewrites Hulk history, and more

Cera celebrates his Youth

Superbad star Michael Cera will next star as a lovesick teen in Youth in Revolt, a comedy for Dimension. Based on C.D. Payne’s novel of the same name, Cera will play a guy whose life revolves around a girl he crushes on during his family’s summer vacation. More at Variety. And check out why Cera is one of our 20 Hottest New Faces of Comedy here and Premiere’s exclusive interview with Cera and his Superbad co-stars Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen here.

8.14.07: Ice Cube melts for 10

10 gleams Cube, Mac plays Old Dogs' puppet master, Slade slated for Gaiman's Neverwhere, and more

Cube counts down to 10

Ice Cube will possibly produce and star in an adaptation of the graphic novel 10, in which Cube would play a man who receive a message through the mail that he has been selected for a competition between ten people where there will be only on survivor. Dimension is developing the film. More at Variety.

8.13.07: Third time's a charm for Rush Hour

Rush Hour 3 beats traffic for top spot, Notorious B.I.G. bio gets a director, Indiana Jones has a title - six of them, and more

Audiences Rush out to see Chan and Tucker, but not Danes and DeNiro's Stardust

Rush Hour 3 scored an estimated $50.2 million for first place this weekend. while Matt Damon continued to chase down second place in The Bourne Ultimatum which earned $33.6 million for second place ($132.3 million overall). In third, The Simpsons Movie earned $11.1 million ($152.2 million overall). But there weren’t blue skies for the star-studded fantasy Stardust, which opened to $9 million despite a cast including Robert DeNiro and Claire Danes and a $70 million budget. Disney’s Underdog rounded out the top five with $6.4 million ($24.7 million overall). The weekend’s other new releases tanked - Daddy Day Camp with $3.5 million ($5 million since Wednesday) and the After Dark thriller Skinwalkers, which earned a measly $565,000. More at Yahoo.

8.11.07: Rush Hour 3's opening $19.1M is slower than 2

Rush Hour 3 made an estimated $19.1 million on Friday, paving the way for Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s latest adventure top open between $54 to $57 million this weekend, good enough for the top spot, but won't rival Rush Hour 2's $67.4 million opening weekend in 2001. Last week’s number one, The Bourne Ultimatum stepped down to number two, but held firmly with $10.4 million and will likely take in another $30 to $32 million and has crossed the $100 million mark in less than two weeks of release. The Simpsons Movie followed in third with $3.6 million while the star-studded fantasy Stardust, which had been predicted not to do well, exceeded Paramount’s worst nightmares since the $70 million film took in $3 million and is on course to open with less than $10 million over the weekend. Disney’s Underdog rounded out the top five with $2.3 million ($20 million overall). The weekend’s other new release, Daddy Day Camp tanked with $1.35 million Friday, putting its gross at $2.8 million since opening on Wednesday. (Check out more about Daddy Day Camp star Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Career Crisis here.) More at Box Office Mojo.

8.10.07: New Line tries to make amends with Jackson over The Hobbit

Jackson may return to the shire after all, Vaughn hits hammer on the head for Thor, I Know Who Killed Me director speaks out on Lohan, and more

New Line actively negotiating to bring Jackson back for The Hobbit

The Los Angeles Times’ Patrick Goldstein writes about the uncertain future of New Line Cinema in his column this morning, but one thing that he can be certain about is New Line’s attempts to woo Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson back to somehow participate in the studio’s planned adaptation of The Hobbit. Studio head Bob Shaye, who famously once told SciFi.com that Jackson would never work for New Line again while he’s running the studio, told Goldstein, “Notwithstanding our personal quarrels, I really respect and admire Peter and would love for him to be creatively involved in some way in The Hobbit.” More at the Los Angeles Times. Also make sure to check out James Cameron's thoughts on Peter Jackson's dispute with New Line over The Hobbit as well as a recap of the entire situation here.

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8.9.07: Alba finds Love with Myers

Alba gets advice from Myers' Love Guru, Eastwood scores with Grace is Gone, Pink Panther 2 investigates a supporting cast, and more

Alba seeks advice from Myers’ Love Guru

Jessica Alba will star with Mike Myers in the Paramount comedy The Love Guru, in which Myers will play a guru trained by Indians to bring couples together and uses his expertise on a hockey player whose wife is cheating on him. The 40 Year Old Virgin’s Romany Malco will star as the hockey player, Alba will play the owner of the hockey team, and Myers’ mini-me Verne Troyer will play the hockey team’s coach. More at Coming Soon.

8.8.07: Abrams sets Trek for Cruise control?

Abrams' secretive supernatural thriller and Trek secrets revealed, Kidman reaches the End, Dawson's Eagle Eyes, and more

Abrams mum on supernatural thriller, but could cast Cruise in Trek

J.J. Abrams apparently has seven projects in the works for Paramount, but aside from the mysterious disaster film codenamed “Cloverfield,” only one other film has been made public with the announcement of an untitled supernatural thriller that he will produce which will be written and directed by Maria Full of Grace director Joshua Marston. More at Variety. Meanwhile, IGN is reporting that Abrams is courting his Mission Impossible III star Tom Cruise to star in the one film Abrams is directing for Paramount – the update of Star Trek. Filming starts in November and sources say Abrams wants Cruise to play Captain Kirk’s predecessor Captain Christopher Pike in a cameo. More at IGN. And finally, Abrams has at least one other cast member confirmed for the crew of the USS Enterprise - Anton Yelchin will str in the film as Pavel Checkov, the role originated by Walter Koenig on the original TV series. He will join the previously announced Spocks - Heroes star Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. More at The Hollywood Reporter.

8.7.07: Zellweger heads west to Appaloosa

Zellweger travels to Harris' Appaloosa, Connelly and Long are really into He's Just Not That Into You, and more

Zellweger applies for Appaloosa

Renee Zellweger, Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris will star in Appaloosa, a western directed by Harris for New Line and producer Michael London. The film revolves around two friends whose job it is to protect a town under the thumb of an immoral rancher, but are distracted when a widow (Zellweger) comes into town. The adaptation of Robert B. Parker’s novel is Harris’ first directorial effort since his acclaimed Pollock. More at Variety.

8.6.07: Hanks turns up the heat on Fahrenheit 451

Hanks fires up Fahrenheit 451, Bourne breaks the bank, and more

Hanks burns for Darabont’s Fahrenheit 451

Tom Hanks will star as fireman Guy Montag in Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451, if one tipster on Ain’t It Cool News is to be believed. Hanks and Darabont previously worked together on The Green Mile. More at Ain’t It Cool News.

8.3.07: Trailer Made: 'Rendition'

Check out the first trailer for the Jake Gyllenhaal-Reese Witherspoon thriller below:

8.3.07: Aniston finds new Management

Aniston promoted to Management, The Spirit surrounds Macht, Premiere's Comedy Week continues, and more

Aniston is under different Management

Jennifer Aniston will star alongside Steve Zahn in the romantic comedy Management, the directorial debut of playwright Stephen Belber. Zahn will play a lowly motel manager who becomes bewitched with Aniston’s traveling art dealer and stalks her through the country. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is financing the film. More at Variety.

8.2.07: Black is Stone Cold

Black made of Stone, Bloom has his share of Demons, a new Bond Girl?, and more

Black set in Stone for adventurer comedy

Jack Black will star in The Lost Adventures of Stone Permutter Jr. for Universal, a comedy about an Indiana Jones style archeologist who looks for evidence of such historical anomalies as the Yeti and El Dorado. More at Cinematical.

8.1.07: Gervais calls Retirement home

Gervais opts for Early Retirement, Martin cries for Mama, Lawrence is covered in Disney's Snow, and more

Gervais up for Early Retirement

Ricky Gervais will star in the Warner Bros. comedy Early Retirement about a man who quits his job to tend to his family more. Accepted scribe Mark Perez will write the film for the star of Extras. More at Variety.