pJudd Apatow (”Knocked Up,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) has signed to write and direct a further three films for Universal Pictures says the trades./p pThe deal, which came together on the release of the third film (”Funny People”) he directed for the studio, also allows Apatow to produce projects elsewhere./p pNo projects, which will also be written by Apatow, have been set. Though he’s produced a lot, Apatow has generally directed a film every two years – meaning he’ll likely be with the studio through 2015./p

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pBilly Crudup has joined the cast of the adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir “Eat, Pray, Love” for Sony Pictures says a href=”http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006708.html?categoryid=13amp;cs=1″Variety/a./p pCrudup will play Steven, who is married to Gilbert (Julia Roberts). His hopes to have children are dashed when her quest to get pregnant leaves her feeling she is not living the life she wants. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery around the world./p pRyan Murphy is directing from a script he wrote with Jennifer Salt.

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Billy Crudup Learns To "Eat, Pray, Love"

pMichelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan have joined the cast of the sci-fi action feature “Battle: Los Angeles” for Sony Pictures says a href=”http://www.hollywoodreporter.com”The Hollywood Reporter/a./p p”Battle” revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon’s battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles./p pRodriguez will play Crpl. Adriana Santos, a member of a radio battalion. Pena plays the father of a boy the Marines find along the way, and Moynahan plays a veterinarian./p pJonathan Liebesman helms the film which Neal Moritz is producing

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Rodriguez, Pena, Moynahan Do "Battle"

pSteven Spielberg is set to produce a film about fictional secret agent Matt Helm as an upcoming project reports a href=”http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006669.html?categoryid=13amp;cs=1″Variety/a./p pNovelist Donald Hamilton created the character who starred in a series of 27 novels about a government agent whose mission is to take down enemy agents./p pSpielberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are set to produce. Paul Attanasio delivered a rewrite last week which reportedly renewed Spielberg’s interest in the project./p pParamount Pictures retained rights to the project which was developed by DreamWorks, which means Spielberg is unlikely to direct./p

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Spielberg Helming Matt Helm Film?

Disney and Pixar keep denying it, but we keep discovering things that seem to say it’s true. Jim Hill Media published an interesting article looking at a batch of new domain names that Disney recently registered. I know that this is kind of bottom-of-the-barrel snooping, but it’s one of the only ways to get unofficial early confirmation.

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Is Monsters Inc 2 Inching Along One Website at a Time?

Can you believe it?

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It’s Official – Ridley Scott is Directing the Alien Prequel!

Now this is a very odd trailer.

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Worth Watching – July 31: Richard Eyre’s The Other Man Trailer

If you don’t know who Nacho Vigalondo is, I’ll happily wait until you’re acquainted with him. Nacho is a crazy up-and-coming filmmaker from Spain who treated us to the time travel film Timecrimes last year and was nominated for an Oscar for his short 7:35 in the Morning . He’s now set to direct Gangland , an action comedy based on his own original idea that’s being written by Pat Healy .

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Nacho Vigalondo is Taking Us to Gangland in a Video Game

Last December it was announced that Phillip Noyce would be directing a remake of the 1935 swashbuckler pirate classic Captain Blood .

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Spierig Brothers Set to Bring Us ‘Captain Blood’ in Space?

“Futurama” will return with its original voice cast, says The Hollywood Reporter . After a standoff with 20th Century Fox TV over salary, the five “Futurama” actors on Friday reached an agreement with the producing studio to reprise their parts on the show, set to come back with new episodes on Comedy Central in mid-2010

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Futurama Will Return with Original Voice Cast