Ryan Reynolds Frontrunner for 'Highlander' Remake, and Other Casting Stuff

- Ryan Reynolds is reportedly now the frontrunner to take over the Christopher Lambert role in the long-developing remake of Highlander. Great news for everyone who saw Wolverine and thought, "That was great and all, but could I please see Ryan Reynolds in just one more terrible film involving swords and beheading?"

- Writer/director Scott Frank's A Walk Among the Tombstones will star Liam Neeson as a former drunk cop turned recovering unlicensed P.I. on the hunt for the kidnapped wife of a drug dealer. Hey, I bet I know what particular set of skills he will use for this job!

- Morgan Freeman has joined Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas on Last Vegas, a comedy about a wild Las Vegas bachelor party that will be amusing because the cast is familiar and very old. There's still a fourth old, familiar lead to be cast; try to act surprised when Al Pacino inevitably gets that.

- Nicolas Cage and Mickey Rourke are in talks to join Marble City, a film about a just-released convict on the hunt for revenge. So that should have a fun press junket.

Time To Get Slightly Fat Again, Renee Zellweger, and More...

- Those persistent rumors were true, and there will indeed be a third Bridget Jones movie. The task of choosing a preferred Love Actually star is such a Sisyphean task.

- Justin Lin has decided to focus on Terminator movies and more Fast/Furiouses, and won't be directing a Highlander remake anymore, because Justin Lin's priorities are completely arbitrary.

- Being in every movie coming out is still not enough for Bryan Cranston, so he's going to make a movie himself, too. The Breaking Bad star is in the process of writing an adaptation of David Wiltse's Home Again for himself to direct. Last time Cranston wrote and directed a feature (back in 1999), he also starred, so expect this film, like every other film, to make room for Cranston. (via)

- Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek is being talked about to direct a new version of Cinderella for Disney. Still no movement on the Cinderfella remake.

- For those wondering if Sesame Street's token bickering roommates Burt and Ernie are ...you know... the Children's Television Workshop has issued an official statement saying, "they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation." Come on, though, Red Fraggle?