* Kristen Wiig will get a chance to re-team with her Adventureland co-star and fellow SNL alum Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins. She'll be replacing Anna Faris in the film from co-writer Mark Heyman and director Craig Johnson, which follows "estranged twins Maggie and Milo, who coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront how their lives went so wrong. For Maggie, that means re-examining her marriage to sweet "nature frat boy" Lance (Wilson), while her gay brother Milo revisits his old flame Rich, a former teacher with a past he'd rather keep quiet. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them both, they realize the key to fixing their lives may lie in fixing their relationship with each other" Luke Wilson has also come aboard to play Lance, and the Duplass Brothers(Jeff, Who Lives At Home) are producing. That's a hell of a lot of talent on all corners. Production begins next month. [Variety]
* 20 years ago Jeff Bridges snagged the rights to Lois Lowry's novel, The Giver, with the hopes of producing it for his father Lloyd to star in. The film has gone through various stages of development over the years, once having Vadim Perlman(House of Sand and Fog) directing based on his own script. But he's out, and now Philip Noyce(Salt) appears to be stepping in to fill the void. Jeff Bridges will remain as producer and will take over the lead role, although it's unclear if Perlman's script will stay in play. The story is set in a utopian society where memories of the past are kept sage old figure known as the "Giver". When his replacement is found in a 12-year old boy, the child learns that the things he's been taught aren't necessarily the truth.
* Back in July Warner Bros. accidentally let slip their plans to convert Zack Snyder's Man of Steel for 3D and IMAX. The studio quickly tried to pull back by saying it wasn't confirmed, but now they've gone ahead and done it anyway. So be prepared to pay a few extra bucks to see those heat vision rays pop off the screen. This decision probably doesn't surprise anybody, especially if you followed their recent decision to have Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim converted.
