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A History of Violence: "Viggo Mortensen is set to topline the New Line Cinema thriller "A History of Violence" for helmer David Cronenberg. The "Lord of the Rings" star will play a pillar of a small town who runs a diner and lives quietly with his lawyer wife and kids. When he thwarts a robbery and is lauded as a hero in press reports, he is brought to the attention of unsavory types who think he is a former colleague gone underground..." (more info). Bluesman: "Aaron Ryder's Raygun Prods. is set to produce a big-screen adaptation of author Andre Dubus III's "Bluesman" for indie distributor Newmarket Films. The project marks the first feature Raygun will create for parent Newmarket, the distributor behind such recent rollouts as "The Passion of the Christ" and "Monster"..." (more info). Charlie Bartlett: "Jay Roach, who is currently helming Meet the Fockers, will develop as a potential directing vehicle the Gustin Nash-scripted coming-of-age comedy Charlie Bartlett for Fox Searchlight. The film is about an eccentric teenager who gains popularity by becoming the student supplier of prescription drugs. A potential collision with the school superintendent is averted when the student helps the educator patch up his relationship with his daughter..." (more info). Elizabethtown: "Judy Greer and Paul Schneider have signed on for roles in Cameron Crowe's "Elizabethtown" for Paramount Pictures. Shooting starts this month. The project, which is being closely guarded, is described as a love letter to the resilience of the life force and the story of an unexpected romance. Greer ("13 Going on 30") plays the daughter of Susan Susan Sarandon's character and Schneider plays the cousin of Orlando Bloom's character..." (more info). Final Destination 2: "New Line Cinema has greenlit Final Destination 3 by reuniting with franchise creators Glen Morgan and James Wong. Wong directed the original film, which he wrote with Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, in 2000. They've not revealed what kind of accident the third film will entail..." (more info). Soul Plane: "MGM's "Soul Plane" may have crashed with critics, but the hip hop airline laffer was a huge hit with bootleggers. As early as April, illegal and very high-quality DVD and VHS copies were so widely available among street vendors that some involved with the film blame its poor box office performance on bootleggers..." (more info).2004 MTV Awards: New trailers for "Alien vs. Predator" and "Blade 3" will appear during the broadcast. Eminem's ass will not, though pics of that are online. 2004 Tony Awards: Talkin' Broadway reports this week's ceremony scored a disappointing 5.2 rating, last of all the networks and the lowest for the show in a while. Alien vs. Predator: Carsten Noorgard talked about the sequel with About.Com. Batman Begins: The Gary Oldman photos weren't from "Batman" after all, see Superhero Hype for details. Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason: Coming Soon reports that the Renee Zellweger comedy sequel has been moved up two months to November 19th. Cagney & Lacey: Moviehole reports this classic show is getting the film treatment, not a spoof but rather a "Thelma & Louise" style drama. Catwoman: Central casting, an extras casting agency in LA just requested extras for the movie. Normally this means test audience gave the film a huge thumbs down. DVD News: Details and art is up for Pee-Wee's Playhouse & The Alamo. Exorcist: The Beginning: The official site for the prequel has gone live. Joey (TV): E! News reports that Ashley Scott ("Walking Tall", "Birds of Prey") has been dumped from NBC's Joey. Her character will be re-written and recast after she scored poorly with test audiences. LOTR: Return of the King: Video Business reports that New Line Home Entertainment will release the extended edition DVD, a month later than planned. Mortal Kombat 3: MK Revolution reports that According to Total Film Magazine from UK, Academy Award winner Roger Christian, director of recent movies like Battlefield Earth, Bandido and American Daylight, will direct MK3. Saw: An exclusive uncut trailer for the Lions Gate horror flick is up at IFilm. Spider-Man 2: 27 new publicity stills, many with FX, are up at Rope of Silicon. Superman: Jared Paladecki, Jason Behr and Henry Cavill have been confirmed by Superman-V as three of the six actors testing. A guy named Brandon Routh may also be trying out. The Manchurian Candidate: Footage from a new second theatrical trailer is up at The Trades. The New World: Moviehole reports that David Thewlis has just accepted a role in Terence Malick's new film. The Stepford Wives: Some people are saying the way Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice are portrayed in an ad for the new "Stepford Wives" film is distasteful, even outrageous - see Local 10 for details. Thanks to 'Brad', 'Suave', 'Storm', 'Dust Bunny', 'Clint', 'Alex', 'Stef', 'CrazySlick' & ''

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