"Blake Lively will star opposite Justin Long in "Accepted," a comedy Steve Pink is directing for Universal Pictures. The story centers on a high school senior (Long) who finds a unique way to avoid the pressure to attend college. Lively will play Long's close friend for whom he secretly pines..." (full details)

An outbreak of sequelitis has hit Sony Pictures Entertainment. "Hollow Man 2," "Road House 2 -- Last Call" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer 3" are in various stages of development at the company. It has not been determined whether the projects will be released theatrically or become direct-to-DVD releases. "Hollow Man 2" revolves around a Seattle detective and a biologist who are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue as well as the government forces that created him..." (full details)

Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to the book "One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar," about one of poker's biggest stars and its most tragic casualty. "The Aviator" producer Graham King will produce the feature adaptation. Ungar came from nowhere to best seasoned card players, winning back-to-back World Series of Poker crowns by his mid-20s. He cashed an estimated $30 million in chips over his short career. His self-destructive personality led him to run through that entire fortune, and he was penniless by the time he died of a drug overdose in Las Vegas in 1998..." (full details)

Thanks to 'KC'.