"Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem are in talks to headline what's expected to be a strong ensemble cast for Joel & Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men". Set in West Texas in 1980, story is about a young Vietnam vet who stumbles over the remnants of a drug deal gone bad. He's hunted by two extremely vicious assassins who want the money back..." (full details)

Emily Watson is joining Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in the Beatrix Potter biopic "Miss Potter". Chris Noonan will direct a script by Richard Maltby Jr. The $30 million part-animated pic, which begins shooting in London on March 7th, explores the life of the author of beloved children's books and her struggle for independence in Victorian England..." (full details)

"Producers Scott Stuber and Mary Parent have made a preemptive acquisition of the Jamie Reidy memoir "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman." The book will form the basis for a fictionalized humorous feature about the highly competitive and cutthroat world of the pharmaceutical supply biz. Charles Randolph ("The Interpreter", "The Life Of David Gale") will pen the script..." (full details)

The Weinstein Co. has picked up North American rights to Exodus Film Group's upcoming CG-animated comedy "Igor." Penned by Chris McKenna, "Igor" is a twist on the monster genre, following a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of winning the Evil Science Fair. Pic will expand on Exodus' upcoming animated short "Igor: Unholy Frijoles" which features the voices of Christian Slater, Jay Leno, Steve Buscemi and John Cleese. No cast or helmer is set..." (full details)