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Clints Bits – 7/5

All those extra bits left dangling. Among them, we’ve a new contender to write "Wonder Woman", ‘Will’ set to make his directorial debut, Schumacher set to lose his choice "Phantom", Title changes for something vampy and something virginal, Jim Carrey set to voice a raccoon, and Jane Fonda Crowing to be in Cam’s next flick.

  • Phil Levens is rumoured to be penning the script for the long-awaited "Wonder Woman" movie. Well, get on with it!

  • Eric McCormack [Will and Grace] will make his feature directing debut for Disney with "What You Wish For", about a normal married Midwestern couple whose marriage is turned upside down because of a celebrity sex fantasy.

  • According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sean Patrick Thomas has been cast as jazz legend Louis Armstrong in the biopic "Saint Louis Blues."

  • Michael Douglas’ production company Furthur Films has picked up rights to Adam Pennenberg’s upcoming non-fiction book "Tragic Indifference", which Mikey may end up starring in

  • Vince Vaughan – once rumoured to be playing one the leads – has joined the cast of "Starsky and Hutch". Now, he’s pencilled in to play the villain.

  • [in my best ‘Ren and Stimpy’ voice] "You Idiot…"…Gerard Butler looks like pulling out of Joel Schumacher’s "Phantom of the Opera" movie, due to other commitments.

  • Aint it Cool is reporting that Jim Carrey to voice RJ (a raccoon) in "Over the Hedge" a new CGI feature. Garry Shandling so-stars as Verne the turtle.

  • Good bud, Richard Shephard has enlisted Pierce Brosnan to star in his film, "The Matador". Rich wrote, and will direct.

  • Warner Bros has reportedly optioned the Len Williams novel "Justice Deferred" as a producing vehicle for Tobey Maguire’s Maguire Entertainment.

  • Heidi Fleiss has been here down-under, and says she won’t go ahead with her movie unless Nicole Kidman agrees to play her.

  • According to the IMDB, Jane Fonda is in talks with Director Cameron Crowe about starring in his next movie.

  • Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Kate Beckinsale’s "Underworld" has undergone a name change to "The Covenant". Whilst UIP here in Australia indicate that the new title for "American Wedding", may now be "American Pie : The Wedding".

  • Elizabeth Hurley is in negotiations to star in Junction Films’ "The Method" for British director Duncan Roy. It follows a celebrity actress (Hurley) who gets her dream role playing real-life 19th century serial killer Belle Gunness in a feature film and starts to take on the characteristics of the role onscreen and off, says The Hollywood Reporter.

  • Pop star Elton John — whose credits in musicals include "The Lion King" and "Aida" — and longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin will take a bite out of Broadway’s "The Vampire Lestat," a musical based on on Anne Rice’s novels.

  • Marlon Wayans (Scary Movie) is set to star opposite Tom Hanks in "The Ladykillers", according to The Hollywood Reporter.

  • Jeremy Piven has been cast opposite Mandy Moore in Alcon Entertainment’s untitled Mandy Moore project (aka "First Daughter") for Warner Bros.

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