IM Global, which is currently selling the upcoming Judge Dredd movie at the Toronto International Film Festival, is referring to the $45 million project as DREDD. Here's the plot synopsis:

"DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot - if necessary. The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Pete Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip."

In other DREDD news, actress Olivia Thirlby (Juno) has been cast as Cassandra Anderson, "the telepathic rookie who shadows Dredd."

Pre-production on the film started on August 23 at Cape Town Film Studios in South Africa.

An extra injured Wednesday on the set of Transformers 3 is said to now be in stable condition after undergoing brain surgery.

24-year old Gabriella Cedillo was checked into the Loyola University Medical Center after the accident.

Cedillo was involved in a car stunt. A driving scene was being shot when the cable that held together the car being filmed and the vehicle carrying the camera snapped, slicing through the Cedillo's car and skull.

Cedillo's car was then dragged along a center divider for about half a mile, banging it up pretty bad.

Police shut down production, but it resumed yesterday.

Guillermo del Toro is set to direct a film version of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, and he wants Tom Cruise to star.

Universal, however, wants James McAvoy or Chris Pine.

Cruise and del Toro spoke recently, but it was about doing a Van Helsing movie that never got off the ground. McAvoy and Pine are fairly busy in the near future, so it'll be interesting to see who winds up cast.

M. Night Shyamalan recently revealed to MTV that he plans to use the story for Unbreakable 2 in the third film in his Night Chronicles series (the first of which, Devil, opens September 17th).

"I cannibalized the idea for the sequel to 'Unbreakable' for one of the 'Night Chronicles,'" revealed Shyamalan. "It was such a cool idea for a villain, and it was actually originally in the script for 'Unbreakable,' and it was too much. There were too many villains, so I pulled this villain out and was like, 'I'll make this the second flick.'"

Disney is turning its California Adventure theme park into a "digital dance party" called ElecTRONica.

The Disney Parks Blog is already posting concept art, which kicks off October 8th and run each weekend this fall.

"It's an 'electrifying' experience for the entire family, filled with music, lights and some of your favorite food and beverage, all set amidst the captivating world of Tron: Legacy," reports the blog. "From a dazzling dance club under the stars to an authentic recreation of Flynn's Arcade to some radical gaming, it's like nowhere else on the grid! Each night, we'll feature live entertainers, complete with lasers, glow accessories and the hottest music ever to rock the grid. ElecTRONica is 'the' place to dance the night away in a fantastic world that only Disney can create. Highlights for the entire family will definitely be Flynn's Video Arcade, face painting and the Tron: Evolution videogame area."

Darren Aronofsky's "psychosexual ballet thriller" Black Swan is earning some very good reviews in its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and some are predicting that Natalie Portman will pay off come award season. London's Daily Telegraph says that her performance elevates her from leading actress to major star, while the Times of London says "Portman is astounding. Awards are sure to follow."

Aronofsky won the Golden Lion in Venice the last time he showed a film there, which was 2008's The Wrestler. Black Swan opens in the Unites States on December 1st, just in time for awards season.

Oscar Isaac (Robin Hood) has joined the cast of Drive. Isaac joins Ryan Gosling (Fracture), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Bryan Cranston (Saving Private Ryan) and Albert Brooks (Taxi Driver) in the action thriller, based on James Sallis' novel.

The book is about a guy (Gosling) who does stunt driving for movies by day and drives for criminals at night. In classic noir fashion, he is double-crossed and, though before he has never participated in the violence, he goes after the ones who double-crossed and tried to kill him.
 

Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) is set to write the script for Skeletons On the Zahara. The film is an adaptation of the book by Dean King that covers a real-life story about a group of nineteenth century American sailors forced into slavery after being shipwrecked in Africa. The project is being put together by Independent, the company that produced last year's Moon. No director or cast has been set at this time.
 

The science fiction alien invasion thriller Skyline releases on November 12th, but IM Global isn't waiting until then to start drumming up interest in a sequel. Variety is reporting that the distribution company is shopping a sequel around to potential investors at the Toronto International Film Festival.

In the first film, which is directed by the Strause brothers (Alien vs. Predator: Requiem), strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. It stars Eric Balfour (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 24) and Donald Faison (Next Day Air, Remember the Titans).

In another interview, Melissa Rosenberg adds that the sex scene between Edward and Bell will not skimp...

""I don't think we'll be toning a whole lot [of the racy scenes] down. We want the eroticism of the sex scenes. That doesn't mean that one has to see it all, but you do want that [eroticism]. With the birth scene as well, I just don't know that you have to tone it down. If you really look at the books, how much are you really seeing? I think [the movies] might wind up being saucier than the book because you're actually seeing skin-on-skin and the horror of the birth scenes. We're not shying away from it."

In related news, Rami Malek (The Pacific has joined the film as Benjamin, an Egyptian vampirewho sides with the Cullens in their battle with the Volturi.

ORIGINAL: Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg says that she and director Bill Condon plan to be faithful to the book when shooting Bella's childbirth scene for Breaking Dawn. In a recent interview, Rosenberg had the following to say…

"We're working on it. And we're working on it to be as intense as it is in the book. I don't think it's about the amount of blood you show. It's on their faces. It's all from Bella's point of view when you're seeing what's going [on]. It should feel visceral. I think it's going to be pretty intense."

According to Comic Book Movie, True Blood's Stephen Moyer (vampire Bill Compton) is up for the role of Victor Von Doom in the Fox reboot Fantastic Four Reborn. The site says that the offer is out there for Moyer to play Doom, who in the movie will, "be showcased as the ruler of Latveria and a master of the mystic arts."

The site also reports that Kevin Pennington (90210) is the front runner to play Johnny Storm/Human Torch. Adrien Brody and Alice Eve have been rumored for the roles of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, respectively. Fox ants to get the film out by 2012, which would set it in the same year as The Avengers and the Spider-Man reboot.

James Cameron recently spoke about Piranha 3D, and he isn't exactly a fan…

"You've got to remember: I worked on Piranha 2 for a few days and got fired off of it; I don't put it on my official filmography. So there's no sort of fond connection for me whatsoever. In fact, I would go even farther and say that... I tend almost never to throw other films under the bus, but that is exactly an example of what we should not be doing in 3-D. Because it just cheapens the medium and reminds you of the bad 3-D horror films from the 70s and 80s, like Friday the 13th 3-D. When movies got to the bottom of the barrel of their creativity and at the last gasp of their financial lifespan, they did a 3-D version to get the last few drops of blood out of the turnip. And that's not what's happening now with 3-D."

Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper are attached to star in an untitled action comedy film. Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) wrote the script, which, "follows two friends, who are also San Francisco cops, whose fathers were once partners on the police force. The older generation is forced out of retirement to help their sons crack a case, with typically antagonistic results." Neal Moritz, Andrew Panay and Reynolds' Dark Trick Films partner Jonathon Komack Martin will produce the film along with J.C. Spink and Chris Bender of Benderspink. Panay and Turner previously developed the concept, then called Blowback, five years ago with Dwayne Johnson attached to one of the roles.
 

The Argyllshire Standard recently spoke with Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), who has revealed that he is up for a role in The Hobbit. Here is what he had to say…

"I am being cast in The Hobbit. We're currently in negotiations - there are two of us under consideration. It's not the Bilbo role, but could be bigger."

TheOneRing.net is speculating that he could be up for the role of Radagast the Brown.

John Woo's next film will be Flying Tigers. Flying Tigers is the story of the 1st American Volunteer Group during World War II. The story first came to the big screen in 1942, starring John Wayne. Woo's film will start filming in the spring of 2011, and while nothing has been confirmed, Woo wants Liam Neeson to play the lead role of U.S. Army Air Corp Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, the American officer who trained the Chinese pilots to fight the Japanese in World War II. The film will also be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. John Woo spoke on that, saying the following…

"It has always been a dream of mine to explore shooting with IMAX cameras and to work in the IMAX format, and the strong visual element of this film is incredibly well-suited to the tastes of cinemagoers today. Using IMAX for Flying Tigers would create a new experience for the audience, and I think it would be another breakthrough for Chinese movies."

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has purchased a World War II pitch from Bruce C. McKenna (The Pacific, Band of Brothers). The film would be shot in 3D, and would tell the story of the days between June 4th and June 6th in 1942, The Battle of Midway. McKenna is expected to turn in a script within the next eight weeks, and the film could carry a budget of $200 million. The Battle of Midway previously hit the big screen back in 1976, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn and Hal Holbrook.

Mark Ruffalo, who will play The Incredible Hulk in the upcoming The Avengers movie, said recently that he would not have done a comic book movie before now.

"I probably wouldn't have done this movie in the past," Ruffalo said. "But because of what Robert [Downey Jr] had done and where that genre has gone since then, I did it."

Ruffalo added that he was a fan of The Incredible Hulk on TV, but said he was a little wary of doing so many scenes in front of a green screen. He's also not doing the film for the money.

"I have never really been one to go for the cash," Ruffalo explains. "If my dad knew how much money I had turned in my lifetime he would kick me in the a—."

The Avengers releases on May 4, 2012.

According to sources close to Lindsay Lohan, the actress is interested in playing the title role in The Bride of Frankenstein.

Lindsay's agent at CAA reportedly gave her the script for the remake before she went to jail, and Lindsay "really wants it." However an executive at Imagine Entertainment, which is making the film, says that there is "no truth to this."

The film has been stuck in development for quite a while, but maybe some Lohan buzz could revive it.

Idris Elba, who will appear in Thor as the Asgardian warrior Heimdall, spoke recently about his role in the film and whether he would be back for more comic book movies. Some highlights:

On working on Thor: It was dope. It was an interesting genre of film to make. I had never done comic book stuff, so that was really great.

On the best part of working on the film: Just the bigness of the show. It's so epic, these huge sets were just amazing to look at. And they really pay attention to detail. When you read the comics, you see all the drawings, and to actually see them in real life, it's like, "Whoa!"

On doing more Marvel movies: I have a deal with the Marvel Studios team, a four-picture commitment. I'm sure I'll be back in something cool.

Sylvester Stallone tweeted the following today:

"Had dinner with Bruce Willis last night. I want him in EXPENDABLES II as a super villain. What do you think?"

According to a report, a remake of Back to the Future may be happening...and it may star Justin Bieber. Sources are saying that Bieber is under consideration for the remake, if "he is capable of acting at that level." Would you want to see Bieber in Back to the Future?

According to a report, Oscar-nominated screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson (Ali, Nixon) have joined the crew of the planned Tupac Shakur biographical film, being directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day).

The film is said to stray from the usual biopic route, which is a big change from the original Steven Bagatourian screenplay which was said to be "largely documentary in style, simply laying out the facts of the slain rapper-poet-actor's brief 25-year life." Instead it will focus on the last day of the slain rapper's life, flashing back to various points in the four years leading up to it.

Rivele compares Tupac with a "19th century Romantic poet … This is the story of an artist whose character is at odds with his medium. He was a really sensitive, very romantic, talented young poet who also could sing, dance, and act. But the realities [of the hip-hop record business] were that he had to create this persona of the gangster."

The film is not meant to resolve or lay blame for Tupac's murder. Instead it wants to identify why he was killed. "He was not a gangster, but the people around him were," the writers explain. "They saw he was going to leave, that they were going to lose him, and so I think they decided to kill him."

The film could start shooting as early as this November.

Toy Story 3 has joined Alice in Wonderland as the year's only two billion-dollar movies. Disney released both films.

Toy Story 3 became the 11th Disney-Pixer movie to debut in the top box office spot earlier this year. It will be out on DVD and Blu-ray on November 2.

According to a report, Kung Fu Panda writers Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff have signed on to write the sequel to The Karate Kid.

In addition to the animated flick, Voris and Reiff also worked on the TV shows Brimstone and Sleeper Cell. The first film, which was remake of the 1984 classic, starred Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Will Smith produced and the movie has made close to $300 million worldwide.

The sequel to the original movie was set in Japan. With the remake being set there, could this one be set in the US? Columbia, who is behind the project, has not revealed that information yet.
 

Paramount has decided to follow the Dark Knight route and get rid of the Mission: Impossible name, meaning the next film in the franchise won't be called Mission: Impossible IV.

Brad Bird is set to direct with Tom Cruise starring. The plan is to keep the film's costs down by giving Cruise "potential compensation" based on how the film does rather than a guaranteed upfront payday. Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) has also been cast in the film in a role that is said to be "as big" as Cruise's. The hope is to have the next film establish Renner as the main star and freshen up the franchise.

Also, Lauren German (Hostel: Part II) and Paula Patton (Deja Vu) are testing for the role of a young female operative.
 

John Cusack has announced via his Twitter that he is set to play Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven. The film is a fictional thriller where Poe and a police detective track a killer whose murders are patterned after Poe's stories.

James McTeigue (V For Vendetta) is set to direct.