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• Al Pacino will play King Lear in a new film adaptation of the Shakespeare play. — ComingSoon
• Steve Zahn is close to joining the cast of Treme, the New Orleans-set show from the creator of The Wire. — TV.com
• Columbia Pictures and producer Scott Rudin will make a film based on the life of Henry Molaison, whose brain became the most studied gray matter in medical history. — Variety
• The Hold Steady will release a documentary/live album combo in April. — Pitchfork
• The creators of My So-Called Life are working on a pilot for CBS called A Marriage. — The Hollywood Reporter
• Spike Lee is returning to a WWII setting, as he signs on to produce Brendan Koerner's manhunt tale Now the Hell Will Start. — Zap2it
• A movie titled The Legend of Santa Claus is in the works, the first installment in a three-film series exploring the early days and mythology of the Christmas hero. — Variety
• Warner Bros. Pictures has set Aaron Sorkin to write the movie The Challenge, a courtroom drama which George Clooney will produce. — ComingSoon
• It's official: Bob Saget will return to ABC in Surviving Suburbia. — Zap2it

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