Buzz News Roundup, 3/27

- Woody Allen has added Nicole Kidman into the cast of his as-yet-untitled next project which already included Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins. — Reuters
- Queen Latifah will star in the romantic comedy Just Wright, described as "a modern-day Cinderella tale." — Variety
- Summit Entertainment has picked up feature-film rights to the book The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, which insinuates that Harry Houdini acted as a spy for Britain. — ComingSoon
- Summit is also in the process of picking up Marc Haimes' original screenplay Elevator Men, a dark thriller which "takes a less romanticized look at the human-vampire interactions." — The Hollywood Reporter
- Amber Tamblyn and Orlando Bloom are in talks to star as a mysterious stranger and a policeman in the movie Main Street. — Zap2It
- NBC has pulled The Chopping Block and replaced it with repeats of Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
- Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook, Alpha Dog) has signed on to direct the conservation-themed drama Peaceable Kingdom. — ComingSoon
- Fox's Summer schedule includes a medical show called Mental and more Hell's Kitchen. — Zap2it
- Lionsgate has acquired the feature rights to the stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. — Variety
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