Buzz News Roundup, 8/26
- The foul-mouthed kiddos of "South Park" will be around through at least 2011, writes the New York Times.
- Mexican actor Demian Bichir is signed on to play Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming films The Guerrilla and The Argentine while Benicio Del Toro plays Che Guevara, Variety reports.
- "Buffy" and "Tru Calling" star Eliza Dushku has signed a deal with Fox in which the network will develop projects for her, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- London theaters are all about taking cues from Hollywood these days as a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother readies to open tomorrow and Christian Slater takes on Kevin Spacey's role in a stage version of Swimming With Sharks, says Variety.
- ComingSoon reports that Keanu Reeves will star in a remake of the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still.
- Roger Ebert and Disney are squabbling over the use of the critic's famous thumbs, Variety reports.
- Donal Logue will star in a Fox comedy called "Hackett," about a "bad-boy literary luminary" who ends up teaching at a public school.
- ComingSoon reports that Warner Bros will release an extended version of High School Musical 2 on December 11.
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