Matthew Vaughn

• Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black are filming a pilot for Comedy Central. — Zap2it
• Mike Myers is joining the peculiar cast (Brad Pitt, Simon Pegg, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak) for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. — ComingSoon
• A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame annex will open in downtown Manhattan. — Billboard
• Sigourney Weaver will play a therapist on Eli Stone, while Audrina Patridge will guest-star on Do Not Disturb. — TV Guide
• Liam Neeson and possibly Javier Bardem will join Orlando Bloom in the untitled dramatic film about Sarajevo. — Variety
• David Duchovny and Tea Leoni will star together in the comedy Born to Rock. — Hollywood Reporter
• Director Matthew Vaughn will direct an adaptation of the comic book Kick-Ass, with Christopher Mintz-Plasse in negotiations to star. — ComingSoon
• Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is suing John McCain and the Republican party for using his song "Running on Empty" in a TV commercial. — Billboard
• Claire Danes will play Temple Grandin in an HBO biopic. — Hollywood Reporter

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• According to ComingSoon, Jessica Alba will star alongside Mike Meyers in the comedy The Love Guru.
• The Thor movie is a go, and Stardust director Matthew Vaughn is attached as director, Variety reports.
• Billboard states that Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light is being delayed until 2008.
• The AP reports that some of the rocks that made up the facade of the fictional Satriale's Pork Store in "The Sopranos" will be sold for $25-50 apiece.
• Reuters says Alec Baldwin will join Kate Hudson and Dane Cook in the romantic comedy Bachelor No. 2.




• Meanwhile, Patrick Swayze is joining Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel on the set of Powder Blue, reports ComingSoon.
• E! Online is reporting that Miley Cyrus will be performing songs as both herself and her character Hannah Montana while she's on tour.
• According to Hollywood Reporter, Salma Hayek is set to produce and star in an untitled Disney romantic comedy.
• Harvey Keitel is in talks to replace Mandy Patinkin on "Criminal Minds," Reuters reports.
• According to Variety, Anne Hathaway has been cast as the lead in the comedy Dancing with Shiva.
• Variety is also reporting on the live-action Voltron movie that has just been greenlit, and will be based on the 1980s cartoon series.

"This is the story of how Tristan becomes a man... To achieve it, he must win the heart of his one true love." From the beginning of Stardust, there is a distinct waft of The Princess Bride. The warm, old-man voice (Ian McKellan, of course) narrating the tale like a grandfather telling a bedtime story, the fantastical adventure dotted with romance and humor, and even the echoing words "his one true love" made me feel nostalgic for that magical love story of my youth.

As it happens, Stardust is a perfectly adequate Princess Bride-style tale, a bright and enthralling adventure with plenty of danger, magic and love. In the story, the aforementioned Tristan (played by the outrageously attractive Charlie Cox) is a lovestruck young man tasked with the challenge of bringing back a fallen star for the petulant, conceited object of his affections, Victoria (Sienna Miller). He meets the star, a luminescent woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes) who has landed near Tristan's sleepy village, and he determines to bring her to Victoria as proof of his adoration. That's just the tip of this fantasy iceberg, though, so read more