
"Gnomeo!" It makes me giggle.
The big news in the animation world today has to do with Shakespeare, Elton John and a star-crossed garden gnome couple voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. It sounds so cute my teeth are starting to ache.
Apparently
Gnomeo and Juliet has been in the works for several years, with various other talent involved (Kate Winslet, Tim Rice).

Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm talking about
Whip It!, the film adaptation of
Shauna Cross's novel Derby Girl, which
just added Alia Shawkat (a.k.a. Maeby Fünke) to the cast.

I try not to use this word much because it can become a little overused but seriously: squeeeeeeee.
Tina Fey and Steve Carell are going to star as a married couple in the comedy Date Night.
The darlings of NBC's Thursday night lineup will play "a couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie." The director is Shawn Levy, whose biggest directorial accomplishments — thus far. — include Night at the Museum and Cheaper by the Dozen.

Apparently there's enough meat on the bones of this self-help book to
make a whole romantic comedy — or at least Hilary Swank and her production company think so. Swank and her producing partner Molly Smith have signed on to turn Mireille Guiliano's
French Women Don't Get Fat into a feature-length film.
Variety explains that the non-fiction book offers "insights on how French women manage to stay slim despite enjoying such calorie-rich fare as wine and pastries." There are a few plot details for the film version:
Swank may star in the adaptation that's being envisioned as a romantic comedy about a manager of champagne company who learns some tough life lessons which help her become the woman she's always wanted to be.