20th Century Fox has marked a date for MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS, its adaptation of Richard and Florence Atwater's kids' classic, reports Variety.

Disney Interactive Studios has pulled the plug on the videogame PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ARMADA OF THE DAMNED, reports Variety.

Vanessa Hudgens is in talks to take the female lead in JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

From the Taiwanese studio and web broadcaster NMA.tv comes their latest animated news “piece,” Brett Favre's Pecker the Talk of the Town. Pardon my cheap pun. It can’t be avoided – you’ll understand once you watch the video.

On a rainy October Monday we media types, invited by the Disney folks, gathered at a midtown NYC arts center. The lure: a peek at the studio’s two big holiday events: Tron Legacy and Tangled, their CGI-animated de/reconstruction of the Rapunzel story. I’ll go out on a bit of a limb here and call Tangled Disney’s liveliest animated feature in a long time and their best fairy tale updating ever.

Production Designer Alex McDowell gets immersive with Death and the Powers.

Mark Osbourne (KUNG FU PANDA) has signed on to direct a French-produced 3-D adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, reports Variety.

DreamWorks, along with distribution partner Disney, has shuffled its 2011 release schedules, reports Variety.

The Wrap reports that Rhys Ifans will be playing Dr. Curt Connors, aka The Lizard, in the SPIDER-MAN reboot.

Summit Entertainment announced today the following have been cast in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn for roles in The Amazon Coven, The Egyptian Coven, The Irish Coven and The Romanian Coven as well as the American and European Nomads as outlined below.

Pajiba is reporting that Alec Baldwin, Gemma Arterton and Sharlto Copley are all up for roles in MEN IN BLACK III.

Walt Disney Studios announced today, October 10, 2010 (“10-10-10”), the kickoff of the official 10-week countdown to the release of “TRON: Legacy,” which opens in theaters December 17, 2010.

For this film, 80-year-old Clint Eastwood looks at death. Based on a script from Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON), the film weaves together three different experiences with death — a near death experience, the loss of a loved one and a metaphysical look at the issue. Each is told on a haunting emotional level. No matter what your own personal beliefs are about the afterlife, this film actually reinforces the most important part of life.

Tarsem Singh (THE CELL) is in negotiations to take the directing job on Relativity Media's BROTHERS GRIMM: SNOW WHITE, reports Vulture.

ComingSoon.net via French radio Europe 1 reports that Luc Besson is planning his return to sci-fi as a director.

Cartoon Network announced today that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: DWA) critically acclaimed feature film, How To Train Your Dragon, will be coming to the network as a weekly series in both domestic and international regions beginning in 2012.

Rhys Ifans will play the villain, opposite Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, in the next installment of Spider-Man from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, it was announced today by Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures.

Lucasfilm is set to build a new facility in Singapore, reports Variety.

ComingSoon.net reports via the official HIGHLANDER Facebook page that franchise star Christopher Lambert is in negotiations to join the cast of GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE.

Rushes have completed full pre-production and concept design along with 312 total VFX shots and full CG Selenite creature animation in 90 shots for ‘The First Men In The Moon’, the latest outing for director and screenwriter pair, Damon Thomas and Mark Gatiss, being broadcast on BBC4, Tuesday 19th October 2010.