Cary Elwes, Dean Lennox Kelly, Peter Serafinowicz and Adam Campbell to close securing deals that would see them play The Beatles in YELLOW SUBMARINE, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's HEAT VISION BLOG.

Spider-Man 4, which has been showing outward signs of trouble for months, has been killed by Sony Pictures, AIN'T IT COOL NEWS confirmed this afternoon.

Vin Diesel told his Facebook fans that Universal Pictures is working on two more films for the FAST & FURIOUS franchise, AIN'T IT COOL NEWS reports.

Blake Lively has been tapped to play the female lead Carol Ferris in GREEN LANTERN, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Hugh Jackson has revealed WOLVERINE 2 will begin shooting in about a year or year-and-a-half, SUPERHEROHYPE reports.

Channing Tatum has joined the ensemble cast in Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller KNOCKOUT, according to THE PLAYLIST.

Irish actor Stuart Townsend has left the production of Kenneth Branagh's THOR, according to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via COMINGSOON.NET.

Joe Wright (ATONEMENT) and Saoirse Ronan are reteaming in HANNA, a drama that will see the 14-year-old actress as an action hero, VARIETY reports.

Overture Films has committed to an Oct. 1 release for Matt Reeves' LET ME IN, COMINGSOON.NET reports.

James Franco is set to star as mountaineer Aron Raltson in 127 HOURS, a man-vs.-nature tale, VARIETY reports.

Twentieth Century Fox has hired Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the team behind ZOMBIELAND, to write the screenplay for the X-MEN spinoff DEADPOOL, VARIETY reports.

Sebastian Stan (BLACK SWAN, GOSSIP GIRL) has been tapped for a role in writer/director Todd Lincoln's The Apparition, SHOCKTILLYOUDROP.com reports.

Ghostbusters 3 is finally gearing up to begin production next summer with a release expected in 2011, according to SHOCKTILLYOUDROP.COM.

Japan's Toho is readying an $11 million advertising blitz on New Year's Day for SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, VARIETY reports.

Leonard Nimoy, the original actor who played Spock in STAR TREK, has joined the cast of STAR TREK ONLINE, a multiplayer online role-playing game, COMINGSOON.NET reports.

A variety of news outlets, including TMZ reported that actress Brittany Murphy died early Sunday morning after going into full cardiac arrest. She was declared dead on arrival after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. A cause of death has not been determined.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the writer/directors behind CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, are in talks to direct 21 JUMP STREET, VARIETY reports.

SCREEN DAILY reports Kevin Bacon has landed the villian role in writer/director James Gunn's action-comedy SUPER. The project's cast already includes Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler.

THE MATRIX's guru Laurence Fishburne will be in Nimrod Antal's PREDATORS, according to ShockTillYouDrop.com.

SIMON & SIMON star Gerald McRaney has signed on to the pilot of J.J. Abrams' UNDERCOVERS, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.