– If “Jennifer’s Body” doesn’t land her in director’s jail (although “Aeon Flux” put her there before, so that may not stop her…), Karyn Kusama plans on teaming with Rachel Weisz for an as yet untitled ‘psychological horror’ film, which Kusama compares to the work of David Cronenberg. Kusama says, “It definitely does fall into sort of a body horror movie that deals very, very specifically with our concept of gender.” It’s an interesting idea, we love Weisz, and maybe returning to her own scripts will see Kusama regain her voice, which seems to have gotten a bit lost since “Girlfight”. [io9, via Film School Rejects]
– We reported on the collapse of Senator Films leaving Antoine Fuqua’s “Brooklyn’s Finest” in no man’s land a little while back, so it’s good to hear that Overture Films have picked it up, for around $2 million. The movie, which picked up mixed reviews at Sundance despite some allegedly great performances, should be out by the end of the year. [Variety]
– A few days back, we saw the latest salvo in the Great Michael Bay/Megan Fox War – a missive from a number of loyal crew members, who wrote a defense of their director, and an outright attack on the “Jennifer’s Body” star. Bay has now removed the letter from his website, and written that,”I don’t condone the crew letter to Megan. And I don’t condone Megan’s outlandish quotes… I even expect more crazy quotes from her on “Transformers 3.” Whoever wins, we lose… [Movieline]
– Sam Mendes talked about his “Preacher” adaptation, and confirmed that while it’ll follow his adaptation of Joseph O’Neill’s “Netherland,” it’s getting closer: “I’ve seen a script and it’s very good. We’re a little further down the road than when I last spoke to you.” [Empire]
– Slightly surprisingly, a sequel to “Silent Hill” has been confirmed, with original writer Roger Avary (“The Rules Of Attraction”) and producer Samuel Hadida (“The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus”) both returning. The film’ll shoot early next year. [The Hollywood Reporter]
– Finally, some concept art for “Moon” director Duncan Jones’ next movie, “Mute,” has gone up on the website of his production company, Liberty Films. Apparently, he wasn’t kidding when he said it was like “Blade Runner”… [SlashFilm]