Another look at Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland” featured in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine with further glimpses at Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska as Alice and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen. [Planeta Disney]
Clifton Collins Jr. is set to join the cast of “The Experiment,” a remake of German film “Das Experiment” about a psychological experiment gone wrong. Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet and Elijah Wood are all already on board. [BloodyDisgusting]
This makes no sense but “Inglourious Basterds” will be cross-marketed at the upcoming Mixed Martial Arts event, UFC 100, with an animated billboard and placement inside the fighting ring and a trailer to be shown to attendees at Mandalay Bay. What’s next, Lt. Aldo Raine to fight as an undercard? [THR]
Joining David Cross, Will Arnett and Spike Jonze on their British television comedy “The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret” will be Russell Tovey, Sharon Horgan, Amber Tamblyn and Matt King (“RockNRolla”). [JimmyKimmel]
Jason Sudeikis has joined the ever-growing cast of the mundane Drew Barrymore and Justin Long led rom-com “Going The Distance.” [THR]
A silver screen adaptation of the William Shatner television vehicle “T.J. Hooker” is on the cards with Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson scribing and Chuck Russell in talks to helm. [Variety]
Rave reviews for the upcoming “Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince” are coming in quick and fast. The second trailer for “Where The Wild Things Are” will also be showing in front of the film. [The Wrap/ Hollywood Elsewhere]
Warner Brothers have acquired assets of company Midway Games which gives it studio rights to, among others, the “Mortal Kombat” franchise. Please, no. [Variety]
Tim Meadows has joined the cast of Adam Sandler’s has-beens SNL reunion “Grown Ups,” starring Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider. The ensemble comedy about high school friends who get together at a 30 year reunion also stars Chris Rock, Norm MacDonald, Tim Herlihy, Colin Quinn and Maya Rudolph. [THR]