ScarJo To Don Black Widow's Latex In 'Iron Man 2', Harry Potter To Arrive Early In 'Half-Blood Prince', 'X-Men: First Class' Aims For Franchise

Expect Scarlett Johansson to all go out wardrobe-wise for her Black Widow character in”Iron Man 2.” Regarding her fitness regiment, ScarJo commented: “There is no magic wand to wave over oneself to look good in a latex catsuit.” Color us perverted intrigued. [MTV]

“Harry Potter And Half-Blood Prince” will now be released two days ahead of schedule. The July 15th date will become the sixth release date the film has had. A bit nervy are we, WB? [EW]

Former “90210” star Brian Austin Green is trying to talk himself into contention for the lead role in D.C. Comics’ “Green Lantern.” Said Green: “I’ve been sort of throwing myself into the mix and trying to get in to sit down with the producers and see what’s going on – No, I haven’t seen a script yet. I haven’t talked to producers but my agent and my manager have talked to producers and casting. It’s just a tough thing. I understand that I’m kind of a tough sell. I wouldn’t be what somebody would normally be looking for in a film like that. I mean I don’t have film draw.” Good luck with that. [CBR]

Producer Lauren Shuler Donner has spoken of her desires for Josh Schwartz’s “X-Men: First Class” to span into a series of films: ‘I think [the plan] is to follow some of the characters into their own stories, and weave them back into the X-Men world. And hopefully ‘First Class’ will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up.” The first film will follow young Scott, Jean and Beast around the time of their, brace yourselves, first class at Professer Xavier’s school. [IESB]

Author Michael Chabon has been revealed as a writer for Disney’s “John Carter Of Mars.” The film is set to begin shooting in Australia later this year. [Nikki Finke’s DHD]

The first image from Brock Eisner’s “The Crazies” has been unveiled. The George A. Romero remake stars among others, Timothy Olyphant, Rahda Mitchell, Joe Reegan, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson and Justin Welborn. We’d make a witty comment about horror needing to stop remaking films but frankly, we don’t want to catalyze more films like “Saw.” [Bloody Disgusting]

Meanwhile, Eisner has spoken about his upcoming adaptation of “Flash Gordon”: ” I want it to be intense, aggressive, gritty and real. For me it’s about reinventing Flash – we’re still staying true to the adventure origins of it, and the adventurous spirit in that movie, absolutely. It’s this man brought to another planet and uniting the disparate groups on Mongo, but there is a gritty, intense, dynamic, active quality to the movie. Very modern. It’s not camp.” Is every Tom, Dick and Harry superhero story from here on in going to try and emulate Christopher Nolan’s “Batman”? [Arrow In The Head]