Shortcuts: Nicole Kidman & Aaron Eckhart Team For 'Rabbit Hole', Megan Fox To Get 'Passionate' With Mickey Rourke

Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart will team up for John Cameron Mitchell’s “Rabbit Hole,” a film based on a stage play by David Lindsay Abaire. The film tells the story of a couple who are struggling to cope with the death of their four year old son. [Production Weekly]

Chris Lowell (TV’s “Private Practice”,”Veronica Mars”) has joined the cast of Jason Reitman’s “Up In The Air.” Already cast in the film is George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. [Variety]

Michael Rispoli (TV’s “The Sopranos”) has landed a role in “The Rum Diary” and joins a cast that consists of Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Giovanni Ribisi. Filming is currently taking place in Puerto Rico. [Variety]

Along with Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana (the upcoming “Star Trek”) will be joining Jeffrey Dean Morgan in “Losers,” Sylvain White’s adaptation of the Vertigo/DC comic series of the same name. [THR]

Dustin Hoffman will star in the Andy Garcia directed “Clemente.” [Production Weekly]

A second trailer for Todd Phillips’ “The Hangover” has been unveiled. It’s basically the same, but does show Heather Graham and still looks as hysterically good as it did last time. [Yahoo Movies]

There’s a new, electrifying clip from Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor’s upcoming “Crank 2: High Voltage.” [IGN]

Megan Fox is attached to star along side Mickey Rourke in “Passion Plays,” an indie drama written and directed by Mitch Glazer. Rourke will play a down in the dumps trumpet player who seeks redemption through Fox’s character described as an angel in 1950’s Los Angeles – whatever that means. [THR]

An Indian political party has purchased the rights to A.R. Rahman’s Jai-Ho for use in the upcoming election. The Indian translation for the song reads ‘Let There Be Victory.’ [Financial Times]

The writing-directing partnership from “I Am Legend” is reteaming for an apocalyptic film titled “World Without Us,” based on a non-fiction book that explores the deterioration of Earth if mankind was eradicated. Mark Protosevich will work on this project with Francis Lawrence before he pens the “Oldboy” remake. [THR]

Outspoken director Uwe Boll has landed Edward Furlong, Billy Zane and Kristianna Loken for his next project “Janjaweed.” [Variety]

Regarding another Fast & Furious film, Paul Walker recently revealed: “It’s beyond rumors at this point. I’ve spoken with executives at Universal and they’re pretty serious about it. They’re developing it. They know where they want it to take place. They want to do it in Europe.” [MoviesOnline]