Spike Lee will direct Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in hostage drama Inside Man. It's a Universal project produced by Brian Grazer and I wouldn't be surprised if Spike is making a conscious effort at a mainstream genre film, no doubt with a little social commentary thrown in.
George Clooney will likely team up with Steven Soderbergh for the fifth time, on a project called The Good German. It's a murder mystery set in post-WWII Germany. Cate Blanchett will be the female lead, Paul Attanasio wrote the script, and Soderbergh is considering filming the whole thing in black and white.
Blanchett's next project was previously reported but I haven't mentioned it yet. The best actress consistently working today will co-star with Brad Pitt and Gael Garcia Bernal in Babel, an ensemble drama from Amores Perros and 21 Grams director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
And Saturday Night Live standout Amy Poehler has joined the cast of it-better-be-funny comedy Mr. Woodcock. Seann William Scott plays a young man whose mother (Susan Sarandon) gets engaged to the gym teacher (Billy Bob Thornton) who terrorized him in high school.
In other news (the kind that makes me want to bang my head against a wall rather than watching another movie ever again), Michael Bay wants to direct a Transformers movie and the Duff sisters are teaming up for a feature film.
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At least the Duff sisters will just ruin their own film as opposed to a great television show. Also, I can't think of anyone better suited for a Transformers movie than Michael Bay. I don't know why he bothered with humans for so long.
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