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Len Wiseman ("Underworld," "Live Free or Die Hard") is in final negotiations to direct the remake of the 1990 sci-fi action classic "Total Recall" for Sony Pictures.

Based on Philip K Dick’s short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", the new version will be re-conceived as a contemporary take on the story.

Kurt Wimmer is writing the screenplay and Neal H Moritz will produce.

I'll try to put this into an expression you can easily understand - "OOOOH GOD YESSSSSS!".

Guillermo del Toro is set to direct and James Cameron is negotiating to produce a 3D adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" reports Deadline.

The atmospheric 1931 story follows explorers in Antarctica who uncover the remains of highly evolved creatures neither plant or animal. Investigating a gigantic mountain range, they come upon an abandoned ancient city. Their explorations underground causes something to stir from its slumber.

del Toro has been trying to develop the work for years and will now retool the script with co-writer Matthew Robbins. del Toro, Susan Montford and Don Murphy will produce. Pre-production will kick off shortly with filming to begin next Summer.

del Toro meanwhile has been talking up the other projects he's linked to with MTV. He says makeup tests on "Frankenstein" are about to get underway in a few weeks while all the talk of him doing a "Van Helsing" project is just online bullshit.

"Lost" co-producer Damon Lindelof is set to perform rewriting work on the "Alien" prequel for 20th Century Fox says Deadline.

Lindelof met with director Ridley Scott about the rewrite job on Jon Spaihts's script and the meeting led to a take that could become its ow free-standing science fiction film. A decision will be made when Lindelof turns in the script.

Scott Free is producing. Lindeloff is currently writing the "Star Trek" sequel with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the trio also penned next Summer's "Cowboys and Aliens" which is currently shooting.

Paul Giamatti is set to play former Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev in a TV movie for HBO and Playtone reports Variety.

The story revolves around Khrushchev's 13-day trip to the US in September 1959 which took place at the height of Cold War tensions.

Khrushchev famously got angry when told his planned trip to Disneyland was cancelled due to security concerns.

Tom Hanks will executive produce, but the project is only in the earliest stages of development at present.

Comedian Richard Lewis has joined the cast of the romantic horror-comedy "Vamps" for Red Hour Films says PR Newswire.

The contemporary story follows two beautiful young vampires (Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter) who enjoy the New York City nightlife until romance jeopardizes their immortality.

Sigourney Weaver also stars. Lewis will play a former student activist who now works as a lawyer with the A.C.L.U..

"Clueless" writer/director Amy Heckerling helms the project which starts shooting in August in Detroit. Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld are producing.

Russell Brand is in negotiations to play real-life swashbuckler John Hawkwood in the action comedy "Hawkwood" for 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment reports Deadline.

Hawkwood was a 14th century European mercenary who was skilled with blade, but rather challenged in terms of morality. His services were used to help lead various European armies during the Renaissance wars.

Jared Stern will write the script. Brand, Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will produce.

Sasha Grey ("The Girlfriend Experience") has joined the cast of the indie drama "I Melt with You" reports XBiz Newswire.

The story is being kept under wraps, but the film is said to examine pain in terms of the modern male psyche. Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven play the male leads.

Grey plays a muse named Raven who helps one of the men realize that nirvana can only be found after death.

Mark Pellington is directing from a script by Glenn Porter. Shooting kicks off near Big Sur in Northern California next month.

"Moon" director Duncan Jones tells Man Made Movies that his next project, the thriller "Source Code" with Jake Gyllenhaal, will be out early next year.

"My edit is complete, and we are working hard on visual effects, choosing a composer and trying the film out on a few people just to see how it goes over. Lots to do really, but everything is coming together" says Jones when asked about the film's current status.

Tone wise he says "I know that performance-wise we got some great stuff from Jake, Michelle, Vera and Jeffrey. I know that the script was always tight, and the film has a hell of a fast pace to it. I know that I did my best to inject some humor where I could."

Jone was also linked to the new "Judge Dredd" reboot at one point, a fact he doesn't deny - "I would have loved to do the Judge Dredd movie that is underway. I was in fact sent the script to look at. Its a great script, and I hope I will not rue the decision of passing on it."

So why did he pass on it? "I had such a strong idea of what I wanted to do with a Dredd movie, I could not bring myself to take it on and not do it my way! … and its not like I could do it as a sequel either; my Dredd would have been really weird, and dark and funny, but not your traditional introduction to a hero character. I don't even know if I could have made my version of the film pitch-able. It was maybe too off the wall."

For the full interview, head to Man Made Movies.

Zach Galifianakis will produce and potentially star in the comedy "Reply All" for Dreamworks Pictures says Deadline.

Galifianakis will play a guy who accidentally hits the "reply all" button to an indiscreet e-mail. He then has to deal with the consequences of that act, both those expected and unexpected.

Phil Johnston will pen the script.

Rob Schneider will voice the title character in the 3D computer-animated family film "Norm of the North" for Lionsgate says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows a polar bear and his three Arctic lemming buddies, who end up in New York after their icy home begins to melt and break apart. Ken Jeong and Loretta Devine also star.

Steven and Daniel Altiere penned the script and Anthony Bell directs. Crest Animation Studios ("Alpha and Omega") is doing the animation while Noah Fogelson and Richard Rich are producing.

Mandeville Films is set to do an adaption of Top Cow's upcoming comic "Crosshair" reports Variety.

Marc Silvestri created the series which follows Justin Weller, a former CIA assassin who has retired to suburbs and has become a super dad.

Weller soon learns that in less than two days a sleeper program in his mind will activate and set him on a course to assassinate the President of the United States.

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce.

Cillian Murphy will replace Jason Isaacs on the the new psychological thriller "Retreat" for Magnet Films reports Deadline New York.

Murphy and Thandie Newton will play an estranged couple who head to a remote island getaway in an effort to rebuild their relationship. David Tennant plays a dying military officer who arrives on their doorstep with news of a viral pandemic killing millions on the mainland.

Carl Tibbetts will direct from a script he co-wrote with Janice Hallett, while Gary Sinyor will produce. Shooting was scheduled to kick off earlier this Summer in Canada, no word on a new date as yet.

Rising British actress Carey Mulligan ("An Education," "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps") is reportedly close to signing onto the horror feature "Cradle Will Fall" for Screen Gems reports Pajiba.

Jack Olsen penned the script about a psychologically disturbed surrogate mother who decides to keep both the baby and the husband. The report also lists Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett being sought to play the mother, Adrien Brody as the father, and both Gary Fleder and Mark Pellington up for director.

Mulligan's involvement depends upon a script rewrite says the source, but Mulligan's reps have denied the whole report over at Movieline. Let us wait and see how this pans out.

Jordana Spiro ("My Boys") has joined the cast of the thriller "Trespass" for Nu Image/Millennium Films says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows a married couple taken hostage by a group of thieves. Nicole Kidman will play the wife and Nicolas Cage the head thief.

Spiro will play Petal, the head thief's girlfriend who becomes a willing accomplice in the crime.

Karl Gajdusek and Eli Richbourg penned the script. Shooting kicks off in Louisiana early next month.

First photos of Penelope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the first photos of Rainn Wilson in Super, and new stills from Saw 3D.

There's also posters for Resident Evil: Afterlife, Yogi Bear, Never Let Me Go.

Can't get enough of "Inception"? There's a graphical timeline trying to explain the various kicks/dreams/character paths of the film at DeviantArt. Meanwhile The LA Times has revealed that Edith Piaf's signature tune is used with more frequency than you might expect in Hans Zimmer's musical score for the film.

In the upcoming film “Country Strong,” Gwyneth Paltrow plays a country singer out of rehab and attempting a comeback and her signature song has gone online at The Boot. Paltrow has sung on screen several times before, most notably for "Duets" and as a Peggy Lee-inspired character in the opening sequence of Infamous.

Joshua Jackson does a comedic viral video on the San Diego Comic Con which he tries to recast as a convention devoted to his "Dawson's Creek" character Pacey Witter.

Josh Hutcherson's audition video for the upcoming "Spider-Man" reboot has gone up at Latino Review.

"This October Marvel will release "Tron: Betrayal", a two-issue prequel comic book to "Tron: Legacy" which bridges the gap between the original 1982 film and the upcoming one…" (full details)

"New Line Cinema is going for the "District 9" approach with its "Gears of War" film adaptation as the budget is apparently being significantly cut. The move however will allow the film to keep its hard edge and R-rating..." (full details)

"DreamWorks Pictures has picked up Les Firestein's original comedy pitch “Raised by Wolfs” which Steve Carell is attached to star in and produce. The reason for the misspelling of 'Wolfs' refers to the lead character's surname, though story details are being kept under wraps…" (full details)

"Erich and Jon Hoeber ("Red," "Battleship") will perform re-writes on the Sam Worthington heist thriller "Man on a Ledge" for Summit Entertainment. The story follows a ex-cop-turned-con using an apparent suicide attempt as a cover for a massive diamond heist…" ( full details )

"Aaron Eckhart says that due to Johnny Depp's commitments to currently shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", Depp is unable to do press for his starring role in the already shot adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "The Rum Diary". So, "I think they’re going to wait to put it out next year" says Eckhart…" ( full details)

"Both stars Ewan McGregor and Robert Duvall, and more recently director Terry Gilliam himself, have all indicated that the long-gestating "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" is further off than planned, meaning it won't begin filming in September…" ( full details)

"Vincent D’Onofrio, Elizabeth Hurley, William Baldwin, Thomas Kretschmann, Ted Raimi, Taylor Nichols, Emilio Rivera and Kevin Weisman will all star in the vampire western "High Midnight" for director Mary Lambert ("Pet Sematary," "Urban Legends 3")…" ( full details )

"Scribe Michael Bacall ("Scott Pilgrim vs. The World") says the Len Grossman movie, starring Tom Cruise as the obscene movie executive, is still in ultra-early stages - "We’re talking about the story right now, so we definitely have a direction we are going with it which I’m really, really excited about"…" ( full details )

The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival kicks off shortly and 51 of the major titles to screen at the eleven day event have just been announced.

Sundance and Cannes this year had a few bright spots amidst otherwise bland looking line-ups, Toronto however has the opposite situation with only a few weak entries amongst an extremely strong array of films.

Here's the full list of what's set to screen - makes me wish I could be there to cover it.

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES:
• Richard J. Lewis' "Barney's Version"
• Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan"
• John Madden's "The Debt"
• Im Sang-Soo's "The Housemaid"
• Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech"
• Francois Ozon's "Potiche"
• Ben Affleck's "The Town"
• Mike Leigh's "Another Year"
• Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Biutiful"
• Julian Schnabel's "Miral"
• Stephen Frears' "Tamara Drewe"
• Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist"
• Kim Jee-woon's "I Saw the Devil"
• Andrew Lau's "The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen"
• Tran Anh Hung's "Norwegian Wood"
• Rachid Bouchareb's "Outside the Law"
• Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's "A Screaming Man"
• Anurag Kashyap's "That Girl in Yellow Boots"

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
• Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go"
• Mike Mills' "Beginners"
• John Cameron Mitchell's "Rabbit Hole"
• John Curran's "Stone"
• Richard Ayoade's "Submarine"
• Michael Winterbottom's "The Trip"
• Nigel Cole's "Made In Dagenham"
• Eric Lartigau's "The Big Picture"
• Rowan Joffe's "Brighton Rock"
• Tony Goldwyn's "Conviction"
• Kiran Rao's "Dhobi Ghat"
• Will Gluck's "Easy A"
• Malcolm Venville's "Henry's Crime"
• Ryan Fleck and Anna Bolden's "It's Kind Of A Funny Story"
• Pierre Thoretton's "L'Amour Fou"
• Andrucha Waddington's "Lope"
• David Schwimmer's "Trust."

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES:
• Philip Seymour Hoffman's "Jack Goes Boating"
• Danis Tanovic's "Cirkus Columbia"
• Susanne Bier's "In a Better World"
• Alain Corneau's "Love Crime"

CANADIAN PREEMS:
• Derek Cianfrance's "Blue Valentine"
• Rodrigo Cortes' "Buried"

OPENING NIGHT:
• Michael McGowan's "Score: A Hockey Musical"

Kristin Davis tells E! Online that a third "Sex and the City" movie is looking unlikely due to the less than stellar success of the sequel.

"I don't think so, not that I know of. I wish it was so that we were continuing but I don't know. We made [about] 300 million internationally. There was so much hype, not coming from us, but the media hyped it up and then they tore it down" says Davis.

She adds that "I could be wrong. Obviously there was a time when we thought there was no movie happening so you never know. But it is not looking great."

The first "Sex and the City" movie grossed $415 million internationally from a $65 million budget and scored weak reviews. This year's sequel cost $100 million but grossed a smaller $280 million and opened to utterly scathing reviews even from strong supporters of the first film.

Out doing the promotional rounds for "Salt", director Philip Noyce tells KCRW's The Treatment that his long-gestating film adaptation of Tim Winton's Booker Prize winning novel "Dirt Music" could be his next project.

Noyce confirmed some several year old rumors that Russell Crowe would play the male lead - a grieving country musician-turned-poacher in Western Australia who begins a relationship with a neighbour.

Crowe has also been preparing music for the film, Noyce saying "Russell has been preparing for it for a number of years. He's written and recorded a number of songs that'll be in the movie. In fact he's going on tour later this year with his band and people around America will be able to hear a lot of the songs well in advance of the movie coming out."

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and the late Heath Ledger were also linked to the project at one point or another in the past. Funding is still being assembled with a 2011 shoot apparently on the cards.

The planned remake/reboot of the "Robocop" franchise looks to have been terminated according to both The Financial Times and Moviehole.

Director Darren Aronofsky ("The Wrestler") has apparently abandoned the project which, combined with MGM's financial situation, "is now considered officially dead". Last year Aronofsky and David Self were said to be working on the script.

Meanwhile Jeff Bridges tells MTV News that he and the Coen brothers have talked about a sequel to "The Big Lebowski" but it's looking highly unlikely.

"We talked about it occasionally [while filming 'True Grit'], but no plans man, no plans… No, no, no, I don't think it's gonna happen" says Bridges.

David Fincher has denied claims that either he or Sony have made plans to shoot the three books in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy back-to-back or are already in early prep on any sequels.

The "Zodiac" and "Fight Club" helmer told MTV News over the weekend that "No, there's no plans for that right now. You got to make one that people want to see a sequel to before you can make a sequel".

He also confirmed his intent to shoot and set the film in Sweden, specifically "Stockholm. Uppsala. In the north". There is also no plans to move the setting to the U.S. either - "You have to. What, are you going to put it in Seattle?… Seattle noir [laughter]".