We’re going into high-profile overdrive this week. We’ve got some major casting news regarding a number of highly anticipated productions including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Spike Lee’s Oldboy, Stephenie Meyer’s next book-to-film adaptation The Host and more. In non-casting news, of course, we’ve got the details on the Academy Awards producer/host shuffle and an update on the upcoming Justice League movie from Warner Bros. as well as a little sneak peek at the xnew Toy Story short film set to play ahead of the November 23rd release, The Muppets. So, want the goods? They’re all right here in your weekly Movie News Cheat Sheet. 1. Sacha Baron Cohen May Join…

CinemaBlend is reporting that David Goyer, part of the writing team behind the successful film “Batman Begins”, is going to write the script to Legendary Pictures’ “Godzilla” remake. According to Deadline, Goyer will write the screenplay based on a draft by David Callaham. Goyer’s most recent project includes writing “Man of Steel,” the Superman remake that promises to be grittier and closer to the Superman storyline than the film “Superman Returns.” “Godzilla,” a film franchise that was popular in the late ’60s and ’70s, has tried to have a revamp in recent years, but to no success. The most memorable revamp of the story was 1998′s “Godzilla,” directed by Roland…

Screenwriter David Goyer hinted at what the storyline for the new ‘Superman’ reboot, to be directed by Zack Snyder, may focus on, Cinemablend.com is reporting. Goyer penned a forward for the new graphic novel Superman: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns. After reflecting on one of the scenes in the book, he wrote that he’s halfway through his screenplay. While Goyer admits that he may become hindered in finishing the script, like many previous ‘Superman’ screenwriters before him, he hopes to be inspired by Johns’s Superman stories. Goyer added that the Secret Origin is the first story that will influence him. The scene Goyer reflected on follows Clark Kent being told…

Warner Bros. and New Line are scrapping the planned adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s comic book ‘Y: The Last Man,’ at least for the time being. Louis Leterrier, who directed such movies as ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and ‘Clash of the Titans,’ was at one time attached to bring the comic to the big screen. However, he said “I’d love to do it, but I need people to finance it, and the people financing it don’t know if it’s a TV show, a movie, or what it should be.” Director DJ Caruso was also interested in reuniting with with his ‘Eagle Eye’ and ‘Disturbia’ Shia LaBeouf star to bring ‘Y: The…

David Goyer has been confirmed as writing the new Superman movie, which will be titled “The Man of Steel”. A new Superman film, rumored to be a “reboot” of the franchise based on the popular DC Comics character, has been in talks since 2006′s “Superman Returns” starring Brandon Routhe and directed by Bryan Singer (neither of whom will be returning to the franchise). Goyer, who has also worked on the “Blade” movies and the “Demonic Toys” and “Puppetmaster” franchises, is also attached to assist with the story to the third Christopher Nolan “Batman” movie. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “The Man Of Steel”. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Latino…

David Goyer and Jonah Nolan, brother of director Christopher Nolan, were mentioned as already working on a script for a third Nolan-directed “Batman” film, a followup to 2005′s “Batman Begins” and 2008′s “The Dark Knight”. Goyer recently announced his departure as showrunner from ABC’s “FlashForward” to concentrate on his film work, specifically mentioning working with Chris Nolan’s brother Jonah on the Batman film, which has been long-rumored ever since the release and record-breaking theater run of “The Dark Knight”. No casting news or storyline have been announced regarding a third Batman movie yet, including whether or not Christian Bale would return as Bruce Wayne/Batman, the ultra-rich socialite by day who…

Despite numerous rumors to the contrary in the past two years, Shia LaBeouf, who is slated to appear in the upcoming “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, will not be starring in a big-screen adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s hit comic book series “Y: The Last Man”, which is slated to be directed by D.J. Caruso and written by Carl Ellsworth. Talking to Wizard Magazine, LaBeouf confirmed that he was not involved with “Y: The Last Man”, which told the story of Yorick, the literal last man on the planet Earth after a plague decimated humanity by killing off all the men and male children on the planet….

Title: The Unborn, Release Date: July 7th, 2009 Starring: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, James Remar, Atticus Shaffer, Jane Alexander, and Idris Elba OVERVIEW: From the co-writer of The Dark Knight and the producers who brought you The Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in this chilling thriller that will haunt your soul. Writer and director David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Blade: Trinity) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she…

Watch a brand new Spill.com movie review of the horror film “The Unborn” by director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) and starring Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Meagan Good (Saw V), Cam Gigandet and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) as Rabbi Sendak. Synopsis: Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit. And sometimes it actually succeeds. Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller…

Title: The Unborn Cast: Odette Yustman (Cloverfield), Meagan Good (Saw V), Cam Gigandet and Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) as Rabbi Sendak. Directed by: David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) Scores: Technical: 85, Story: 55, Acting: 60, Overall: 66 Evil will do anything to live: is this just the tagline for the new supernatural thriller The Unborn, or the thought long-time followers of the horror genre will have of its creators after watching this movie? The idea of this film seemed promising at first glance; mixing a seemingly interesting plot-line, somewhat reminiscent of The Exorcist, the scariest movie of all time, with hit-making producer Michael Bay and his…