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…

Warner Brothers has long since given the impression that the “Justice League” movie would have nothing to do with the Nolan-verse Batman or subsequent DC character films, despite rumors. Well, now that the news that the “Justice League” movie is set for 2013, questions have again flared about about whether the film will have any connection to other DC films, namely, “Superman: Man of Steel”. HeyUGuys approached “Superman” director Zack Snyder about whether his film will have any connection to “Justice League”, and he said no. “It doesn’t,” he said. “Like what Chris Nolan is doing and what I’m doing with Superman, what they’ll do with Justice League will be…

Ain’t It Cool News are reporting the announcement of DC and Warner’s next direct-to-video animated comic book adaptation film, “Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths”. The official press release states; “An original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’ popular canon of ‘Crisis’ stories. Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday, Green Lantern) is executive producer. Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green Lantern) and Sam Liu (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) are co-directors. In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a “good” Lex Luthor arrives from an alternate universe to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters with virtually…

Yoda takes on an entire droid army in the season premiere of STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, an all-new animated series premiering at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, on Cartoon Network. In the first episode, “Ambush,” Jedi Master Yoda and three clone troopers must face off against Count Dooku’s dreaded assassin Asajj Ventress and the massive Separatist droid army to prove the Jedi are strong enough to protect a strategic planet and forge a treaty for the Republic. The episode is directed by David Bullock (“Justice League: The New Frontier”) from a script by Steve Melching (“The Batman”). Dave Filoni is supervising director, George Lucas is the series’ creator and…