The theme of this week’s Cheat Sheet? Casting. Well, for the most part. We’ve got the best of the best including J.J. Abrams’ hopes to cast Benicio del Toro as his villain in Star Trek 2 as well as a slew of potential recruits for Warner Bros’ Akira. It’s been confirmed that Jennifer Lopez is producing a Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego movie, but now the question is, will she star in it, too? Then there’s Andy Serkis who just earned a solid paycheck for signing on for Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2 as well as subsequent Apes films. Yes, this Cheat Sheet is certainly…

Remember the awesome 1990s computer game and television show, “Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego”? Well, Jennifer Lopez and Walden Media see some movie potential in the property. According to Deadline, Walden Media has acquired the rights to “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” in order to turn it into a live-action film. According to the article, Walden Media is planning on developing “Carmen Sandiego” in order for Lopez to play Carmen herself, but for now, Walden Media has stated she is currently only in a producing role, along with her partners at Nuyorican Productions, Benny Media and Simon Fields as well as Nick Osbourne, Devin Andre and…

Walden Media is considering releasing a fourth ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ movie, based on the novel “The Magician’s Nephew

Variety.com is reporting that Mark Dindal (“Chicken Little”) will be directing “Housebroken” for Walden Media, with Michael De Luca producing and Sean Perrone and Aaron Kaplan onboard as executive producers. There is no script yet for “Housebroken” but Variety reports that Walden is looking for writers for the project, to expand on the original story by Adam Sztykiel. “Housebroken” is slated as a live-action film where the pets of a newly-married couple must learn to live together and get along. No release date or other information has been released yet about the project. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more “Housebroken” news. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)

Disney and Walden Media have decided to not move further with their Chronicles of Narnia series when they decided to not make the third installment, which would have been titled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A Disney spokesperson spoke out on the cut, “We are no longer going forward with the movie due to budgetary considerations and other logistics.” Up to this point, The Chronicles of Narnia series was intended to be a seven-part film series. The reason for the series halt could be because of the last Narina film, Prince Caspian, seeing disappointing box-office numbers. Caspian, which was released in May, grossed $419 million worldwide, compared to the…

Watch a recent gameplay footage from the upcoming video game “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” coming soon to the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PC and Nintendo DS. Description: Revisit the rich, fantasy land of Narnia. Based on the second Walt Disney and Walden Media film of the epic Narnia series, Prince Caspian finds Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter whisked back to Narnia to help drive out the cruel King Miraz. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian debuts DGamer, Disney Interactive Studios’ innovative new technology that provides a fun, connected game community for Disney video game fans. With DGamer, players earn content, interact and chat with…