When Warner Bros. announced they’d be rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a movie curiously missing Joss Whedon, a lot of people were pretty unhappy about it. However, it turns out the folks over at Warner Bros. weren’t initially really stupid, in that Joss was actually offered the helm to the Buffy remake, but he declined, so they were forced to look elsewhere, rather than having ignored him like people initially thought.

With the Harry Potter movies soon coming to an end, Warner Bros. needs to find new ways to milk the franchise for money, and that might very well be all things Quidditch. The Hollywood Reporter points out that Warner Bros. has been trademarking just about everything under the sun in regards to Quidditch over the years. However, neatly tucked away in the paragraphs and paragraphs of trademarked Quidditch items, lies one simple crazy word: Lingerie.

Add another item to the list of things that George Lucas will do to beat one last round of cash out of his “once beloved accidental masterpiece.”

In a move that we’re much more familiar coming out of big studios who wouldn’t know artistic motivation if it kicked them in the pants, Lucas will be re-releasing all six Star Wars movies to theaters in 3-D, beginning in 2012 with Episode I: The Phantom Menace.   According to The Hollywood Reporter, he was inspired by Avatar.  (Not The Last Airbender.)

20th Century Fox must be pinching themselves.

This is the question posed by The Hollywood Reporter. Terra Nova, if you don’t know (we certainly didn’t) is Spielberg‘s latest green-lit television series (he’s producing). It’s going to be about a family from about 2110 that goes back in time 150 million years to the time of dinosaurs, in order to save the human race.

Or something. Who cares! It’s Steven Spielberg and dinosaurs.

But does it look like Avatar?

We know, we know! We promised no more Captain America information until there was some actual, factual, real, Captain America information.

But this is kind of actual, factual, real Captain America information!

It’s after the jump, if you can still have a lick of enthusiasm.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bedrock Studios has hired Jeff Stockwell to write the screenplay for an adaptation of Madeline L’Engel‘s A Wrinkle in Time.

Stockwell has previous experience adapting children’s literature for film, with the movie versions of Bridge to Terabithia and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. The head of Bedrock Studios, Cary Granat, was involved in the well received The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as well as Terabithia. L’Engle’s own granddaughter is executive producing.

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After years of going up against the likes of Netflix, Redbox, and internet piracy – tough competition that is only getting tougher – Blockbuster may be voluntarily declaring bankruptcy.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

The once-mighty video chain, which reported a fourth quarter net loss of $434.9 million, has been trying to diversify into new distribution channels as rentals and sales at its 6,500 stores worldwide continue to dwindle.

Apparently, Blockbuster is about $1 billion in debt:

Veteran chameleon actor Hugo Weaving is reportedly in final talks to play Red Skull in the Captain America movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter:

The dealmaking with Weaving is in a delicate stage that will play out in the next day or so. Agencies grouse that Marvel plays hardball in the negotiating process and also demands multi-movie commitments, though the latter usually applies to actors playing its heroes.

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You may not be aware, but there is a Twitter feed known as Shit My Dad Says, created and curated by Justin Halpern, a 29 year old man who moved back in with his parents last year and has since recorded the wonderfully blunt musings of his father for Internet posterity.

Well, CBS has okayed the making of a pilot to a proposed sitcom based on Shit My Dad Says, to be produced by the creators of Will & Grace. Yes, someone is making a family sitcom out of a genuinely funny but frequently profane Twitter feed. Got that?

William Shatner has been cast in the role of the titular Dad, and now we’re really not sure how to feel about it.

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