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At first, it sounds pretty routine: Variety reports that Brad Pitt has added a new adaptation of The Odyssey to his roster as a producer, and Warner Bros. is reportedly trying to maneuver him into the lead role. Sure, his previous Homer adaptation Troy (pictured above) took its time making back its budget, but these are the kind of evergreen epics almost guaranteed a profit. Nothing to see here.

We already knew a few of the character details, but now, at long last, a few more tidbits about Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino have been revealed, courtesy of USA Today (via /Film).

In a rare collaborative effort for the major Hollywood studios, word from Reuters is that Disney, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. are close to an agreement worth upward of $1 billion to finance the installation of thousands of digital screens at theaters across North America.

To the enthusiastic delight of fans, Warner Bros. has announced plans to release the Flaming Lips film Christmas on Mars on DVD. And now details about the DVD are being released too...joy to the world!

Review Haiku

Acid leaves me cold.
Bring me my rabbit fur coat.
Jen, you let me down.
—Rachael Maddux

Biiitch, please: Jen’s on fire!
Acid burns with spunk, pluck and
ambition. Cold? No.
—Nick Marino

Bring back Watson Twins.
This is campy and childish.
Nick: zero, Rach: one.
—Kate Kiefer

Listen to Jenny Lewis' "Fernando" from Acid Tongue:

The architects of thrash dust off some old blueprints.

Metallica’s last three albums have seen the band sink progressively deeper into schlocky grunge and nü-metal—an indignity magnified by big-screen depictions of egomania and creative exhaustion. For Death Magnetic, the group was tasked by production maven Rick Rubin to reverse course and recapture the raw vigor of their early work. The result is a superb return to form that refines familiar touchstones: riotous instrumentation, E-tuned guitar solos and robust melodies.

You just kind of have to wonder what happened on the first round of shooting for the adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.

The struggle to get the massively hyped superhero flick Watchmen into theaters now officially has a court date: Jan. 6. The news comes just a few days after the The New York Times reported the lawsuit between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. over the rights to distribute the already-in-the-can film might cause it to be delayed a year into 2010.

Since it launched, Hulu has gone from a cult love to a full-blown success in less than a year.  While a few companies have launched their own successful streaming video sites, most notably Cartoon Network, Hulu is now the 10,000 lb. gorilla of the industry. But this near-Monopoly could only last so long before some of the other corporate monoliths that run the industry jumped into the fray. Meet TheWB.com, Warner's answer to the problem of streaming video distribution.

Warner Bros., owners of the Harry Potter franchise, have confirmed that they are indeed suing the makers of an Indian film called Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors about a young boy trying to protect a secret formula created by his father from a couple of criminals.

When a small movie called Nothing is Private debuted at the Toronto Film Festival last year, it didn't exactly come quietly. For one thing, the man behind it was Alan Ball, the writer of American Beauty and creator of Six Feet Under, who made a name for himself with subversive dramas unafraid of the darker aspects of American life. And its subject, a 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl who must sift through ethnic and sexual tension in early-’90s Houston, left even seasoned festival audiences a little squeamish.

There is a rather major snag in the way of Watchmen’s big-screen debut.

The problem is not with the filming. Warner Bros. has already begun filming the $100 million adaptation of Watchmen, with director Zack Snyder behind the camera. WB was planning on releasing the film March 6, 2009.

The problem is whether or not Warner Bros. had the right to begin filming in the first place.