News, Rumors & 100% Grade-A Internet Bullshit - September 28, 2009

- Jon Peters looks to be cashing another paycheck pretty soon. His long still-born remake of A Star Is Born is picking up steam according to THR. The producer has been trying to get his second crack at the film (which he made back in 1979 with Babs and Kris Kristofferson) for years now with the closest being with Will Smith at the start of the 00s. Wonder if he’ll have as much direct involvement as he will on the next Superman film (i.e. none)?

- 2010 will be the year of Danny Trejo. There’s Machete, of course (can’t believe that actually got made!) and The Expendables. But now he tells Punch Drunk Critics he’s been cast in Predators. Coincidentally, the good folks over at Latino Review have posted a video script review for the Robert Rodriquez produced sequel. What’s the verdict? It’s all kinds of bad-ass.

- Remember reading about a David Mamet written-and-directed version of The Diary of Anne Frank from a week or so back? The Wrap tells us all to forget about it. The Mouse has put it in turnaround (aka ain’t gonna happen) citing the material being “very intense, and dark and scary.”  Although it wasn’t a direct adaptation of the book like most of us initially believed, exactly what the fuck did they expect from this subject matter? Did the executives at Disney not study the Holocaust in school?

- Sure, Jennifer’s Body was a box-office bust. But don’t worry about its high-profile screenwriter Diablo Cody. She’ll be fine (…on the other hand, Megan Fox…not so much). As per Variety, she’s been pegged to write and produce a film-version of Sweet-Valley High. Yes, that's the book-series aimed at teenage girls that your sister used to read. Sounds like a good fit to me.