As long as you have three names ... Scorsese will consider you for his latest. Now with Shutter Island behind him (due this October), director Martin Scorsese is now focusing on his next project - Silence.

The film would be about two Jesuit priests who face persecution in the 17th century when they travel to Japan to find their mentor and spread Christianity. Based on a novel from Shusaku Endo, the script is adapted by Gangs of New York co-writer Jay Cocks.

The all-powerful Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro are in negotiations to star in the film. Y Tu Mama Tambien's Gael Garcia Bernal is also a possibility for the project.

Should this film happen, it would be the third time that Day-Lewis and Scorsese have worked together. It would also be a

The freshest news involving the next Batman movie isn't completely solid, but it's way better than that junk we heard involving Shia LeBouf or even Cher. A New Jersey paper, the Courier-Post, talked to Dark Knight executive producer Michael Uslan to discuss his career and previous Batman business. Uslan revealed in the interview that he is signed on to continue his role as executive producer in the next film from the franchise, which he has said should be in theaters by 2011.

However, he would not divulge any more information, particularly that of the next villains. "If I told you," he said, "I'd have to kill you."

This is great to hear, simply for the sigh of relief that there will be a followup to the almighty Dark Knight. With such news comes

For those who can also enjoy their superhero movies with popcorn lightness, you might just weep over the latest news involving the Fantastic Four films. According to Chris Evans, who was promoting his latest movie Push with Joblo.com, there will be no more movies in that series. When asked, he said, "I think they're done. They've closed the book on that franchise. I think that if there was talk I would have heard it by now."

The Human Torch has himself admitted that the franchise's fire has died. Though the breezy set of movies was not miraculous, they still made for decent, super-hero matinee fare.

Source: Joblo.com

And now, the song from First Blood - dedicated to the newly deceased Marvel movie franchise

We Will Indeed Watch the Watchmen Finally, Watchmen has justice.

The recent squabble over the rights to the upcoming anti-superhero film between Warner Brothers and Fox has ended. However, as predicted by TSR managing editor Jeff Bayer about a month ago, WB is going to be giving Fox a decent sized paycheck.

For starters, the film will be released on schedule - March 6, 2009.

However, Fox will be paid somewhere between 5 to 10 million up front, which will help cover the 1.4 million or so that Fox spent developing the film. The payment will also cover legal fees.

When released, Fox will get somewhere between 5 percent and 8.5 percent of Watchmen's worldwide gross, depending on how well it does. Should there be spinoffs or sequels, Fox will also earn some gross

Overture Films has recently set Oscar winning thespian Philip Seymour Hoffman to try his hand at directing with their adaptation of Bob Glaudini's Off Broadway play,Jack Goes Boating. Variety describes it as a unique romantic comedy in New York City, involving swimming lessons, cooking classes, and drugs.

Hoffman will also star in the picture, as will Gone Baby Gone's Amy Ryan. John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega will reprise their parts from the original production.

While this is Hoffman's first directorial bout, this is not his first time producing. His company, Cooper's Town produced Capote - the film that helped him earn his first Oscar.

Philip Seymour Hoffman has wowed us with numerous performances in the past, so here's hoping he's learned a few things from directors like Charlie Kaufman, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Anthony Minghella. Filming

You may have seen his brief cameo at the end of this summer's second highest grossing film, Iron Man. However, with things starting to get cloudy, there's a possibility that Samuel L. Jackson will NOT be playing Nick Fury in Iron Man 2, The First Avenger: Captain America, or even the heavily anticipated Avengers movie.So far, it has worked like this. The character of Nick Fury used to be rugged and white (and once played by David Hasselhoff). Then, Marvel changed the character to specifically model Samuel L. Jackson, which has (so far) made casting for the character very clear.

Jackson was essentially scheduled to be in the Iron Man sequel, the Captain America movie, and soon to be

Variety is reporting a rumor that may be more solid than we may think. Possibly joining Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell in the heavily anticipated Iron Man 2 is the wonderful Emily Blunt. (You may remember her sharpness from The Devil Wears Prada). Blunt is supposedly the front-runner for the role of Black Widow – a villain who doubles as a tight leather-wearing Soviet superspy. Like Iron Man and others, she is enhanced by super-technology.

With Blunt on board, this would mean the great cast is only getting better. At the same time it also translate to a lot of serious character juggling, which has been the downfall of even the biggest of comic book movies...glaring at you, Spiderman 3.

Source: Variety