Today: Chris Meloni officially joins True Blood, Tom Cruise frightens in a new musical trailer, and Paramount gets a new look.
Today in books: Malik Obama says he's writing a biography of Barack Obama Sr., the screen rights to Seth Grahame-Smith Three Wise Men mashup go for $2 million, and a musical version of The Bridges of Madison County could soon be putting Broadway audiences to sleep.
Today in film and television: Craig Gillespie walks from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Spielberg blames Lucas for the last Indiana Jones movie, and stuntman has died on the Bulgarian set of The Expendables 2.
Today in film and television: Bigelow's Bin Laden movie pushed back, Matt Damon readies for his directorial debut, and John Singleton sues Paramount.
Plus: The Tommy Lee Jones contract snafu that keeps on costing Paramount
Plus: Roman Polanski is returning to Zurich to receive his lifetime achievement award
Also, in movie news: DiCaprio and Scorsese can't stop making movies together
Plus: Jennifer Lopez breaks her two week Marc Anthony silence
Studio confirmed Wednesday they're trying to break into animated pictures
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