VIDEO: 'Predators' trailer strikes!

Here is what the lucky folks at Austin's SXSW got to see: the "Predators" trailer (via IGN).

Jamie Foxx to star in 'Kane & Lynch' adaptation

Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Bruce Willis in "Kane & Lynch,” a video game adaptation that veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Simon Crane is helming.

Nu Image/Millenium is in talks to finance and produce, with Lions Gate distributing.

Foxx has been circling the project for a few weeks not but word leaked when Kyle Ward, who wrote the adaptation, tweeted Foxx’s involvement last night.

Preview: Mark Millar's new book 'Nemesis'

Comic Book Resources scored a nine-page preview of "Nemesis," the new Mark Millar-created book.

'The Hobbit' has a start date?

"The Hobbit" could start production in July.

That word come from no less an authority than Gandalf himself, Ian McKellan. On his website, McKellan wrote plainly and directly about "Hobbit":

'Armageddon' and 'Tombstone' go Blu-ray

The last few days have been pretty big on the home entertainment front, what with the "Avatar" DVD/Blu-ray news and all. (Need a recap? Read THR and Hero Complex's stories.)

Now comes word that killer asteroid thriller "Armageddon" and modern Western classic "Tombstone" are coming to Blu-ray for the first time, April 27.

Sigourney Weaver is the queen in horror-comedy 'Vamps' (exclusive)

Sigourney Weaver, who fought a monster queen in "Aliens," will now act as a vampire queen in "Vamps," a romantic horror-comedy from Amy Heckerling.

Written by Heckerling, the writer-director behind "Clueless" and "Look Who's Talking," the modern-day story focuses on beautiful young vampires (Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter) who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.

Hot director: Daniel Espinosa ('Snabba Cash')

Daniel Espinosa and his Swedish-language crime drama “Snabba Cash” ("Easy Money") are this week’s buzz of the industry.

'Ninja Assassin' out today

For all the ninja fans out there, Warners releases "Ninja Assassin" today on DVD and Blu-Ray.

The movie was a misfire from the Wachowskis, who decided to craft a ninja movie for Asian actor Rain after working with him on the under-appreciated "Speed Racer."

Jason Segel to star in Muppets movie (exclusive)

Jason Segel has found his rainbow connection with Disney's Muppets movie, signing to star as the human lead.

He also will join David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films/TV, the studio-based shingle behind last year's "The Proposal," as a producer on the project.

James Bobin is on board to direct the movie, the plot of which is under wraps. The TV show as well as some of the movies tended to have one key human actor with whom the Muppets associated on their adventures. It is known that Segel plays a man on a quest to find and reunite the Muppets.

Paramount to adapt 'Existence 2.0' comic (exclusive)

By Borys Kit and Jay A. Fernandez

Paramount has picked up rights to the Image comic book "Existence 2.0," with Miles Millar and Alfred Gough attached to adapt.

Platinum Dunes, the Paramount-based shingle run by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller, is producing with Circle of Confusion's David Alpert.

 The action comic, written by Nick Spencer with art by Ronald Salas and put out through Image's Shadowline imprint, centers on an amoral, self-absorbed physicist who finds his consciousness transferred into the body of the hitman who just killed him.

He begins enjoying the hitman's lifestyle until his daughter is kidnapped by the same people who "killed" him.

'Cap Am' update: Channing Tatum and Keira Knightley approached

Add Channing Tatum to the list of names of actors being considered for the role of Captain America.

Tatum now joins Wilson Blethel and Mike Vogel, who have screen-tested, plus Chris Evans, who has read for the part. Marvel is also still keen on Garrett Hedlund.

SXSW: a hung jury for 'The People vs George Lucas'

By Dan Carlson

I caught the first screening of “The People vs. George Lucas” at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, but definitely not its last. The theater was at “capacity and then some,” according to a staffer from the Alamo Drafthouse on Lamar, and even with another screening set for later in the fest, at least one additional time was added. Clearly, the kind of people attending SXSW want to see this flick.

SXSW: 'Tucker and Dale vs Evil'

By Dan Carlson

“Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” may have premiered at Sundance, but its tone is pure South by Southwest: bloody, funny, raucous, and irreverent, all while being entertaining and heartfelt. First-time feature helmer Eli Craig's horror-comedy hybrid is aggressively low-budget but all the more endearing because of it, and he gets a lot of mileage out of a pretty simple premise.

'Conan' books 'G.I. Joe' actor

Said Taghmaoui, who played Breaker in the summer hit "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," has booked a role in "Conan," Nu Image/Millennium's take on the barbarian warrior created by Robert E. Howard.

Stephen Lang, the bad guy in "Avatar," has come aboard as the villain of the movie directed by Marcus Nispel.

Taghmaoui is playing a leader of thieves who is saved by Conan (Jason Momoa) and later offers him aid. Lang is a ruler in search of a queen whose blood will bring life to the demonic minions of a long-lost god.