Weekend Update: Duncan Jones' Next Film Announced, Ryan Reynolds Wanted for 'Highlander' Remake and More

Duncan Jones to Direct Ian Fleming Biopic: Moon director Duncan Jones has announced plans to follow up his two sci-fi films (Moon, Source Code) with a film about James Bond creator Ian Fleming,
whose real-life story prior to writing his iconic James Bond novels was
at times just as action-packed and thrilling as the character he later
went on to create. Says Jones, "Fleming lived through one of the most
perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a
unique vantage point of all the players, all the stakes. He witnesses
true heroism first-hand. And he saw the evil men could do. Then, when
the war ended, he went off to write fiction. The essential question for
me is; where did Ian Fleming end and Bond begin?” Jones is now casting
the film, which will be based on the Fleming biography, Ian Fleming, The Man Behind James Bond. [via ManMadeMovies]

Ryan Reynolds Wanted for Highlander: Early talks have begun for Ryan Reynolds to star in Summit Entertainment's upcoming Highlander remake. The original 1986 fantasy film
about clashing immortal Scottish swordsmen spawned several sequels and
has a pretty extensive built-in fanbase, though they'll have to work out
some of the 80's cheese and bring the property up to date in a more
modern blockbustery way. Will Reynolds find a franchise to call his own?
Is this it? [via Variety]

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Movie Starts Filming Next Month: With all of Hollywood buzzing about Aaron Sorkin's upcoming Steve Jobs
biopic, the other Jobs movie -- featuring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple
co-founder -- is inching its way back into the spotlight with a press
release stating the film will begin shooting in June. "Titled jOBS,
the biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the iconic Silicon Valley visionary,
and will shed new light on Steve Jobs' most defining and personal
moments, motivations, and the people that drove him. The film covers
Jobs from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie,
through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook
return and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world
and did just that." [via press release]

Robin Williams is Angry in Brooklyn: Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones will star in the comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn,
about a "stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he
has 90 minutes to live. The medic tries desperately to locate the man
after her comments sends him on a contrite tour of the city to right all
the wrongs in his life." [via Screen Daily]

Bill Murray on Hudson: Finally, here's the trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson, starring Bill Murray
in what may be an awards-calibar role as President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. Set in 1939 and co-starring Laura Linney, the film tracks the
real-life events that transpired when the Roosevelt hosted the King and
Queen of England for a weekend at his home in upstate New York.