It’s been a while since we had a good movie from J-Lo but maybe this will help her shake off the cinematic bad smell that is Gigli.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jenny from the block will be starring in a remake (naturally) of the 1987 Goldie Hawn comedy Overboard.

The original movie sees fancypants socialite Hawn falling off her yacht and nearly drowning. When she awakes with no memory of who she is, single father Kurt Russell convinces her that they’re married and that his kids are also hers.

Hawn and Russell are married in real life but we hope that doesn’t mean that Lopez will be playing opposite her hubby Marc Anthony.

Will Smith is on the producing team and Adam Cooper and Bill Collage have had a hand in penning the script as has the writer of the original movie, Leslie Dixon.

I think the success of Alice In Wonderland has given Tim Burton him a bigger head than the Red Queen.

According to Deadline Hollywood Burton is planning another remake and this time it’s of The Addams’ Family.

Fans of Burton always lamented the fact that he wasn’t the director of the 1991 version and though the film was successful, Burton’s style seemed tailor-made for the source material and now we’ll finally get to see his version.

The concept of the weirdly morose family originated from the cartoons drawn by Charles Addams and these are from what Burton will be drawing on the most. Not only will it see Burton once again using stop-motion effects but he’ll also be working in 3D.

Burton hasn’t used stop-motion since Corpse Bride, which turned out to be less than impressive follow-up to the classic Nightmare Before Christmas. Can he regain his morbid mojo with Morticia and co?

We haven’t seen a Ghostbusters movie since 1989 so people are champing at the bit over the upcoming third instalment.

But this big change to the project could be a huge blow to fans – Ivan Reitman, the original director of the first two movies, might not be back in the director’s chair.

According to Vulture, Columbia Pictures think Reitman is too old at 63 to direct the movie in which they want the old Ghostbusters crew to train a new, younger team.

Wha? This is a worse idea than ‘crossing the streams’.

Apparently it really comes down to a contract that Reitman signed back in the 80s which gives him enormous power over the project. Vulture reports that

“While it’s true that Reitman can’t force Columbia to make Ghostbusters III with him, he can make it nearly impossible for the studio to make the film without him”.

Columbia will also have to deal with Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Harold Ramis as they have the power to kill the project if they don’t like a particular element of the production. In this case, that element is likely to be the choice of director (it’s likely that they’ll stand behind Reitman).

The studio might be worried that Reitman has lost his touch after his last picture, My Super-Ex Girlfriend, bombed but hey, they can’t all be winners. Let’s hope this contract crap gets sorted out quickly, I want to see Slimer back on the big screen sometime this century.

I’m secretly hoping that the plans for a Smurf movie would quickly fall apart as it was just another chance to pillage our childhoods but this movie just got my interest.

Glee star Jayma Mays who plays germaphobe Emma Pillsbury, has been confirmed to play the lead human role alongside Neil Patrick Harris.

Mays’ character will be the pregnant wife of Harris who will no doubt have some crazy shenanigans after meeting the Smurfs. The pair will also be working together on Glee when Harris guest stars as Will’s nemesis in an upcoming episode.

The role of Gargamel, previous thought to belong to John Lithgow, has been given to Simpson’s voice actor Hank Azaria. He’s the man of a thousand voices so pulling off Gargamel’s evil laugh shouldn’t be a problem but I was kind of looking forward to seeing Lithgow in the role – he’s Gargamel’s twin!

The decision on whether or not to split the final book of the Twilight series in half is still up in the air, as is the decision on who will direct the movie.

Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final instalment which could well piggy-back on Harry Potter’s idea to split the last book in half.

Summit Entertainment have been putting in a few calls to some Oscar-winning directors in the hopes of bringing the films critical credibility.

According to Entertainment Weekly, those in line are Milk’s director Gus Vant Sant, Marie Antoinette’s Sofia Coppola and Dreamgirls’ Bill Condon.

The directors of the series so far have been mediocre, with only a handful of good films between the three of them, so maybe Summit are hoping some Oscar gold dust will rub off on the series.

Apparently, they’ll be closer to a decision after screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has finished a script outline to give to the potential directors.

Do any of these directors sound like a good fit? Who would you like to see direct Breaking Dawn?

Someone’s cast Rose McGowan and for once it’s not Robert Rodriguez!

For a while it seemed that the only director that was interested in casting McGowan was her ex-boyfriend Rodriguez but now Marcus Nispel has seen her potential, according to Variety.

After it was announced recently that the cast for Nispel’s Conan was starting to be fleshed out comes another addition. McGowan has been cast as an evil half-human, half-witch to star opposite Jason Momoa as Conan.

No stranger to playing a witchy role, McGowan shot to stardom on the hit show Charmed but failed to make an impression on Hollywood after that.

She is still tentatively attached to a movie based on another Conan character Red Sonja which is kinda of bizarre to have her playing these totally different characters from the same universe. Red Sonja’s been in trouble for a while after studio heads didn’t want McGowan for the role as she’s not a big enough name, but maybe Conan will change their minds.

In the past she’s had to deal with ghosts and aliens and now it looks like Sigourney Weaver has finally earned herself a pair of fangs.

Jumping on the bloodsucking bandwagon is Amy Heckerling’s horror comedy Vamps. Weaver is set to play a vampire Queen called Ciccerus, according to HeatVisionBlog.

The film follows two lady vamps played by Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as they fall in love and have to choose between immortality and relationships.

Heckerling has written and will direct the film which reunite her with Silverstone after they struck gold in the 90s with teen comedy Clueless. Silverstone is currently doing stage work after a series of poor performing movies and TV shows. Can Heckerling bring her career back to life?

Little Britain star Matt Lucas is in line for a role in a new movie of the classic musical Fiddler On The Roof.

A source revealed to The Sun that Matt has auditioned for the lead role of Tevye.

“Matt’s already sung for casting agents and is a strong contender to get the part.”

Though he started out in serious roles he quickly found his place in comedy, making his name as Baby George Dawes on Shooting Stars.

He made a big impression in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland as the rotund twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Matt will also be appearing in the upcoming Omid Djalili comedy The Infidel.

From the studio that brought us vampires and werewolves in The Twilight Saga, we’re now going to get witches.

Summit Entertainment have just made a deal with Priest writer Cory Goodman for his pitch of The Last Witch Hunter.

According to Deadline Hollywood the six-figure deal has franchise potential and Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov (pictured) is working on a deal to produce and direct the project.

Deadline describes the story as, ‘The protagonist is one of the last remaining witch hunters, a breed that keeps the population of witches and warlocks in check. They are about to repopulate in a major way unless he can stop them.’

Goodman is having a good time of it lately; Priest was his first ever screenplay and he’s also working on a remake of 70s horror The Brood.

Unlike Warner Bros., which have been kept happy by Harry Potter for eight movies, Summit are looking for something to fill the gap that Twilight will leave in the market and in the hearts of 14-year-old girls.

Avatar’s resident badass Stephen Lang has joined the cast of Conan along with Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui.

I previously reported that Marcus Nispel’s reboot will see Jason Momoa playing Conan and now the rest of the cast is starting to be filled in.

Lang has been cast as Khalar Singh and told MTV that,

“I’ve accepted the role of Khalar Singh. I have no idea how I’m going to do it. First I’m going to find out how I’m going to sound. I’m going to get back on a Mongolian pony and ride like the wind. I’m going to flash my scimitar. I’m going to cut the nuts off Conan and his father.”

I would have just celebrated with some champers but whatever floats your boat.

Here’s the outline of the character that was leaked last year: Do It!