You are entering the Back Stage. The following is a round-up of smaller film news around the web this week. These stories aren’t quite big enough to garner a full post, but worthy checking out.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cast in Christopher Nolan’s Inception [THR]
Tom Hanks Has Seen Toy Story 3 [/Film]
Transformers 2 Trailer to Premiere in 20 Cities [/Film]
Jack Black and Michael Cera Are Proud of Their Son Andy Samberg [/Film]
See The First 7 Minutes of The Brothers Bloom [Firstshowing]
Empire Unveil Tintin Information Galore [/Film]
Disneynature’s Oceans Trailer [Apple]
First Photo of Mel Gibson In The Edge of Darkness [Empire]
Warner Bros. Launches Red2Blu Program, Offers Blu-Ray Copies of HD-DVDs You Own (For a Small Fee) [/Film]
Wolverine Theatrical Cut is Exact Same as Workprint [AICN]
Richard Dreyfuss Joins Alex Aja’s Piranha 3D [NYPost]
Schwarzenegger Approves Virtual Version of Himself for Terminator Salvation [Variety]
JJ Abrams on “The Mystery of Magic” in WiReD Magazine [/Film]
Kate Mara and Clark Gregg Join Iron Man 2 [THR]
Trademark Filed For Fallout Adaptation [Joystiq]
Details on Looper, Rian Johnson’s Next Sci-Fi Film [/Film]
Jason Statham and Simon West to Remake Charles Bronson’s The Mechanic [/Film]
Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis to Direct Machete [Variety]
Tom Cruise‘s Film Options [Variety]
Ridley Scott Casts Matthew Macfadyen as The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood [/Film]
Denzel Washington in Tony Scott’s Unstoppable [Variety]
What do you think of all this news?